New year, new platform for USMLE Easy test prep resource

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USMLEasy BlackUSMLE Easy will be migrating to a new enhanced platform on January 1, 2015. The new platform will offer all the features of the current platform but will also include several enhancements, including:

  • Adaptive technology: Adaptive learning technology creates a customized study plan based on your skills, your time, and what you need to learn to maximize your score.
  • Access it anywhere: This platform is cloud-based and available on the web, your tablet, or your phone. Note: The platform is tablet-optimized, but not mobile-optimized.
  • Instructor tools: Instructors will now be able to create and assign tests to students if their school/program has purchased an institutional subscription.

Please note: Existing user data will not migrate to the new platform. UT Southwestern users should login to their existing accounts and print their account information before December 31, 2014. After the migration is complete on January 1, users will need to create a new account on the new platform.

Chronicle of Higher Education campus access update

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logo_chronicleAfter December 31, 2014, the Library’s subscription to The Chronicle of Higher Education will no longer include “domain access.” This means that users will no longer be able to create and use personal accounts to access Chronicle content via iPad, smartphone, or tablet.

In addition, personal accounts will no longer provide access to the Chronicle website from off-campus. Remote access through EZproxy and VPN will remain. Previously created personal accounts will be deleted after the last day of December. Users will still be able to sign up to receive alerts at the Chronicle site.

Library hosts course on grants and the basics of writing grant proposals

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Michelle Malizia, M.A., associate director of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region (NN/LM SCR), will teach a course designed for beginning grant proposal writers, which presents a general overview of the grant and funding processes, as well as the level of detail required in a successful proposal. The class will be held on November 20, 2014, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Library’s Informatics Classroom (Room E2.310A).

In the course, each component of the grant writing process will be addressed, including:

  • Documenting the need
  • Identifying the target population
  • Writing measurable objectives
  • Developing work, evaluation, and dissemination plans

Registration is limited and required. Reserve your place at https://nnlm.gov/scr/training/register.html?schedule_id=3139. This course will not include information on research level grants (R01, R03, etc.).

Ms. Malizia coordinates the grant writing process at the NN/LM SCR and has extensive experience in the field of grant writing and evaluating. The NN/LM SCR serves the biomedical information needs of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas and writes, evaluates, and administers many grants and awards. The Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, located in Houston, Texas, operates as the Regional Medical Library for the NN/LM SCR under a five-year contract with the National Library of Medicine. The mission of the NN/LM is to advance the progress of medicine and improve public health through access to health information.

Library confirms EZProxy phishing scam

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Some university members have recently received an email with “Off-Campus Access” in the subject line that claims to be from the Library and notifies them that their “off-campus access to electronic resources is expiring soon”. (See image below.) Please note: This is **NOT** a legitimate email; it is a “spear phishing” scam, which is a targeted attack focusing on institutions like UT Southwestern that often use identifying information (like the actual name of the Information Security Officer of the institution or specific information about you) to create trust. This email should be deleted.

This is a reminder that the UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center will:

  • Never ask for a user ID or password
  • Never notify users to update their account information via email

Here are some security tips directly from UT Southwestern Information Resources:

  • Don’t click on links in emails from people you don’t know. You can move your mouse over links to view the true destination. If you don’t recognize the website, don’t click on the link.
  • If you don’t recognize the sender of the email and/or the account is not from a UT Southwestern account, delete the message. Think before your act.
  • Be wary of “official” emails that contain grammatical errors or spelling mistakes.
  • Be cautious about opening any attachment or downloading any files from any email you receive, regardless of who sent them.
  • Be suspicious of any email with urgent requests for personal financial or sensitive information. Legitimate companies do not ask for this type of information via email.
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center Information Resources will never ask for a username and password in an email.

If you are unsure about the legitimacy of an email, contact the IR Service Desk or your departmental support. Forward spam or phishing emails to spamreport@utsouthwestern.edu.

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EZProxy authentication changes to UpToDate

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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!

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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

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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

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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:

Donate your medical & science materials for Sierra Leone Educational Enrichment Project

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The Sierra Leone Educational Enrichment Project (SLEEP) at UT Southwestern student organization is working to build the only library at the only medicine and sciences school in Sierra Leone, where the most recent documents date to 1987. A drop box is available at the South Campus Library until September 27 to accept donations of textbooks, journals, CDs, DVDs, and other relevant medical and science materials that can help train doctors in Sierra Leone.

SLEEP is a not-for-profit corporation (501(c)3) incorporated in New York and based out of Harvard, Duke, USC, and recently UT Southwestern, which focuses on improving primary, secondary, and post-secondary education in Sierra Leone, one of the poorest countries on Earth (GDP per capita).  Be a part of our collection programs here on campus!

 

Library to host 2014 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference

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EClogoThe Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center will host two rooms to watch live sessions from the 2014 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference from September 29 through October 2, 2014.

The EDUCAUSE conference focuses on exploring innovative solutions in Higher Education Information Technology and Teaching & Learning. Sessions are geared towards academic faculty and information technology professionals.

The live streaming schedule is:

  • Monday, September 29 from 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.  (Pre-conference – The Learning Brain: Implications for Teaching)
  • Tuesday, September 30 from 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Wednesday, October 1 from 7 a.m. – 5:20 p.m.
  • Thursday, October 2 from 7 – 10:30 a.m.

Note: Light breakfast will be provided by the Library on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

To RSVP and vote for your preferred live viewing topic(s) for the concurrent sessions, please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EC2014UTSWReg by Wednesday, September 24. We hope to email the concurrent session viewing topics by Friday, September 26.

There will also be a post-conference email sent with access information to all the taped concurrent session recordings for those who RSVP.

See the comprehensive virtual conference agenda and detailed description about each sessions at http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/agenda-and-program/virtual-conference-agenda.

For more information, contact Joseph Tan or Jane Scott.