Category Archives: Electronic Journals

Find lab procedures in Current Protocols

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Current Protocols provides step-by-step information on highly-tested and up-to-date laboratory procedures. Research institutions world-wide use Current Protocols for lab-related procedures in the life sciences, chemistry, medicine, and health care.
Features include:

  • Titles can be searched individually or all at once
  • Quarterly updates and revisions
  • Step-by-step protocol annotations
  • Materials listed for each protocol
  • Detailed instructions for preparation of reagents, solutions, and culture media
  • Commentary from scientific experts
  • Tables and figures for complex procedures
  • Reference materials to accompany procedures and protocols

The Library provides access to the following Current Protocols subject areas:

  • Bioinformatics
  • Cell Biology
  • Cytometry
  • Human Genetics
  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Protein Science

    • Other protocol resources which the Library offers include:

    Locate Current Protocols and Methods in Enzymology by using the “Quick Links” box on the Library Web site; for the other protocol resources, use the “Search” box.

You asked, and we delivered! New resources on Library's Mobile Web site

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The UT Southwestern Library is pleased to announce that we have added new clinical and biomedical resources to our mobile Web site. Users with smartphones or Web-enabled mobile devices may use the Library’s mobile Web site to access valuable, clinical information and full-text journal articles while on the go. Take the Library with you, and try the following resources:
EBSCOhost Mobile
Search a variety of EBSCO databases including CINAHL, Medline and others to find citations, full-text articles, and other materials using a standardized mobile interface. JavaScript must be enabled on the user’s device for proper viewing.

E Journals A-Z
Your gateway to full-text articles.
MD Consult Mobile
Includes full text articles from journals, reference books, clinics and practice guidelines (excludes drug information, news and patient education). This interface is optimized for most Web-enabled mobile devices and smartphones. A one time, initial registration is required. Create a personal account at MD Consult(while using a campus workstation or using VPN) This registration will allow you to use MD Consult Mobile from any mobile device without EZProxy. JavaScript must be enabled on the user’s device for proper viewing.
The Library’s mobile Web site can be accessed at http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/library/mobile/ or on most mobile phones you will be redirected to it from the Library’s Web site.

12 titles debut on updated Top 25 Ejournals list

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The Library recently updated the Top 25 Ejournals page, which lists the 25 electronic journals most frequently used by UT Southwestern affiliates.
With this update, 12 titles make their debut on the list:

  • Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications
  • Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Development
  • Genes & Development
  • Journal of Cell Biology
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Molecular & Cellular Biology
  • Molecular Cell
  • Nature News
  • Neuron
  • Organic Letters

This list is featured prominently on the Library’s Top 25 Ejournals

Why were there so many changes?
When the list was originally created, reliable usage data either was not available directly from the journals’ Web sites or could not be easily compared from journal to journal. Therefore, the only consistent measure available was the number of times users clicked on titles from within the ejournals list, but this captured (on average) only about 10% of the overall usage. Publishers now provide reliable data in a consistent and easily comparable format so the Library now uses the journal Web site data to generate the Top 25 Ejournals list.
The following titles have been removed from the list:

  • American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Chest
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Lancet
  • Neurology
  • Pediatrics
  • Pediatrics in Review
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

EZProxy simplifies remote ejournal access for Parkland residents & others

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Parkland residents who also have UT Southwestern affiliation can access electronic journals from off-campus through EZProxy when using the Library’s Ejournals A-Z list. For Parkland residents, EZ Proxy is the only way to access the Library’s ejournals remotely.
In addition, UT Southwestern employees who do not have Virtual Private Network (VPN) may also use EZProxy for remote ejournal access through the Ejournals A-Z list. (The remainder of the Library’s electronic resources, such as databases, may only be accessed from off-campus via VPN.) On-campus users and those using VPN from off-campus will continue to access ejournals in the usual way.
EZProxy does not require users to download software of to change their browser’s proxy settings. The EZProxy login screen appears automatically when you click on an ejournal from the Ejournals A-Z list.
You are invited to view the EZProxy tutorial on the Library’s Web site.
At the EZProxy login screen, Parkland residents enter their Novell login user name and password. Residents who do not know their Novell user name and password should contact the Parkland Help Desk at x25999, or from off-site, 214-590-5999.
UT Southwestern employees who do not use VPN should login with their UT Southwestern ID and password.
Parkland residents must have both a UT Southwestern affiliation and a Parkland ID to use EZ Proxy. Parkland employees without a UT Southwestern affiliation will not be able to access journals via EZProxy. Also, residents who are at Children’s Medical Center, VA Medical Center, or other off-campus locations cannot use EZProxy for remote access, unless they also have a UT Southwestern ID and password.
If you have questions, please contact us by phone at 214-648-2001 or by email.

"Find it!" icon explained

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The “Find it @ Library — UT Southwestern” icon provides direct access to journal articles from selected databases.

By clicking on the icon, you are linked directly to the full text of the article, if possible, or provided with three other options for obtaining the article:

  • Search the Library’s Ejournals A to Z List of electronic journals (to confirm whether we have the needed journal issue online)
  • Search the Library Catalog (especially for articles in older journals available only in print)
  • Request article through Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD) (for articles the Library does not own)

For more information on the “Find it!” icon, go to the Find it! UTSW Library FAQ page on the Library Web site.

Library's electronic journals cover broad subject spectrum

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The core of the Library’s electronic journal (ejournal) collection covers the medical and life sciences, but many non-medical ejournals are in the collection as well. They are received as part of ejournal packages that include non-medical titles along with medical ones. Most offer full-text access to published articles.
As a result, the campus community has access to ejournals covering such diverse topics as:

  • Business
  • Computer science
  • Education
  • General interest
  • Human resources management
  • Marketing & public relations
  • Sports & recreation

To check whether an ejournal of interest to you is available from the Library, use the Electronic Journals A to Z list on the Library Web site. If the journal is owned, you can link directly to the full text of the articles.
Among the non-medical journals available are:

  • Adult Education Quarterly
  • Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
  • Computer Aided Design
  • Consumer Reports
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Higher Education
  • Journal of Human Resources
  • PC World
  • Public Relations Quarterly
  • Runner’s World

PsychiatryOnline offers practice guidelines, books, journals, and more

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PsychiatryOnline—from American Psychiatric Press, Inc. (APPI), a subsidiary of the American Psychiatric Association—gives access to a wealth of information:

  • American Psychiatric Association practice guidelines (evidence-based recommendations for the assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders)
  • Textbooks published by APPI, including the Diagnostic & Statistical (DSM) Manuals
  • Journals published by APPI
  • Clinical and research news
  • “Book of the Month”: Access to a free PDF of a different APPI book every month
  • PDA ebook library

Handy features of the site allow you to:

  • Create a free personal account to store images, bookmarks, and searches by using the “My PsychiatryOnline” link (visible only when accessing through the Library Web site) on the home page.
  • Save an image from a PsychiatryOnline book to your personal “My PsychiatryOnline” account by using the “image clipping” function.
  • Use an “images only” search option to find images tagged with your search term.

To locate, type “PsychiatryOnline” in the Library Web site “search” box. If you have questions, call 214-648-2003 or use the Ask a Librarian page on the Library Web site.

Google Scholar now links to Library ejournals

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Now when you search Google Scholar from a computer on campus (or remotely using Virtual Private Network/VPN) and find articles published in electronic journals owned by the Library, you can link to full text directly from Google Scholar! Just click on the “Find it!@Library” link.
Normally, this link will take you directly to the full-text article. However, due to imperfections in the linking process, it may take you to a screen with the message, “No direct link to this article found; try the full text link(s) below.” The links listed will normally include:

For more information, see the Find it!@Library FAQ page on the Library Web site. If you have questions, contact Jeff Perkins by email or by phone at 214-648-2004.