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News From the Libraries Archive

Additional back issues of News from the Libraries can be found in this collection on the Libraries’ Scribd channel.

Ovid

OvidSP is a user-friendly interface to many of the Library’s biomedical databases. These databases include the following:

Ovid MEDLINE
Ovid MEDLINE In-Process
Ovid OLDMEDLINE
EBM Reviews – ACP Journal Club
EBM Reviews – Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
EBM Reviews – Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
EBM Reviews – Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
PsycINFO
Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Journals@Ovid Full Text
Ovid Healthstar
Biological Abstracts
EBM Reviews – Cochrane Methodology Register
EBM Reviews – Health Technology Assessment
EBM Reviews – NHS Economic Evaluation Database

Click here for the Ovid Personal Password login.

Database Help Button

Print from a Windows laptop

Please note: When installing this software in the Library please use a wired network connection. Do not use a wireless connection.

Pharos Popups does not currently support 64-bit Windows Vista.

Currently only the Briscoe Library printers are available for download.

  1. Download the Pharos Popups installation file for the location that you wish to be able print to:
    1. Briscoe Library
    2. Nursing School
    3. School of Health Professionals
    4. Laredo Library
    5. RAHC Library
  2. If you get the “Do you want to run or save this file?” box, click Run.
  3. If you get the “The publisher could not be verified” warning, click Run.
  4. The installation window will open. Click Start. It will take several minutes for the installation to finish.
  5. When the installation finishes, click Finish.

Note: If you wish to install more than once location, simply install each location individually.

Read the December issue of News from the Libraries

 

Tina Rosenberg

Tina Rosenberg is the author of Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World, the One Community/One Book selection for 2013. Photo by Noah Greenberg.

Join the Club by Tina Rosenberg is the next common reading selection

History of Medicine Society will meet on December 3: Phil Valente, MD to speak

December 2012 library classes

New in December: Lunch & Learn Mini-Webinars

Library-hosted workshops will explore Community Asset Mapping for CTSA Community Engagement

NIH strengthens requirement for public access compliance

HSCLink: The best way to access PubMed article links

Library Holiday Hours, December 15, 2012 to January 1, 2013

Briscoe 5th floor public areas will be closed in late December

New to the shelves of the Briscoe Library in December

See all past issues of News from the Libraries

 

RefWorks from the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Libraries

RefWorks from the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Libraries
RefWorks is web-based software that allows you to import references from online databases, organize your references, insert citations into the body of your paper and create a bibliography.

RefWorks is free to UT Health Science Center San Antonio affiliates with current Library registration. You can access your RefWorks account from any computer with access to the internet

Links to help you get started with RefWorks:

Need Help? Visit The Libraries Get Help page.

Registration & Renewal for Library Borrowing

For information about borrower categories and services, visit Library Policies.

TexShare cardholders and Courtesy Borrowers should visit the Libraries in person to register for borrowing.

This form may be completed by:

First time UT HSC faculty, staff, and student borrowers should use the New Registration form instead of this page.

  • Borrowing privileges must be renewed annually except for faculty, staff, students, and retirees. Please check with the Circulation Desk for your status.
  • Inter-library Loan & Document Delivery are available only for individuals requesting information for personal or academic research and may not be used by health professionals on behalf of law firms, corporations, or other organizations.

By submitting this form, I agree that should I lose, damage, or fail to return library materials, I shall accept full financial responsibility for the replacement cost. I agree to keep the Library informed of all status and address changes including e‐mail address changes.

 

TexShare cardholders, Courtesy borrowers, and all others should visit the UT Health Science Center Libraries for information about borrowing.
This information is used to verify your eligibility for this library service.
(XXX) XXX-XXXX
(XXX) XXX-XXXX
Use all 9 digits. If you do not have an HSC ID, you will be assigned a Library ID.
Format: mm/yy. This information is needed for UT Health Science Center students, residents, and fellows.

Reminder: Libraries to retire ERes system in December

As reported in May, The Libraries will retire the ERes system (http://eres.library.uthscsa.edu/) used for electronic course reserves at the end of December 2010.  Starting in 2011, only print materials and books will be accepted for course reserves.  All electronic reserves will be handled through Blackboard.

If you need assistance with your ERes account, please contact the Briscoe Library Information Desk at (210) 567-2450 or email askalibrarian@uthscsa.edu. To get started using Blackboard for your courses, call Blackboard Support at (210) 567-7777 option #4.

Katie Prentice
Head of Education and Information Services

Reminder: ERes system to retire in December

As reported in May, the Libraries will retire the ERes system (http://eres.library.uthscsa.edu/) used for electronic course reserves at the end of December 2010.  Starting in 2011, only print materials and books will be accepted at The Libraries for course reserves.  All electronic reserves will be handled through Blackboard.

If you need assistance with your ERes account, please contact the Briscoe Library Information Desk at (210) 567-2450 or email askalibrarian@uthscsa.edu. To get started using Blackboard for your courses, call Blackboard Support at (210) 567-7777 option #4.

Katie Prentice
Head of Education and Information Services

Report finds that searches for health information continue to rank high among Internet users

According to Health Topics, a report released in February by the Pew Research Center and the California Healthcare Foundation, eight in ten Internet users, or 59% of the U.S. population, search for health information online.  Searches for health information are the third most popular online activity, behind checking email and using search engines.   The report was based on telephone interviews conducted between August 9 and September 13, 2010.

Among possible health-related searches, the most frequent (by 66% of respondents) was for information about a specific disease or condition.  Searches of this type have occupied the top spot since 2002, ahead of searches for information about specific medical treatments or procedures, information about physicians and other health professionals, and information about health care facilities.

The Health Topics report is part of the Pew Internet and American Life Project.  The full text of the report can be found online.

Chart: The % of internet users who have looked online for information about...

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