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Answers to October 2024 Library and Archives Trivia Contest

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Out of the 423 entries received, we had one perfect score! Congratulations Ishrat Durdana! We had a tie for runner-up, Teri Lipscomb and Austin Matheis both only missed one. Thanks to all who participated! 

  • The UT Southwestern Library was founded in 1943. 
  • Southwestern Medical College was started by Dr. Edward H. Cary. 
  • The UT Southwestern Library’s Website can be accessed by all of the above. (Services Tab, Education & Training Tab on UTSW website, UTSW Clinical Portal, Google search by name)
  • You can get help from all of the above. (Ask Us link, Library FAQs section, and In Person Library assistance M-F, 9AM-4PM)
  • There are 9 librarians on staff at the UT Southwestern Library. 
  • The services offered by the library were all of the above. (Interlibrary Loan, exam proctoring, classroom reservations, and on-campus print services)
  • The oldest book in the Archives was published in the 16th Century. 
  • There were 1733 article requests for our Interlibrary Loan Unit that were filled in FY2024. 
  • The temperature setting of the archives is 63 degrees Fahrenheit. 
  • Our ILL Unit borrowed 485 items from other institutions for our patrons in FY 2024. 
  • Our library ILL services invoices can be paid by all of the above methods. (Check, Interdepartmental Request, and Credit Card)
  • We had 1436 document delivery requests filled for patrons in FY 2024. 
  • Writing a Literature Review is the most popular Library class.
  • In FY24, the Library had 920,437 books in all formats(e.g., print, electronic, audiovisual, etc.).
  • As an author, I can create profiles to manage my publications and scholarly activities in all of the above. (My Bibliography, ORCID, Scopus, and Web of Science)
  • Violet Baird began the Archives for the University. 
  • The Library’s most popular point-of-care resource is UpToDate. 
  • The Library subscribes to all of the above USMLE and Board Preparation resources (BoardVitals, StatPearls, and USMLE First Aid).
  • All of the above were new additions to the Library this year (Privacy Pods, Acoustic Tiles, New Carpet, and New Patterson Exhibit Space).  
  • The Library’s most popular subject guide in FY24 was the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Guide. 

Answers to the October 2023 Library Quiz

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  1. You can access the UT Southwestern Library’s Website from the Services Tab on MyUTSW site, Education & Training Tab on the UT Southwestern website, UT Southwestern Clinical Portal, and Google Search by name.
  2. The Library has 555,806 books in all formats in FY23(e.g., print, electronic, audiovisual, etc.).
  3. The most popular Library class is Writing a Literature Review.
  4. As an author, I can create profiles to manage my publications and scholarly activities in My Bibliography, ORCID, Scopus, and Web of Science.
  5. The Library’s most popular point-of-care tool is UpToDate.
  6. The Library subscribes to the following USMLE and Board Preparation resources: BoardVitals, StatPearls, and USMLE First Aid.
  7. The Library’s most popular subject guide is About the Library.
  8. Nine librarians staff the UT Southwestern Library. 
  9. Interlibrary loan, exam proctoring, and classroom reservations services are offered by the Library.
  10. The Interlibrary Loan Unit filled 2285 article requests in 2022.
  11. The Interlibrary Loan Unit borrowed 684 items from other institutions for our patrons in 2022.
  12. There were 899 document delivery requests filled for patrons in 2022.
  13. Our library ILL services invoices can be paid by check, interdepartmental request, and credit card.
  14. The UT Southwestern Library was founded in 1943.
  15. The oldest book in the Archives was published in the 16th century.
  16. The temperature setting of the Archives in 63 degrees.
  17. Violet Baird began the Archives for the University.
  18. Dr. Edward H. Cary started Southwestern Medical College

Congratulations to our winner Katarina Yaros who received the top score!

The Library’s Ejournals A to Z: new and improved!

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The Library’s Ejournals A to Z has a new user interface! Search or browse the Library’s online collection of more than 23,000 electronic journals by title, subject, or database.

Now you can limit your search results by:

  • Peer review journals
  • Resource type (e.g., journal, book, report, newsletter, etc.)
  • Subject
  • Database

Note: EBSCO defines peer reviewed as follows:

  • Blind Peer Reviewed (or Double Blind Peer Reviewed)
  • Editorial Board Peer Review
  • Expert Peer Review

To make it easier for users to find articles on a given subject, EBSCO has developed its own thesaurus: EBSCO’s Comprehensive Subject Index (CSI). Each article indexed by EBSCO is assigned two or more subject headings from this thesaurus to describe the article’s content.

To view a PowerPoint tutorial featuring the updated user interface, please see Publication Finder – Overview Tutorial.

Ejournal Virtual Bookshelf Using BrowZine

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BrowZine is an app for Apple or Android smart phones and devices that helps you flip through the scholarly electronic journals available through UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Browzine has sorted UT Southwestern’s ejournals into broad subjects and then into narrower disciplines. You can save and organize your most-used ejournals on virtual bookshelves saved to your account. The result is an easy and familiar way to browse through, read, and monitor scholarly ejournals across disciplines.

For more information or to get started, please visit the BrowZine page in the Library’s LibKey Guide.

New Monkeypox Library Guide

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On August 5, 2022, Dallas County declared the monkeypox outbreak a health emergency.  The Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center has created a new Monkeypox Library Guide to quickly refer the UT Southwestern community to high-quality – i.e., primarily clinical and research – information about monkeypox. The guide includes: 

  • Monkeypox information from local, state, national and international organizations 
  • Recent articles from PubMed  
  • General search strategies in PubMed and Scopus 
  • Guidelines from CDC and WHO   
  • CDC Monkeypox updates 
  • Consumer health information 
  • Related textbook chapters 

The Guide will be updated as the monkeypox information landscape evolves. Please email the Library if you have identified other key resources that we should consider for inclusion.