Monthly Archives: February 2010

Get the best evidence for your medical decisions! Register for the March 2nd class.

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On March 2, the Library will offer a class from 11 a.m. to 12 noon titled “Identifying Evidence-Based Medicine Resources.” You can sign up on the Library’s Class Registration page.
The class will explore the three major EBM databases on the Library web site:

  • ACP PIER: Presents evidence-based clinical information on diagnosis and treatment. Produced by the American College of Physicians (ACP), and presented on the STAT!Ref platform.
  • DynaMed: Gives evidence-based, clinically-oriented summaries of more than 3,000 topics, including 800+ pharmaceutical summaries based on AHFS Drug Information.
  • UpToDate: Provides specific practical recommendations for diagnosis and treatment. Access allowed only from on campus.

For more information about EBM resources or the class, or to request an individual training session on EBM resources, contact Laura Wilder by email or by phone at 214-648-3518.

Apothecary Jars Collection online

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Did you know that the Library has a collection of more than 50 apothecary jars – designed to hold medications and ingredients in what today we’d call “pharmacies” – in the Rare Book Room at the South Campus (main) Library? No time to visit? No problem! The jars are also available online.
Take a coffee break and learn a bit of history about these jars. Some are painted with beautifully ornate decorations and symbols.
Interested in what the jars actually contained? Everything from the safe (table sugar) to the poisonous (henbane). Apothecaries worked with a wide range of plant material: leaves, roots, bark, flowers, and seeds. Many of the jars contained items to help relieve pain.
A few of the jars in the collection remain a mystery. Those particular jars are available within Flickr. If you know something about these jars, help us expand what is known by commenting on or tagging a photo with a note.

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.

Are you experiencing delays with SciFinder?

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SciFinder, previously referred to as SciFinder Scholar 2007, is continuing its efforts to transition clients to the current Web version by allocating more seats away from the desktop program that many clients still use.
Clients using the desktop version will experience longer delays and should update to the current Web version as soon as possible to take advantage of the many new features offered by the Web platform.

Get more reach for your research at upcoming symposium

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The National Library of Medicine and University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth are hosting an all-day symposium on February 26, 2010, entitled New Trends in Scholarly Communication: Maximizing Author Impact.
The scientific symposium is available for academic professionals and other interested individuals and will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Fort Worth (600 Commerce St, Fort Worth, TX 76102). Lectures and discussion will include:

  • Author rights
  • Discipline and institutional repositories
  • New methods of publishing
  • Preservation of intellectual assets
  • NIH Public Access Policy

Registration is available through February 24th and costs $50, which covers light breakfast, lunch, and valet parking. For more information or to register, please refer to the symposium Web site.