N ews from the Biomedical Library and Medical Center Library
Currents
Volume 1, Issue 1
Winter 2000
Using Library Resources from Off-Campus:
A New Solution for UCSD People with Non-UCSD Internet Accounts
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Inside This Issue
Biomedical Library
Renovations
2
Clinical Resources
2
New Look at MCL
2
Winter 2000 Classes 2
Staff News
3
BIOMEDBITS
3
Did You Know...
3
Navigating Your
Navigator
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any of the library’s Web resources
are restricted to allow remote use
by UCSD faculty, staff, and students.
Until recently, the only way to use
these services from home or an offcampus office was to use a UCSDprovided dial-in account for your
Internet access. We are happy to
announce that there is now a way for
you to use our resources from any
Internet provider, including high-speed
cable modem services.
The solution is a proxy server, managed
by Academic Computing Services
(ACS). By changing one of the settings
in your Web browser, your connection
to our resources such as online journals
and databases will go through this
proxy server, which will “authenticate”
you with the providers of these
resources on the Web. ACS maintains
a very helpful Web page with detailed
information on how to set up your Web
browser to use the proxy. There are
instructions for various versions of
Netscape and Microsoft Internet
Explorer browsers.
ACS Proxy Information:
http://www-no.ucsd.edu/documentation/
application/squid/index.html
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One thing to be aware of: You will need
to have your UCSD username and
password in order to use the proxy
server. Everyone at UCSD has this, but
if you have not used a dial-in account
or a campus Popmail account, you may
not know what it is. If you do not
know what your UCSD username and
password are or need other proxyrelated assistance, contact the ACS
Network Operations unit:
Phone: (858) 534-1857 / Fax: (858) 534-1746
E-mail: userserv@ucsd.edu
Phone Support Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Walk-in Support Hours: 10:00 am - 3:30 pm,
Monday thru Friday
If you have questions about “content” e.g., online journals or databases, please
contact the Biomedical or Medical
Center Libraries.
Biomedical Library:
Phone: (858) 534-1201
E-mail: biomed@ucsd.edu
Medical Center Library:
Phone: (619) 543-6520
E-mail: mclref@ucsd.edu
Currents Debuts
T
he Biomedical and Medical Center
Libraries are flowing into the new
millennium with a new newsletter called
Currents. We plan to use this newsletter
to highlight new and existing resources
and services.
Currents is available for pickup at the
Biomedical and Medical Center Libraries,
the Medical Center, Thornton Hospital,
Shiley Eye Center and other locations.
Call Irene Allison at (858) 534-3255 or
e-mail iallison@ucsd.edu if you wish to
be added to the mailing list. Currents
is also available on the Web at
http://scilib.ucsd.edu/bml/library/currents
Biomedical Library
Renovations
New Look at MCL !
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I
ou may have noticed some physical
changes and signs of construction at
the Biomedical Library. We are in the
middle of a library renovation project
designed to make our facilities and services more convenient to you and our own
operations more efficient.
During Fall Quarter the following changes
took place: Circulation and reference desks
were combined in order to provide more
efficient service. Unbound journals were
moved to the second floor so that all the
journals are now close to the photocopy
room. Computer tables and new carpet
were installed on the first floor.
During Winter Quarter approximately 100
new user seats will be added.
Thank you for your patience during our
construction and renovation. We are
proud of the renovation results so far and
hope that you like the end result as much
as we do.
Clinical Resources Web Site
T
he UCSD Healthcare Clinical
Resources Web site provides an
efficient one-stop shop for busy
clinicians. The site includes access to
UCSD Practice Guidelines, digital
textbooks (e.g., Harrison’s Online),
Clinical Pharmacology (a full-text drug
information resource), Medline/
HealthSTAR, and many other important
electronic tools.
You may visit the site at: http://
health.ucsd.edu/ClinicalResources/
index.html
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f you haven’t visited MCL recently,
you’re in for a rather pleasant surprise.
Over the last several months, MCL has
lightened (painted the walls), brightened
(installed new lighting), renovated (created
a new computer and instructional facility)
and installed new carpeting. Please stop by
and enjoy it with us!
Biomedical Library
Schedule of Classes
Winter Quarter 2000
MEDLINE/HealthSTAR
January 26
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
February 7
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
February 23
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
March 8
9:30 am - 11:00 am
March 16
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch 'N Learn: Navigating Your Navigator
March 1
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Web BIOSIS Previews
January 20
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Accessing Electronic Journals
(UCSD faculty, staff, and students only)
February 4
11:00 am - 12:00 Noon
March 22
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Searching the Web Effectively
March 7
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Web of Science
February 1
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
For more information, or to register for any of
the above classes, call (858) 534-3255 or use the
Biomedical Library Instructional Web page at
http://scilib.ucsd.edu/bml/library/instruc.htm
Medical Center Library: Classes and
individual consults are available. Please contact
MCL's Circulation Desk or Craig Haynes at
(619) 543-6520 for more information.
Staff News
Did You Know...
J
…that we now subscribe to over 1200
biomedical electronic journals? Check out
our alphabetical e-journals listing at http://
scilib.ucsd.edu/bml/ejournals/index.html.
This listing includes valuable information
about specific titles (information about
passwords, known access problems, etc.)
that may be useful to know before you
connect to the journal site. Links to ejournals available through free trials are
also included. You will also find links to
most e-journals from within ROGER and
links to some full-text articles from within
the CDL version of MEDLINE.
oin us in welcoming Mary Linn
Bergstrom, the new Head of Educational
and Outreach Services, who joined the
Biomedical Library January 3, 2000. Mary
Linn comes to us from UMass Memorial
Health Care in Worcester, Massachusetts,
where she worked as the Director of Library
Services since 1995. Mary Linn will provide leadership for the development of
services and technologies designed to foster
awareness and use of biomedical information resources in teaching, research, and
patient care. She can be reached at (858)
534-1195. Welcome, Mary Linn!
Currents
will be published
three times each year.
To subscribe to future issues,
please call (858) 534-3255
or e-mail iallison@ucsd.edu
BIOMEDBITS Discussion
Group
F
ind it hard to keep up with the latest in
electronic resources? Keep yourself
informed by signing up for BIOMEDBITS
which is an online discussion group for the
announcement and discussion of biomedical electronic resources and services
provided by the UCSD Biomedical Library.
This list is for UCSD faculty, staff, and
students. E-mail traffic should be light.
To subscribe, send an e-mail message to
majordomo@gort.ucsd.edu and include
the words “subscribe biomedbits” as the
text of the message.
Questions? Contact Nancy Stimson by
phone at (858) 534-6321 or by e-mail at
nstimson@ucsd.edu.
"Navigating Your Navigator"
Wednesday March 1st, 2000,
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
N
ew in our series of lunch time
seminars is this “Lunch ‘N Learn”
dedicated to helping you make the most
of your Internet browser. In this onehour session you will learn how to:
- organize your Bookmarks,
- customize your Netscape preferences to set your Homepage,
History, Mail, and Newsgroups,
- add and use plug-ins,
- set up the proxy server to allow you
access to UCSD databases and
electronic journals from commercial
Internet service providers (for UCSD
users only),
- set up User Profiles - a helpful
feature that lets several people share
a computer and each have their own
bookmarks and other preferences.
we now
subscribe to
over 1200
biomedical
electronic
journals
Duis autem
vele eum
iriure dolor in
velit.
Due to time constraints this session will
only cover the Netscape browser, but
many of these features are similar in
Microsoft Internet Explorer and other
browsers. Please feel free to bring your
lunch, but do remember to keep it in a
bag until you get to the Training Room.
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Library Hours
Library Telephone Numbers
Biomedical Library (Biomed)
Biomedical Library
Mon - Thursday 8:00 am
Friday
8:00 am
Saturday
10:00 am
Sunday
11:00 am
Circulation
Reference
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Administration
(858) 534-3253
(858) 534-1201
(858) 534-4779
(858) 534-3418
Fax Numbers
ILL
Reference
(858) 534-1202
(858) 534-6609
– midnight
- 8:00 pm
- 7:00 pm
- midnight
Medical Center Library (MCL)
Mon - Fri
Sat-Sun
7:00 am 1:00 pm -
8:00 pm
5:00 pm
E-Mail
biomed@ucsd.edu
Medical Center Library
For holiday hours and days when
school is not in session, please call
(858) 534-3837.
Currents
Biomedical Library, 0699
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0699
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All Departments
Fax
E-Mail
(619) 543-6520
(619) 543-3289
mclref@ucsd.edu