RefWorks Downtime Feb. 15, 2014

On February 15, 2014 RefWorks will make improvements to its internal systems to accommodate a growing number of users and reduce the need for future downtime.

An eight hour (8) maintenance window is needed to perform these enhancements, lasting from 3:00 UTC through 11:00 UTC.

During this time period RefWorks users can expect sporadic availability, including short periods of complete downtime. We anticipate that access issues and possible functionality problems will last anywhere from 3 to 15 minutes. If you experience issues with RefWorks during this maintenance window we recommend that you close your browser session, and return to RefWorks at a later time.

See below for a more complete list of times and time zones.

• Eastern Time: Saturday, February 15 at 10:00 PM for eight (8) hours

ProQuest RefWorks welcomes customer feedback. Please email your comments to refworks.support@proquest.com or visit www.proquest.com/go/suggestions.

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ABMS Directory Now Online

The Official ABMS Directory of Medical Specialists is no longer being published in print.

See http://www.abmsdirectory.com/ for the new online-only version of this directory of board-certified specialists.

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Ongoing Renovations: Matthews-Fuller Library

Renovations Continue in the Matthews-Fuller Library

In addition to getting a fresh coat of paint over the holidays, the Matthews-Fuller Library (DHMC, 5th floor) has a couple of big projects left:

• Starting Monday, January 21, DHMC Engineering staff will be working in the ceiling over the unbound journals section of the library to repair the HVAC system. This will take most of the week.
• Also starting on Monday, January 21, new carpet installation will begin in front of the circulation and the reference desk.  The carpet crew will arrive around 9:00 AM, Monday morning to begin the removal of the old carpet.  They plan to spend the entire day in that space.  From there, they will begin to remove the old carpet and install the new carpet behind the circulation/reference desk. Once that area is completed, they will proceed to move throughout the library over the course of approximately two weeks, removing the old carpet, and installing the new carpet.

There will be a significant amount of shuffling around books, furniture, etc., during this time.  We apologize for the disruption this will cause and encourage you to contact me if you have any questions, concerns, etc.

Thank you for your patience.
Cindy Stewart

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Dana Library Books: Making Way for the New

As you may have heard, the Dana Biomedical Library is scheduled to come down, along with Gilman, early in 2013 in order to make way for a new building to house the library, Geisel administration, TDI, TDC, and two social sciences departments.  During the construction period, the library’s staff and study spaces will be at 37 Dewey Field and the collections will be housed offsite.  We’ll be in touch with more details later.

In preparation, we are beginning a freshening up of the Dana Biomedical Library’s book collection – we’re clearing out dated, duplicative, superseded, and unused material in order to make the newer material more visible and easily browsed when we move into the new building in 2016.  

Books designated for weeding will be pulled and shelved in Dana’s first floor Quinn Room. They will be held there for four weeks before being processed for discard.  During this time you are welcome to review our selections and ask us to keep titles you believe are still of value to research or the curriculum at Dartmouth/DHMC.  (You may also ask that a discarded book be made available to you for your personal collection.)  A list of books slated for discard will also be posted on the Biomedical Libraries web at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/biomed/resources/dana-books.html, along with instructions for making comment.

New discard selections will be added weekly, so check often if you are interested.  This weeding project will likely continue for quite some time.

If you have questions, please contact Peggy Sleeth, Associate Director/Information Resources.

 

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New look for PsycINFO!

PsycINFO, an index of the literature in psychology and related disciplines, is moving to a new search interface – ProQuest.  You can view it now at http://search.proquest.com/psycinfo/advanced?accountid=10422.  The former CSA search interface will go away shortly.  The database itself remains the same – what’s changing is the look and some of the searching mechanics.  However, if you had a saved search in the old interface you will need to re-do it in the new system.

For a summary of the changes, see the guide prepared by the James P. Adams Library at Rhode Island College at http://ric.libguides.com/content.php?pid=218435&sid=1848242.

For help using PsycINFO, talk to one of our Biomedical Librarians.  See http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/biomed/services/askchat.html for contact information.

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Do you use INSPEC?

The Dartmouth College Library is evaluating our subscription to the physics-engineering-computer science database, INSPEC.  Please take a moment to respond to our quick survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MWXTXPP

We appreciate your feedback!

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Try DynaMed, a New Resource for Clinical Information

DynaMed is a clinical reference tool that provides evidence-based, clinically-organized reviews for over 3,200 topics.  Designed for use at the point of care, DynaMed quickly outlines general information, causes and risk factors, complications and associated conditions, history and physical, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, prevention and screening, information for the patient, quality improvement measures, and national guidelines.  Evidence supporting recommendations is well-referenced and graded.

A recent article in BMJ evaluated five point-of-care resources (including UpToDate) to see how quickly the resources updated new evidence.  DynaMed was judged the best by far at updating critical topic reviews based on new evidence.

According to another study of disease reference tools by KLAS, survey respondents indicated that DynaMed excelled in the credibility of the information it provided and in the relevance of its information.

Links to DynaMed can be found on the Biomedical Libraries Web under Resources and in the Dartmouth Library Catalog.

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“Investing in Women and Girls” Exhibit at the Matthews-Fuller Library

The Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries, and the DHMC Arts Program, are honored to bring the “Investing in Women and Girls” Exhibit, a part of the Dartmouth Healthcare Community’s eighth annual Great Issues in Medicine and Global Health Symposium held in November 2011, to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center from April through June 2012.

The overall goal of the Exhibit and complementary programs is to engage our general, academic and professional communities in discussions concerning the economic, social, physical health, safety and well-being of women and girls everywhere. Women and girls continue to be disadvantaged by the lack of access to health care, education, financial services, property, and power. In the Exhibit you will find information about the status of women and girls in New Hampshire and across the globe. You will also discover lectures, photographs, videos and artifacts demonstrating many local, national and global initiatives that invest in women and girls.

Sections of the Exhibit appear inside and outside Matthews-Fuller Library and in Chilcott Lounge outside Auditorium G in the Rubin Building at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The audio and video presentations by four Symposium speakers, listed below, are available outside Matthews-Fuller Library:

• Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA: Making  A Difference
• Sarah Degnan Kambou, PhD, MPH: Pushing at the Margins: Women, Vulnerability and Resilience in Marginalized Communities
• Marilyn Sommers, PhD, RN, FAAN: When Women and Girls are Healthy, a Nation is Healthy: Making a Global Difference
• Ana Langer, MD: Women and Health: Addressing Current Needs and Setting the Future Agenda

The speakers’ remarks address:

• interconnected factors that heighten girls’ and women’s vulnerability to disease in marginalized communities throughout the world;
• the interface among practice and research, service, and health policy with respect to global women’s and girls’ health;
• local, regional and global investments in women’s and girls’ health, safety, education, economic status, recreation and/or sport; and,
• strategies for helping girls fulfill their dreams for social, educational, economic, recreational and athletic opportunities.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said:

What we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from violence, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when families flourish, communities and nations do as well.

We hope you will find the time to explore the resources we have gathered to illustrate the status of women and girls in our communities and around the globe, and to take action to make your own investments in this world-wide challenge.

Mary Turco, EdD
Symposium Co-Director

John Butterly, MD
Symposium Co-Director

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Updated Library Website Goes Live!

The Dartmouth College Library’s website has a new look!  Here’s what you’ll see:

• Clean, streamlined new layout and design
• More compact left-hand navigation for top-level links
• NEW ‘single-search’ box that presents three columns of search results from Summon, the Library Catalog, and the Library website … try it!
• Images and expanded news items to keep you up to date on exhibits, upcoming workshops, collection highlights and news about Library services

Send us your feedback!  (Feedback form on the bottom of every page on the library-beta site)

Let us know what you think!

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Librarian on-site at the Life Sciences Center

A librarian is coming to the Life Sciences Center.  Starting this Friday a Biomedical Librarian (usually Pamela Bagley, the library liaison to Biology) will be available in the LSC Gallery Fridays from 9:00 am to 11:00 am.  No appointment is necessary–just drop by with questions about  literature searches, EndNote or RefWorks or any other library or information related topics.  Please refer students as well.  And remember, you can contact Pamela at any time at pamela.bagley@dartmouth.edu.

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