New Library E-Learning Modules

Need a quick lesson to sharpen your researching skills?  We just updated all of our Loyola E-Learning Modules.  To Access these enter the E-Learning portal through Loyola WIRED or through the Employee Self-Service Portal.  Click on Course Catalog and search for Responsible Searching.  There are 15 Modules total:

Responsible Searching V2
Library Clinical Search Strategies V2
Keeping current with your research V2
Copyright Issues V2
Micromedex and other drug resources V2
Evidence based practice in nursing V2
Searching Nursing at Ovid V2
Searching Biological Abstracts V2
Searching Cinahl V2
Searching Ovid Medline V2
Searching PsycInfo V2
Searching PubMed V2
Using Refworks V2
Finding books at Loyola V2
Evidence Based Medicine Module 2011

Feel free to ask us about accessing these modules or if you would like a one-on-one consult on any of the topics covered at 708.216.9192 or email researchservices[at]lumc[dot]edu.

How Loyola Librarians Can Help You!

Don’t hesitate to ask us for research and technology help, it’s what we’re here for! Here’s a few ways we can help:

Literature Searches
We will do research for you! Just let us know what you are researching and we will email you a list of relevant citations. You can access the literature search request form here or by placing your cursor over the Services tab, then Reference, and then clicking on Literature Searches.

Interlibrary Loan
Can’t find the article or book you want through Loyola?  We will obtain the article or book from another library.  Article PDFs are emailed to you at no cost.  Books from other libraries are sent to our library for you to check out.  To access the interlibrary loan form either click here or choose the Request an Article or Book link from the Quick Links tab.

Workshops & Consultations
The library holds a variety of workshops for learning research and technology techniques. Click here for a list of the classes. To register for a workshop contact Jeanne Sadlik at JSadlik@lumc.edu. We also can set up individual appointments to work with you if you are not able to attend a workshop.  Make an appointment to get help with searching, using Reworks, or anything else you might need!

If you need help finding answers to any of your research or technology questions don’t hesitate to contact a librarian. You can contact one of us by

• Emailing researchservices@lumc.edu
• Calling (708) 216-9192
• Using the live chat widget on the left side of our website during open hours

EndNote Q&A

The library will be hosting a Q&A session with Donna Kirking, the Senior Product Trainer for Endnote.  Donna will be at the library from 2pm – 4pm on Tuesday, February 15th.This will be an open tech support session.  Bring your problems, questions, frustrations and Donna will help with troubleshooting solutions.

Please invite any of your colleagues who also use Endnote.
Contact Jeanne Sadlik (JSadlik[at]lumc.edu or 6-5304) if you have any questions.

Deselection List 36: Nursing

Note: We will begin withdrawing these items December 3rd, 2010. If you would like any of these books, mark those you are interested in on the list and return it to the attention of Jeanne Sadlik. You can bring the list to the library, fax it to Jeanne at 6-8115, or email it to her at jsadlik@lumc.edu.

If you believe an item or items should be reconsidered, please send a response with justifications to Jeanne Sadlik at jsadlik@lumc.edu.

Deselection List 36: Nursing

In order to maintain a vital collection that meets the needs of our users and utilizes the limited space we have in the stack areas, the Health Sciences Library periodically deselects materials from our collection. The Library will begin this process in May and continue through the whole collection. Periodically a list of books slated for de-selection will be posted on this blog.

When a book is de-selected from the collection, it must meet one or several of the following criteria:

• The item no longer meets the mission of either the Health System or University.
• The item contains out-of-date information, has incorrect information, or is being replaced by a newer edition.
• The item is physically redundant as in the case of multiple copies of the same item.
• The item is not used or infrequently used (excluding historically significant or “rare book” material).

Items chosen for de-selection will, at some point, be placed on our “give away” shelf or sent to Better World Books (Better World Books collects and sells books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide).

A critical component of any de-selection project is to consult with our users about the books we have identified for de-selection.

Refworks Performance Issues

A message from Refworks regarding the recent performance issues you may have encountered:

“As there have been a number of recent inquiries regarding performance issues for the RefWorks service, we wanted to assure you that we are very much aware of the issue and are working expediently to get it resolved.   Our development team has identified 2 issues that we believe are causing the intermittent slowness that our users have been reporting.  The first issue has been addressed and the fix is currently in testing. We anticipate getting this fix loaded on our production servers in very short order. The actual release is unknown at this time, as we have not yet completed all the stringent testing processes that must occur before we load the changes to our live server farms.  A second issue has been discovered only recently, thanks to the diligent help of a number of our users providing us with detailed reports (what happened, when it happened, etc.) of the problems. We would like to thank all of you that have reported these issues to us directly.  Now that we have identified this second issue, we are working towards resolving it as well, and hope to have the fix completed and tested soon.  … We will keep you apprised of the status of the fixes through this list.  We do realize that these issues have come at a very inconvenient time for our academic clients and would like to extend our sincere apologies.   The resolution of the server performance is our top priority and all of us at RefWorks are working to ensure it gets resolved immediately.”

Electronic Resources Deselection

These days, libraries are frequently in the unenviable position of balancing financial responsibility with tough withdrawal decisions so that collections remain useful, accurate and current while remaining within budgetary allotments.

The Health Sciences Library currently provides access to over 11,000 titles in electronic format via 933 paid subscriptions. Access to a larger number of titles than subscriptions because vendors bundle titles into a single subscription, reciprocal subscription sharing with the University Libraries provides access to each others collections, consortium agreements provide cost-free or deeply discounted resources, and open access titles with acceptable 6 or 12 month embargos are available at no cost as are a number of federal government subscriptions.

By working with the Health Sciences Library Committee and other faculty and student groups, the library has identified 620 of our 933 paid subscriptions as core subscriptions that we cannot afford to loose if we are to be a premier academic health sciences center. However, 353 subscriptions to journals, e-books and databases will need to be canceled in December 2010 to comply with budget restrictions. Much care and effort has been taken to minimize the impact of these cancellations, but we are aware that this will have a dramatic effect on several programs.

Please review the excel sheet of possible cancellations and invite you to review and comment–we want your thoughts!

New Version of OvidSP

On August 2nd, 2010, OvidSP will launch its newest version with many additional features to help with all research needs. New features include:

New Work Productivity Tools
New search filters, a “widget” approach to results management, and numerous new citation management options, and more.

My Workspace
Create work projects and organize all of your research materials-individual articles, search strategies, images, and more-into a dedicated area.

Ovid Toolbar
This downloadable tool lets you quickly and easily save critical research material to My Workspace while you’re working outside OvidSP.

Additional Interface Display Enhancements
A new main search page design for more effective search and browse navigation, “drag-and-drop” customization features, consolidation of features and pages, and more.

To try the newest version before August 2nd, click the icon

For a side-by-side comparison of the original OvidSP and the newest version, view this document

Deselection List 24: WM Psychiatry

Note: We will begin withdrawing these items July 9th, 2010. If you would like any of these books, mark those you are interested in on the list and return it to the attention of Jeanne Sadlik. You can bring the list to the library, fax it to Jeanne at 6-8115, or email it to her at jsadlik@lumc.edu.

If you believe an item or items should be reconsidered, please send a response with justifications to Jeanne Sadlik at jsadlik@lumc.edu.

Deselection List 24: Psychiatry

In order to maintain a vital collection that meets the needs of our users and utilizes the limited space we have in the stack areas, the Health Sciences Library periodically deselects materials from our collection. The Library will begin this process in May and continue through the whole collection. Periodically a list of books slated for de-selection will be posted on this blog.

When a book is de-selected from the collection, it must meet one or several of the following criteria:

• The item no longer meets the mission of either the Health System or University.
• The item contains out-of-date information, has incorrect information, or is being replaced by a newer edition.
• The item is physically redundant as in the case of multiple copies of the same item.
• The item is not used or infrequently used (excluding historically significant or “rare book” material).

Items chosen for de-selection will, at some point, be placed on our “give away” shelf or sent to Better World Books (Better World Books collects and sells books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide).

A critical component of any de-selection project is to consult with our users about the books we have identified for de-selection.