On November 14, 1985 a ceremony was held to dedicate the  library, which was  completed in 1983 after many years of planning.  Governor Briscoe was present at the event, along with his wife, UT System Regent Janey Briscoe; as well as John P. Howe, III, former president of the UT Health Science Center; Donald A.B. Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine; and Jess Hay, Chairman, The University of Texas System Board of Regents.

An excerpt from the dedication program speaks to Governor Briscoe’s commitment to education:

The library building at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is named to honor former Governor Dolph Briscoe, Jr.  Mr. Briscoe, Uvalde rancher, served as governor during 1973-79.  During his administration, the appropriation of funds for public and higher education increased.  Since leaving office, Governor Briscoe has been active in support of community service programs.

In announcing the dedication, the former Regents’ Chairman Jon Newton said, “No resource of any campus, whether it be academic or health-related, is of more importance than the library.  At the health science center in San Antonio, the library serves medical, dental, nursing, allied health and graduate students in the medical sciences.  It stands as a symbol of excellence in their continued quest for knowledge.”

What better honor than to dedicate a library of national distinction to an individual who has been so supportive of higher education.

From: Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Library:  Celebrating 20 Years of Service and Development,  November 14, 1985

The University’s news publication covered the dedication event on the front page of its November 22, 1985, issue, shown below:

Allied Health Personnel — education.
Introduction to research and medical literature for health professionals / edited by J. Dennis Blessing, J. Glenn Forister.
Burlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2013.
W 20.5 P578 2013.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Ambulatory Care — legislation & jurisprudence — United States.
Medical law, ethics & bioethics for the health professions / Marcia (Marti) Lewis, Carol D. Tamparo, Brenda M. Tatro.
Philadelphia, Pa. : F. A. Davis Co., c2012.
W 32.6 L675L 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Amyloidogenic Proteins — Laboratory Manuals.
Amyloid proteins : methods and protocols / edited by Einar M. Sigurdsson, Miguel Calero, Maria Gasset.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QU 25 A5315 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Bacterial Infections — drug therapy — Outlines.
Antibiotic basics for clinicians : the ABCs of choosing the right antibacterial agent / Alan R. Hauser.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2013.
WC 18.2 H376a 2013.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Biomechanics.
Basic biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system / [edited by] Margareta Nordin, Victor H. Frankel ; Dawn Leger, developmental editor.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2012.
WE 103 B311 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Cell Polarity — Laboratory Manuals.
Planar cell polarity : methods and protocols / edited by Kursad Turksen.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QU 375 P699 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly — Laboratory Manuals.
Chromatin remodeling : methods and protocols / edited by Randall H. Morse.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QU 56 C557 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Clinical Medicine — Case Reports.
First aid for the USMLE step 2 CS / Tao Le … [et al.].
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2012.
WB 18.2 L433 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Clinical Medicine — Outlines.
Brochert’s crush step 2 : the ultimate USMLE step 2 review / Theodore X. O’Connell, Mayur K. Movalia.
Philadelphia : Elsevier Saunders, c2013.
WB 18.2 C957 2013.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record

First aid for the USMLE step 2 CK / [edited by] Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan, Nathan William Skelley.
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2012.
WB 18.2 F5285 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Clinical Trials as Topic.
Clinical trials : design, conduct, and analysis / Curtis L. Meinert.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
QV 771 M514c 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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DNA Fingerprinting — methods — Laboratory Manuals.
DNA electrophoresis protocols for forensic genetics / edited by Antonio Alonso.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
W 786 D631 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 — Handbooks.
Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus / John P. Sheehan, Margaret M. Ulchaker.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
WK 810 S541o 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Disease — classification.
Toward precision medicine : building a knowledge network for biomedical research and a new taxonomy of disease / Committee on A Framework for Developing a New Taxonomy of Disease, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2011.
W 26.55.I4 T737 2011.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Ethics, Medical — United States.
Legal and ethical issues for health professionals / George D. Pozgar ; legal review, Nina Santucci ; medical review, John W. Pinnella.
Burlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2013.
W 32.5.AA1 P893La 2013.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Family Practice — Examination Questions.
Family medicine : PreTest self-assessment and review / Doug Knutson.
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2012.
WB 18.2 K67f 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Fungi — pathogenicity — Laboratory Manuals.
Host-fungus interactions : methods and protocols / edited by Alexandra C. Brand, Donna M. MacCallum.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QW 180 H831 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Genes, Synthetic — Laboratory Manuals.
Gene synthesis : methods and protocols / edited by Jean Peccoud.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QU 470 G326 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Genetics, Medical — statistics & numerical data — Laboratory Manuals.
Statistical human genetics : methods and protocols / edited by Robert C. Elston, Jaya M. Satagopan, Shuying Sun.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QZ 50 S797 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Genomic Structural Variation — Laboratory Manuals.
Genomic structural variants : methods and protocols / edited by Lars Feuk.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QU 500 G335 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Hematologic Diseases — Handbooks.
The Washington manual hematology and oncology subspecialty consult / editors, Amanda Cashen, Brian A. Van Tine.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2012.
WH 120 W319 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Informed Consent — ethics.
Informed consent : a primer for clinical practice / Deborah Bowman, John Spicer, Rehana Iqbal.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2012.
W 85 B787i 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Medicine — Examination Questions.
Medicine : PreTest self-assessment and review / [edited by] Roger D. Smalligan … [et al.].
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2012.
W 18 M511 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Nervous System — anatomy & histology.
Neuroanatomy : draw it to know it / Adam Fisch.
New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
WL 101 F529n 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Nervous System Diseases — Examination Questions.
Neurology : PreTest self-assessment and review / David J. Anschel.
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2012.
WL 18 L459n 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Neuropsychological Tests.
Neuropsychological assessment / Muriel Deutsch Lezak … [et al.].
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
WM 145 L686n 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Nursing — standards — United States — Practice Guideline.
Nursing : scope and standards of practice / American Nurses Association.
Silver Spring, Md. : American Nurses Association, c2010.
WY 16 A512n 2010.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Nursing Care.
Fundamentals of nursing / [edited by] Patricia A. Potter … [et al.].
St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby/Elsevier, c2013.
WY 100 P868f 2013.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Pain — physiopathology — Laboratory Manuals.
Pain research : methods and protocols / edited by Z. David Luo.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
WL 704 P1449 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Plant Diseases — microbiology — Laboratory Manuals.
Plant fungal pathogens : methods and protocols / edited by Melvin D. Bolton, Bart P.H.J. Thomma.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QW 60 P7133 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Plants — metabolism — Laboratory Manuals.
Plant metabolomics : methods and protocols / edited by Nigel W. Hardy, Robert D. Hall.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QK 861 P7135 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Plants, Genetically Modified — Laboratory Manuals.
Transgenic plants : methods and protocols / edited by Jim M. Dunwell, Andy C. Wetten.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
SB 123.57.T728 T772 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Psychiatry — Examination Questions.
Psychiatry : PreTest self-assessment and review / Debra L. Klamen, Philip Pan.
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2012.
WM 18 P977 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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RNA, Catalytic — Laboratory Manuals.
Ribozymes : methods and protocols / edited by Jorg S. Hartig.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QU 58.7 R4866 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Structural Homology, Protein — Laboratory Manuals.
Homology modeling : methods and protocols / edited by Andrew J. W. Orry, Ruben Abagyan.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QU 55.9 H768 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Surgical Procedures, Operative — Examination Questions.
Surgery : PreTest self-assessment and review / [edited by] Lillian S. Kao, Tammy Lee.
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2012.
WO 18 S961 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Two-Dimensional Difference Gel Electrophoresis — methods — Laboratory Manuals.
Difference gel electrophoresis (DIGE) : methods and protocols / edited by Rainer Cramer, Reiner Westermeier.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QU 25 D5693 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Ubiquitin — Laboratory Manuals.
Ubiquitin family modifiers and the proteasome : reviews and protocols / edited by R. Jurgen Dohmen, Martin Scheffner.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QU 56 U153 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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The exhibit explores the relationship between healing and faith through the ex-voto, a devotional painting that gives thanks for a miraculous healing or blessing.  The exhibit will run from May 7^th – June 16^th.

Eighteen school librarians from the Rio Grande City Independent School District visited the Mario E. Ramirez, M.D. Library during National Library Week, April 9 - 13.

Library classes for May and June 2012

How to request library classes for your department or office

Self-service checkout of books and journals: Coming to the Briscoe and Ramirez libraries in May!

New library search features: drop down search box

History of Anatomy class visits the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

National Library Week: School librarians remember Dr. Mario E. Ramirez during visit to the Ramirez Library

Sallieann Swanner, Associate Library Director for Systems, will retire May 31, 2012

Library hours on Memorial Weekend

New to the shelves of the Briscoe Library

Scan this code with your smartphone camera QR reader app to find library classes online.

The Libraries offer classes, consultations and other training to assist with the effective use of databases and research tools.  All library classes are free and open to all.  Register today to reserve your spot!

Schedule a Special Class
To schedule a special class or orientation for your department or group at other days/times, please contact the library at (210) 567-2450 or email AskaLibrarian@uthscsa.edu.

Integrating Library Research Skills into Academic Course Content
Faculty are encouraged to consider integrating library research skills into course content.  Librarians are available to develop and teach classes that meet specific needs or are about a specific resource.  To learn more or to schedule a class, contact Katie Prentice at prenticek@uthscsa.edu or call 210-567-6606.

To register for a class or to see complete class descriptions, visit the Attend a Library Classpage.

Briscoe Library – San Antonio

• Introduction to PubMed: May 4, 2012, 11:00 am – 12 pm, LIB 2.011
• Introduction to RefWorks: May 9, 2012, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, LIB 2.011
• Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health Information: May 10, 2012, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, LIB 2.011
• Google Scholar for Scientific and Clinical Literature Searches: May 15, 2012, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, LIB 2.011
• Getting Started with Ovid MEDLINE: May 16, 2012, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, LIB 2.011
• Introduction to EndNote: June 8, 2012, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, LIB 2.011
• Introduction to RefWorks: June 12, 2012. 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, LIB 2.011
• Library Basics: June 13, 2012, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, LIB 2.011
• Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health Information: June 14, 2012, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, LIB 2.011

To meet the needs of faculty and staff, the librarians will schedule special classes by request.  If your department or office would like to request a special training session on library resources, either at your office or in the library, please contact Katie Prentice, Head of Education and Information Services, at 210-567-6606 or email prenticek@uthscsa.edu for more information.

In addition to classes, direct assistance from librarians is available Monday-Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturdays from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.  When you need help finding articles or using library tools, come by the library or contact Library Information at askalibrarian@uthscsa.edu or 210-567-2450.  For more in-depth help, individual research consultation appointments with a librarian can also be requested in advance.

Three steps to checkout: 1) scan the HSC badge barcode; 2) scan the barcode of each item being checked out; and 3) click a button to print a receipt that lists the items being checked out and provides a due date.

UT Health Science Center students, faculty and staff will soon be able to check out library books, print journals and other items without having to stand in line.

The self-service checkout system is a simple 3-step process: 1) scan the HSC badge barcode; 2) scan the barcode of each item being checked out; and 3) click a button to print a receipt that lists the items being checked out and provides a due date. Library users will also be able to see a list of items checked out or on hold and any overdue fines they may owe.

In San Antonio, the kiosk will be located on the Circulation Desk in the Briscoe Library, with easy access to staff if assistance is needed.   This service is only available to UT Health Science Center ID holders, and Borrower Registration is required prior to using self-service checkout. Items in the Reserve Collection behind the Circulation Desk will continue to require staff assistance.  Circulation staff will still be available to answer questions, process borrower registration, assist with checkouts, and receive payments for fines or photocopy/print accounts.

Self-checkout is also available at the Ramirez Library in Harlingen.

Jonquil Feldman, Director of Briscoe Library and Outreach Services and Kathy Carter, Ramirez Library Librarian