A 24/7-access Clinical Workstation is now available for usage at the North Campus Branch Library (Room ND2.300). The following designated user groups may use this station to engage in clinical documentation tasks at North Campus in a private setting:
Effective January 1, 2015, the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) new website (ACC.org) will replace the existing site (CardioSource.org). Current UT Southwestern users with personal accounts need to know the following:
The new ACC.org will offer many exciting features, including more intuitive search capabilities, improved navigation, and front page access to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and guidelines.
Get a sneak peek of what the new website will look like.
UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center now has online access to the Wiley Nursing ebooks collection. This collection of online books was purchased through our consortial partnership with the University of Texas System using Academic Library Collection Enhancement Program (ALCEP) funds allocated by the UT System Board of Regents for one-time collection purchases.
The collection, now discoverable in the recently updated Library Catalog, provides easy one-click online access from the “Click here for online access via Wiley” link in the record. The new catalog record format also provides subject headings and a book cover image (when available).
To access the collection directly from the Library Catalog, go to the “Lists” drop-down menu on the top left and select “Wiley Nursing Ebooks Collection”.
Starting November 4, 2014, UpToDate users logging in from off-campus via EZProxy will experience a minor change, which has been mandated by the database vendor.
After logging in through EZProxy, users will be presented with an intermediary page in UpToDate that includes options to either login using an existing personal account or register for a new account. Personal accounts will be linked with users’ UT Southwestern logins, and registered users will be able to bypass the intermediary page on subsequent logins.
Users without a personal account will be able continue to perform searches as usual but will be presented with the intermediary page upon each login. The search box will be located on the top left corner instead of the center of the page.
Access from on-campus or via Juniper VPN will remain the same.
One of the major advantages of establishing a personal account is that the user will receive 0.5 continuing medical education (CME) credit upon completion of each search.
Please contact libWebmaster@utsouthwestern.edu for further questions or concerns.
ClinicalKey, a recently acquired, clinical decision-making resource from Elsevier, has just announced the launch of some new enhancements to its website. These enhancements include:
ClinicalKey also provides access to some popular ebook titles requested by UT Southwestern faculty, such as:
For questions or training on how to use ClinicalKey, email LibSearchers@utsouthwestern.edu.
ClinicalKey, the newest clinical decision making product from Elsevier, will officially replace the soon to be discontinued MD Consult and First Consult on August 31, 2014.
ClinicalKey, which is accessible through the Library’s website under Popular Links, is a comprehensive resource that combines MD Consult and First Consult functions with exciting new enhancements, such as the following:
For questions or training on how to use ClinicalKey, email LibSearchers@utsouthwestern.edu.
UpToDate is available to all UT Southwestern affiliates. To register for an UpToDate subscription:
Some benefits of registering for an account include:
If you have any questions, please use our green iHUB Chat link on the Library’s home page Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or email LibAsk@utsouthwestern.edu. You may also search the Library’s Tutorials/FAQ page for online tutorials and information.
On May 2, 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in the United States. The virus was found in a man who had traveled from Saudi Arabia to Indiana at the end of April.
The Library’s MERS-CoV (Coronavirus) Portal provides information – from a variety of national and international sources – on the current state of the disease.
Note to PubMed searchers: CORONAVIRUS and CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS are the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) most often used to describe MERS articles. Many MERS articles are recent and not yet indexed, so search by keyword as well as by MeSH.
Twitter users may also choose to search for the following hastags (in order of use): #MERS, #MERSCoV, and #coronavirus.
UpToDate® mobile and remote access is now available to all UT Southwestern Medical Center students, faculty, and staff. If you haven’t registered with UpToDate yet, you’re missing out on the UpToDate Anywhere access.
To register, go to UpToDate from a computer connected to the UT Southwestern Medical Center network or through the integrated link in Epic, and click on the “Log In/Register” button in the top right-hand corner).
Some new features of this mobile feature are:
Effective September 1, 2012, the UT Southwestern Library has acquired First Consult via MD Consult and cancelled the subscription to DynaMed. This decision was made after carefully reviewing the Library’s current budget and vendor cost inflation and evaluating the features of all current, comparable evidence based resources to which the Library subscribes.
First Consult provides instant, user-friendly access to the latest evidence-based information on evaluation, diagnosis, clinical management, prognosis, and prevention. A free iPhone/iPad/iTouch First Consult mobile app includes topics with differential diagnosis that can be used with your MD Consult username and password.
If you would like more information and assistance with our current evidence-based medical resources, please request a personal consultation through the Contact Us form or at the Library during Library-staffed hours.
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