The Library demonstrated online consumer health information sources on Saturday, Oct. 3rd at KRLDs “Breakthroughs in Medicine” community health care forum sponsored by UT Southwestern. Flu shots, health screenings, food and giveaways were available. The free event took place at the Hilton Lincoln Center on IH 635 at the Dallas North Tollway.
The event included informational sessions on heart disease prevention, breakthroughs in breast cancer, ending back pain and the link between diet and cancer. The half-day event was free and open to the public.
Participating physicians included:

• Rod Rohrich and Jeffrey M. Kenkel (Plastic Surgery)
• Kevin Gill (Spine Center)
• Phil Evans and Marilyn Leitch (Center for Breast Care)
• Claus Roehrborn (Urology)
• James McCulley (Opthamology)
• Amit Khera (Preventive Cardiology)
• David Euhus (Simmons Cancer Center)

The luncheon guest speaker, Dr. John Carlo, Dallas County Medical Director, addressed the timely topic of influenza.

Library classes can help you find:

• More funding sources
• Better articles on your research topic
• An easier way to manage your bibliographies
• Effective evidence-based medicine (EBM) resources
• Emerging technologies for on-line collaborating and networking

Classes begin at 11AM and generally last one hour, plus optional extra time for practice or personal assistance from the instructor. Whether you are just starting out or need a refresher to help you dig deeper, these interactive courses provide essential tools for continued professional development.
Attendance is free to the UT Southwestern community, as well as the staff of Parkland Health & Hospital System and Children’s Medical Center. Classes meet in the South Campus (main) Library classroom (Room E2.310A). Please register via the Library’s Web site.
September 8: Navigating the Library
Locate the information you need in the Library’s vast online and print collections.
September 22: Finding COS Funding Opportunities
Find grants, fellowships, and awards in the comprehensive COS database
October 6: Searching PubMed
Discover MEDLINE, the nation’s premier medical database, via PubMed, a free, open-to-the-public interface. Power-up your searches using MeSH search terms.
October 20: Getting Better Results from Ovid
Go deeper into MEDLINE and related databases with the user-friendly Ovid interface.
November 10: Organizing Citations with EndNote
Save hours by gaining control of your bibliographies, notes, and sources. 90-minute class.
November 24: Discovering Social Media Resources for Researchers and Clinicians
Find out how to organize ejournal articles, communicate with colleagues, and stay current on hot topics using social media sites for biomedical professionals.
December 8: Exploring Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Resources
Find the highest quality evidence to support your research, practice, and course work.

Millions of researchers, students, and scholarly writers save time by using EndNote software to:

• Download bibliographic information from online database searches automatically
• Organize references, images, and PDF files
• Create and modify bibliographies in recommended publication formats without retyping
• Collaborate with colleagues by exporting and importing selected references

The recently released Windows version, EndNote X3, and current Macintosh EndNote X2, can be downloaded from the Information Resources’ (IR) EndNote Download Page. New EndNote X3 features include bibliographic style functionality for creating multiple bibliographies and for chemistry composite references that group citations.
This software is available at no charge to UT Southwestern affiliates. Licenses are purchased annually by the UT Southwestern Graduate School Student Computing Committee.
The Library offers an “Organizing Citations with EndNote” class. To register, go to the Library’s Class Registration page. For individual assistance or advanced instruction, contact Therona Ramos by phone at 214-648-5073 or by email.
For more information about EndNote, including instruction sheets and other resources, see the Library’s EndNote and Reference Manager UT Southwestern Resources Web page.
Important reminders for EndNote users:

• Keep your EndNote version current. If the version in which you created EndNote libraries is more than three versions older than the current version, conversion issues may arise. The latest version is EndNote X3.
• Remove previous versions before installing the latest version. The license key is built into the installation.
• Be sure to save a backup copy of your “library” files (.enl) and the associated “EndNote library name.Data” folder.

The Library is more than a campus building. Your Library staff is available to you for consultations and training at your workplace. We can come to your office, conference room, or laboratory at a time that best meets your needs.
Our experts can:

• Help identify key resources in your field
• Give tips to enhance database searching skills
• Recommend Library services that can speed up your research
• Explain how to manage bibliographies with EndNote
• Show how to create automatic subject or table-of-contents alerts
• And more

Group training sessions can also be arranged. We are happy to speak to departmental meetings or other groups on a topic of interest.
This service is available to faculty, staff, and students of UT Southwestern Medical Center (including the University Hospitals), Parkland Health and Hospital System, and Children’s Medical Center.
To request a training session, fill out the Individualized Training Request form, which is available under “Get Help/Ask Us” (on the left sidebar) on the Library Web site. Or you may call 214.648.2003 and leave a message with your specific needs and contact information.