February 2011 Archives
Members of the VCU community can now check out a Kindle e-reader from the James Branch Cabell Library circulation service desk to read the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Kindle is updated each day with the morning's news and provides a 14-day archive of past issues. Patrons can borrow the Kindle for two hours. For more information, visit the circulation service desk.
The VCU Friends of the Library present the exhibit "Bedpan Elegance: Celebrating the Beauty of an Everyday Object," running March 31 through June 30, 2011, at Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, 509 N. 12th Street, on VCU's MCV Campus. An opening reception and gallery talk will take place on March 31 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Special Collections Reading Room at Tompkins-McCaw Library.The centerpiece of the exhibit is a series of thirty photographs of bedpans and other elimination vessels by William W. DuBois, professor and chair of Visual Media at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Since 1978, Professor DuBois has amassed a private collection of more than sixty bedpans in a variety of durable materials such as enamelware and ceramic, documenting a period of medical history before the revolution of disposable plastics. He has combined his collection with his passion for photography, resulting in these one-of-a-kind images of bedpan elegance. In addition to the photographs, the exhibit includes bedpans and similar vessels that are part of the medical artifacts collection of the Tompkins-McCaw Library. "Bedpan Elegance" is the inaugural exhibit in Tompkins-McCaw Library's recently renovated gallery.
The opening reception, gallery talk and exhibit are free and open to the public. For special accommodations, please contact Thelma Mack at (804) 828-0017.
Walk-In Research& Writing Clinics
James Branch Cabell Library
Multipurpose Room, room 250, Second Floor
Co-sponsored by VCU Libraries and the Writing Center
- Tues, Mar 1, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed, Mar 2, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Tues, Mar 8, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Wed, Mar 9, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tues, Mar 22, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed, Mar 23, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Tues, Mar 29, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Wed, Mar 30, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tues, Apr 5, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed, Apr 6, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Tues, Apr 12, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Wed, Apr 13, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Tues, Apr 19, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Wed, Apr 20, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Tues, Apr 26, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Wed, Apr 27, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Researchers and writers are encouraged to stop by anytime the clinics are open and to bring your laptop. For more information, visit the Clinic Website.
For a list of library instruction classes and events on both campuses, visit the VCU Libraries Events page.
For a list of writing oriented workshops, visit the Writing Center Workshops page.
In the exhibit area on the fourth floor of James Branch Cabell Library, a new exhibit is on display, focusing on the work of Richmond-based visual artist Davi Det Hompson. Davi Det Hompson was the pen name for David E. Thompson (1939-1996), best known for creating mail art, book art and text-based paintings inspired by the Dada and Fluxus movements. Beginning in the 1970s, he taught in the School of the Arts at VCU. In 1978, he was one of the founders of 1708 East Main Street Gallery. Thompson also made major contributions to Special Collections and Archives at James Branch Cabell Library. Not only did he serve on a committee to establish the Book Arts Collection in 1979; he donated an assortment of book art, mail art, and archival materials. This exhibit showcases selections of his own work and examples of mail art that he received from nationally renowned artists.
designinform is a new online resource for researching the history of modern design and the applied arts. It contains three separate design databases on one platform: Design Abstracts Retrospective, Design ProFILES, and ReVIEW.
Design Abstracts Retrospective (DAR) is an abstracting and indexing service that covers many of the most important design and applied arts journals and annuals published during the twentieth century. DAR covers articles on all aspects of design, from architecture to embroidery.
Design ProFILES (DP) is a biographical dictionary of modern designers, craftspeople, artists, and architects. It includes profiles of every single designer, architect, craftsperson, studio, workshop, etc., whose work is discussed or illustrated in the journals and yearbooks covered by DAR.
ReVIEW contains full-text nineteenth and early twentieth century art journals. ReVIEW aims to digitize many of the most important decorative and fine arts journals published in Europe and the USA during this period.
AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill is now available through the VCU Libraries. This new online resource features over 60 medical book titles, drug information, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment programs, case files, diagnostic tools, and the ability to download content to a mobile device.
The Clinical Library includes such well-known and trusted book titles as:
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
- Hurst's The Heart
- Schwartz's Principles of Surgery
- Williams Obstetrics
- Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
The Lange Educational Library provides access to texts in basic science and clinical medicine, including titles in the Current Diagnosis & Treatment series.
AccessMedicine also includes these other online resources and features:
- Drug Database - Gold Standard's Clinical Pharmacology drug database with full length drug monographs, patient handouts in English and Spanish, and full-color photos of formulations
- Over 35,000 images, downloadable for presentations and educational use
- Q&A for Board Review - USMLE-formatted questions for Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3; self-assessment questions with answers and detailed explanations from Harrison's Online and other leading textbooks.
- Diagnostic Tests and Diagnosaurus - laboratory and imaging tests from Nicoll's Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests and a differential diagnosis tool that links directly into AccessMedicine for more learning.
- Videos & Audio - online Grand Rounds, procedural videos, audio clips and podcasts, and weekly online medical updates.
- Health News - from The Center for Advancing Health, including "What Your Patients Are Reading Now" and "Systematic Reviews in the News."
- Practice Guidelines - from the latest edition of Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care.
- Case Files - clinical cases from Toy's best-selling series with discussions, clinical pearls, and review questions.
- Patient Education -- over 100 topics from Postgraduate Medicine that can be customized and printed for patients.
- Clerkship Corner - readings for students rotating through Internal Medicine.
- Curriculum Tools - available for program directors to design custom learning modules with resources for clinical rotations.
- MyAccessMedicine - a personal account to access the mobile version of the site, save and download images, email content and bookmark favorite sections.
