TML News and Notes: January 2012

Tuesday, January 31

2012 has begun and, as with the start of any new semester, brings with it a flurry of activities, rapidly filling calendars and a restocking of coffee and tea supplies.  In the Mindfulness Matters feature of the January 2012 issues of NIH News in Health, the concept of mindfulness and its positive impact on our mental health is explored.  Some suggestions offered for being more mindful are:

• Taking deep breaths
• Enjoying a stroll
• Practicing mindful eating
• Finding mindfulness resources in your local community

At the Tompkins-McCaw Library, one of the things you'll notice on the main floor is our new gallery area.  This open exhibit gives you an opportunity to focus on something wonderful and intriguing while you're here.  For the rest of January, you can enjoy the Watercolors exhibit created by Victor Yanchick, Dean of the School of Pharmacy.  Upcoming exhibits will be posted on the the Tompkins-McCaw Library homepage at http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml.

So as you get back into the routine of busy student, busy faculty/staff, or some interesting combination of the two, give yourself a mindful break regularly.  You'll be glad you did.

Wednesday, January 25

In the British Journal of Nursing there was a series on written on writing for publication.  While these articles appear in a nursing journal, many of the tips and points that are made in them are ones that are applicable to other disciplines as well.  These can be found in the CINAHL and PubMed databases here in the library.  The articles cover an array of topics when it comes to publishing and are short and to the point so if you have a couple of minutes and are thinking about doing some publishing, you may want to check them out.

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Fowler, J. (2010). Writing for professional publication. part 1: Motivation. British Journal of

Nursing (BJN), 19(16), 1062

Fowler, J. (2010). Writing for professional publication. part 2: Subject matter. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 19(17), 1121.

Fowler, J. (2010). Writing for professional publication. part 3: Following journal guidelines. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 19(19), 1260.

Fowler, J. (2010). Writing for professional publication. part 4: Supporting your statements. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 19(21), 1374.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 5: Creating interest. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(1), 49.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 6: Writing the abstract. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(2), 120.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 7: Structure and presentation. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(3), 190.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 8: Targeting the right journal. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(4), 254.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 9: Using client case studies. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(5), 330.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 10: Publishing a project report. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(6), 371.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 11: Writing conference abstracts. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(7), 451.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 12: Summary of the series. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(8), 509.

Healthy People 2020 is a U.S. Department of Health Human Services program that aims to promote the health of Americans.  

The Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce has created the Healthy People 2020 Structured Evidence Queries (SEQs) are pre-formulated PubMed search strategies.  These strategies are intended to support both public health practitioners and researchers in their efforts to achieve specific Health People 2020 public health objectives. TheseSEQs provide citations to the most up-to-date peer-reviewed literature from the PubMed database.

The objectives covered by these SEQ's are:

Access to Health Services Clinical Preventive Services Environmental Quality Injury and Violence Maternal, Infant and Child Health Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity

Oral Health Reproductive and Sexual Health Social Determinants Substance Abuse Tobacco Mental Health

 

Links:  

Healthy People 2020 Structured Evidence Queries (SEQs)

HealthyPeople.Gov

Tompkins-McCaw Library will be closed on Monday, January 16th, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 17 at 7:30 a.m.

You can search and retrieve full-text articles using PubMed on your mobile device. 

Start by bookmarking the VCU Libraries Mobile site: http://m.library.vcu.edu

Then 'Search Collections'.  You can see we have mobile version of things like MD Consult as well.

On Tuesday, January 24 at noon, the Community Health Education Center will host "Computers and the Eyes" presented by Dr. Juan Orellana, Associate Professor, VCU Dept. of Ophthalmology.

This presentation will cover how to work comfortably with computers, and address other causes of eyestrain and headaches.

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 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy will host an auction of selected paintings from Dean Victor A. Yanchick's "Watercolors" exhibit at Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences. The exhibition's run has been extended through January.

Proceeds from the auction will go toward pharmacy student scholarships.

The auction will take place 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 3 at the library, 509 N. 12th St. Hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be served.

For event details, contact Ellen Leverich at (804) 828-3016.

More about the exhibit

Tompkins-McCaw Library will host a special Training Day on Thursday, January 26 for the new McGraw-Hill Access databases - Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Pharmacy, Medicine and Surgery.  Each database contains the complete text of leading reference books, board review test materials, images and video, and an integrated drug database.  Classes will be held in the morning and afternoon on the MCV Campus.  Come learn about this suite of resources and discover tools and features created especially for the needs of today's health sciences faculty, students and residents. Registration is required.

Class Schedule - Thursday, January 26, 2012
10:30 - 11:30 am:  Tompkins-McCaw Library, 2-012 Register
1 - 2 pm:  Sanger Hall, B1-020  Register
3 - 4 pm:  Sanger Hall, B1-020  Register