TML News and Notes: October 2009
After a false start, it looks like the redesigned PubMed is up and running. Tompkins-McCaw Library is offering classes to show you where things have moved, but if you can't make it to a class, there are some online tools from other sources that will help.
There are a couple of articles in the NLM Technical Bulletin explaining the changes:
PubMed Redesign
PubMed Now Using the Redesigned Interface
Also from NLM
The PubMed Basics trifold brochure (pdf link)
All the tutorials have been updated on the PubMed Online Training page
University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries created a comparison chart
There is a 3 minute YouTube video (except use the VCU Libraries page to get to PubMed)
As always, we will be happy to answer questions and arrange for large and small training sessions.
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The 1st floor of TML is usually filled with students collaborating and using computers. It is a popular place for group discussions over lunch. But there are more study areas and more computers throughout the Library.
Up on the 2nd floor of TML you'll find some tables for quiet study, plus there are 8 computers, and in the front corner of the building, next to the Library Instruction Classroom, there is a Quiet Study Room (Rm 2-001).
From the 2nd floor you can also get to our Group Study Rooms - rooms with whiteboards, internet access, and some with DVD/VCRs, anatomical models, or plasma monitors for presentation practice. Check our web site for room details.
In the Basement there are another 10 computers as well as some study carrels and the Multimedia Collaboration Room (turn left when you leave the stairs or elevator and you'll see the sign - Rm B-037). There are self-service multimedia computers as well as group study seating. See our web site for multimedia software details. A soda machine is also in the Library Basement.
Find out more about our Group Study Rooms and Multimedia Collaboration Room, or take a look at a Library map at the TML web site.
Additional study space and computers are available in Hunton Student Center.
Have you noticed PubMed's new appearance, but need some help navigating the new layout? Attend one of Tompkins-McCaw Library's PubMed Redesign: Are You Ready for the New Look? workshops on Wednesday, November 4 from 12 to 1 pm or Tuesday, November 10 from 10 to 11 am.
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) has redesigned most PubMed search screens. To start with, the PubMed homepage has been streamlined, and includes an NCBI Header, Search Bar, and Footer that are common to all PubMed pages. There have been changes to display pages, location of Limits, History, and other tabs, Clipboard and output options. This class will go over these changes and provide a quick review of how best to search PubMed and send your results to RefWorks.
To register for the Wednesday, November 4 class, visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7257.
To register for the Tuesday, November 10 class, visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7258.
The first international Open Access Week is intended to raise awareness of the benefits of free, open, online and immediate access to scholarly research. Celebrate by learning more about Open Access at the following sites:
Open Access Week Organization
SPARC: The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
VCU Libraries - Open Access Resources
Tompkins-McCaw Library will be offering the following online workshops during the remainder of the fall semester:
Evidence-Based Medicine
Wednesday, October 28
6 - 7 pm
Need evidence to support clinical decision making? This class will cover the definition and theory behind EBM and will showcase VCU Libraries resources for medical evidence in the literature. For more information and to register, visit: http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7239
Finding Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Friday, November 6
1:30 - 2 pm
Need reliable information on complementary and alternative medicine? Confused by contradictory claims and evidence about dietary supplements? Explore databases and websites for both health professionals and patients during this online workshop. For more information and to register, visit: http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7240
PubMed
Tuesday, November 10
6 - 7 pm
During this online workshop, learn to search MEDLINE via PubMed, including basic features and search techniques such as limits, display options, and print formats. For more information and to register, visit: http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7241
Keeping Current with Your Research
Thursday, November 12
6 - 7 pm
During this online workshop you will learn tips to help make your research efforts more effective and efficient. Attendees will be shown how to customize library services, store searches and find the most current research using PubMed, Web of Science (WOS), and NCHS data sources. For more information and to register, visit: http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7242
RefWorks
Wednesday, December 2
6 - 7 pm
Do you want to save time and energy in managing your citations and creating a bibliography? This class will discuss topics including importing citations from databases, organizing the citations, and correctly formatting citations for a manuscript. For more information and to register, visit: http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7243
Anatomy.TV is an interactive 3D model of human anatomy online. This unique database provides detailed views of anatomy at various levels from bone to surface structure. Models can be rotated and layers can be peeled away to view medically accurate representations of anatomical structures. Interactive quizzes and multiple-choice questions help test student knowledge.
Learn how to use Anatomy.TV at either of Tompkins-McCaw Library's workshops on Thursday, October 22 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in room 2-012 and Thursday, November 5 from 12:00 to 12:30 in room 2-012. We will demonstrate how to use this database for studying as well as for classroom use, presentations, lectures, and how to incorporate the database into Blackboard courses.
To register for the October 22 class, visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7182.
To register for the November 5 class, visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7109.
Have you noticed PubMed's new appearance, but need some help navigating the new layout? The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) has redesigned most PubMed search screens. To start with, the PubMed homepage has been streamlined, and includes an NCBI Header, Search Bar, and Footer that are common to all PubMed pages. There have been changes to display pages, location of Limits, History, and other tabs, Clipboard and output options.
Attend one of Tompkins-McCaw Library's "PubMed Redesign: Are You Ready for the New Look?" workshops on Thursday, October 15 or Thursday, October 22 from 10 to 10:45 a.m. in Hunton Hall's Learning Center to learn more about these changes and discover how best to search PubMed and send your results to RefWorks. To register for the October 15 class, visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7183. To register for the October 22 class, visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7184.
Tompkins-McCaw Library and University Student Commons and Activities Programs will be screening two more films for the MCVC Fall Documentary Film Series.
Babyland will be shown Tuesday, November 17 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Hunton Student Center's Learning Center. The broadcast follows an unusual relationship between a black teenage mother-to-be and a white volunteer from a suburban church whose goal is to ensure that the baby is born healthy. The surprising bond between the inner city mother and her suburban mentor becomes the emotional center of the documentary. Their journey together through pregnancy and birth and the twists and turns that follow is an intense story that cuts through issues of race and class. The women learn about each other and themselves. For more information and to register, visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7181.
Secrets of the Mind will be shown Friday, December 4 from noon to 1 p.m. in Hunton Student Center's Learning Center. The film follows neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran as he investigates four mysterious psychological cases involving blindness and sight, phantom limbs and pain, and delusional thinking; and delivers his astounding conclusions. For more information and to register, visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/training/course_detail.asp?ID=7200.
Hello VCU'ers (if that's a real word)!!! My name is Alan T. Williams and I am one of the Education Services Librarians at the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, VCU Libraries. I have worked for VCU Libraries in one capacity or another going on 10 years. I am the liaison librarian for the VCU School of Nursing (I love you guys!) and several schools within the VCU School of Allied Health Professions (Go OT!).
My main research interests are open source, free programs that can be used in instruction. I have recently completed a project on the top free screencasting software and I am now looking into free bibliographic software. I am also very intrigued by mobile technologies and how they can be used for instruction.
I am here to teach library instruction for classes as well as one on one appointments to help students gain a better understanding of the valuable resources we have at VCU Libraries. Please feel free to e-mail me (s2atwill@vcu.edu) or call me (804.828.1592) if I can be of assistance. Thank you.
