June 2011

Rajia Tobia,
Executive Director
of Libraries
(210) 567-2413
tobia@uthscsa.edu

San Antonio
Administration
(210) 567-2400

Briscoe Library
Circulation Desk
(210) 567-2440

Information Desk
(210) 567-2450
askalibrarian@uthscsa.edu

UT Health Science Center

Library Downtown
(210) 358-3939
Army and medical personnel prepare to transport two men on stretchers to a
packaged disaster hospital following Hurricane Beulah (1967) . The photo is part of
Jesse H. Jones Comprehensive the Dr. Mario E. Ramirez Hurricane Beulah Photograph Collection, currently on
Research Library display at the Ramirez Library in Harlingen. Find the story on page 7.
(210) 567-2450

In the news this month:

Proposed reductions to journals and databases in 2012 Page 2
Harlingen Artist’s work examines color and its impact on the emotional life Page 3
Ramirez Library SciFinder to go to web-only on June 30 Page 3
Mobile databases: Everywhere you are Page 4
(956) 365-8850 Embryo: A new app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad Page 5
Micromedex has a new look: Instructions now available Page 5
Library classes in June and July Page 6
Laredo Exhibit documents the healthcare response to Hurricane Beulah in 1967 Page 7
Librarians contribute to new reference book Page 8
Laredo Regional Campus MedlinePlus survey results Page 8
Library Katie Prentice joins the Academy of Health Information Professionals Page 9
Andrea Schorr agrees to serve on medical library advisory group Page 9
(956) 523-7404 New books on the shelves of the Briscoe Library Page 10

For library classes go to page 6

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Proposed reductions to journals and databases in 2012

Due to flat or reduced state appropriations in past years, an impending reduction in state funds for the next
biennium, and annual inflation rates of 8-10% for journal and database subscriptions, UT Health Science
Center librarians are preparing a “worst case scenario” list of possible reductions to the library’s collection of
journals and databases. Librarians used criteria for possible cancellation such as cost/use over $25, annual
subscription cost greater than $1,000, and less than 100 uses in the last calendar year. The list of possible
subscription cancellations includes 172 titles and 10 database or electronic book collections.
In addition to the library’s local collection, The Libraries currently participate in the UT System Digital Library
which coordinates consortium licenses for a number of journal packages by publisher, including Elsevier,
Wiley, Springer and a number of other publishers. These consortium licenses have been of tremendous benefit
to all UT System institutions by expanding the number of journals and databases accessible at UT campuses.
However, the downside to consortium licenses is that participating libraries are not allowed to cancel their
subscribed titles or are only able to cancel a small percentage of titles. In order for the Health Science Center
Libraries to operate within available funds, we must plan for the possibility of dropping out of several UT
System Digital Library consortium licenses. The list of possible titles that will be discontinued due to loss of
consortium access numbers over 3,900 and includes subscribed titles from UT Austin, UT Southwestern,
UTMB and other UT libraries. In the event that a journal title must be canceled, interlibrary loan services will
be available to provide needed articles.
The Library Committee with representatives from each school has been consulted as librarians have developed
plans to operate within available funds. We ask that you carefully review each list of possible cancellations on
the library’s website, at http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/about/subscribed.cfm, and that you notify the library
if any of the journals on the lists are important to your teaching, research, or clinical duties. Please send
comments to John Weed, Head of Collection Resources, weedj@uthscsa.edu.
Rajia Tobia
Executive Director of Libraries
tobia@uthscsa.edu

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The Color Effect:

Artist’s work examines color and its impact on the emotional life
Leanne Venier, an Austin area artist whose work
explores the healing properties of color and, more
generally, the relationship between color and the
emotional life, will speak in the Briscoe Library on
Thursday, June 9 from noon to 1 p.m.
Leanne’s work has received international
recognition: She was awarded the Grand Prize of
the Jury for Outstanding Artwork in Vico del
Gargano, Italy. She was also a finalist for the
prestigious Hunting Art Prize in Houston, and has
been profiled in the Touch Décor international
design magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and
Austin Woman magazine. She has been
interviewed numerous times on Austin Radio
stations KUT 90.5 FM and KOOP 91.7 FM.
Leanne Venier’s work is currently on display in the Briscoe
Leanne’s June 9 presentation, on The Color Effect, Library Information Commons and in the medical school’s
will take place in the Howe Conference Room on Lecture Hall Foyer.
the 5th floor of the Briscoe Library. The talk is
free of charge and open to all.
Leanne’s paintings can be viewed through the end of June in the Briscoe Library Information Commons and
the medical school’s Lecture Hall Foyer.
For more information contact Pennie Borchers, Special Collections Librarian: Borchers@uthscsa.edu.

SciFinder to go to web-only on June 30:

Account registration and login required
SciFinder is a research discovery tool. It provides access to the CAS databases produced by the Chemical
Abstracts Services. CAS databases contain literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical
sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more. SciFinder also provides
access to patent information, conference proceedings, and the CAS Registry of Chemical Substances.
The client version of SciFinder will be discontinued on June 30, 2011. After this date, all U.S. institutions will
only have access to the web version of SciFinder. Instructions to register for a username and password for the
web version were posted on our database page in late 2010. If you have not already, please register for the
web access to SciFinder to ensure uninterrupted access.
Contact the library at AskaLibrarian@uthscsa.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
John Weed
Head of Collection Resources
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Mobile databases: Everywhere you are

Do you need to do a quick literature search, but don’t have a computer with you?
Do you want to be able to look up information, but can’t find the right app in the app store?
Do you want to provide information to your patients quickly and through their smartphone?
Did you know that the library has access to mobile databases that are optimized for your smartphone or
mobile device?

The Libraries’ mobile databases are located at http://uthscsa.mobi/library/data.html on your smart phone,
or at
http://library.uthscsa.edu/find/databases.cfm?Category=Mobile if you would like to browse the mobile
databases from your computer.

Users who are not using campus wireless will be asked to login; this will allow full-text article searching
straight from your phone.
Mobile databases currently offered include: MedlinePlus Mobile, PubMed for Handhelds, Academic Search
Complete, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, ERIC, MEDLINE, Mobile AccessMedicine, and Stat!Ref.
MedlinePlus Mobile provides materials available to and designed for all patients and caregivers, while
Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, ERIC, Mobile AccessMedicine, and Stat!Ref provide full-text articles
and reference material to Health Science Center faculty, staff and students using their library or university
login.

Luke Rosenberger
Director of Library
Technology and Historical
Collections
Kelley Minars
Web Services Librarian

Eric Willman
Systems Librarian

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Embryo: A new app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) recently released Embryo, a
new app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Features of Embryo
include human fertilization videos, photo micrographs of early-stage
embryo development, 2D and 3D digital images using visual stack
dissections, and a pregnancy calculator.
Embryo brings together resources of NLM, the Eunice Kennedy
Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
(NICHD), the Virtual Human Embryo Project (Louisiana State
University) and the National Museum of Health & Medicine’s Human
Developmental Anatomy Center.
The iTunes preview of Embryo can be found at:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/embryo/id422337604.
Susan Hunnicutt
Special Projects Librarian

Micromedex has a new look: Instructions now available

Micromedex is an online reference resource for information about drugs,
toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine for informed clinical
diagnosis and treatment decisions.

As of June 1, Micromedex is only available in a new version 2.0 design.

Instruction in how to use Micromedex is available online at
http://healthcare.thomsonreuters.com/hcskit/. Additionally, the library’s
Information Services staff are available to provide instruction in how to use
Micromedex effectively.

Contact askalibrarian@uthscsa.edu.

A mobile version of Micromedex version 2.0 is available for iPhones, iPads,

Blackberries, Androids, Palm OS, and Pocket PC. The mobile version is
available from the Micromedex home page:
http://www.thomsonhc.com.libproxy.uthscsa.edu/micromedex2/librarian.

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Library classes in June and July Library Basics:

June 16, 2011, 12
All library classes are free and open to all. Advance registration is appreciated but not
noon - 1:00 p.m.,
required. If you would like to request a class or schedule a consultation at any HSC
LIB 2.011
campus, please contact the library at (210) 567-2450 or
email AskaLibrarian@uthscsa.edu.
If you would like to request a special class or orientation for your department or
group at other days/times, please contact us! To register for a class or to read class
descriptions, visit the online class schedule.
When you register for a library class, your registration confirmation email includes a
file that you can save as an appointment into your electronic calendar.
June Classes, San Antonio – Briscoe Library Introduction to
 Ovid Tips & Tricks: Getting Started with MEDLINE: June 7, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - PubMed: July 6,
10:30 a.m., LIB 2.011 2011, 11:00 a.m. -
 Library Basics: June 16, 2011, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m., LIB 2.011 12 noon, LIB 2.011

 Using EBSCO CINAHL to Locate Nursing & Allied Health Information: June 16,
2011, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., LIB 2.011
 Introduction to RefWorks: June 17, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., LIB 2.011
July Classes, San Antonio – Briscoe Library
 Introduction to PubMed: July 6, 2011, 11:00 a.m. - 12 noon, LIB 2.011
 Introduction to EndNote: July 14, 2011, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., LIB 2.011
Katie Prentice
Head of Education and Information Services

PrISM (Professional Interest in Social

Media) Group
Next meetup: Wednesday June 22, 2pm-3:30pm
Classroom 2.040 under Lecture Halls
Details & RSVP: http://twtup.com/prism0611

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Historical exhibit documents the resourcefulness of health

professionals and volunteers in the aftermath of Hurricane Beulah
Hurricane Beulah is still recognized as one of the most significant storms to make landfall in Texas. On
September 21, 1967 the storm moved into the mouth of the Rio Grande and inundated South Texas with heavy
rainfall. The memories of the hurricane and its aftermath were still fresh in the minds of many who attended
the May 6th opening of a photography exhibit which chronicles the response of health professionals and local
volunteers to refugees displaced by flooding in Starr County.

Hurricane Beulah caused extensive flooding on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. To escape the rising
floodwaters, over 14,000 refugees from Camargo, Tamaulipas crossed the border into the small town of Roma,
Texas. The refugees were in desperate need of food, shelter, and medical care. It was in Roma that Dr. Mario
E. Ramirez, the only physician in town and Starr County’s Public Health Service Director, rose to action in the
face of a crisis. For several weeks, Dr. Ramirez along with volunteers from the local community, UT Medical
Branch in Galveston, Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio as well as the U.S. Army worked to help the
hurricane victims.

In 2007 the Library at the UT Health Science Center Regional Academic Health Center in Harlingen was
named for Dr. Mario E. Ramirez. The Ramirez Library subsequently received materials from Dr. Ramirez’
personal archive and library, a rich collection of photographs, letters, and documents. Many of the materials
donated by Dr. Ramirez are related to Hurricane Beulah, including 139 photographs and 185 pages of letters,
newspaper clippings, and personal journal entries. The photographs were taken by George Tuley, a Rio
Grande City teacher, who would later go on to a 39-year career as a photojournalist at the Corpus Christi
Caller-Times.

The photographs portray the use of makeshift medical equipment in the absence of IV poles, incubators, and
oxygen tents. The photographs also document the transformation of a high school into a packaged disaster
hospital where blackboards were used to record patient information including diagnoses and treatments.

In 2009 the Ramirez Library received a Library Technology Award from the National Network of Libraries of
Medicine (NN/LM) to support the digitization, cataloging, and uploading of the Hurricane Beulah
photographs to the UT Health Science Center Libraries Digital Archive as well as the creation of a traveling
exhibit. The full collection of Hurricane Beulah photographs from the Ramirez Collection can be viewed
online at http://bit.ly/beulahphotos. The photography exhibit will remain on display at the Ramirez Library,
and a traveling version of the exhibit will be made available to local schools, libraries and museums. For more
information, please contact Graciela Reyna, Assistant Director, Mario E. Ramirez, M.D. Library at (956) 365-
8850 or reynag@uthscsa.edu.

Kathleen Carter
Ramirez Library Librarian

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Librarians contribute to new reference book

Four San Antonio health sciences librarians contributed to a
new reference book – The Medical Library Association’s
Master Guide to Authoritative Information Resources in the
Health Sciences. Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries
at the UT Health Science Center, is one of three associate
editors. Jonquil Feldman, Director of Briscoe Library
Services; Katie Prentice, Head of Education and Information
Services; and Jayson Felty, Information Services Librarian at
the Texas Biomedical Research Institute; all contributed to
the General Reference section of the book which includes
bibliographic, indexing, abstracting, terminology, statistical,
directory, biographical, and grant resources. Jayson Felty, Rajia Tobia, Katie Prentice and
Jonquil Feldman all contributed to The
The MLA Guide describes 2,011 authoritative books, journals, Medical Library Association’s Master Guide to
databases, and Internet resources in the health sciences Authoritative Information Resources in the
literature including the clinical specialties, subspecialties, Health Sciences.
basic sciences, and emerging disciplines. The book is not
intended to be a comprehensive bibliography, rather the 108
contributors were limited to selecting a maximum of the ten
best books, journals and other resources in their discipline.

The recently released book was edited by Laurie Thompson,

Assistant Vice President for Library Services at the UT
Southwestern Library. Mori Lou Higa, Manager, Collection
Development at UT Southwestern, and Esther Carrigan,
Associate Dean and Director of the Texas A&M University
Medical Sciences Library, were also associate editors.

MedlinePlus: National Library of

Medicine releases 2010 survey
results
Recently, the National Library of Medicine announced the results of the 2010 MedlinePlus user survey,
providing a snapshot of representative MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en español users, their demographics,
their reasons for visiting the site, and how they use the health information provided by MedlinePlus.
Results of the MedlinePlus survey can be viewed at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/survey2010/
index.html.
Results for MedlinePlus español can be viewed at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/survey2010/index.html to view the 2010 survey results for
MedlinePlus en español.

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Katie Prentice completes the requirements for membership in the

Academy of Health Information Professionals
Katie Prentice, Head of Education and Information Services in the Briscoe
Library, has been approved by the Medical Library Association for
membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) at
the Senior level. The Academy of Health Information Professionals is MLA’s
peer-reviewed professional development program that recognizes
achievements in continuing education, teaching, publishing, research and
other contributions to the profession. The AHIP credential denotes the
highest standards of professional competency and achievement in the field of
health care information and must be renewed every five years. Someone who
has the AHIP credential must participate in continuing education courses and
other professional development activities to maintain the knowledge and skills
necessary to successfully support the institution’s mission and goals.
Katie worked for five years to achieve the AHIP credential. Please join me in
congratulating her on this important distinction!
Rajia Tobia
Executive Director of Libraries

Andrea Schorr joins YBP Medical Library Advisory Group

Andrea Schorr, Cataloging and Acquisitions Librarian in the Briscoe Library, is
among a select group of medical librarians who have been invited to serve a one
year term on the newly formed YBP Medical Library Advisory Group.
YBP (Yankee Book Peddler) is a respected library vendor that focuses primarily
on books for the health sciences. This advisory group will offer feedback and
suggestions for how YBP can best meet the evolving needs of medical
libraries. Expected topics to cover include eBooks in medical libraries,
streamlining workflows, and patron-driven acquisitions.
John Weed
Head of Collection Resources

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New to the shelves in the Briscoe Library...

Evidence-based Leadership roles and
teaching in nursing : management
a foundation for functions in nursing :
educators / Sharon theory and
Cannon, Carol application, 7th ed. /
Boswell. Bessie L. Marquis,
Sudbury, Mass. : Carol J. Huston.
Jones & Bartlett Philadelphia : Wolters
Learning, c2012. Kluwer Health/
WY 105 C226e Lippincott Williams &
2012. Wilkins, c2012.
WY 105 M357L 2012.

Medical Carranza's clinical

terminology : a word periodontology, 11th
-building approach / edition / [edited by]
Jane Rice. Michael G. Newman,
Upper Saddle River, Henry H. Takei, Perry
N.J. : Pearson R. Klokkevold ; editor
Education, c2012. emeritus, Fermin A.
W 15 R496m 2012. Carranza.
St. Louis, Mo. :
Saunders Elsevier,
c2012.
WU 240 C641 2012.
Andrea N. Schorr
Cataloging and Acquisitions Librarian

News from the UT Health Science Center Susan Hunnicutt, Editor: hunnicutt@uthscsa.edu
Libraries is published at the beginning of each Kelley Minars, Web Editor: minars@uthscsa.edu
month to highlight the programs, services and
Pennie Borchers and Katie Prentice, Copy Editors
resources offered by The Libraries.
Walter Creech, Katie Prentice and Robert Zuniga,
Rajia Tobia, Executive Director of Libraries:
Photographers
tobia@uthscsa.edu

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