TML News and Notes: May 2011
If you are using electronic copies for course reserves, you may want to learn more about the Georgia State copyright case. This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education presents several viewpoints on this case.
http://chronicle.com/article/Whats-at-Stake-in-the-Georgia/127718/
Wednesday, June 1
12:00 - 1:00 pm
PubMed
TML Learning Center @ Hunton
Tompkins-McCaw Library will be closed Saturday, May 28 to Monday, May 30 in observance of Memorial Day. We will reopen Tuesday, May 31.
Along with the new redesign of the TML website, we are pleased to introduce you to RefWorks 2.0. This new interface for our web-based citation management tool became the default version early this week, so you will be noticing some changes in the look and feel of RefWorks. Some of the major changes are listed below:
- Icons
- Lightboxes
- Quick Access Sidebar
The icons displaying on the References tab represent the most commonly used reference actions: Add to Folder, Global Edit, Delete, and Print. The icons displaying next to each reference vary somewhat depending upon type of view selected. For example, the icons for Standard View are: Add to My List, Edit, Cite, and View, while the icons for a citation style are: Get it @ VCU, Add to My List, Edit, and View.
The button choices vary according to the action selected, e.g., Edit Reference, Customize, Global Edit. A few lightboxes close automatically, but most require that you select the X in the upper corner.
This new feature can be expanded or closed to allow more or less screen space for your reference list. The sidebar provides you with a direct link to features such as Advanced Search, links to training materials direct from ProQuest, information on connecting to RefWorks via Facebook or Twitter, and a statistics section which gives a snapshot of your account including storage space used.
Write-n-Cite is the only feature which has not been updated yet and you can expect to see this operating in Classic mode through the end of the year.
As with all our resources, the best way to learn is to jump in and try it out! For additional information on working with the new interface, you will find instructions and tutorials on our RefWorks page at http://www.library.vcu.edu/refworks. We also maintain a Blackboard course which will guide you through the basics of using RefWorks 2.0.
Did you notice that the Tompkins-McCaw Library homepage has changed? Check it out and let us know what you think!
In the "Search Collections" section of the new TML homepage, you will find quick links to some of our most popular resources, including PubMed, RefWorks, CINAHL, and Web of Science. "Search Collections" also includes the following links:
- Databases A-Z: View an alphabetical list of available databases
- Catalog: Search the VCU Libraries' Catalog
- Journals: Search for a journal by title or find a citation in the library's journal collection
- Articles: Search across 8 of VCU Libraries' most popular databases, including Academic Search Premier, PubMed, and CINAHL
- More: View additional topics on VCU Libraries' collections and resources
Do you have questions? Ask a Librarian! We also welcome your feedback on the new homepage.
Thursday, May 26
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Introduction to Searching CINAHL
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012
Thursday, May 26
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Community Health Education Center Program: Happiness at Work
Gateway Building
The Periodicals Price Survey reports that 2011 journal prices have gone up again and projects an increase of seven to nine percent for academic journal titles in 2012. The survey is published annually in Library Journal.
VCU Libraries is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire Archive for the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. Every article from the journal's last two centuries is now available to VCU users. There are more than 150,000 articles, 478,000 pages and over 85,000 images in the Archive which covers the dates of 1812 - 1989. The current subscription for NEJM provides access from 1990 - present. The full-text of every issue can be searched, browsed and downloaded.
Please join us in the Community Health Education Center on Thursday, May 26 at noon for "Happiness at Work" presented by Anne Hawkins, Nursing Director of Psychiatry, VCU Health System. In this presentation, Anne Hawkins plans to review research on "joy" and "happiness" at work, identify sources of joy through work, examine how positive and negative attitudes can impact a team, and discuss actions that individuals can make to enhance joy at work. Space is limited and registration is required. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information or to register, please contact Sarah or Dana at 828-2432, or email seamick@vcu.edu.
The Community Health Education Center is located in the VCU Medical Center Gateway Building, Ground Floor, 1200 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298.
The new TML home page provides you with quick access to PubMed with a direct search box. Just type in your search as you normally would and then click on 'Search'. For example, authors can be entered using last name and initial, e.g. Strauss JF, or you can type in a string of keywords, e.g. transcription factor SV40 hepatocellular carcinoma, or even a journal name and date, e.g. journal of neurotrauma 2011.
You also have the option of going to the PubMed Advanced Search page which includes the Search Builder, for adding and viewing terms in all fields, and the Search History, to go back to previous searches and combine sets.
The box has a direct link to MyNCBI as well, where you can sign in to view your saved searches, email alerts, and collections, and your Bibliography for NIH Grants.
We have also included the Single Citation Matcher in the PubMed search box. If you know any part of a citation, you can use this link to find your citation: any combination of journal, date, volume, issue, first page, author, or title word can be used.
Remember to always use the VCU Libraries link to go to PubMed so you will be able to see the 'Get It @VCU' button for access to our online full-text journals, our catalog of print journals, or easy access to ILLiad (our Interlibrary Loan service).
Tuesday, May 17
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Whetting Your Appetite for Research Brown Bag Lunch: Strategies and Tools for Patient Recruitment
First Floor Conference Room, 109
In April there was a New Author's Forum that was held here at TML. The speakers came from several different departments here on the VCU medical campus and have been successful publishing and also as editors. For those of you who are thinking of publishing or are new to academia, here is a tip sheet that provides some highlights of what was covered. These tips are included here as a PDF because to make it an entry would be quite long, and at least in the PDF format, you can have access to them when not online.During the week of May 16, VCU Libraries users will automatically be re-directed to Micromedex 2.0. Try out the preview version that is currently available from a link on the main Micromedex 1.0 screen.
Micromedex 2.0 has a new user interface and search engine. Designed specifically to support clinicians in making informed clinical decisions, the new search functionality includes multi-term search, predictive text, synonyms, suggestions for alternate spellings, and a single search box on every page.
Sign up for a free webinar. Register for one of the upcoming webinars to learn more about Micromedex 2.0.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Copyright and Faculty Rights Web Conference
Distance Education Room, 2-010
The Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences now has its own homepage! To help you navigate the new site, the librarians will be posting several blog entries highlighting the new features. 
If you have any questions about what the VCU Libraries can do for you, the "Using the Library" section in the lower left corner of the site will answer many of your questions and more:
- Needing a book or article not available through the VCU Libraries? The "Interlibrary Loan" link will take you to information about a service which will borrow books and articles from other libraries.
- Having a group study session? Locate one of TML's group study rooms with white boards and anatomical models under "Study Spaces".
- Presenting a poster at conference? Find information on printing your poster at TML in the Multimedia Collaboration Room, through the link "Multimedia Equipment".
- Finding feeds to new titles in the collection? Click on "Tools and Gadgets" to find a variety of tools to assist in conducting your research.
- Wanting to look at Medical Artifacts from home? View many Special Collections and Archives materials in the "Digital Collections" link.
- Not finding the answer here? Select "More" or feel free to Email Ask-A-Librarian to find the answer to your question!
VCU Libraries now has Methods in Enzymology available online back to volume 1, 1955. Over 460 volumes of articles covering theory, techniques and preparation in biochemistry can now be easily accessed from either campus or from home. This series is truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences, including microbiology, biochemistry, cancer research and genetics -- just to name a few.
As well as being able to browse volumes and search the series with ScienceDirect, you can link to articles with the "Get It @ VCU" link from databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews, and SciFinder Scholar.
If you know a volume title, you can search for it in the VCU Libraries catalog and link to the online volume as well.
Monday, May 2, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
PubMed
TML Learning Center @ Hunton
Monday, May 2, 2011
3:00 - 5:00 PM
TML Coffee Break
First Floor
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Whetting Your Appetite for Research Brown Bag Lunch: The IRB- the Exempt, the Expedited, and the Full-Board
Richmond Academy of Medicine Building, First Floor Conference Room
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
3:00 - 5:00 PM
TML Coffee Break
First Floor
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Film Screening: Spirituality, Suffering & Illness
TML Learning Center @ Hunton
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
3:00 - 5:00 PM
TML Coffee Break
First Floor
Thursday, May 5, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Library Orientation
Library Instruction Classroom, 2-012
Thursday, May 5, 201
3:00 - 5:00 PM
TML Coffee Break
First Floor
