The October issue of News from the Libraries is now available. For links to individual articles, see the table of contents below.
Explore Human Anatomy in 3D with BodyViz
3D Printing: Cultivating Creative Collaborations
Featured New Books/E-Books for October 2016
Upcoming 2016 Events for the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library
To support our faculty’s research efforts, Briscoe Library has added an additional feature to our monthly newsletter. You are now able to view citations and link to articles from our UT Health Faculty Publications list. As an added feature, altmetric information is also included. This list is produced monthly by our Library Liaison group who can also provide further assistance with scholarly publication efforts. If you do not see your publication listed, you can provide us with the proper citation information by completing this form.
Click here to view the citations for November 2018 publications.
The Offices of the Vice President for Research and the Associate Dean for Research in the Long School of Medicine have joined forces with Nature Research Publishing to provide an online course in scientific writing and publishing. Nature MasterClasses – Scientific Writing and Publishing offers a multi-module experience that takes researchers through the entire publishing process from writing a paper to publication. Designed for busy researchers it’s made up of bite-sized videos and activities. Researchers can choose their own training path and learn at their own pace.
Access to this course is available to UT Health San Antonio students of all levels, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, staff and administrators. Note that the course focuses on the natural sciences.
Start your access: To start using Nature MasterClasses you must first register for an individual user account: https://masterclasses.nature.com/
For assistance setting up an account or navigating the site, please refer to the library guide: http://libguides.uthscsa.edu/how_to_register_NatureMasterclasses
NOTE: To create an account and/or access the course modules, you must be logged in to the UT Health network, WiFi, or connected to VPN.
Faculty, staff, and students now have the ability to access the following Quintessence journals, on and off-campus:
If you have any questions regarding access, please contact Dana Whitmire, Electronic Resources/Serials Librarian at whitmired@uthscsa.edu.
RefWorks is a web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases and other various sources. You can use these references when writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography. RefWorks is free to UT Health users. You can login to your RefWorks account from any computer with access to the internet.
Since September 1st, 2016, a new version of RefWorks has been available. For those who wish to continue to use the older version, it will be available through 2017.
The new RefWorks is intended to simplify the user experience. Learn more about the new RefWorks! For current users, learn how to transition to the new RefWorks!
If you have any questions contact us at 210-567-2450, or askalibrarian@uthscsa.edu.
Speaker Lee Gutkind will give a moving account of the earliest patients, pioneers in organ transplantation, and evolving technology. Gutkind is considered the pioneer of creative nonfiction, has authored and edited more than 30 books, lectured to audiences around the world, and is founder and editor of Creative Nonfiction, the first and largest literary magazine to publish narrative nonfiction exclusively.
For more information about Lee Gutkind and the dinner details, click on the registration link below.
Register online: https://uthscsa.libwizard.com/nixondinner
Deadline: Friday, October 18, 2019
Questions about the dinner? Email SpecialCollections@uthscsa.ed
Cost
$55 per person
$35 for students: *Students are encouraged to apply for sponsorships to cover the cost of registration and membership.
*Student sponsorships are always welcome. If you would like to sponsor a student, please indicate on the registration form.
Students at the UT Health Science Center have never been shy about letting us know what they need to improve their experiences in the library. When possible, we do our best to “make it so!”
Every group study room has a whiteboard. The study rooms on the 5th floor have whiteboards that cover two-thirds of one wall, providing a large writing area. Often, we find them covered with equations or diagrams that are so impressive that our staff are reluctant to wipe them down. Since the number of group study rooms is limited, students asked for portable whiteboards that they can use in the open seating areas. After consulting with members of the Student Government Association, we have purchased large rolling whiteboards for the 3rd and 5th floors.
Erasers are magnetically attached to the boards and students can help themselves to markers from the bucket that resides at the Circulation Desk. We just ask that students return the markers so others can use them.
When we migrated to a self-service group study room reservation system, the response was overwhelmingly positive. Students were able to log in and reserve rooms for up to 4 hours at a time without having to call or stop at a service desk to request a reservation. However, everyone did not honor the reservations and we often received complaints that people were occupying rooms that had been reserved by other groups. We investigated ways to make it easier to find non-reserved rooms and then reserve them on the spot using a mobile device. This screen, located across from the entrance on the 3rd floor, shows up-to-the-minute availability and provides a scan code for quick access to the reservation system.
These improvements are a collaborative effort between staff from the Library Services, Administration and Library Technology divisions. We look forward to receiving suggestions for ways to assist in the success of our students.
Jonquil Feldman
Director, Library and Outreach Services
feldman@uthscsa.edu
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