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- Accessing ScienceDirect articles
Some of our users have reported the appearance of an intermediate screen when they are trying to link from PubMed to articles published by Elsevier. If you encounter a screen instructing you to "Select a website below to get this article," click on "Update your website selections" at the bottom of the screen. When this new screen opens, uncheck the "Select: All" box. Scroll through the alphabetical list to "ScienceDirect" and check that box only, then scroll to the bottom of the screen and click "Save." Once you have done this, clicking on the  icon in PubMed should take you directly to the article.
As always, please contact the Library if you experience any problems accessing the articles you need.
- Librarian receives award
Congratulations to Montie' Dobbins, Head of User Access Services, who recently received the Electronic Consumer Health Outreach Award from the regional office of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The Federal funds associated with this competitive award will enable the Library to partner with the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana to connect the public to reliable electronic health information resources. Computer equipment will be provided for the Downtown and Broadmoor branches of the YMCA, and library faculty will instruct YMCA staff and members on NLM consumer health resources. In addition, items promoting NLM's consumer health resources will be distributed at community events such as the YMCA Half Marathon and 5K.
- New Acquisitions
Review a list of materials that the library acquired during April 2012.
- Library's Mobile Instruction for Nurses featured in article
Library faculty recently collaborated with Nursing Administration to implement a plan for delivering instruction on patient care resources to nurses on the patient floors. The librarians then conducted a study to determine the effectiveness of this innovative Mobile Instruction for Nurse Education (MINE) program. A report on the study, titled "Connecting with Hospital Nurses through MINE," appears in the current issue of Journal of Hospital Librarianship. Congratulations to authors John Cyrus, David Duggar, Julia Esparza, Mararia Adams, Montie' Dobbins, and Kim Pullen.
- Librarian receives award
David Duggar, Reference Librarian, recently received a competitive award from the regional office of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The Federal funds will be used to promote NLM's Environmental Health Student Portal in Caddo Parish schools. David will train middle and high school science teachers and librarians about the resources in the portal, and he will work with the district science supervisors to recognize those teachers that implement environmental health projects with their students. He will also demonstrate the portal at the Joint Louisiana Science Teachers Association/Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics Conference in November.
Congratulations, David!
- National Library Week Contest Winner
 To celebrate National Library Week, the Health Sciences Library recently held a contest to guess the number of visitors that would come to the Library during National Library Week. Congratulations to Shahraam Kamalpour, MS III, who won a Kindle for guessing closest to that week's gate count of 1945 without going over. Thanks to all of you who visited the Library to participate in the contest, and special thanks to our anonymous donor who provided the Kindle.
- Library Celebrates Preservation Week on April 23rd
 In honor of Preservation Week, Health Sciences Library faculty will host an exhibit table on Monday, April 23rd from 10am to 2pm on the ground floor of the Medical School building, near the deli. What is Preservation Week, you ask? It is an annual event that promotes awareness to preserve important historical documents, such as photographs, correspondence, programs, yearbooks, and other items one might find in the Library Archives. One way that library faculty are preserving our institution's history is by digitizing items in the archives and making them accessible online. Stop by the library's table on April 23rd to learn about our latest projects and online collections, such as the yearbook and commencement program collection. For more information, contact Deidra Woodson or Dee Jones.
- Making Exercise Fun
 Librarians from LSU Health Shreveport will present a story hour at the Wallette branch of the Shreve Memorial Library on April 17th. The program will include stories about exercise, followed by a fun physical activity. For more information, go to the Medical Library's Kids' Health page on healthelinks.
- Sage Journal Package Now Available
The Library recently added the Sage Premier journal package, which includes approximately 200 journals in science, technology and medicine, including:
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
Biological Research for Nursing
Child Maltreatment
Health Education & Behavior
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
Transcultural Psychiatry
These journals, as well as others published by Sage, can be accessed by title in the Library's E-journals list or in the Library Catalog.
The Library subscribed to this package through the LOUIS consortium, a statewide partnership of academic libraries funded primarily by the Board of Regents.
- Lilly Oncology Art Exhibit in Library
"Lilly Oncology on Canvas: Expressions of a Cancer Journey" is a biennial art competition and exhibition presented by Lilly Oncology and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship. The competition invites those who have been diagnosed with any type of cancer, as well as their families, friends, caregivers, and healthcare providers, to express their cancer experiences through art. We are pleased to host an exhibit of twenty-five of the inspiring entries from the 2010 competition. The collection, which includes watercolors, acrylics, pastels, oil paintings, and photographs, is currently displayed on easels on the first floor of the Library.
The Library also has the 2007 book Lilly Oncology on Canvas: Expressions of a Cancer Journey, which has selections from the 2006 competition. This book is currently in the Reference section.
- National Library Week @ Your Library
You belong @ your library for National Library Week April 8-14, 2012. As part of our celebration, we will hold a contest to give away a Kindle eBook reader. To enter, guess the number of visitors you think will stop by the library during National Library Week. The winner will be the entry closest to the week's gate count without going over. All entries must be placed in the entry box before the library closes on Friday, April 13 at 5:00 p.m.
- Library's Web App
 The Medical Library now has an app for your mobile device! Visit http://lib-sh.lsuhsc.edu/m from your iPad, iPhone or Android, and you will automatically be directed to the mobile version of the Library's website. The app is optimized for the smaller screen sizes of smartphones.
- Librarian Is Double Award Recipient
Congratulations to Julia M. Esparza, Clinical Medical Librarian, who is receiving two awards from the Hospital Libraries Section of the Medical Library Association (MLA). She is being honored with the Professional Recognition Award for Technological Innovation, as well as a 2012 Travel Grant to help defray costs of attending the MLA annual meeting in Seattle in May.
- Librarian Receives Award
Congratulations to Deidra Woodson, Metadata and Digitization Librarian, who recently received the William D. Postell, Sr. Professional Development Award from the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MLA). This award will fund her registration cost to attend the course on Cataloging with Resource Description and Access (RDA) at the MLA Annual Meeting in Seattle in May.
- Evidence-Based Medicine and the Medical School Curriculum
Connie Schardt from the Duke University Medical Center Library will present "EBM and the Medical School Curriculum" on April 2, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. in the Library's computer lab, room 1-417. Her presentation will outline the Duke University School of Medicine experience of integrating evidence-based medicine into the curriculum. Ms. Schardt will also conduct a continuing education course for librarians on evidence-based medicine on April 2. The course and presentation are sponsored by the Marianne and Stafford Comegys Professorship in Medical Library Science. If you would like to attend the 4:00 session, please call 5-5449 or email Nell Hays at nhays@lsuhsc.edu by March 29th.
- Thanks for UpToDate
UpToDate is a point-of-care resource that provides specific, concise, evidence-based answers to clinical questions. Although access is only available on campus due to licensing restrictions, it is consistently one of the Library's most heavily-used resources. We thank the Departments of Family Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Pediatrics for their partnership with the Library to provide funding for this resource. We appreciate their generosity to help make UpToDate available for everyone at LSU Health Shreveport.
- EBM Articles by Local Authors
The March 2012 issue of Southern Medical Journal focuses on the important topic of evidence-based medicine (EBM). These articles help non-statisticians understand statistics and describe the step-by-step process of critical appraisal of medical literature. We are proud that many of the articles were authored by our LSU Health Shreveport faculty:
Dr. Pat Bass (Internal Medicine)
Dr. Jerry McLarty (Cancer Center)
Ms. Donna Timm (Library)
Dr. Jai Varma (Cardiology Section, Department of Medicine)
Dr. Dennis Wissing (Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Allied Health Professions)
Other authors include former LSU Health faculty members Dr. Daniel Banks, Dr. Donna Carden, and Dr. Ishak Mansi.
Congratulations to the authors on your recognition as regional experts in the field of EBM!
- Librarian Runs Marathon
 Congratulations to Montie' Dobbins, Head of Library Access Services, for successfully completing her first marathon. For reaching the finish line of the Little Rock Marathon held March 4, 2012, Montie' received a medal which she is wearing in the photograph here. See more about the event at Facebook.
- Pictures for Your Projects
Do you need a photo, graph, table, or microscopy image to enhance a lecture or presentation? Many of the Library's databases include images that may be freely used for instructional (non-commercial) purposes. For information on what is available and the guidelines for their use, check out the new Image Database Portal, found in the list of Resources on the left side of the Library homepage.
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