Briscoe Library New Book List – May 2012
Everyday Miracles Exhibit at the Ramirez Library
Memory Lessons, by Dr. Jerald Winakur
Friday, October 8, 2010
Doubletree Hotel 502 W. Durango San Antonio TX 78207
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Jerald Winakur, author of Memory Lessons—A Doctor’s Story.
To register online, please log on to www.healthcollaborative.net and click on the main page banner.
Career planning and information site from the AAMC, designed to help medical students “choose a medical specialty and select and apply to a residency program.” Includes a categorized list of links related to career planning, specialty selection, debt management, and job search sites tailored to physicians and medical students.
Students must receive an access code from one of the UTHSC’s CiM Liaisons and register to begin using the password-protected portions of the Web site.
The mission of the Libraries is to advance the teaching, research, patient care, and service programs of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the health care programs of South Texas by providing library services and access to biomedical information fundamental to maintaining health and treating and preventing disease.
The Libraries include the Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Library, the Mario E. Ramirez, M.D. Library at the Regional Academic Health Center in Harlingen, the Laredo Regional Campus Library in Laredo, the Jesse H. Jones Comprehensive Research Library at the South Texas Research Park, and the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library on the 5th floor of the Briscoe Library.
If you are involved in any part of the academic publishing cycle, please consider joining us for this event:
December 7, 2010
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Briscoe Library Collaboratory (4.074)
This 90-minute webinar will provide an opportunity to learn about the publishing cycle of biomedical journals, both in print and online. The complexities of publishing in a world of rapidly changing delivery formats and devices will be explored, including the publishing challenges and opportunities posed by each.
Presenters include John Tagler of the Association of American Publishers, Inc. The session will be moderated by Jean Shipman, director of both the University of Utah’s Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region.
Key topics to be covered include:
Participants will gain knowledge of the various roles and responsibilities of different players in the scientific publishing chain and of the international aspects of bioscience communication. All participants will have a chance to engage in discussions with the presenters.
The Biomedical Publishing 101 is a project of the Chicago Collaborative, a joint partnership of librarians, publishers and editors, and is sponsored and hosted by NN/LM MCR, NN/LM SCR, NN/LM PSR and library directors in the Four Corners region of the U.S.
CINAHL is currently retrieving inconsistent results or showing errors during a search. We have reported it to the vendor and updates will be provided when available.
Update 1/26/2012: EBSCO Publishing reports that the root cause of the problem has been identified, and the problem should be resolved within 72 hours.
Update 1/27/2012: We have been informed by EBSCO Publishing that the problems with CINAHL should now be fully resolved. Please let us know if any problems persist.
In the meantime, a variety of other databases are available: http://library.uthscsa.edu/databases/
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) site provides current and historical statistics about energy. Data are both state and international.
The way to locate full-text articles depends on how much detail you have about the item. Start by clicking the E-journals tab on the Library homepage.
From inside most Library Databases, when working on an article search for a topic, you will see buttons that say Check 360 Link for Full Text. These buttons connect you to the Library’s e-journal system.
If you need help finding library materials, contact the Information Desk. Email askalibrarian@uthscsa.edu, call (210) 567-2450, or come by the library.
To login from off campus, use your last name, badge number and PIN. Give the library a call if you encounter any problems or errors with the log in process.
Wednesday, November 10
12 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Howe Conference Room, Briscoe Library
Join us for a brown bag session to learn how Google Docs, featuring free online document development including Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations and Forms, can work for you. Key features of Google Docs include file upload from your desktop, the ability to edit and view your docs from any computer or smart phone and real-time on-the-fly collaboration.
Bring your lunch and join your colleagues at Google Collaboration Tools.
For more information, contact Katie Prentice, Head of Education and Information Services, at prenticek@uthscsa.edu
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