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Volume 13, Issue 1
Connect w Reflect w Research w Discover
Fall 2011
Biomedical Mobile Resources Guide
Inside This Issue
Welcome Guide 2-3
Anatomy Study Tools 4
Using the Web VPN 4
for Off-Campus Access
Workshops4-6
Q&A 6
M
any biomedical information resources, including several to which the UC San Diego Libraries
subscribe, have mobile-friendly websites or apps for smart phones or tablet computers. The
Biomedical Library has created a guide to highlight the mobile versions of PubMed, Web of Knowledge
(Web of Science, BIOSIS, etc.), Clinical Pharmacology, Micromedex, Access Medicine, Procedures Consult,
Roger, Melvyl, EndNote Web, RefWorks and more. The guide also includes mobile websites and apps
pertaining to “getting things done” such as Evernote, Dropbox, etc. Check out the guide on your
phone or computer: http://ucsd.libguides.com/bmlmobile
At this time, not all resources work with all devices and most of the subscription-based resources
require the device to be on the UC San Diego wireless network or logged into the Virtual Private
Network (VPN). The VPN is currently only available for iPhone, iPod, and iPad.
This guide is a work in progress so please let us know about any additional mobile resources that you
think that we should include. Add your suggestions to the guide itself or email them to
kheskett@ucsd.edu.
New Online Resources
Welcome New &
Returning Faculty,
Staff & Students
T
he University of California Libraries have collaborated to purchase campus-wide access to two
new important resources, Comprehensive Physiology and the Wiley Online Library electronic books
collection.
Comprehensive Physiology is the most wide-ranging and authoritative collection of review content
ever assembled in the physiological sciences. It includes the landmark series, Handbook of Physiology,
available for the first time in an online format. In addition, Comprehensive Physiology is now publishing
regular issues on a quarterly basis that update and expand the classic content from Handbook of
Physiology.
The Wiley Online Library electronic books
collection (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
includes over 950 books with a 2011
publication date. The collection will serve a wide range of research needs in the life, health and physical
sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. The books will be added to the collection throughout
the year as they are published simultaneously in both online and print formats. The Wiley electronic
books complement another large electronic book collection from Springer that campuses licensed in
2009 that includes thousands of books. The best way to locate electronic books is to search the catalog,
Roger (http://roger.ucsd.edu), and then follow the link to the full text.
Welcome New & Returning Faculty, Staff & Students
W
elcome to the UC San Diego Biomedical Library (BML). The Library offers a multitude of online and print resources, expert research
assistance, and quiet, well-equipped study and productivity areas.
BML Website and Online Clinical Library
To use the library’s extensive resources and services, start at the BML website (http://biomed.ucsd.edu). The library blog has an RSS feed
that keeps you up to date with current news, resource information and technical tips. For clinicians, the Online Clinical Library links to
key online resources to use in your daily practice. Save or bookmark these websites to use as your portals to high quality information.
Online Resources 24/7
In addition to BML’s outstanding and heavily used print collection, the Library provides access to almost 5,000 electronic journals and
thousands of online books and databases. Use the UC San Diego online catalog, Roger (http://roger.ucsd.edu), to find out if the UC San
Diego Libraries own a particular item, which library it is in, and whether or not it is available online. Use an article database such as
PubMed, BIOSIS, PsycINFO, CINAHL or Web of Science to find articles on your topic. Electronic books, including many prominent textbooks,
provide good background information. All these electronic resources are available from the BML or Online Clinical Library websites. UC San
Diego faculty, staff and students can access library resources from off-campus via the UC San Diego proxy server or the Virtual Private
Network (VPN).
Lost and Confused?
Ask a Librarian for help in person, or by phone, text, email, or instant message. To learn to use PubMed, EndNote, RefWorks, or Google
more effectively, sign up for a Workshop. PowerPoint and Excel workshops are also available. You can also arrange for Consultations,
one-on-one meetings with a librarian, or a custom workshop for your group. Several departments have library liaisons, librarians who
provide research assistance and training for those department. If you are looking for an article in a journal that the library does not have,
take advantage of our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service. We will get the article for you from another institution at no charge.
Biomedical Library Spaces
Library Information Commons (LInC)
The Library Information Commons (LInC), located on the first floor, includes 68 PC computers and 5 iMacs, arranged in pod formation.
These computers have the latest productivity software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and other software for UC San Diego faculty, staff
and students to use to locate information, prepare presentations, analyze data, and complete reports and projects. LInC service consultants
are available to assist and support you. Additional information is available from the flip stands at each workstation and the Commons
Handbook available at the Help Desk.
Graduate Study
Located across the breezeway from the library, the graduate study space provides a comfortable environment for UC San Diego graduate
and professional school students to work undisturbed 24/7. Accessed through a card key system, the graduate study is for individual
and quiet collaborative study. All medical and pharmacy students are issued pre-coded cards by their departments that allow entry via
a proximity card reader to the Graduate Study and library breezeway. Other UC San Diego graduate students may obtain a card at the
BML service desk.
Group Study Rooms
Located on both the first and second floors, the 16 group study rooms are a perfect location for small to large group meetings and study
sessions. Each room is equipped with white boards or “capture boards” and may be reserved up to 2 days in advance for a maximum
reservation length of three hours. Rooms are available on a first-come-first-served basis when not reserved, but priority is given to UC
San Diego students, faculty and staff with reservations. To make a reservation for any of the group study rooms in the UC San Diego
Libraries, go to http://libraries.ucsd.edu/studyrooms. For additional details, read about the group study room policies.
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Welcome New & Returning Faculty, Staff & Students (Cont.)
Presentation Practice Room
Located on the first floor in the LInC area, the presentation practice room is equipped with a computer, projector, and screen to make your
practice experience as realistic as possible. Users must have a valid room reservation and checkout a key kit from the BML service desk,
so make a reservation and bring your presentation on a disk or USB flash drive. You can also connect your own laptop to the projector
in this room.
Media Room
Located on the first floor in the LInC area, the Media Room has a computer loaded with a variety of software including the Adobe CS3
suite, Dreamweaver, video and audio editing capabilities, a videocamera, and a webcam. The room also contains a flatbed scanner with
attachments for slides and transparencies. Users must have a valid room reservation and checkout a key kit from the BML Service Desk.
Connect with the Library
The Biomedical Library blog is a great way to keep up with the latest news and events. Use the RSS feed to read our blog updates
in your feed reader (e.g., Google Reader)
Become a fan of the Biomedical Library facebook page
Follow the Biomedical Library on Twitter (@ucsdbiomed) and read the library news in 140 character bites or less
Add our Google Calendar ("ucsdbiomed") to your account and then overlay it with your own so that you can see when we are
offering classes, have lunchtime speakers scheduled, etc.
Five Tips for Getting Started
1. Library Card - Your UC San Diego ID card is your library card. The barcode number on the back that starts with 21822 allows you to
check out books from the UC San Diego Libraries, and request materials that UCSD does not own.
2.
UC-eLinks - How can you tell if the journal article you want is available online? Use the orange UC-eLinks button,
available in many library databases, to connect to the online version. If the journal is not available online, use the UC-eLinks menu
to check the UC San Diego online catalog to see if we have it in print. Finally, if we do not have the journal, either electronically or
in print, use UC-eLinks to order a PDF version of the article via interlibrary loan.
3. Off-Campus Access - Online library resources, including electronic journals, electronic books, course reserves, article databases, and
drug resources are available from home using the UC San Diego proxy server or the Virtual Private Network (VPN). For details about
proxy and VPN access options, see the “Off-Campus Access” link on the BML homepage.
4. Online Catalog - Use the catalog to find out if UC San Diego subscribes to a particular journal, book, or other item. If you sign up
for a catalog PIN number you can also renew books online and request books from local libraries.
5. Search Assistance - Reference librarians can help you select appropriate databases, develop search strategies, and locate relevant
articles for your research or patient care needs. For comprehensive database searches, a librarian will search PubMed and other
databases at no charge to supplement your own search results. For more information, contact Penny Coppernoll-Blach at (858) 5344431 or pblach@ucsd.edu.
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Anatomy Study Tools
S
tudents are finding Web-based anatomy tools useful for learning human anatomy, visualizing anatomical structures and studying for
tests. Two particularly helpful resources include Thieme Teaching Assistant and Google Body Browser.
“Thieme Teaching Assistant” is quite useful for identifying and reviewing anatomical structures. Licensed
by the UC San Diego Libraries, this tool allows you to search to find particular images, zoom in, turn labels
on or off, export images as PowerPoint slides or PDF images, and save manipulated images in a folder.
The Thieme Teaching Assistant also includes a conversion chart that shows which images from their Atlas
of Anatomy correspond to those in the Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy.
Another tool is the Google Body Browser which has evolved over time and is freely available at using
Google Chrome or other browsers that support WebGL.
You can add or subtract anatomical layers or structures,
zoom in, rotate the image, click to identify particular
structures, or search for muscles, organs, and bones. You can also link to a particular
system or group (e.g., major organs, veins, cranial nerves). Once you find a view that you
like, you can save it as a URL and share it with others. Less useful but amusing is Google
Cow, a leftover from April Fools’ Day – can you find it?
Using the Web VPN for Off-Campus Access
T
here are two main ways to get off-campus access to electronic journals and other licensed library resources, the proxy server and the
desktop version of the Virtual Private Network (VPN). Both of these options require either adjusting your computer settings (the proxy
server) or downloading software (the desktop VPN). If you are located at a facility where you are prevented from setting up the computer
to use the proxy server or VPN (e.g., government facilities, off-campus hospitals, some hotels), you can use the “Web VPN” which does not
require changing any settings or installing any software.
To use the Web VPN “EasyConnect” web interface, go to http://vpn.ucsd.edu and enter your Active Directory username and password.
Once connected, paste the URL you want to go to in the box marked “Address.” Afterwards, to navigate to additional sites, use the
Web VPN tool bar located in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. For more information about using the
Web VPN, contact the Administrative Computing and Telecommunications (ACT) Help Desk at (858) 534-1853 or
acthelp@ucsd.edu.
Excel Workshop Series
A
new four-part Microsoft Excel series has been developed. The four workshops include:
• Basic Excel 101: Getting the Most from Excel
• Intermediate Excel 201: Discovering the Underlying Power of Excel
• Advanced Excel 301: Finding Answers with Excel
• Advanced Excel 401: Automating Excel with Macros
This quarter’s workshops are already full but we will be offering them again next quarter.
Check the workshops website starting on January 3, 2012 to register for the winter Excel workshops. These workshops are extremely popular
so register promptly!
Additional information about the content of the workshops, and the class workbooks, are posted online.
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Biomedical Library Workshops
S
ign up for any of our free workshops using our online registration form. In addition to these scheduled sessions, customized library
workshops for your group or individual consultations can be arranged to suit your needs to improve your library searching skills,
maneuvering databases, getting to the full text, and managing your references.
SEARCH SERIES
PubMed Essentials
This hands-on workshop focuses on what every user needs to know about PubMed, whether doing a search for a specific author or topic
using keywords. Learn to focus your results with limits, become familiar with the features of the advanced search screen, and know how
to use UC E-Links to easily get to full text articles.
• Tuesday, September 27, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
• Thursday, December 1, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
PubMed Beyond the Essentials
Move beyond the basics to refine and expand your searching skills. Learn about MeSH terms and how to use them in a search. Use MyNCBI
and its numerous tools to keep you updated and to customize PubMed for your most frequent types of searches. Great for the frequent
searcher.
• Tuesday, October 25, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Extreme Googling
Explore beyond the basic Google search screen and Google’s searching secrets. A hands-on workshop exploring search tools within
Google (e.g., Scholar, Books, News). Learn how to exploit Google and Google Scholar to your advantage and how to get to UCSD’s fulltext journals from within Google Scholar.
• Wednesday, October 5, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
• Thursday, December 15, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERIES
Managing Citations: Which Tool is Right for You?
This session will provide an introduction to a variety of tools for managing papers and citations including EndNote, RefWorks, Zotero, and
Mendeley and discuss how to choose the tool that's right for you.
• Wednesday, October 5, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
EndNote - Desktop
A hands-on workshop to learn to build your own EndNote reference library – from databases to manually entering information – and
work with Word to write your paper and seamlessly create bibliographies.
• Thursday, October 13, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, November 16, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
RefWorks
Learn how to organize your references and instantly format your research papers, articles, and other publications using APA, NLM and
hundreds of other writing styles. You will also learn how to download references using your favorite research databases and library catalogs.
Collaborate with other authors via the RefShare tool.
• Wednesday, September 28, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Google Tools
Beyond searching, what else can Google do for you? Learn about staying current with Reader, organizing with iGoogle and Calendar,
collaborating with Documents and Maps, and more.
• Tuesday, November 8, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
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Biomedical Library Workshops (Cont.)
Hours
BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY
Please see website for hours:
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/hours/
Additional hours information:
(858) 534-3339
Contact Information
BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY
Circulation
Reference
Administration
(858) 534-3253
(858) 534-1201
(858) 534-3418
Fax Number
Reference
(858) 534-2219
Ask a Librarian:
http://biomed.ucsd.edu/ask
UCSD LIBRARIES
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
ILL Phone
ILL Fax
E-Mail
(858) 534-2528
(858) 534-4970
ill@ucsd.edu
INFORMATION COMMONS POWERPOINT WORKSHOP SERIES
PowerPoint Beginnings
This workshop is for people who have limited experience with PowerPoint or want a firm
grounding in the fundamentals. It covers developing a concept, making an outline in MS Word
& importing it, plus editing the slides. It also covers the menu & toolbars, task panes, and
differing views. If you want to get it right from the very beginning, this workshop is for you!
• Friday, October 14, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
PowerPoint Enhancements
Learn to format your master slides and other techniques to visually enhance your presentation.
Also covered are inserting and editing elements such as tables, charts, diagrams, sound, video,
and animation. Experience using PowerPoint is necessary. Attendance at the previous session
(PowerPoint Beginnings) is helpful but is not required.
• Friday, October 21, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Breakthrough Presentations
Learn the do’s and don’ts of presentation effectiveness and how to impress your audience with
a well-timed balance of speech and visual communication. This workshop will help you prepare
for and conduct great presentations from organizing, preparing, rehearsing, and delivering
your presentation. Also covered are printing handouts and speaker notes, exporting your
presentation to other applications and publishing it on the web.
• Friday, October 28, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Creating Killer Research Posters in PowerPoint
Learn to create well-designed, professional research posters. This workshop will give you a head
start in designing and creating great looking posters that attract attention and accentuate the
highlights of your research project. Save yourself time and effort by learning the shortcuts to
creating killer posters.
• Friday, November 4, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
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Question Box: Real Answers to Real Questions
Q. I just tried to access the Online Clinical Library website from a bookmark I had created. I
received an error message that said “The connection has timed out.” Why can’t I get through
to the Online Clinical Library?
A. Recently, the URL for the Online Clinical Library changed to http://libraries.ucsd.edu/clinlib
Use this URL instead of the old one. This popular site is useful because it brings together
many clinical resources in a single place including drug resources, databases, and electronic
book collections.
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