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Recently Added Print Books

Below is a selection of print books recently added to the Library’s collection.

Physical Rehabilitation

45 Techniques Every Counselor Should Know

Stuttering: foundations and clinical applications

The Voice and Voice Therapy

The Body Keeps the Score

Essentials of Family Medicine

Pathology for the Health Professions

Behavior and Medicine

WHO Classification of Tumours. Female Genital Tumours

Basic Life Support: Provider Manual

Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children

Atlas of Anatomy

Thieme Atlas of Anatomy. Head, Neck, and Neuroanatomy

Introduction to Critical Care Nursing

Anatomy for Dental Medicine

Pediatric Advanced Life Support: Provider Manual

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: Provider Manual

Protocols for Mobile Dental Photography with Auxiliary Lighting

Janeway’s Immunobiology

Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Interprofessional Team Training and Simulation

Mims’ Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Comprehensive Review of Infectious Diseases

ClinicalKey Updates for November

The following are changes to the ebooks offered through the ClinicalKey database:
Books Added:

Atlas of Diagnostic Hematology (Salama, Mohamed)

Atlas of Pediatric Echocardiography (Kucera, Filip)

Clinical Cases in Tropical Medicine (Rothe, Camilla)

Dermatology: An Illustrated Colour Text (Gawkrodger, David)

Diagnostic Ultrasound for Sonographers (Kamaya, Aya)

Diastology (Klein, Allan L.) 2nd ed; ISBN: 9780323640671; New edition

Emery and Rimoin’s Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics and Genomics: Metabolic Disorders (Pyeritz, Reed E.)

The Eye (Forrester, John V.)

Imaging in Abdominal Surgery (Federle, Michael P.)

Imaging in Gastroenterology (Federle, Michael P.)

Imaging in Neurology (Osborn, Anne G.)

Imaging in Otolaryngology (Gurgel, Richard K.)

Imaging in Pediatrics (Merrow, A. Carlson)

Imaging in Spine Surgery (Ross, Jeffrey S.)

Imaging in Urology (Tublin, Mitchell)

Interventional Management of Chronic Visceral Pain Syndromes (Pak, Daniel J.)

Neuro-Oncology for the Clinical Neurologist (Strowd, Roy E.)

Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology (Klatt, Edward C.)

Sobotta Clinical Atlas of Human Anatomy (Hombach-Klonisch, Sabine)

Books Removed:

Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease (Theroux, Pierre) 2nd ed; ISBN: 9781416049272

Atlas of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery (VATS) (McKenna, Robert) 1st ed; ISBN: 9781416062639

Atlas of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS (Morse, Stephen) 4th ed; ISBN: 9780702040603

Cerebral Revascularization: techniques in extracranial-to-intracranial bypass surgery (Abdulrauf, Saleem) 1st ed; ISBN: 9781437717853

Comprehensive Treatment of the Aging Spine, The (Yue, James Joseph) 1st ed; ISBN: 9781437703733

Endovascular Surgery (Moore, Wesley) 4th ed; ISBN: 9781416062080

Netter’s Correlative Imaging: Musculoskeletal Anatomy (Major, Nancy) 1st ed; ISBN: 9781437700121

Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Peri-Operative Pain Relief (Harmon, Dominic) 2nd ed; ISBN: 9780702031489

ClinicalKey Ebooks Updates for September

ClinicalKey has added 6 new ebooks to their database:

Anesthesia Equipment: principles and applications (Ehrenwerth, Jan) 3rd ed.; New edition

Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Rehabilitation (Cristian, Adrian) 1st ed.; New to CK

Drug Repurposing in Cancer Therapy: approaches and applications (To, Kenneth K.W.) 1st ed.; New to CK

Fitzgerald’s Clinical Neuroanatomy and Neuroscience (Delaney, Conor P.) 8th ed.; New edition

Netter’s Surgical Anatomy and Approaches (Delaney, Conor P.) 2nd ed.; New edition

Pediatric Secrets (Sperling, Mark A.) 7th ed.; New edition

New Print Books Available

The following print books have been added to the Library’s collection:

Financial management for public, health, and not-for-profit organizations, by Finkler, et al., 6^th ed 2020

Managing contraceptive pill patients and managing hormone replacement, by Dickey, 16^th ed. 2020

WHO classification of tumours.  Soft tissue and bone tumours, by Antonescu, 5^th ed. 2020

Planning health promotion programs: an intervention mapping approach, by Bartholomew Eldredge, et al., 4^th ed. 2016

Trail guide to the body: a hands-on guide to locating muscles, bones and more, Biel, 6^th ed. 2019

ACSM’s guidelines for exercise testing and prescription, 10^th ed. 2018

Dutton’s orthopaedic examination, evaluation, and intervention, 5^th ed. 2020

A sonographer’s guide to the assessment of heart disease, 2014

Sonography: principles and instruments, by Kremkau, 10^th ed. 2021

All of these are either on reserve or shelved in our secure shelving area. If you are interested in any of these books, please inquire at the Circulation Desk.

New AAP Ebooks

The Library has renewed the American Academy of Pediatrics ebooks database and added 18 new ebooks to our collection.

Pediatric mental health: a compendium of AAP clinical practice guidelines and policies.

AAP Healthy development and well-child support chart

Nelson’s pediatric antimicrobial therapy 2020

Questions from NeoReviews: a study guide for neonatal-perinatal medicine

The new baby blueprint: caring for you and your little one

Berkowitz’s pediatrics: a primary care approach

Adolescent health: a compendium of AAP clinical practice guidelines and policies

Injury and violence prevention: a compendium of AAP clinical practice guidelines and policies

Pediatric clinical practice guidelines & policies: a compendium of evidence-based research for pediatric practice

Pediatric otolaryngology for primary care

Building resilience in children and teens: giving kids roots and wings

Managing behavioral issues in child care and schools: a quick reference guide

Challenging cases in pediatric cardiology

Pediatric coding basics: an introduction to medical coding

Co-parenting through separation and divorce: putting your children first

Pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery for primary care

Newborn and infant nutrition: a clinical decision support chart

Medications in pediatrics: a compendium of AAP clinical practice guidelines and policies

The database from American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) contains over 200 ebooks and includes a wide range of pediatric topics, from dermatology to parenting.  There are coding manuals and ebooks on practice management, as well as patient guidelines for new parents.  There are even a few titles in Spanish.

You can browse the database or search by topic or title.  The titles can also be accessed through the Library catalog.  And we also have access to the AAP database of neonatal resuscitation ebooks.

ClinicalKey Renewed!

The Library is happy to announce the renewal of ClinicalKey with generous funding from the School of Medicine! We are pleased to be able to continue to offer this extensive package of current and vital health sciences resources for another year. This database provides electronic access to over 1,000 books, nearly 700 journals, and a clinical search engine covering more than 30 specialties.

Every month, ClinicalKey adds new ebooks or editions to the collection.  The most recent additions include:

Clinical Chemistry (Marshall) 9th ed.

Clinical Naturopathy (Sarris) 3rd ed.

Cummings Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery (Flint) 7th ed.

Drug-Induced Ocular Side Effects (Fraunfelder) 8th ed.

Endodontics: Principles and Practice (Torabinejad) 6th ed.

Ferri’s Clinical Advisor 2021 (Ferri) 1st ed.

Handbook of Local Anesthesia (Malamed.) 7th ed.

Kumar and Clark’s Clinical Medicine (Feather 10th ed.

Moore’s Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (Moore) 9th ed.

Muscle Biopsy (Dubowitz) 5th ed.

Nunn and Lumb’s Applied Respiratory Physiology (Lumb) 9th ed.

Pain Care Essentials and Innovations (Pangarkar) 1st ed.

Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (Kumar) 10th ed.

Spine Secrets (Devlin) 3rd ed.

Textbook of Natural Medicine (Pizzorno) 5th ed.

Valvular Heart Disease: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease (Otto) 5th ed.

Weir & Abrahams’ Imaging Atlas of Human Anatomy (Spratt) 6th ed.

You can access ClinicalKey through the Library’s website, list of databases, and library catalog, INNOPAC.

RefWorks Down This Weekend

We have been alerted of a planned RefWorks update on Saturday, May 9th, 2020, starting at 9:00 PM. The update will last for up to 12 hours, and it will affect Legacy RefWorks and (new) RefWorks, RefWorks Citation Manager and Write-n-Cite will be unavailable as well.

New EBooks Available

Due to current restrictions and recommendations, we are doing our best to add online access to our print books wherever possible.  In some instances we have acquired the newer editions, as older editions were not available or just too out of date.

Recently added titles:

• Clinical Immunology and Serology: a laboratory perspective, 4th ed. 2017
• The Doctor of Nursing Practice: a guidebook for role development and professional issues, 4th ed. 2019
• The Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Project, 2nd ed. 2017
• Essentials of Healthcare Management: Cases, Concepts, and Skills, 2nd ed. 2019
• Evidence-Based Nursing: The Research Practice Connection, 4th ed. 2018
• Evidence-Based Practice for Health Professionals: an interprofessional approach, 2nd ed. 2021
• Fraud in the Lab: the high stakes of scientific research, 2019
• Lashley’s Essentials of Clinical Genetics in Nursing Practice, 2nd ed. 2015
• Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, 9th ed. 2020
• Mosby’s 2020 Nursing Drug Reference
• Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference, 2019
• Mosby’s Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 5th ed. 2014
• Nursing Care Plans: guidelines for individualizing client care across the life span, 10th ed. 2019
• Nursing Diagnosis Manual: planning, individualizing, and documenting client care, 6th ed. 2019
• Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 8th ed. 2014
• Organizational Behavior, Theory, and Design in Health Care, 2nd ed. 2016
• Philosophies and Theories for Advanced Nursing Practice, 3rd ed. 2018
• Visual Intelligence: sharpen your perception, change your life, 2017
• The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization, 9th ed. 2019

Unfortunately, many publishers do not sell their online books to institutions and libraries, preferring students and instructors coordinate access directly through them. Some of those ebooks are available for sale through ebook sellers such as RedShelf and VitalSource, both of which are offering special access during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Please let us know if there is something in particular that you need us to try to acquire, and we will research the availability for institutional access.  More information and contact information can be found here: https://www.lsuhsc.edu/library/services/colldev.aspx.

Questions about COVID-19 now being answered by Louisiana 211 statewide network

Louisiana’s statewide 211 network is now answering calls about COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. This network is best designed and staffed to handle the large volume of calls from Louisiana residents who are concerned and who have questions about the rapidly-spreading virus.

Anyone looking for information about the COVID-19 outbreak can simply dial 211 or text the keyword LACOVID to 898-211 for the most current information about the outbreak as it becomes available.

More information is available on the Louisiana Department of Health website.

RefWorks downtime this weekend

RefWorks will be performing scheduled maintenance this weekend starting at 9pm CST on Saturday, February 8th. The outage will last approximately 12 hours with access restored on Sunday, February 9th.

Legacy RefWorks and (new) RefWorks, RefWorks Citation Manager, and Write-n-Cite will all be unavailable.

If you continue to have access problems after the scheduled maintenance is complete, please contact RefWorks support.

ClinicalKey scheduled maintenance

ClinicalKey will have scheduled maintenance and possible downtime starting Friday, January 31st at 3pm through Saturday, February 1st at 12pm.

GIDEON trial access via Ovid

Ovid is offering trial access to GIDEON: Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network, during January and February 2020. Registration is required and is available here.  GIDEON is updated daily with information on the latest disease outbreaks.

New! – AAP EBooks Collection

While you were hopefully enjoying your summer break, the Library has been busy adding ebooks! The new database from American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) adds over 200 ebooks to our collection.   This extensive collection includes a wide range of pediatric topics, from dermatology to parenting.  There are coding manuals and  ebooks on practice management, as well as patient guidelines for new parents.  There are even a few titles in Spanish.

The AAP database platform includes:

• Advanced search capabilities for easy discoverability
• Responsive design for mobile optimization
• Reading app for smartphones and tablets

You can browse the database or search by topic or title.  The titles can also be accessed through the Library catalog.  And we also have access to the AAP database of neonatal resuscitation ebooks.

Immunization records now available online and free

With the beginning of school right around the corner, the Louisiana Department of Health is reminding residents that immunization records are available online, and at no cost, without the need to contact a healthcare provider at LA.MyIR.net.

The full news brief is available on the LDH website.

LSUHSC-New Orleans Launches New Graphic Medicine Collection

Comics aren’t just for teens! Graphic medicine explores healthcare and medicine while using the comic format as a medium for learning.

Graphic novels can be helpful tools for practitioners and patients to further the discussion about healthcare in the United States.  These books are in fact tools that help bridge the health literacy gap.

To highlight this genre, we have a variety of titles available for check out that explore Alzheimer ’s disease, disabilities, abuse, and mental disorders.

So, come by and check out our new books on the 3^rd Floor!