Monthly Archives: July 2010

Ovid 3.0 brings new look and functions

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CLICK HERE TO CONNECT TO OVID
A new OvidSP interface arrived on August 2, 2010, bringing enhancements and a new look. The basics of searching have not changed, but the interface has been redesigned for easier navigation.
To prepare yourself for a new searching experience, take a look at these tutorials:

What are these new features and enhancements? The following is a list of some of the major changes:

  • My Workspace is the best of the new features. It contains My Projects, My Searches & Alerts, My eTOCS, and Install Toolbar. My Workspace allows users to create projects and organize research material, either retrieved through OvidSP or uploaded from another system, into a dedicated work area.
  • My Projects is OvidSP’s resource management and organization tool. Here users can save search results, full text journal articles, images from Journals@Ovid, and book chapters from Books@Ovid. 50 MB of storage is available for storing items external to OvidSP, such as user-uploaded files and user-created citations.
  • Ovid Toolbar is a downloadable browser toolbar that allows users to quickly and easily add resources from other sites outside OvidSP to My Projects folders. These resources include URLs of Internet search results and documents.
  • New Citation Style and Export Options offer more flexibility. Users can now conveniently select their preferred citation export and print format—from MS Word, PDF, and RIS to EndNote and Reference Manager—as well as style, including Ovid, Chicago, AMA, and APA.

Your New Library Catalog is here!

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Your Library is proud to announce a new Library Catalog interface, which provides additional, enhanced searching and service capabilities.
The new Library Catalog allows you to:

  • Conduct enhanced searches by:
    • Keyword (e.g., “cancer”, “diabetes”)
    • Phrase (e.g., “Alzheimer’s disease”, “myocardial infarction”)
    • Resource type (e.g., “print”, “electronic”)
  • Quickly renew materials and update personal account information
  • Place holds on checked-out Library materials
  • Use new centralized “Library Services” Catalog location for frequently used Library services, such as Interlibrary Loan, Literature Search Request, and Suggest a Book/Journal

    • To login, go to the Library Catalog and enter your Library User ID (i.e., the bar code on your Library card or the back of your UT Southwestern ID) and Library PIN.
    If you have any questions about the new Library Catalog, please visit the Library Catalog FAQ or contact Libwebmaster@utsouthwestern.edu.

On My Own Time Exhibit on display in South Campus Library starting July 26

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About 100 art works by members of the UT Southwestern community – submitted for the 10th annual “On My Own Time” show – will be on display July 26th in the South Campus (Main) Library until October 4th.
A panel of professional artists will judge the show and determine category winners and “Best of Show.” Visitors to the exhibit can vote for their favorite art works in the “People’s Choice” category beginning July 26th through 3 p.m. on Friday, August 6. The “Best of Show” and “People’s Choice” winners will appear in a city-wide exhibit at NorthPark Center starting September 19.
“On My Own Time” is a city-wide competition organized and produced by North Texas Business Council for the Arts.

Check out the new look and features of MedlinePlus!

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MedlinePlus has received a major redesign and the reviews are positive! Many of the changes are in response to user suggestions. Take a look at this consumer health site to see how it can provide the best information for patients, staff, and their families.
New features include:

  • Easy-to-Read content and Medical Dictionary highlighted on home page
  • Drugs & Supplements page with new links to related topic pages
  • New Videos & Cool Tools page includes tutorials, calculators, quizzes and games
  • Unique color schemes for English and Spanish content
  • Health topic pages and interactive tutorials have a share button for Facebook, Twitter, and more

MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health’s Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers free, reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, in multiple languages.

Web-based photo exhibit on Dallas medical history coming in 2011

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The Library has received a Historical Preservation and Digitization Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region (NN/LM SCR).
The award will be used to digitize photographs in the Library’s UT Southwestern Archives to create a web-based chronicle of Dallas medical history from 1890-1975. The most important 50 photos will comprise an exhibit titled, "Medical Milestones in Dallas". An additional 450 photos—chosen from about 7,000 in the Archives—will supplement those in the exhibit. The photos will be accessible from the Library’s website.
The award was announced on June 30, and the project will be completed by March 31. Photos to be digitized will be selected by Bill Maina, Archivist. The Principal Investigator for this award is Matthew Zimmerman.
This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3505 with the Houston Academy of Medicine – Texas Medical Center Library.