The Office of Clinical Research and the UTSW Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program have contracted with Meg Bouvier, Ph.D., to offer all UTSW researchers free, unlimited access to her library of self-directed virtual training resources. Dr. Bouvier received her Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and is a full-time NIH grant writer. To access the resources, registration is required using your UTSW email address.
Category Archives: Internet Resources
Upcoming Wiley educational sessions for early-career scholarly authors
Wiley is presenting a variety of workshop topics for early career scholarly authors. These include:
- The Open Access Advantage (September 14, 2023, 12:00 p.m. CST)
- How to Promote Your Article after Publication (September 27, 2023, 12:00 p.m. CST)
- How to Publish Your Manuscript with Wiley (November 7, 2023, 12:00 p.m. CST)
These sessions are also listed here among other Wiley educational presentations at the Wiley Webinars and Events page.
Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP) and the University of Texas System reach new transformative agreement
The transformative agreement (TA) between IOPP and the University of Texas System allows affiliated researchers to publish unlimited OA articles in IOPP’s journals and most partner journals with the costs to publish already covered for a 3-year contract. TAs are key to making publicly funded research openly accessible to all on publication, in line with The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) policy.
More information about the agreement may be found on the Institute of Physics page on the Library’s APC Guide.
The UT Southwestern Library actively investigates other TA agreements with publishers as they become available, and the primary concern in these negotiations is evaluating whether supporting OA publishing may be accommodated by or applied to the usual annual price increases for subscription renewals. These efforts are being handled by Jon Crossno, Collection Management Librarian, and Kelly Gonzalez, Assistant Vice President of Library Services. Gonzalez also serves as chair of TLCUA, the organization who successfully negotiated the Elsevier negotiations.
Pitchbook launches
| Are you interested in entrepreneurship and company formation and need a new resource for developing your fundraising strategy? If so, sign up for a free account with PitchBook, a platform for comprehensive data, research, and insights into global capital markets. The subscription is offered through a collaboration of the Office for Technology Development and the Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center.Note: Accounts must be created using your UT Southwestern email address either from on campus or using VPN or the Library’s EZproxy remote access option. |
Upcoming Wiley Webinars for Authors
Opening the Editor’s Black Box: Insider Tips for Successful Submissions –
2 May 2023 11:00 AM CST
How to Promote Your Published Article
17 May 2023 1:00 PM CST
Opening the Editor’s Black Box: Insider Tips for Successful Submissions
7 June 2023 10:00 AM CST
How to Promote Your Published Article
13 June 2023 11:00 AM CST
Black Maternal Health Week, April 11 – 17 2023
The Network of the National Library of Medicine is sponsoring free educational events to learn more about the past, present and future of Black Maternal Health in the United States. To register, please click on the following links:
- April 11: History of Black Maternal Health Lecture, Simulcast & Live Discussion with Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens
- April 13: Exploring the Maternal Experience Survey: Addressing Racism and Informing New Models of Maternal Care to Promote Health Equity with Dr. Lisa Gittens-Williams
- April 13: Panel Discussion: Current Issues in Black Maternal Health
- April 17: Journal Discussion of Environmental Factors Involved in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality (Will not be recorded)
Use Electronic Resources Responsibly!
From the Library’s website, authorized UT Southwestern users may access more than:
- 440,000 electronic books
- 25,000 electronic journals
- 300 databases
Be aware that electronic resource use is governed by institutional license agreements. Publishers monitor use of their electronic resources for potential abuse, especially at the institutional level.
To assist you in using licensed resources responsibly and navigating the copyright and permissions labyrinth, the Library has updated two guides:
- Copyright – includes background, answers to basic questions, links to UT System Policy and resources, and a copyright flowchart designed to assist you understand proper usage based on the media form and source.
- Using Media – provides information on how to access and use media (i.e., images, video, audio) responsibly, request permissions and cite and attribute.
Questions? Please send them to LibAsk@utsouthwestern.edu.
Library upgrades to CINAHL Ultimate
The Library has upgraded its CINAHL subscription to CINAHL Ultimate, which provides full text for more of the most used journals in the CINAHL index than any other database. It covers more than 50 nursing specialties and includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU modules and research instruments. Additionally, it includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 1,253 active global OA journals.
Ancestry® Library Edition arrives
The UTSW Library has recently acquired the database Ancestry® Library Edition (ProQuest). This database is perfect for both the casual researcher of genealogy and the expert. It is the library version of the paid Ancestry subscription but with a few differences.
- Users are not allowed to save items to a new or existing family tree, they may email items or save them to a flash drive.
- Forums and advice on how to search for difficult family members are available, as well as forms to print to build your own family tree.
- Users may search records from around the world, but please note that records are not translated from their original language.
Library adds NEJM Journal Watch
The Library is in the process of starting a subscription to NEJM Journal Watch; the subscription officially begins on January 1st, but the publisher has turned on early access for us through the end of the year. It can be accessed through the Ejournals A to Z page.
NEJM Journal Watch summarizes “the most important research, medical news, drug information, public health alerts, and guidelines across 12 specialties”. Specialty areas include cardiology, general medicine, hospital medicine, infectious diseases, neurology, and oncology and hematology.
Articles are accessible in clinical topic collections and a fully searchable and browsable complete archive. Other valuable information includes Clinical Conversations – podcast; HIV and ID Observations and Insights on Residency Training – blogs; Audio General Medicine – audio interviews with study authors; and CME.