FSU Maguire Medical Library Blog

Prescriber's Letter eTOC

You can get the Prescriber's Letter Table of Contents emailed to you every month.  It will alert you when the monthly newsletter is ready, include links to articles and detail-documents, and include links to CME.

It's free. To sign up, click here to be taken to the sign up page.

The Prescriber’s Letter is a subscription service (the library has an online subscription) for prescribers to keep them up to date on new developments in drug therapy. Concise updates are paired with detailed, referenced evidence-based articles. To access the Prescriber's Letter, go to the library's home page and click on "Prescriber's Letter" in the scroll box.  If you are off campus, be sure to click on the "Off-Campus Access (EZProxy)" link first.  There are a limited number of simultaneous users, so you may have to check back if there is heavy traffic!

Inter-Library Loan Form Now Available via EZProxy

Faculty, students and staff may request books and articles that are not available from any library on campus by completing an Inter-Library Loan Request Form.  It may be found by clicking on the "Inter-Library Loan" link found on the top menu bar of the library's home page.  From that link, scroll down the page and click where it says "Go to Inter-Library Loan Request Form."  At this point, you will now need to enter your College of Medicine username and password.  This is the same password that you use to access the library's resources from off campus.  Once you have done that, you will be connected to the form.

New Ovid Interface

Ovid has launched a new interface called OvidSP. To try it out, from any Ovid Gateway page, just click on the "Try OvidSP!" link. This link will be on every page in Ovid and will take you to the new interface.

We will have access to both the current version of Ovid (Gateway) and the new Ovid SP until February 2008. This is a great opportunity to become more familiar with the new interface.

All of your alerts, jumpstarts, and saved searches will be available in the new interface.

For those Ovid users who prefer the current version, you will still be able to access "Ovid Syntax" through the new version, which will look similar to the current version of Ovid.

Faculty Express Delivery Service (FedS)

The University Libraries have launched a new Faculty Express Delivery Service (FedS).  This service delivers books, journal articles, and media from any campus library to faculty on the main campus.  For College of Medicine faculty, books will be delivered to the Maguire Medical Library within 2 business days, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm.  Journal articles will be delivered electronically to faculty e-mail accounts.

Faculty can register for this service by submitting the registration form at http://www.lib.fsu.edu/services/materials/feds.  Forms for requesting delivery or pick up of materials are also available on this web page.  A link to this page is available on the "Services for Faculty" page on the FSU Libraries' web site.

PubMed Database Problems and Fixes

Due to upgrades completed this summer to the PubMed database by the U.S. National Library of Medicine many people have reported problems using PubMed.  Reported problems include disappearance of the FSU Links icons which link you to our electronic journals.  Others have experienced “Bad Server" messages.  More frequently and problematic is the loss of the contents of Clipboards or Search History. 

The National Library of Medicine has issued the following statement:  Please … ensure your browser and any servers you go through are enabled for Javascript (scripting), cookies, pop-ups, and HTTP 1.1 when you are using PubMed. Also, nlm.nih.gov should be considered a trusted site by your system(s). You may have to delete your browser's cache (temporary files) before trying again.

Before you change the settings on your browser please try refreshing your screen by clicking on your browser's Refresh\Reload button.  If this doesn't fix the problem you should try clearing out your browser’s cache. 

The majority of problems reported are from people using Internet Explorer versions older than the current version 7.  To find out what version you have click on the word “Help” in your browser menu, and then click on “About Internet Explorer”. 

InfoRetriever Update

Clinicians using InfoRetriever on a handheld device will find the new and improved interface easier to use and more intuitive than ever before. Some of these enhancements include:

1. Updated navigation to help you move around the product with ease
2. Increase or decrease the font display based on your personal preference with the click of a button
3. Less scrolling makes it easier to navigate InfoRetriever on your handheld device
4. Refine your search results to pinpoint information even further

Other Recent Enhancements ... Using InfoRetriever on a Handheld is even easier with Auto Updating. Now you can check for content updates each time you sync your PDA. InfoRetriever is now able to automatically update all PDA users who sync with a with Microsoft Windows® desktop PC. To start automating your InfoRetriever update process you must re-install the new updated file for Palm or Pocket PC one last time. For more detailed information on the installation process, visit the support section of the InfoRetriever web-site.

E-Book Titles Newly Available in MDConsult

 New MDConsult Electronic Books are available.  They may be found on the Library's E-Books Page.

CDC Health Information for International Travel, 2008
Neurology in Clinical Practice, 4th ed., 2004
Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 5th ed., 2008
Sleep Disorders Medicine, 2nd ed., 1999
Managing Epilepsy and Co-Existing Disorders, 2002
Clinical Pediatric Neurology, 5th ed., 2005
Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice, 2002
Behavioral Neurology, 2nd ed., 2002
Stroke, 4th ed., 2004
Office Practice of Neurology, 2nd ed., 2003

National Network of Libraries of Medicine Express Planning Award

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine Southeastern/Atlantic Region (NN/LM SE/A) has just awarded an Express Planning Award to fund planning for a Florida Consumer Health Information Network.    A statewide steering committee composed of 18 members of the Florida healthcare and library communities has already begun discussions to address this need.  Members represent all medical schools in Florida, major Florida healthcare organizations, including the Florida Health Sciences Library Association and the Florida Library Association, the State Library and Archives of Florida, the Florida AHEC programs and the colleges of library and information science in Florida.   The committee is chaired by the FSU College of Medicine library director, Barbara Shearer, who will administer the award. 

The planning award will fund a series of meetings with the steering committee and other stakeholders to develop a plan for the delivery of consumer health information resources and services to the residents of Florida and to explore a number of strategies, including partnering with state and local healthcare providers, state agencies and regional organizations.   One project the steering committee has identified is creation of a consumer health portal which will be a selective resource that aggregates information systematically, reviews it for quality and currency, and delivers it to the residents of Florida. This website will deliver quality-filtered consumer health information resources, along with descriptive directory information and links to points of contact for consumer health services in Florida.  Healthcare providers, librarians, and patients will use the network to access quality-filtered resources. The result will be patients who are more informed of best practices and treatments and are enabled to address their specific healthcare needs.

The planning initiative has been funded by the NN/LM for one year beginning October 1, 2007.  The next meeting of the steering committee is scheduled for December 10, 2007, in Orlando, at Nova Southeastern University.

New Thieme E-Books Available

New Thieme eBooks are available.  They may be found on the Library's E-Books page.

Pocket Atlas of Sectional Anatomy, Vol.1: Head and Neck. 3rd ed., 2007
Pocket Atlas of Sectional Anatomy, Vol.2: Thorax, Abdomen, and Pelvis. 3rd ed., 2007
Pocket Atlas of Sectional Anatomy, Vol.3: Spine, Extremities, and Joints. 3rd ed., 2007
Getting Started in Clinical Radiology, 2006
Ophthalmology: A Pocket Textbook Atlas, 2nd ed., 2007
Ultrasound, 2007

Library Resource Modules Available for Faculty Development/CME Credit

The Maguire Medical Library is now offering 16 hours of online Faculty Development/CME credit for Florida State University College of Medicine Clinical Faculty.  The hours are issued through the FSU College of Medicine Faculty Development Program and the Medical Educational Council of Pensacola in the form of “Library Resource Modules.”  These modules cover a variety of subjects including: Introduction to Library Resources; PubMed; Differential Diagnosis Tools; Disease Quick Reference Tools; Drug Resources; Decision Support Resources; Evidence Based Medicine Resources; and Patient Education Resources.  They include short (1-6 minute) animated tutorials, as well as pretests, quizzes and evaluations.  They may be found at http://www.med.fsu.edu/library/CME.  Contact Carolyn Klatt, the developer of theses modules, for more information.