Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences

Library Exhibits at the Women's Showcase in Fargo

bknight@medicine.nodak.edu (Barbara Knight) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:39:22 CST

The library staff visited with over 770 participants at the recent Women's Showcase in Fargo ND. Mary J Markland, MA, AHIP, SE Clinical Campus Librarian at the Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences, coordinated this exhibit. Read more about the library exhibit at http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2008/12/05/showcasing-womens-health-in-fargo-nd/#more-651

Go Local North Dakota Available!

jrieke@medicine.nodak.edu (Judy Rieke) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:12:40 CDT

People throughout North Dakota now have a free, fast, and easy way to find health services close to where they live. A new Web site called Go Local North Dakota: Discover Health Services Near You! provides information and links to hospitals, doctors, clinics, support groups, immunizations, home healthcare, and other programs and services people can use to find help for themselves and their loved ones. This brochure is available for distribution.

People can search for resources by county, by the type of service they want, or by a particular health topic. Services available on North Dakota Indian reservations are available as well as services for those living in the most rural areas of the state. Senior citizens needing health services will also find assistance through Go Local North Dakota. The Web site also contains a form for users to suggest new resources to add to the Go Local database.

Go Local North Dakota offers additional information and convenience because it is connected to MedlinePlus.gov, which is the health Web site of the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine .

If, for example, someone using Go Local North Dakota wants to learn about Alzheimer's Disease, they can click on Health Information and be taken to MedlinePlus.gov. Or, someone reading about Alzheimer's Disease on MedlinePlus.gov, can link to Go Local North Dakota to find Alzheimer's resources close to home. MedlinePlus.gov is available in English, Spanish and several other languages.

Go Local North Dakota is produced by the Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences and is funded in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. NO1-LM-6-3503 with the University of Illinois at Chicago, Greater Midwest Region Office of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

The dedication and hard work of the library staff greatly contributed to the creation of Go Local North Dakota. The Go Local team was composed of Judy Rieke, project director and the library's Assistant Director & Collection Management Librarian; Mary Markland, Southeast Clinical Campus Librarian, resource development and outreach coordinator for the Go Local project; and Michael Safratowich, Bibliographic Control Librarian, site development coordinator for Go Local. Special thanks go to Sarah Owens, Data Input Specialist.

The interest and support for the project demonstrated by librarians and staff from health organizations throughout the state was much appreciated and Go Local North Dakota welcomes their continued involvement.

CINAHL upgraded to Full Text

jrieke@medicine.nodak.edu (Judy Rieke) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:07:58 CDT

The library has upgraded its subscription to CINAHL(Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature). A search of the CINAHL database will now automatically retrieve more full text articles. Many of the articles retrieved are from journals to which the library did not previously subscribe. The platform is still EBSCOhost.

CINAHL with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 600 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo. Full-text coverage on some journals dates back to 1981.

If you encounter problems, or need assistance using the resource, please contact the reference desk 777-3994 or e-mail hflref@medicine.nodak.edu.

SCOPUS Training on September 9th

jrieke@medicine.nodak.edu (Judy Rieke) — Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:58:58 CDT

All library users are invited to attend a training on using SCOPUS on Tuesday September 9th in B320B in the basement of the Health Sciences Library. Elsevier staff will be on campus to conduct the training. Please come and bring your questions! SCOPUS brought to you by the COBRE grant and the library. For more information, contact Judy Rieke at 777-4129 or e-mail to: jrieke@medicine.nodak.edu.

PILOTS Database added to the web site

tnorton@medicine.nodak.edu (Theresa Norton) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:19:14 CDT

PILOTS is an abbreviation for Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress. The PILOTS database is produced by the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs web site, "The goal of the PILOTS database is to include citations to all literature on PTSD and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage."

Subject Coverage

* post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder (with or without reference to the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
* the assessment, description, prevention, or treatment of any psychiatric disorder, especially dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder), other dissociative disorders, or borderline personality disorder, associated etiologically or epidemiologically with exposure to a traumatic event, or to an event experienced as traumatic by the population under discussion
* the preparation or provision of mental health services to a traumatized population or a population at risk of experiencing traumatic events
* issues of professional ethics, scientific methodology, or public policy relating to traumatized populations.

Dates of Coverage
1871-current

Update Frequency
Monthly.

Southwest Clinical Campus librarian

lpederse@medicine.nodak.edu (Lila Pedersen) — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:42:37 CDT

The Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences is recruiting candidates for the position of Southwest Clinical Campus librarian in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Please see the full job description for details.

OrganDonor.Gov

bknight@medicine.nodak.edu (Barbara Knight) — Fri, 2 May 2008 09:49:20 CDT

OrganDonor.Gov is the official US Government website for organ and tissue donation and transplantation, is maintained by the Health Resources and Services Administration, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Division of Transplantation, an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The site provides donation and transplantation basics; information for donors, including frequently asked questions; and information on risk reduction, research, best practices and legislation.

Medical School for the Public 2008

tnorton@medicine.nodak.edu (Theresa Norton) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:22:16 CDT

The library has compiled a list of high-quality electronic resources for the 2008 Medical School for the Public, "Drugs and Bugs: Medical Education from Lab to Community". Classes are being held on Tuesday evenings in April from 6:30 - 8:00 pm. and are available both in person and on-line. The web sites provided by the library are intended as sources of further information on the topics covered in the classes. Additional sites will be added as the class progresses.

NIH Public Access Policy

jrieke@medicine.nodak.edu (Judy Rieke) — Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:45:41 CST

The Library of the Health Sciences wants to make faculty, staff and students aware of the recently adopted NIH Public Access Policy . This policy ensures that the public has access to the final, peer-reviewed, published results of NIH funded research. It requires that these articles be accessible to the public on PubMed Central to help advance science and improve human health. The NIH Public Access Website: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/ has been established to facilitate the process.

On December 26, 2007, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. 2764) was signed and directs the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide public access to its funded research. This new mandate requires researchers funded by NIH to submit their manuscripts to PubMed Central. Scientists who publish in journals that do not submit articles directly to PubMed Central must deposit their manuscripts no later than 12 months after the official date of publication.

Please check this policy information sheet for further details and links to pertinent websites for submission of articles. If you have further questions about the NIH Public Access Policy , please e-mail PublicAccess@nih.gov or contact Judy Rieke, 77-4129 or jrieke@medicine.nodak.edu for assistance.

Library hosting Copyright Audio conference

jrieke@medicine.nodak.edu (Judy Rieke) — Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:12:09 CST

The Library of the Health Sciences is hosting the audio conference "Applying Fair Use in Higher Education: Clearing Up the Confusion" on Thursday February 7th at noon in the library classroom. See more information below. Please notify Judy Rieke (777-4129) or e-mail at jrieke@medicine.nodak.edu if you intend to attend so that we can print copies of the supporting materials.

** Applying Fair Use in Higher Education: Clearing Up the Confusion**
** Live, 60-Minute Audio Conference **
** Thursday, February 7, 2008 noon to 1:00 PM CT**
Presented by:
Laura (Lolly) N. Gasaway is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and
Professor of Law University of North Carolina School of Law

http://www.higheredhero.com/fair1h?ID=-823435591

You and your team are invited to join us to discover:
** Up-to-date information for making Fair Use determinations
** Practices for applying the law to digital materials
** Types of works covered for classroom, online and blended courses
** How to handle personal and institutional liability issues
** Guidelines for creating policies that comply with the law

Your Presenter:
Laura (Lolly) N. Gasaway is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and
Professor of Law University of North Carolina School of Law
** Ms. Gasaway has been Associate Dean since July 2006. She served as
Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law from 1985 until 2006.
** She teaches courses in Copyright Law and Cyberspace Law in the law
school and Copyright Law for Librarians in the School of Information
and Library Science.
** Lolly is a past president of the American Association of Law Libraries
and is a Fellow of the Special Libraries Association and has served on
and chaired various committees of both associations, including their
Copyright Committees.
** She served on the American Bar Association's Accreditation Committee
and on the Council of the Section on Legal Education and Admissions to
the Bar.
** Lolly represented the AAU at the Fair Use Conferences (for the National
Information Infrastructure
** She is currently co-chair of the Section 108 Study Group for the
National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
and the Copyright Office.