Category Archives: Electronic Books

Update your bookmark! A new enhanced Ejournals A to Z to replace existing interface this week

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ejazlaunchChanges are coming to your Digital Library! The popular Ejournals and Ebooks A to Z interface you use to connect to the Library’s current journal holdings is being replaced with a new version on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. The enhanced Ejournals A to Z will feature quick auto-populating for journal titles and a smoother interface experience.

All Ebooks are now searchable through the Library Catalog. This provides enhanced searching capabilities, more collection options like the Books 24×7 series, quick linking, and individual record information about usage (i.e. single seat, multi-seat, chapter download restrictions placed by publisher/vendor, etc.).

During the Ejournals A to Z transition period, previous bookmarks for Ejournals and Ebooks A to Z may not work anymore. In addition, full-text linking in resources like PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, and Scopus may be temporarily unavailable. Please report any issues with access or linking promptly through this online form to ensure quick response and resolution with EBSCO, the vendor responsible for this interface transition.

Status updates will be available from the Library’s home page for any issues that may arise during this transition.

Change your browser bookmarks! Full Text Finder replaces Ejournals A to Z in Fall 2015

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Changes are coming to your Digital Library! The popular Ejournals and Ebooks A to Z interface you use to connect to the Library’s current journal holdings is being replaced with a new EBSCO platform called Full Text Finder. Beginning Fall 2015, the Digital Library will be transitioning into this new EBSCO platform. Here are a list of things that may be impacted by this transition in the next month:

  • Your Ejournals and Ebooks A to Z browser bookmark may not work anymore.
  • Full text links in resources like PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, and Scopus may be temporarily suspended.

We will provide more information about this resource with added features as it becomes available. You may need to go directly to the journal’s website when on-campus to access items.

Thousands of training and development books now available through Library Catalog

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Books24x7Finding campus training and development resources just got easier! With a click and a campus log-in, you can now access thousands of current training books and modules currently housed in the Academy of Career Enhancement‘s Books 24×7 collection through the Library Catalog.

The Library and Learning Center’s Digital Collections unit has just completed a successful collaborative project with the Office of Human Resources adding more than 21,000 ebook titles and resources. You can continue to utilize ACE’s Professional Development tracking components.

 

Introducing new Interlibrary Loan service enhancements and web location

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ILLiadThe Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center has just upgraded its Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) server to accommodate security and service enhancements.

The ILLiad log-in page is now located at https://illiad.swmed.org. Please update any old internet browser bookmarks linking to the previous ILLiad log-in web page.

 

 

 

Digital Library acquires new Wiley Nursing ebook Collection

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WileyNursingPromo-bannerUT 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”.

SAGE Research Methods arrives

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Sage Research MethodsUT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center now has online access to SAGE Research Methods (SRM) for the next three years (2015-2017).  This resource 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.

SRM is a research methods resource created to help researchers, faculty, and students with their research projects. It includes links to more than 175,000 pages of SAGE’s book, journal, and reference content with advanced search and discovery tools. Researchers can explore methods concepts to help them design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings.

ClinicalKey to replace MD Consult/First Consult August 31, 2014

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Clinical_KeyClinicalKey, 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:

  • New functionality and central location of information including a preview feature
  • Registration log-in may be linked to a Scopus and SciVal Funding account
  • Multi-platform mobile app available upon registration confirmation (on-campus registration required)
  • New content updates available by RSS feed or blog
  • Reading list functions that allow the creation and exporting of a bibliography
  • Procedures consult that includes video, images, and written instructions, as well as an updated Microsoft Excel spreadsheet of all existing consults

For questions or training on how to use ClinicalKey, email LibSearchers@utsouthwestern.edu.

Book and journal relocation update

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DSC_0023On Monday, August 19, 2013, the Library initiated an extensive project to relocate the print book and journal collections to the University of Texas System/Texas A&M Joint Library Facility (JLF), which is located in College Station.  Our collection is recognized as the most comprehensive medical collection in Texas, and it will become the core of a shared resource that will be used by students and faculty throughout the state, including the new UT System medical schools in Austin and South Texas.

The Library staff has been working on the relocation project, and we anticipate meeting the following deadlines to clear materials from the Middle and Top floors of the Library:

  • February 14, 2014 – Final book and journal inventory lists sent to JLF
  • February 28, 2014 – Inventory of books and journals complete.
  • April 1-15, 2014 – Library Design Systems Inc. pack and load books and journals
  • April 16, 2014 – Middle and Top floors cleared of books and journals
  • April 16-30, 2014 – Middle and Top floors cleared of shelving and other unnecessary items

The relocated collection will be available electronically or through interlibrary loan; there will be no charge to request UTSW Library books located at the JLF. The Library’s collection of electronic books and journals will remain available through its website, library.utsouthwestern.edu.

The Library will retain a small print collection of titles held on reserve, as well as rare, unique, and archival materials, which may be used in the Library.

There will be increased noise and activity to the Middle and Top Floors during the next few months as we prepare the books and journals. Temporary Top and Middle floor access closure notifications should also be expected at this time.

The vacated space on the Library’s Middle and Top floors will be utilized for new educational initiatives.

Library adds new Springer Ebook Collection in Biomedical and Life Sciences

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ebooksspringerThe Library now has access to more than 900 additional Springer ebooks as part of a purchase with UT System ALCEP (Academic Library Collection Enhancement Program) funds, which are allocated by the UT System Board of Regents for a one-time consortium purchase. The new books are included in the Springer eBooks Biomedical and Life Sciences 2011-2012 collection, and they have been added to Ejournals and Ebooks A to Z and will be added to the Library catalog.

To browse the individual titles in Ejournals and Ebooks A to Z, please click the following links: