Biofeedback Fall 2008

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Bi feedback Issue #74 Fall 2008

http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library

Director’s Notes

Building a Better Biomedical Library

“Things, they are a changin” in the Biomedical Library as we strive to better serve our users! We expect our new neighbors in the Health Sciences Building to move in sometime in 2009. In anticipation of that, we are in the process of building two additional group study rooms and eight individual study rooms on the second floor of the Baugh Library. We are grateful to the Colleges of Allied Health Professions and Nursing for funding for this project. We are also in the process of converting the old multimedia lab into a Study/Conference room that will be available for study as well as for webinar viewings and conferences. This room will contain furniture that can be used in a variety of configurations. The new Health Information Resource Center (formerly the Medical Center Library) will open on the third floor of the USA Medical Center sometime during the fall. In addition to In This Issue professional resources, this facility will also serve the patients of the USAMC in meeting their information needs. Newfaculty ......... 2,9 The web page is getting a new look and we have re-organized it to make the information more DynaMed, Med-Source .... 3 “findable.” It will New Web Site ......... 3 include portals for our major user groups. We Ovid SP, CP for hand-helds . 4 are also revising the slideshare ....................................... 4 Biomedical Library Access Emergency Medicine ...... 5 blog, so our users can keep up with what’s FacultyPublications .... 6-7 new in the Biomedical SCIMago ............ 8 Library. Serials Solutions, a New Study Rooms ....... 8 new journal manageSerialsSolutions ........ 8 ment system is being New study rooms are being built at the BML campus site. AccessMedicine ........ 9 installed that will be your one source for Medicaliphone ......... 9 journals for which the Biomedical Library and the University Library proBiomedical Library News . 10 vide access, both print and electronic. We hope your research retrieval will be uninterrupted as we make these ClinicalLibrariansandEBP 10 changes; but if you have any concerns, please let me know. SOUTHMed ........ 12 Judy Burnham Director

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PHONE NUMBERS Administration Director: Judy Burnham ............ (251) 460-6886 [email protected] Secretary: Bonnie Seibert .......... (251) 460-6885 Collection Management: Jie Li .. (251) 460-6890 [email protected] Hospital Services: Geneva Staggs (251) 471-7855 [email protected] Public Services: .......................... (251) 460-7044 Justin Robertson ........................... (251) 460-7045 [email protected] Libraries: Campus (Baugh) .......................... (251) 460-7043 C&W ............................................. (251) 415-8586 UMC ............................................. (251) 471-7855 Interlibrary Loan .......................... (251) 460-6891 Fax Numbers Campus (Baugh) .......................... (251) 460-7638 UMC ............................................. (251) 471-7857 C&W ............................................. (251) 415-8587 REGULAR HOURS July 30, 2008 - December 31, 2008 Charles M. Baugh Library (Campus) Monday-Thursday 7:15 am - 11:45 pm Friday 7:15 am - 5:45 pm Saturday 7:15 am - 5:45 pm Sunday 1:00 pm - 9:45 pm Medical Center Site (staffed hours) Monday-Thursday 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday Not staffed Children’s and Women’s Site Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday & Sunday Closed Holiday and Extended Hours The libraries will observe holidays for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. See hours posted at our website. Email: [email protected] Website:southmed.usouthal.edu/library

Robert Britton Hired as the library’s new Electronic Resources Librarian Robert Britton has joined the staff of the Biomedical Library as the new Electronic Resources/ Collection Development Librarian as of July, 2008. He is a May, 2008, graduate of the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama and also holds a BA in Asian Studies from Alabama. In addition, Robert has extensive coursework in Mandarin Chinese at Feng Chia University of Taichung, Taiwan. Working in the Collection Management Department, Robert will be managing

Robert Britton

the electronic resources in the Biomedical Library and will coordinate acquisition and collection development of print and electronic resources. He will also participate in reference services and act as library liaison to the College of Medicine’s Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Radiology and to the Biomedical Sciences in the College of Allied Health.

State-wide Funding Greatly Impacts Library Resource Budgets The Biomedical Library participates in a consortia arrangement with other libraries in the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL) for purchase of several electronic resources, including Science Direct. In the agreement, the Biomedical Library subscribes to 188 Elsevier titles in the Science Direct collection (about $350,000 with University Library paying an additional $90,000 for their subscriptions.) With an additional content fee (about $6500 for Biomedical Library), we are able to access 1958 titles via Science Direct. Elsevier has made a proposal to the members of NAAL to continue this arrangement; however, educational funding state-wide greatly impacts library resource budgets. Biomedical Library expenditure for the current collection over the next three years will reach $418,302 based on the proposed contract. If the consortia arrangement does not continue, the BL may be forced to retain access only to those titles for which we have a current subscription. Faculty will be updated on this as the negotiations progress, with a projected decision by the first part of October, 2008. Faculty with questions about this issue should contact Judy Burnham, 6-6886 or [email protected].

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DyanMed, the point-of-care database to which the Biomedical Library subscribes, has expanded the list of PDAs it supports. You may access it from the following devices: • Palms • Pocket PC • Windows Smartphone • BlackBerry • iPhone

In order to install DynaMed on a PDA device, you will need to obtain a DynaMed serial number. To request a DynaMed serial number, please talk to your librarian or administrator about obtaining access to DynaMed on a PDA device and then email [email protected]

using your institution’s e-mail address extension and requesting a serial number for your PDA device.

Med-Source, http://www.med-source.blogspot.com/,

is a blog developed for medical students, which claims to provide the student with the resources needed to save time, and help them get some sleep during med school. It contains a search box as well as an alphabetical listing of “tags” assigned to the blog postings. An RSS feed is also available. The blog author is a medical student at the U of Pennsylvania and includes postings and links on topics such as pediatrics, cardiology, biochemistry, and SHELF practice questions. In one post titled Amazing

Note: Please do not use any personal e-mail accounts such as @yahoo.com, @hotmail.com or @gmail.com when making a

request for a serial number. For authentication reasons DynaMed cannot validate that you are affiliated with your institution when using these e-mail addresses. - Jie Li

General Resources the author discusses the “must have” books / sites / programs that “WILL make your life easier” in med school, many of which you can find among the Biomedical Library’s resources. - Judy Burnham

New Look for OLD website

The Biomedical Library website is getting a new look and address. Plans to implement the new Biomedical Library website are underway and a trial release is planned for the beginning of the fall semester. The new website will be located at www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu and will run concurrently with the existing website throughout the Fall 2008 semester. The current website will be taken down during the winter holidays, and visits to the old address will be redirected to the new URL. The planned website will have a crisp new look and streamlined navigation. We invite everyone to give his or her feedback when the site goes live by emailing [email protected]. You can also take a survey about the current website through a link on our homepage, http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library.

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-Andrea Wright

USA Biomedical Library Biofeedback Fall 2008

OvidSP Tutorials During the next several months, OvidSP will offer a series of live, web-based tutorials on a variety of topics, all designed to familiarize the user with the Ovid interface. Tutorials last about one hour and are free. For a complete list of topic and to register, go to the following link: http://www.ovid.com/site/help training.jsp?top=28&mid=29 Ovid offers still more training options, including (1) pre-recorded web-based tutorials and (2) step-by-step PowerPoint presentations, both on basic searching of OvidSP. These resources may be accessed at the following link: http://www.ovid.com/site/help/ training.jsp?top=28&mid=33. - Trey Lemley

CP Onhand Available at Biomedical Library Register for Clinical Pharmacology for your handheld by completing the following steps. 1. Contact the Biomedical Library at 4607044 or [email protected] to get a CP Onhand Promo Code. 2. Go to www.clinicalpharmacology.com and click on the second icon, “Subscribe Now”. Click the link on the left “Enter Promo Code.” 3. Enter the 15-digit PROMOTIONAL CODE with hyphens, into the box. Press the “Submit” button. NOTE: Enter this code only ONCE! Do not select a GSM program; this has been done for you. 4. Current users: Enter your Username and Password. 5. New user? Create your account by selecting “Click here to register”. You will be redirected to New Account Set-up

slideshare.net is a convenient way to share professional or educational PowerPoint presentations online. The site provides space to store presentations so you can access your presentations from anywhere. It will also allow you to view presentations created by others. slideshare creates html code that allows you to easily embed a presentation on your own webpage or blog. Many professionals use the service to quickly share slides after giving a presentation at a conference or for a class, so slideshare is a great place to get ideas or quick information on many different topics. There are groups for and presentations about many types of health professions and issues. The USA Biomedical Library has a profile located at http:// www.slideshare.net/usabl where one can view presentations created by librarians on topics of interest to our patrons.

screen where you will setup your own personal account. Remember your username and password. 6. You no longer need the 15-digit promotional code once you have completed this section; throw it away. Move on to the section below. HOW TO LOGIN TO CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY ONLINE WEB SITE: 1. Go to www.clinicalpharmacology.comand click on the “Subscriber Login” icon. 2. Enter your Username and Password and click on the “Subscriber Login” button. Clinical Pharmacology is currently working towards making the program compatible with Blackberries and iphones. - Jie Li

Visit the USA Biomedical Library’s profile (http://www.slideshare.net/ usabl)on slideshare to view presentations on Internet Resources for Clinicians and Evidence Based Medicine.

To date, we have posted presentations on Evidence Based Medicine and Internet Resources for Clinicians, with more to follow. To find more presentations or for assistance using slideshare , please contact Technology Librarian Andrea Wright at (251)461-1424 or contact her [email protected].

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-Andrea Wright

USA Biomedical Library Biofeedback Fall 2008

Biomedical Library Subscribes to The Biomedical Library has recently added AccessEmergency Medicine to our online collection of databases. AccessEmergency Medicine is a complete online service that allows users to quickly search for videos on the diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of emergency cases. In AccessEmergency Medicine, physicians, residents and Emergency Department (ED) nurses will find answers in one click for a broad spectrum of complaints encountered in the ED, ranging from obstetrical emergencies to orthopedic emergencies to poisoning to trauma. AccessEmergency Medicine keeps pace with the immediacy of emergency medicine with a semantically driven search that brings users to the treatment information quicker, with links to deeper information on different presentations, diagnostic tests, procedures, and more. AccessEmergency Medicine allows quick look-ups of diagnosis and treatment information from the most trusted resources and a worldrenowned advisory board. The following information is also included in AccessEmergency Medicine: Procedures Complete coverage of procedures in the ED with all the

information that health care professionals need to know— indications, contraindications, approaches, materials and complications. Quick Access to the Right Amount of Information • Point-of-Care treatment answers are available for rapid access in the clinic from the Emergency Medicine Manual, 6th edition (2003). • Trusted references in Emergency Medicine including Pediatrics, Orthopedics, and OB/GYN.

Library of Images and Multimedia A library of images that includes common and uncommon clinical presentations and imaging studies of children and adults allows for quick diagnosis. •

Illustrative images for quick reference and instruction.

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Galleries of emergency clinical images reflecting the first, second and third most common presentations.

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Library of Procedures, updated monthly, with animations and procedural videos.

Complete Drug Information Updated in Real-Time Fully integrated drug information throughout AccessEmergency Medicine including complete chemical structure and dosing information, adverse reactions, indications and contraindications as well as patient education in English and Spanish and fullcolor photos of all formulations. In a section on Superficial Cutaneous Infections- Physical Examination an examination of skin lesions associated with pitted keratolysis of the plantar shows “loss of keratinization with welldermarcated scalloped margins, formed by the confluence of multiple, confluent ‘pits’ (defects in the stratum corneum).”

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Specialized Search Capabilities

Search for all topics related to ED diagnosis and treatment, exclusively search pediatricrelated topics, or just search for images, video and audio. - Jie Li

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Faculty Publications Listed below are journal publications by USA faculty indexed in MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Web of Science for May through July, 2008. Department chairs are asked to submit citations of recent publications by their department members. If we missed your latest contribution to the literature, please notify the editor so it can be included in a future listing. New faculty are encouraged to submit their latest publications to the editor ([email protected]). Abi-Saleh B, Iskandar SB, Elgharib N, Cohen MV. Creactive protein: the harbinger of cardiovascular diseases. South Med J 2008 May;101(5):525-33. Arrieta M, White HL, Crook ED. Using zip codelevel mortality data as a local health status indicator in Mobile, Alabama. Am J Med Sci 2008 Apr;335(4):271-4. Arrieta MI, Hanks R, Bryan NB. Establishing a multidisciplinary academic group to address health disparities. Am J Med Sci 2008 Apr;335(4):275-7. Barik S. RNA interference (RNAi): design and application. Preface. Methods Mol Biol 2008; 442:vii-viii. Beard WL, Porter KB, Brooks MN, Mulekar MS, Ringold FG, Armistead C. Obesity screening for bladder and bowel incontinence. Obstet Gynecol 2008 Apr;111(4 Suppl):25S. Bechill J, Chen ZB, Brewer JW, Baker SC. Coronavirus infection modulates the unfolded protein response and mediates sustained translational repression. J Virol 2008 May;82 (9):4492-501. Bitko V, Barik S. Nasal delivery of siRNA. Methods Mol Biol 2008;442:75-82. Cerfolio RJ, Bryant AS, Maniscalco LM. A nondivided intercostal muscle flap further reduces pain of thoracotomy: a prospective randomized trial. Ann Thorac Surg 2008 Jun;85(6):1901-7. Clark ME, Finan MA, Sherman C, Morris CG, Rocconi RP. The robot invasion - impact of robotic surgery on the surgical experience of obstetrics and gynecology residents. Obstet Gynecol 2008 Apr;111(4 Suppl):69S. Clement LT, Jones CA, Cole J. Health disparities in the United States: childhood asthma. Am J Med Sci 2008 Apr;335(4):260-5. Cohen MV, Downey JM. Adenosine: trigger and mediator of cardioprotection. Basic Res Cardiol 2008 May;103(3):203-15. Crook ED, White HL. Introduction: proceedings of the 2006 and 2007 regional health disparities symposium, University of South Alabama Center for Healthy Communities. Am J Med Sci 2008 Apr;335(4):249-50. Crook ED, Peters M. Health disparities in chronic diseases: where the money is. Am J Med Sci 2008 Apr;335(4):266-70. Daud AI, Mirza N, Lenox B, Andrews S, Urbas P, Gao GX, Lee JH, Sondak VK, Riker AI, DeConti

RC, Gabrilovich D. Phenotypic and functional analysis of dendritic cells and clinical outcome in patients with high-risk melanoma treated with adjuvant granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor. J Clin Oncol 2008 Jul;26(19): 3235-41. Diwan AH, Skelton HG, Horenstein MG, Kelly DR, Barrett TL, Bussian AH, Sanders DY, Lazar AJF, Prieto VG, Smith KJ. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and giant cell fibroblastoma exhibit CD99 positivity. J Cutan Pathol 2008 Jul;35(7):647-50. Dost T, Cohen MV, Downey JM. Redox signaling triggers protection during the reperfusion rather than the ischemic phase of preconditioning. Basic Res Cardiol 2008 Jun;103(4):378-84. Dost T, Cohen MV, Downey JM. Redox signaling triggers protection during the reperfusion rather than the ischemic phase of preconditioning. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008;44 (4):776-7. Downey JM, Krieg T, Cohen MV. Mapping preconditioning’s signaling pathways - an engineering approach. Ann NY Acad Sci 2008 Mar;1123:187-96. Downey JM, Cohen MV. Response to letter regarding article, “ bypassing big pharma”. Circulation 2008;117(11):E195. Ellis CN. Outcomes after repair of rectovaginal fistulas using bioprosthetics. Dis Colon Rectum 2008 Jul;5(7): 1084-8. Gerhoffer WT. Migration of airway smooth muscle cells. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2008 Jan 1;5(1):97-105. Gibson SV, Tustin GW, Williams LE, Schuler AM, Brady AG, Abee CR. Reproduction in an owl monkey breeding colony (Aotus sp.). Am J Primatol 2008;70(Suppl 1):29. Golden T, Swingle M, Honkanen RE. The role of serine/threonine protein phosphatase type 5 (PP5) in the regulation of stress-induced signaling networks and cancer. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2008;27(2):169-78. Golden T, Aragon LV, Rutland B, Tucker JA, Shevde LA, Samant RS, Zhou G, Amable L, Skarra D, Honkanen RE. Elevated levels of Ser/Thr protein phosphatase 5 (PP5) in human breast cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2008;1782(4):259-70. Hill A, Lawson R, Rhodes R. Collaborative co-op as a means to expand BSN enrollment & diversity. ABNF J 2008 Spring;19(2):48-50. Homma N, Nagaoka T, Karoor V, Imamura M, Taraseviciene-Stewart L, Walker LA, Fagan KA, McMurtry IF, Oka M. Involvement of RhoA/ Rho kinase signaling in protection against

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monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in pneumonectomized rats by dehydroepiandrosterone. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2008;295(1):L71-8. Ito T, Kimura Y, Uozumi Y, Takai M, Muraoka S, Matsuda T, Ueki K, Yoshiyama M, Ikawa M, Okabe M, Schaffer SW, Fujio Y, Azuma J. Taurine depletion caused by knocking out the taurine transporter gene leads to cardiomyopathy with cardiac atrophy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008;44(5):927-37. King JA, Shevde LA, Ofori-Acquah S, Watkins G, Jiang WG. Is N-cadherin expression important in ductal carcinoma? South Med J 2008;101(5):470-5. Knight WA 4th, Gunderman M, Hinckley WR. Critical burn patient with an unknown neuromuscular disease. Air Med J 2008 May-Jun;27(3):114-5. Kovaleski JE, Norrell PM, Heitman RJ, Hollis JM, Pearsall AW. Knee and ankle position, anterior drawer laxity, and stiffness of the ankle complex. J Athl Train 2008;43 (3):242-8. Le T, Finan MA, Mulekar M, Rocconi RP. Comparison of two surgical approaches for stage I endometrial cancer. Obstet Gynecol 2008;111(4 Suppl):106S. Lewis JM, Zager JS, Yu D, Pelaez D, Riker AI, Dessureault S, Cruse CW, Reintgen DS, Puleo CA, Sondak VK. Full-thickness grafts procured from skin overlying the sentinel lymph node basin; reconstruction of primary cutaneous malignancy excision defects. Ann Surg Oncol 2008;15(6):1733-40. Liu Y, Yang XM, Iliodromitis EK, Kremastinos DT, Dost T, Cohen MV, Downey JM. Redox signaling at reperfusion is required for protection from ischemic preconditioning but not from a direct PKC activator. Basic Res Cardiol 2008;103(1):54-9. Matsushita N, Pilon-Thomas SA, Martin LM, Riker AI. Comparative methodologies of regulatory T cell depletion in a murine melanoma model. J Immunol Methods 2008;333 (1-2):167-79. Matthews KS, Estes JM, Conner MG, Manne U, Kitworth JM, Huh WK, Alvarez RD, Straughn JM, Barnes MN, Rocconi RP. Lynch syndrome in women less than 50 years of age with endometrial cancer. Obstet Gynecol 2008;111(5):1161-6. Mitra A, Fillmore RA, Metge BJ, Rajesh M, Xi Y, King J, Ju J, Pannell L, Shevde LA, Samant RS. Large isoform of MRJ (DNAJB6) reduces malignant activity of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res 2008;10(2). Mizell KN, Carter JE. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium meningitis successfully treated with linezolid. South Med J 2008;101(5):569-70. Moore RE, Estis J, Gordon-Hickey S, Watts C. Pitch discrimination and pitch matching abilities with vocal and nonvocal stimuli. J Voice 2008;22(4):399-407. Morey V, Rothrock JF. Examining the utility of inclinic “rescue” therapy for acute migraine. Headache 2008;48(6):939-43.

USA Biomedical Library Biofeedback Fall 2008 Mozaffari MS, Schaffer SW. Effect of pressure overload on cardioprotection of mitochondrial K-ATP channels and GSK-3 beta interaction with the MPT pore. Am J Hypertens 2008;21(5):570-5. Nakajima G, Patino-Garcia A, Bruheim S, Xi Y, San Julian M, Lecanda F, Sierrasesumaga L, Muller C, Fodstad O, Ju J. CDH11 expression is associated with survival in patients with osteosarcoma. Cancer Genomics Proteomics 2008;5(1):37-42. Ofori-Acquah SF, King J, Voelkel N, Schaphorst KL, Stevens T. Heterogeneity of barrier function in the lung reflects diversity in endothelial cell junctions. Microvasc Res 2008;75(3):391-402. Oka M, Homma N, McMurtry IF. Rho kinasemediated vasoconstriction in rat models of pulmonary hypertension. Methods Enzymol 2008;439:191-204. Olatinwo MO, Reynolds S, White K, Anachebe N, Sanders D, Geary F. Association of obesity with a higher risk of operative delivery in pregnant adolescents at Grady Memorial Hospital. Obstet Gynecol 2008;111(4 Suppl):96S. Olatinwo MO, Burton A, Collins K, Wimberly Y, Geary F. A clinical trial of a rapid HSV-2 test in pregnant women. Obstet Gynecol 2008;111(4 Suppl):100S. Pastukh V, Shokolenko IN, Wilson GL, Alexeyev MF. Mutations in the passenger polypeptide can affect its partitioning between mitochondria and cytoplasm. Mol Biol Rep 2008;35(2):215-23. Pharez MC, Walls ND, Roussel LA, Broome BA. Combining creativity and community partnership in mental health clinical experiences. Nurs Educ Perspect 2008 Mar-Apr; 29(2):100-4. Rappa G, Mercapide J, Anzanello F, Prasmickaite L, Xi YG, Ju JF, Fodstad O, Lorico A. Growth of

2008 MASA Participation

Doctors use BML laptops for information needs at the MASA Annual Meeting this past May in San Destin, Florida.

For the seventh year, USA Biomedical librarians hosted the Cyber Café at the Medical Association State of Alabama (MASA) Annual Meeting this past May. Once again, appreciative attendees used the laptops provided by

cancer cell lines under stem cell-like conditions has the potential to unveil therapeutic targets. Exp Cell Res 2008;314(10):2110-22. Ricci C, Jong CJ, Schaffer SW. Proapoptotic and antiapoptotic effects of hyperglycemia: role of insulin signaling. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2008;86(4):166-72. Robertson J, Burnham J, Li J, Sayed E. The medical matters wiki: building a library web site 2.0. Med Ref Serv Q 2008 Spring;27(1):21-32. Rocconi RP, Kirby TO, Seitz RS, Beck R, Straughn JM, Alvarez RD, Huh WK. Lipoxygenase pathway receptor expression in ovarian cancer. Reprod Sci 2008;15(3): 321-6. Ross M, Smith KK, Smith A, Ryan R, Webb L, Humphreys S. Analysis of after-action reporting by deployed nurses. Mil Med 2008 Feb;173(2):210-6. Sadosky PW, Scammell JG. Increased production of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 in the kidney microsomes of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.). Comparative Med 2008;58(2):180-7. Shet AS, Hoffmann TJ, Jirouskova M, Janczak CA, Stevens JRM, Adamson A, Mohandas N, Manci EA, Cynober T, Coller BS. Morphological and functional platelet abnormalities in Berkeley sickle cell mice. Blood Cells Mol 2008;41(1):109-18. Smith AJ, Glaser D. Confirming the factor structure of an intuition instrument for nursing students. South Online J Nurs Res 2008;8(1); http://snrs.org/ publications/SOJNR_articles2 Vol08Num01Main.html Tissier R, Berdeaux A, Ghaleh B, Couvreur N, Krieg T, Cohen MV, Downey JM. Making the heart resistant to infarction: how can we further decrease infarct size? Front Biosci 2008;13:284-301.

the Biomedical Library to check their email, edit presentations, learn about new technologies, and to have access to the library’s information resources. Working with the 2008 MASA theme Defining Medicine’s Scope of Practice, the USA Biomedical Library updated The Cyber Café homepage (http://southmed.usouthal.edu/ library/masasite/) with current information to support patient care needs and with updated links to free full-text online articles and books, PDA resources, and information about current technologies. Librarian Justin Robertson, Assistant Director for Public Services, presented a technology symposium “Internet Resources for Clinicians” giving doctors a look at Internet tools for statistical information, search engines specific to locating medical information, and tools for promoting health literacy. Andrea Wright and Beverly Rossini

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Wagner WW. Point : Counterpoint “Gravity is/is not the major factor determining the distribution of blood flow in the human lung”. J Appl Physiol 2008;104(5):1537. Wang XZ, Wang Z, Yan M, Huang SZ, Chen TJ, Zhong N. Similarity of DMD gene deletion and duplication in the Chinese patients compared to global populations. Behav Brain Funct 2008;4. Weber DS. A novel mechanism of vascular smooth muscle cell regulation by notch - platelet-derived growth factor receptor-beta expression? Circ Res 2008;102(12):1448-50. Williams SH, Cashion A. Negative affectivity and cardiovascular disease in African American single mothers. ABNF J 2008;19(2):64-7. Xi Y, Riker A, Shevde-Samant L, Samant R, Morris C, Gavin E, Fodstad O, Ju J. Global comparative gene expression analysis of melanoma patient samples, derived cell lines and corresponding tumor xenografts. Cancer Genomics Proteomics 2008;5(1):1-35. Xin WK, Tran TM, Richter W, Clark RB, Rich TC. Roles of GRK and PDE4 activities in the regulation of beta(2) adrenergic signaling. J Gen Physiol 2008;131(4):349-64. Yang J, Maika S, Craddock L, King JA, Liu ZM. Chronic activation of AMP-activated protein kinase-alpha1 in liver leads to decreased adiposity in mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008;370(2):248-53. Yin J, Hoffmann J, Kaestle SM, Neye N, Wang LM, Baeurle J, Liedtke W, Wu SW, Kuppe H, Pries AR, Kueble WM. Negative-feedback loop attenuates hydrostatic lung edema via a cGMP-dependent regulation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 4. Circ Res 2008;102(8):966-74.

staffed the Cyber Café; Robbie Runderson provided technical support. The library’s participation was made possible through a grant received from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine/Southeastern Atlantic Region to support this project. MASA also contributed funding to the effort.

Andrea Wright, Robbie Runderson, Beverly Rossini, and Justin Robertson.

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Full-text searching gets easier !!! The SCImago Journal & Country Rank, http://www.scimagojr.com, is a resource that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database. These indicators can be used to assess and analyze scientific domains. A study reported in FASEB Journal compared the SCImago Journal Rank with the ISI Impact Factor. The study shows that SCImago Journal Rank can become a competitor for the ISI Impact Factor because of its open access, the use of a far larger database and, because it rates the citation quality. (Falagas ME, Kouranos VD, ArencibiaJorge R, Karageorgopoulos DE. Comparison of SCImago Journal Rank indicator with journal impact factor. FASEB J. 2008 Apr 11) The SCImago Journal Rank looks at data such as total documents, citable documents, references and percentage of international collaboration.

The resource can also be used to compare data on several different journals, helpful in comparison for article submission. The following screen shot compares the European Heart Journal, American Heart Journal and American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology. - Judy Burnham

The Charles Baugh Biomedical Library is excited to announce the implementation of Serials Solutions early this semester. Serials Solutions is an electronic resource access and management service that will allow us to more efficiently manage the library’s electronic resources, and will also provide our patrons smoother searching and more reliable links. For librarians it will streamline workflow, produce advanced database usage statistics, do away with many labor redundancies, and is highly customizable. For our patrons it will provide a more complete access to the collection, reduce the number of steps it takes for patrons to reach their search targets, and includes a one-touch export to RefWorks. We are very enthusiastic about this new product and look forward to sharing it with our user community this fall. - Robert Britton

The Biomedical Library Adds Several New Study Rooms We anticipate, and welcome, a significant increase in users once the new Colleges of Allied Health and the College of Nursing move into their new building across the parking lot from us. To better serve all of our patrons the Biomedical Library has several planned building changes – the first of which should be completed by the early Fall 2008 semester. Construction has begun on eight new individual study rooms and two new large

group study rooms on the second floor. Once completed these new rooms will be available to our health sciences students and may be reserved at the circulation desk. Changes planned for 2009 include new modular chairs with built-in laptop space on the third floor, ten new public computer work stations and a multimedia conference/ meeting room on the second floor and a consolidation of the reference and circulation desks on the first floor. Tentative plans to create a coffee/soft drink/ snack vending area with seating are in the works. We know that these changes can cause

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disruptions within the Biomedical Library, but please be assured we will work to keep these at a minimum, and ultimately it is hoped that these changes will make the library an even more attractive place for you to study and do your research. If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions concerning these changes please feel free to contact me: Justin Robertson, Asst. Director for Public Services, or at [email protected]

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AccessMedicine adds New Resource AND New Feature NEW Resource: William’s Gynocology (2008) Eds: John O. Schorge, Joseph I. Schaffer, Lisa M. Halvorson, Barbara L. Hoffman, Karen D. Bradshaw, F. Gary Cunningham

NEW Editions: Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine: Self-Assessment and Board Review, 17e (2008) This guide features more than 1,000 review questions derived from and cross-referenced to the authoritative content of Harrison’s Online, 17e. CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, 2e (2008) This comprehensive and concise resource on the adult and pediatric psychiatric medicine is now in its second edition, with

NEW Feature: a new section on practice in special settings. Searchable Diagnosaurus Over 1000 differential diagnoses (DDx) of symptoms, signs, and diseases are now available through Search.

NEW Video: Harrison’s Online Chapter e20. Atlas of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging, Atlas of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging Video e20-17

Angela Rand, New Head of Information Services at USA Baldwin Campus Angela Rand will provide library services to the USA Baldwin County Campus’ students, faculty and staff and act as coordinator of technology. Rand retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1996. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Athens State University and a master’s degree in Library Information Science from the University of Southern Mississippi. She was the Information Technology/Systems Librarian at the Orange Beach Public Library where she worked for nine years.

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medical iPhone

Apple released the iPhone 3G this July with push email capability, GPS, and third-party applications, making it a much more attractive smart phone for medical professionals, as well as for students. Several medical and healthrelated applications were available the first day through the iTunes App Store. Two prominently featured applications in the lead up to the realease were Netter’s interactive anatomy flashcards and the drug reference Epocrates Rx. Since then, other medical applications have been added such as Eponyms medical dictionary and iChart EMR to help doctors electronically keep track of their patients and prescriptions. Many fitness

and health based applications are also available to help patients keep track of blood sugar, weight, diet, exercise, and medication routines. Other applications that might be useful to medical professionals include office and productivity applications for keeping track of contacts, to-do lists, email, and news. While the iPhone has a full browser capable of using most databases without a problem, some vendors and other websites have chosen to create “iPhone optimized” versions to better fit the iPhone’s screen. For instance, the Biomedical Library offers access to the Dynamed iPhone-optimized version through Skyscape. 9

There are also many iPhoneoptimized versions of educational and productivity based websites that were designed for the original iPhone before it included the ability to install third-party applications. Some companies like Heart Imaging Technologies are also choosing to make medical images and movies available on the handheld. If you’d like more information or to see an iPhone 3G in action, contact Andrea Wright, Technology Librarian, at [email protected] or 4611424.

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Summer is BUSY at the Baugh

STEP Up, STARS, and STRIPES students learn at the BML

USA Biomedical Librarians Andrea Wright, Beverly Rossini, and Judy Burnham provided library instruction for high school students enrolled in the 2008 STEP-Up, STARS (Student Training for Academic Reinforcement in the Sciences) and STRIPES (Special Training to Raise Interest and STARS students study at the Baugh Prepare for Entry into the Sciences) Biomedical Library, July 2008. programs. These enrichment programs are managed through the University of South Alabama’s The USA Baugh Biomedical Center for Healthy Communities’ librarians developed a curriculum for Center for Excellence and funded the students to include information through a grant from the National literacy and instruction in refining a Center on Minority and Health research topic; developing search Disparities. Dr. Hattie Myles, strategies; utilizing the Alabama Assistant Dean for Educational Virtual Library, various databases, Enrichment in and finding aids to access and the Department organize information related of Special to health disparities. Students Programs at the also described and recorded USA College of personal health histories in a Medicine directs family tree and researched the program at and discussed genetic and the University of environmental influences on South Alabama personal health. Assignments campus. were geared towards guiding The students Students complete assignstudents in the basic prinments in the COM lab. (mostly from ciples of research to facilitate Mobile County their participation with USA Public School System’s Mattie T. College of Medicine’s Dr. Errol D. Blount, John L. LeFlore, and C.F. Crook, Dr. Martha Arrieta, Dr. Vigor high schools) must demonHarvey L. White and other researchstrate an interest in math and science ers and community advocates in the and a desire to attend college and Third Annual Health Disparities become health care providers. Symposium held at the Baker Gaines Students are mentored in communiCampus of Bishop State Commucation and study skills and intronity College on July 17, 2008. duced to issues affecting minority Throughout the six-week prohealth disparities during the threegram, the students were a regular phase, three-year program. Students presence in the Baugh Biomedical conclude their involvement after Library as they continued a rigorous their high school senior year with schedule focused on science, math, successful entry into college and and writing. This is the first year the ultimately a career in the health Biomedical Library has contributed sciences. to the curriculum.

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News Assistant Director for Hospital Services Geneva Bush Staggs and Outreach/Information Resources librarian Beverly Rossini have presented the MLA Health Information Literacy Research Project curriculum to more than one hundred USA health care providers in four sessions during the months of May and June. Sessions provided an opportunity to earn CEU credits and to learn about health information literacy issues, consumer health resources, and about the support and services of the USA Biomedical library. The Biomedical Library’s Fun Committee kept busy over the summer hosting quite a few parties. In addition to our monthly birthday party, on one stormy Sunday afternoon, 14 courageous souls braved the weather on Wynde Griffith’s pier overlooking Mobile Bay for a family fun day including a cookout, croquet, and watching an awesome lightning show and changing tide. In July, a welcome party for new faculty member Robert Britton gave everyone a chance to meet Robert and his lovely wife, Lily, who is a native of Taiwan. Then Bo Holt hosted a housewarming party in his new Hillsdale home -as usual, there was no shortage of food. Director Judy Burnham held an appreciation lunch for staff and faculty. Special invitees to the luncheon included: Dr. Richard Wood, Dean of Libraries; Dr. Julio Turrens, Associate Dean of the College of Allied Health Professions; Dr. Samuel Strada, Dean of the College of Medicine; Dr. Deborah Davis, Dean of the College of Nursing; and Dr. Ron Franks, Vice President for Health Sciences. Looking ahead to August, the monthly birthday party will be held at the Children and Women’s Library. Stay safe the rest of your summer! - Wynde Griffith Fun Committee Member

USA Biomedical Library Biofeedback Fall 2008

Clinical librarians as facilitators for

evidence-based practice

Clinical librarianship has been defined as integrating information professionals into health care teams primarily through their attendance at rounds and/or meetings in the clinical setting, with the goal of supporting clinical decision making and education by providing timely, qualityfiltered information to clinicians at the point of need1. Starting in the 1970s and having waned in popularity primarily due to financial constraints, clinical librarian programs have experienced a resurgence in recent years due to the growing emphasis on evidence-based practice (EBP) in healthcare. A systematic review on clinical librarian programs notes that reports in journal literature have documented several benefits of these programs, including saving time for clinicians,2,3 influencing patient care and practitioners’ knowledge base,4,5 and increasing efficiency in evaluating the medical literature6. A study from 2007 indicates that including a clinical librarian on a team appears to increase both the willingness of staff to spend time searching the literature themselves and to delegate searches to a clinical librarian7. This study also found that the outputs of searches by clinical librarians and health professionals may differ, with the searches done by the clinical librarian being more comprehensive. Two years ago USA’s Biomedical Library started a clinical librarian program by integrating two librarians into eight committees at the University’s Medical Center and Children’s & Women’s Hospital. Each librarian would allocate up to eight hours per week for the service. Originally started as a pilot project with a formal evaluation scheduled after six months, the program was green lighted by the Medical Center’s Clinical Practice committee to continue indefinitely after only four months. While clinical librarian programs have traditionally focused primarily on medical staff, this program also made a concerted effort to target nursing staff. A 2006 online survey of RN’s by Sigma Theta Tau showed that while nurses’ familiarity and application of EBP principles are gaining a foothold, there are still areas that

need to be addressed in order to continue the expansion of EBP, such as: • 24% of RNs characterized themselves as having a low level of familiarity with EBP; • 10% of RNs rated their comfort level with the EBP process as low; • RNs identified appraisal and analysis of research evidence as the step in the EBP process that currently poses the greatest challenge; • 66% of RNs identified the single largest obstacle in locating EBP information was not having the time at work to search for or to analyze research evidence; the second largest obstacle (identified by 45% of RNs) was that evidence was often written in a manner that made it difficult to analyze or appraise; • more than one in four (27%) RNs perceived the availability and accessibility of EBP resources to be inadequate; and • in terms of nurses’ perceived needs for evidence upon which to base their practice, it is particularly disconcerting that 8% of RNs described their need for this type of information as occurring only “seldom” (less than once per month) and another 2% as “never.”8 So what are some of the lessons the Biomedical Library has learned after two years of this clinical librarian service? One of the most important lessons is that working with your client base in their professional setting is vital in not only understanding their information needs, but in designing services to meet those needs. There are many information needs that probably would not be pursued had a librarian not been present where the conversations were taking place. Additionally, one study found that the activity that most motivated respondents to use the clinical librarian service was his or her presence at their journal clubs and clinical meetings9. Having a librarian on site (not just in the library) has led to other areas of collaboration as relationships are formed and trust is built. Individual instruction sessions have been conducted in the few minutes prior to or after a meeting, as people now approach with questions about

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resources or problems they’ve encountered in their work flow. This is a two way process, as we can now solicit on the spot feedback on new databases we are trialing or services we are considering. The reality is that while email may often get overlooked or phone calls not returned, in person questions get answered. Lectures and instructional sessions offered to the medical, nursing, and allied health students are strengthened from the librarian’s involvement in the clinical setting, as a greater understanding of the complexities involved in healthcare settings helps inform and ground academic exercises. While evidence-based practice has been a motivating force for the resurgence of clinical librarian programs, other areas such as health literacy, patient education, and health informatics also exist where collaboration between librarians and clinicians is both a natural and win/win scenario. Information professionals are an important resource that can and should be utilized to facilitate evidence-based practice. If you would like to explore the option of utilizing the services of a clinical librarian, please contact Clista Clanton (414-8210, [email protected]) or Geneva Bush Staggs (471-7855, [email protected]). -Clista Clanton

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Winning WA, Beverley CA. Clinical librarianship: a systematic review of the literature. Health Info Libr J. 2003 Jun;20 Suppl 1:10-21. 2 Turman LU, Koste JL, Horne AS, Hoffman CE. A new role for the clinical librarian as educator. Med Ref Serv Q. 1997 Spring;16(1):15-23. 3 Makowski G. Clinical medical librarianship: a role for the future. Bib Med Can. 1994;16(1):7-13. 4 Veenstra RJ, Bluck EH. A clinical librarian program in the intensive-care unit. Crit Care Med. 1992;20:1038-42. 5 Veenstra RJ. Clinical medical librarian impact on patient care-a one-year analysis. Bul Med Lib Assoc. 1992;80:19-22. 6 Royal M, Grizzle WE, Algermissen V, Mowry RW. The success of a clinical librarian program in an academic autopsy pathology service. Am J Clin Path. 1993;99:576-81. 7 Urquhart C, Turner J, Durbin J, Ryan J. Changes in information behavior in clinical teams after introduction of a clinical librarian service. J Med Libr Assoc. Jan 2007;95(1):14-22. 8 Alspach G. Nurses’ use and understanding of evidence-based practice: some preliminary findings. Crit Care Nursing. 2006 Dec;26(6);11-12. 9 Brookman A, Lovell A, Henwood F, Lehmann J. What do clinicians want from us? An evaluation of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust clinical librarian service and its implications for developing future working patterns. Health Info Lib J. 2006;23(Suppl 1);10-21.

SOUTHmed Update

A recent article in College and Research Library News1 lamented the cost of scholarly journals increasing at a rate of ten percent per year for the last three decades. To make the point even more relevant to us today, they compare the increase in the average cost of chemistry and physics journals (which increased from an average subscription cost of $76.84 per year to $1,879.56 per year) to that of gasoline (which increased from 55 cents a gallon to $1.82 a gallon for those same three decades). If the price of a gallon of gas had increased at the same rate as the journals had increased for those three decades, gasoline would have cost $12.50 a gallon in 2005, and would cost over $14.50 today! I suppose we should feel relieved that gasoline is edging once again below $4.00 a gallon. I hope SOUTHMed members feel satisfied with the information services offered by the Biomedical Library, where despite budget crunches, a dedicated staff is committed to keeping up with the information explosion in the medical field and to bringing you the best information and resources available. Your membership guarantees you access to those services. Another article from Library Journal coined the phrase “McInformation” to identify a trend in today’s culture where attractively marketed online packages offer the end user bundled information resources, presumedly meant to replace the librarian’s expertise. This “fast food” of uncataloged, uncontrolled, and often unequal information usually disappoints. Worse than that, outcomes can sometimes be serious. Why take that chance? We hear it from information seekers all the time: “I don’t have the time.” We librarians make time; we are your “portal” to the information world. Whether you contact us via phone, email, chat, even text message; or if you read our blog, attend our workshops, or use our consultation services for your own self-education, you must be realizing – you are getting a great bargain: kind of like $4.00 a gallon gas in a $14.00 a gallon world. Call us with your information needs. Renew your SOUTHMed membership next month. Plan to join us in October during National Medical Librarians’ month when we host a series of events including Brown Bags at the Baugh where you can get tenminute technology tips on all the latest productivity and information seeking tools we have been discovering and subscibing to. It’s just a few of the many ways we add value to our services at the Biomedical Library. We will be in touch. You do the same. Going green? If you would rather receive an electronic copy of this newsletter, please email me at [email protected] and include “Biofeedback e-version” in the subject field. I would be happy to accommodate you. BeverlyRossini, Outreach/Information Resources Librarian (251) 460-6893 [email protected] Lewis, David W.. Library budgets, open access, and the future scholarly publication. C&RL News; May 2008: 271- 273

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