Category Archives: Internet Resources

UTSW Affiliates Library Resources access at Children's Health migrating to EZProxy Login only

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EZproxyUT Southwestern affiliates working in Children’s Health will now be prompted with an EZProxy login in order to access all paid Library resources, which includes Ejournals A to Z, full text article linking, and clinical resources (e.g., UpToDate, ClinicalKey).

This change is being implemented to resolve compounding UT Southwestern Information Resources security and networking system access incompatibilities. Our resource vendors also require more clear authentication paths to ensure that only authorized UT Southwestern affiliates obtain access to licensed content. EZProxy authentication will streamline the process and provide clear access entry.

We apologize for the access troubles encountered over the last weeks and anticipate this fix will correct any problems that have not been resolved by previous measures.

If you are a UT Southwestern affiliate who still experiences access issues at Children’s Health, please report your issue to Liberesources@utsouthwestern.edu. Please include information about where you were attempting entry, what browser you are using, and your location.

Off-campus access to Library resources temporarily suspended Friday, March 25, from 5 – 6 p.m. during EZproxy upgrade

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Due to necessary maintenance of our EZproxy server, the Library’s electronic resources may be unavailable for approximately an hour beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 25, 2016.

This upgrade should resolve recent access issues experienced at Childrens’ Health.

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE: South Campus Library computers and printers unavailable March 26-27

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ElectricityMarThe South Campus (main) Library computers and printers will be unavailable this weekend (March 26-27, 2016) to perform electrical work/maintenance in the E2 construction areas. Wireless availability remains uncertain, but air conditioning and lighting will not be affected.

For any Library or Student computer/printing needs, please use the North Campus Branch Library (ND2.300) location.

Tell us what you think about JAMAevidence: online survey available through April 8, 2016

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CORRECTION: Survey link corrected. (4/4/2016) Survey link removed upon completion (4/11/2016)

The UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library & Learning Center is currently trialing JAMAevidence, through April 8, 2016. Please provide feedback about the resource through this brief survey. JAMAevidence combines three evidence-based medicine (EBM) textbooks (Users’ Guide to the Medical Literature, 3rd. ed.; The Rational Clinical Examination; and Care at the Close of Life), as well as other educational tools for EBM training.

Library acquires digital JAMA back issues from 1883-1997

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The Library is pleased to announce that we recently purchased online access to every issue of JAMA and all of the JAMA specialty journals published from 1883-1997.  Access to these journals is now available through Ejournals A to Z and the catalog. Publications in the collection include:

  • JAMA
  • Archives of Dermatology
  • Archives of Family Medicine
  • Archives of General Psychiatry
  • Archives of Internal Medicine
  • Archives of Neurology
  • Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry
  • Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
  • Archives of Ophthalmology Archives of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
  • Archives of Surgery

Complete list of JAMA backfiles

Please note that articles published before 1998 are available in PDF format only.

New BMJ Case Reports subscription provides report submission opportunities for publication

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BMJ Case Reports

By popular request, UT Southwestern now has an new Institutional Fellowship to BMJ Case Reports, and all individual fees are waived for all campus affiliates. Other benefits of the Fellowship, which supports the publication goals of students, postdocs, faculty and staff, include:

  • Unlimited case report submissions—averages 70% acceptance rate
  • Access to all published reports—more than 7,000 cases
  • Permission to reuse material for personal use and educational purposes
  • Interactive capabilities—rate and comment on other cases
  • Updates when new content is published
  • Links to related content across BMJ products
  • Promotion of your case through Medline/PubMed indexing

BMJ Case Reports delivers a focused, peer-reviewed, valuable collection of cases in all disciplines so that healthcare professionals, researchers, and others can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions. This is the largest single collection of case reports online with more than 11,000 articles from over 70 countries.

Message about UpToDate and DynaMed Plus resources from Kelly Gonzalez, AVP for Library Services

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Kelly GonzalezThank you for the time and effort put into testing, reviewing, and providing feedback on UpToDate and DynaMed Plus. The usage and survey responses are critical to the Library’s role of providing resources that promote the highest quality education and patient care at UT Southwestern.

The Clinical Library Resources Advisory Subcommittee reviewed all the survey data, comments received from the survey, and physician emails. We discussed subscribing to both UpToDate and DynaMed Plus, but because UpToDate is highly used in clinical practice and the majority of the feedback was highly favorable of UpToDate, we decided that it was not fiscally responsible at that time to subscribe to both resources.

However, when the Library communicated with the DynaMed Plus vendor, EBSCO, about this decision, they were able to offer full access to DynaMed Plus for 2016 at a rate that was fiscally responsible. As a result, both UpToDate and DynaMed Plus are available in UT Southwestern’s EPIC and from the “Popular Links” section of the Library’s website.

We will continue to monitor usage on these resources, as well as welcome feedback throughout the year on these or any of the resources through the Library’s Feedback Form.

Kelly Gonzalez, M.S.I.S., M.B.A., A.H.I.P
Assistant Vice President for Library Services
Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center

 

Mosby's Nursing Consult upgraded to ClinicalKey for Nursing

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CKN-snag-300x134Mosby’s Nursing Consult has retired as of December 31, 2015, and customers have been upgraded to the new ClinicalKey for Nursing platform. ClinicalKey for Nursing provides nursing professionals with clinically relevant answers from Elsevier’s content, including evidence-based nursing monographs, books, journals, practice guidelines, and core measures with nursing recommendations. This valuable resource is now available to the campus community thanks to a successful collaboration with the Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center and the Clements University Hospital.

 

"Download limits": what you need to know about licensing agreements

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Note: Survey is no longer active.

The UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center provides access to many electronic resources (e.g., databases, electronic journals, etc.), and the use of these resources is governed by license agreements with vendors or publishers. Systematic or excessive downloading from an electronic resource is explicitly prohibited and may result in loss of our institutional access.

EZproxy has built-in restrictions to prevent the systematic harvesting of content by robots or other spoof mechanisms. The download limit is 100 megabytes (MB) within a 15-minute period of time. This limit could possibly be hit during normal downloading of content, so it does not necessarily suggest any illicit action on the user’s part.  When the download limit is exceeded, the user’s account is suspended for two hours, and the following message displays:

Our Library resource vendors have stipulations for the amount of content that can be downloaded by a user within a certain time period. Unfortunately, you have exceeded your download limit of 100 MB within a 15 minute time frame. Your suspension will expire in 2 hours. If you frequently receive this message, please contact the Library at Liberesources@utsouthwestern.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience.

An investigation is currently underway to assure that we prevent abuse of Library resources while minimizing any disruption of authorized usage. If you have experienced this download limit message, please fill out this brief Survey Monkey questionnaire about your experience  so we can better troubleshoot the current process.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us by email at Liberesources@utsouthwestern.edu.

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.