Anatomy.tv is “the world’s most detailed 3D model of human anatomy online.” This interactive site gives detailed views of human anatomy at various anatomical levels, from bone to surface structure and every layer in between. Models may be rotated to view from all perspectives, and descriptive text is provided for each part displayed.
A 25-chapter “Study Guide” is included within Anatomy.tv. The first chapter is a useful introduction to the language of anatomy. Other chapters focus on the skeleton and the muscular, nervous, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, urinary, digestive, reproductive, and endocrine systems. Interactive MRI views and self-guided quizzes are also available.
For quickest access, type “Anatomy.tv” in the “Search” box on the Library Web site. Remote access is limited to UT Southwestern affiliates only, including residents, fellows, and University hospital employees. Walk-in users of the Library also have access.
Authorized users may download, save and print images, but please note that all material (unless otherwise noted) is protected by copyright law.

Researchers and scholars use COS (also known as “Community of Science”) to access information on grants, fellowships, and awards from national and international funding organizations, including profit, nonprofit, private, and governmental groups. COS is the premier resource for funding information, with listings of grants worth more than $33 billion.
The services offered by COS and available to UT Southwestern users include:

• Search COS Funding Opportunities. (Note: You can save these searches.)
• Create and automatically receive weekly funding alerts.
• Use the COS Workbench to manage your COS activities.
• Create and store your curriculum vitae (CV) so grant makers may contact you.

Recent enhancements allow you to:

• Track a funding opportunity on your COS Workbench.
• Save Funding Opportunities searches as alert searches.
• Re-format your CV as needed to submit with individual grant applications.
• Select the searches for which you may receive weekly emails.

Read more about these features at the COS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page. You can access COS as well as three different COS tutorials on the Library Web site by entering “COS” in the “Search” box.
For more information on COS, contact Mary Ann Huslig in the Library by email or by calling 214-648-3905.

The Library’s vast collection of electronic books (ebooks) offers quick access to the facts you may need. Find ebooks on the Library Web site by clicking on the “Electronic Books” link (under “Find a Book/Journal”) to go to the Electronic Books search page where you can enter a keyword or select a subject to locate a book on your desired topic.
While medicine and biomedical research topics are the focus of the ebook collection, thousands of books on all topics – not just biomedical – are available through the NetLibrary collection. You can even find “Dummies” series books on Access 2007 and Excel 2007 in NetLibrary.
In addition to NetLibrary, major ebook collections on the Library Web site include the six listed below. On the Web site, you can access the first three of these collections directly by using the “Quick Links” search box.

• MDConsult contains over 60 leading medical reference texts (also 55 full-text journals and extensive drug information).
• Access Medicine offers over 50 major medical texts, including 40 books in the Lange Educational Library series.
• Stat!Ref gives access to over 80 medical texts, including 10 in the “Current Diagnosis & Treatment” series.
• FreeBooks4Doctors provides links to more than 600 medical books in English and other languages, sorted by specialty.
• PsychiatryOnline.com offers psychiatric books, journals, and self-assessment tools, and is produced by the American Psychiatric Association, through its publishing entity, American Psychiatric Publishing.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library contains a wide variety of mostly non-medical reference books covering topics such as biography, environment, science, social science, and technology.

Most ebooks are available only to UT Southwestern affiliated users, unless accessed from a Library computer. Some ebooks require establishment of a username and password, especially for off-campus access.

The Ovid database search system will fully implement its new search platform, called OvidSP, on February 4, 2008. When you log into an Ovid database from the Library Web site, you’ll find yourself using the interface called “Ovid Advanced Search.” This interface keeps useful features found in the previous Ovid Gateway interface – thesauri, subject headings, term mapping, limits, and more – but adds the following workflow integration tools:

• Improved search aids to quickly narrow or broaden a search
• Online abstracts and annotations of search results
• Alerting tools such as RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and Electronic Tables of Contents (eTOCS)

OvidSP’s new “Basic Search” offers the following enhancements:

• Natural-language searching
• Results ranked by relevancy
• Simultaneous searching across books, journals, and databases

OvidSP offers the following search modes:

• “Advanced Ovid Search”: Employs the traditional Ovid syntax, which supports Boolean search terms and truncation
• “Basic Search”: Uses natural-language processing
• “Find Citation”: Identifies citations from incomplete data
• “Search Fields”: Supports natural-language searching and searching of specific fields
• “Search Tools”: Uses natural-language processing and tools such as term-mapping, scope notes and subheadings

Ovid publishes search aids to help in using OvidSP effectively:

• OvidSP Quick Reference Cards
• Best Practices in Basic Search

If you have questions about OvidSP or Ovid Gateway, contact Laura Wilder by email or by phone at 214-648-3518.