EZProxy authentication changes to UpToDate

UpToDate logoStarting November 4, 2014, UpToDate users logging in from off-campus via EZProxy will experience a minor change, which has been mandated by the database vendor.

After logging in through EZProxy, users will be presented with an intermediary page in UpToDate that includes options to either login using an existing personal account or register for a new account. Personal accounts will be linked with users’ UT Southwestern logins, and registered users will be able to bypass the intermediary page on subsequent logins.

Users without a personal account will be able continue to perform searches as usual but will be presented with the intermediary page upon each login. The search box will be located on the top left corner instead of the center of the page.

Access from on-campus or via Juniper VPN will remain the same.

One of the major advantages of establishing a personal account is that the user will receive 0.5 continuing medical education (CME) credit upon completion of each search.

Please contact libWebmaster@utsouthwestern.edu for further questions or concerns.

Getting ready to move? Don’t forget the Archives!

Archives objectsIs your office space, lab, or department relocating to another area on campus at UT Southwestern? Are you downsizing to a different space, or discovering stray photos while preparing to move? The UT Southwestern Archives within the Library welcomes donations of materials related to the history of medicine in North Texas. Examples include:

  • UT Southwestern-produced documents that pertain to the campus’ overall functions, operations, and goals and objectives
  • Photographs of UT Southwestern faculty, staff, or students or of the campus or affiliated hospitals
  • Papers of or pertaining to individuals or groups who have made notable contributions to UT Southwestern
  • Newspaper or magazine clippings pertaining to UT Southwestern and its faculty, staff, students, or campus
  • Items pertaining to the history of St. Paul Hospital from its founding in 1894 to the present
  • Selected newsletters, reports, etc., from UT Southwestern University Hospitals (includes the Zale Lipshy and St. Paul hospital buildings), Parkland Health & Hospital System, Children’s Medical Center, or UT Southwestern Austin Programs
  • UT Southwestern student yearbooks, yearly school bulletins, scrapbooks, and more
  • Documents and other items about Texas physicians
  • Medical artifacts that illustrate the history of medicine

By donating items like these to the Archives, you help extend the documentation about the history of the campus, medicine in North Texas, and general medical history. Generally, donated items will be preserved, arranged, described, and utilized in a variety of ways. Some items may be digitized and made publicly-available. Other items may be placed on exhibit within the Library or made available upon request to researchers.

Before making a donation or if you have questions about donations, contact Cameron Kainerstorfer at 214-648-7675, or complete the online Ask Us form.

New 2014 ClinicalKey enhancements and ebooks announced

ClinicalKeyClinicalKey, a recently acquired, clinical decision-making resource from Elsevier, has just announced the launch of some new enhancements to its website. These enhancements include:

  • A cleaner, mobile-friendly design for discovering clinical content on the go
  • 1,400+ new Topic Pages that offer quick access to point-of-care content, including risk factors, treatments, and more
  • A new browse feature with a list of sources highlighting new books and journals that can be searched or filtered
  • A new search history feature enabling you to view and refresh recent queries

ClinicalKey also provides access to some popular ebook titles requested by UT Southwestern faculty, such as:

  • Atlas of Human Anatomy, 6th ed., 2014
  • Comprehensive Gynecology, 6th ed., 2012
  • Emery and Rimoin’s Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics, 6th ed., 2013
  • Mims’ Medical Microbiology, 5th ed., 2013
  • Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics, 7th ed., 2015
  • Problem Solving in Radiology: Cardiovascular Imaging, 1st ed., 2013
  • Review of Orthopaedics, 6th ed., 2012
  • Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 9th ed., 2015
  • Roberts & Hedges’ Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, 6th ed., 2013
  • Rosen’s Emergency Medicine, 8th ed., 2013
  • Thompson & Thompson Genetics in Medicine, 7th ed., 2007

For questions or training on how to use ClinicalKey, email LibSearchers@utsouthwestern.edu.

ALCEP funds bring The Lancet, physical & analytical chemistry, and psychology

The UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center now has online access to every single issue of The Lancet published since the journal was founded in 1823. The Lancet backfiles on ScienceDirect (1823-1994) were recently purchased by the University of Texas System Academic Library Collection Enhancement Program (ALCEP) funds, which are allocated by the UT System Board of Regents for one-time collection purchases.

ALCEP funds also obtained two additional ScienceDirect backfile subject collections, with access starting from volume one: