Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library Blog

I would like to call your attention to an article from the current New England Journal of Medicine, Lost in Transmission - FDA Drug Information That Never Reaches Clinicians by L. M. Schwartz and S. Woloshin. Keep in mind that DailyMed is providing the latest FDA drug insert information and we are directing all of our UCLA physicians and pharmacists to this important new resource from the National Library of Medicine (NLM). It has over 5000 drugs listed and is adding more all the time.

<submitted by Tania Bardyn>

Yesterday, MedlinePlus released a new version of the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia that includes approximately 400 new Patient Instruction pages, covering pre-operative information and instructions, discharge instructions, self-care instructions, and questions to ask your doctor.

The Patient Instruction pages are available in both English and Spanish, and you will be able to find them in the MedlinePlus search engine and A-Z index pages for the encyclopedia. Additionally, you will see links to related Patient Instructions in the side-bar of many encyclopedia articles.

This change may not be apparent at first glance. For a good example of this feature and the new look of the Encyclopedia pages, take a look at the entry for knee joint replacement. If there are such pages related to a topic, they will be clearly marked as Patient Instructions on the right side of the Encyclopedia page. To see how these pages are listed, go to the Encyclopedia in MedlinePlus.gov, and choose one of the letters in the A-Z list. Scroll down, and take note of the topics. Now you will see topics that include new wording such as “what to ask your doctor”, “self-care” and “discharge”.

<submitted by Kelli Ham>

Having a hard time remembering whether the journal name is italicized or the volume number is printed in bold face?  You can now reference the AMA Manual of Style online. The 10th edition of the manual is browseable by table of content or index and includes a full text search in the upper right hand corner of the Web site. Also included is a Word of the Month and Tip of the Month feature on the manual’s homepage.  This month’s word, “how to uses ellipses properly.” Also included on the manual’s Web Site are SI Conversion Tables and Quick Links to glossaries of statistical terms, publishing terms and correct and preferred usage.

<submitted by Rikke Ogawa>

On Tuesday of this week, PubMed at UCLA released a new interface.  If you still have not checked out PubMed’s new look and feel, the Biomedical Library would like to suggest a few Halloween related readings (linked to the new PubMed, of course) that you may enjoy:

Stewart RM, Durnian JM, Briggs MC. “Here’s egg in your eye”: a prospective study of blunt ocular trauma resulting from thrown eggs. Emerg Med J. 2006 Oct;23(10):756-8.

Sandvik H, Baerheim A. [Does garlic protect against vampires? An experimental study]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1994 Dec 10;114(30):3583-6.

Breitenbach RA. ‘Halloween diarrhea’. An unexpected trick of sorbitol-containing candy. Postgrad Med. 1992 Oct;92(5):63-6.

Happy Halloween!

<submitted by Rikke Ogawa>

The Louise M. Darling Committee in the Biomedical Library invites UCLA students, staff, and faculty to attend the Medical Library Association (MLA) fall educational webcast.

Cut the Cord: Connecting to our Mobile Users
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Biomedical Library Classroom, 12-077X CHS

Program Goals:
The goal of this webcast is to familiarize information professionals with current and emerging mobile technologies, innovative initiatives using mobile devices, useful mobile software applications, and funding options for projects using mobile devices.

Program Objectives:

• describe mobile technology and its value for librarians and health care professionals
• demonstrate mobile technology devices and innovative applications
• explore programs that illustrate the potential of mobile technology for health professionals
• discuss funding opportunities to create and sustain mobile technology programs

Space is limited. RSVP to Amy Chatfield, librarian at the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, by November 2, 2009.

<Submitted by Amy Chatfield>

EBSCO recently announced that beginning in August 2009, the continuing education modules found in the CINAHL Plus  are now approved by the ANCC. The ANCC is the American Nurses Credentialing Center. This accreditation is a great honor and demonstrates CINAHL’s support for professional continuing education opportunities, as the modules are rigorously reviewed by objective standards.

Continuing education modules are found in CINAHL Plus using the CE module check box in the “Limit Your Search” portion of the advanced search screen.

<submitted by Paul Camp>

Mosby’s Nursing Skills provides information on over 800 different skills, consolidated from diverse publications such as:

• Perry & Potter, Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 6e
• Proehl, Emergency Nursing Procedures, 4e
• AACN, Procedure Manual for Critical Care, 5e
• AACN, Procedure Manual for Pediatric Acute and Critical Care
• Wong, Nursing Care of Infants and Children

In addition to searching for a specific skill, you can browse skills by specialty (such as critical care nursing) or by category (such as diagnostic testing).  Each skill contains a variety of information, such as check lists, supplies needed and demonstration videos. 

The resource, accessible from the “Nursing - Staff Information” page on Mednet or by using the Search for Online Resources box on the Biomedical Library Homepage, also contains patient education information.  You can either search for material directly from the same search box used for skills or link directly to relevant documents from the skills.

<submitted by Cheryl Bartel>

Beginning in February 2009, California Digital Library Collections, eScholarship, and the University of California Scholarly Communications Officers are piloting a ground-breaking open access publishing arrangement with Springer.

During this pilot project, articles by UCLA affiliated authors accepted for publication in a Springer journal will be published using Springer Open Choice with full and immediate access. This means that UC authors will pay no additional publication fees in order for their articles to be immediately accessible full-text to the public. Under this agreement, articles will be published under a license in which authors retain the right to distribute and re-use their articles freely.

In addition to access via the Springer platform, final published articles will also be deposited in the California Digital Library’s eScholarship Repository.

Authors must take some action to ensure that their article is published as an Open Choice article. After a manuscript has been submitted, reviewed, and accepted for publication into a Springer journal, the corresponding author is notified and asked to complete a Web-based acceptance form. This form provides an option to identify author’s institutions. Select “University of California, Los Angeles” from the drop-down list of institutions (see first thumbnail image below).

At the end of the acceptance process, review the notification that your article will be published via Springer Open Choice (see second thumbnail image above).

Articles with multiple authors are eligible for this publishing arrangement as long as one author is a UCLA faculty member. If you publish with faculty from other institutions, and they serve as the corresponding author, let them know about this new Open Access pilot and the steps they must take to ensure that your article is published with full open access rights.

If you have questions about the UC/Springer Open Choice pilot program, or need help exercising this option while accepting your article, contact Janet Carter, Collection Coordinator, UCLA Biomedical Library.

UCLA Library reference service is now available twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.

The Library is partnering with other UC campuses and librarians around the world to provide this newly enhanced service.  Because it is staffed by external as well as UCLA  librarians, your question may be referred for follow up to the UCLA Library, in which case a UCLA Library staff member will contact you within twenty-four hours.

Online reference can be accessed from all library Web pages through the “Questions? Ask Us!” graphic on the right-hand side of the banner.

To add a link to this service to a course Web site or department homepage, copy and paste this HTML code: <http://www2.library.ucla.edu/questions/qwidget_code.html>. This will produce a live chat box (Qwidget).

If you have questions about the new expanded hours of online reference or any other Library services, please contact us.

A new funding opportunity for our undergraduate researchers is available through the UCLA Library. The inspiration for the UCLA Library Prize for Undergraduate Research came from Ruth Simon, lover of books and libraries. This new prize has been established:

• to encourage undergraduate students to reflect on the research process in the pursuit of excellence in their academic course work;
• to recognize the significance of information literacy as it relates to academic learning; and
• to reward undergraduate students who incorporate the collections of the UCLA Library into their research.

All applications are due by 4 p.m. on Monday, April 6, 2009. Two awards will be given: first place receives an award of $750, and honorable mention receives an award of $300.

For complete details, such as eligibility and the application process, visit the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research web page.  If you have questions, please contact Alison Armstrong, director of Undergraduate Initiatives.