Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries, has announced her retirement effective January 8, 2016. Rajia has been employed in various capacities in the library for over 35 years. She began working at the UT Health Science Center in 1980 as the librarian for the Robert B. Green branch library and in 1984 became the Assistant […]
Read moreThe September issue of News from the Libraries is now available. For links to individual articles, see the table of contents below. Ramirez Library Now Part of UTRGV AccessMedicine App Anne Comeaux Retires After 40 Years Service History of the Health Science Scavenger Hunt 45th Annual P.I. Nixon Library Dinner Potent Potions and Healing Herbs P.I. Nixon […]
Read moreThe August issue of News from the Libraries is now available. For links to individual articles, see the table of contents below. Proposed Journal Cancellations for FY16 New England Journal of Medicine Backfiles Now Available AccessMedicine and AccessSurgery Upgrades 3D Printing at the Library Danny Jones Essay Competition Dentists: Prisoners of the Rising Sun WWI Poster Exhibit […]
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The UT Health Science Center Libraries outreach services provide training for area health professionals as well as public health workers in South Texas. Public health workers include groups like promotores and community health workers. Training features resources from the National Library of Medicine such as MedLinePlus and PubMed. Pictured here is Ramirez Library Associate Director […]
Read moreis a database which contains a wealth of medical and surgical information. Content includes over 1,000 e-books, over 500 e-journals (including the famous “Clinics” titles), and thousands of videos and images. Also included is point-of-care content from First Consult. Access ClinicalKey through the library’s database page or the library catalog. Here’s what’s new: Click on the cover […]
Read moreLooking for a new way to study? Check out AccessMedicine’s Showdown self-assessment game. Battle it out with colleagues and test your medical knowledge in a Jeopardy-style showdown. The AccessMedicine Showdown features questions in five different categories ranging from 100 to 400 points, plus a bonus question worth 500 points. Users can play live or receive email notifications when […]
Read moreOn May 14, the UT System launched a cutting-edge web portal that allows private sector and government agencies to quickly find thousands of researchers and facilities at the Systems’ campuses and health institutions. Influuent is a free online searchable database of researchers and resources that enable potential collaborators to easily identify faculty experts to conduct […]
Read moreThe library recently licensed Elsevier’s ClinicalKey, a clinical resource that contains the most recent editions of over 1,000 medical books published by Elsevier. Although this collection represents the output of only one publisher, it does provide useful information about the books that are most heavily used in this particular e-book collection. During April, the top […]
Read moreAttending medical school in this century has a number of challenges. There is tuition, books, fees, and even things such as parking stickers that the students may have to worry about getting before the first day of class. However, back in 1896 the major supplies that medical students and schools were concerned about were cadavers. […]
Read moreMedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health’s Web site for health consumers. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus presents information on over 950 diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in everyday language. Materials are also available in Spanish and over 40 other languages. There is no advertising on the site, nor does MedlinePlus endorse […]
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