Sponsored by the American Association of Endodontists, Root Canal Awareness Week provides an opportunity to dispel long-standing myths about root canal treatment and increase understanding of the procedure as one that is virtually painless. The week also seeks to raise awareness of endodontics as a specialty and highlight the importance of endodontists, the dentists who specialize in root canal treatment.
http://www.aae.org/patients/pressroom/RootCanalAwarenessWeek.htm
If you’re attending NODA/LDA on April 3 and 4, be sure to visit the dental library booth, number 711 in the Exhibits. Come with questions about library services, searching the dental/biomedical literature in PubMed, and ordering journal articles via Loansome Doc. Searching via PubMed will be demonstrated.
Two classes on important library resources will be taught this week:
Thursday, March 26, Finding Electronic Journal Articles (Liz Strother)
Learn how to use library resources for locating free electronic journal articles.
Friday, March 27, PubMed Basics (Julie Schiavo)
Introduction to searching PubMed, the premier database from the National Library of Medicine, for dental/biomedical information. Tips for refining your searches and managing results will also be taught.
Both classes will be held at noon in the Dental Library conference room. Please call 941-8158 or email dentlib@lsuhsc.edu to reserve a seat.
Clinicaltrials.gov offers a searchable database of clinical trials that are occuring world wide; it is provided by the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine. As of today, 38,757 trials are taking place in the United States and 2,816 of those are in Louisiana according to their searchable map.
FaceBook recently changed the way that the Libraries’ Pages look. Check out the new look for both the John P. Isché and Dental Libraries. And become a Fan today!
This is an interesting bridge between medical and dental practice:
Dentists are in such short supply in Maine that primary care doctors who do their medical residency in the state are learning to lance abscesses, pull teeth and perform other basic dental skills through a program that began in 2005.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/us/03dentist.html
Top Dental Journals
The 2007 statistics have come out and according to Journal Citation Reports these are the top journals in the category of Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine.
Impact Factor:
The average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year.
1. Periodontology 2000
2. Journal of Dental Research
3. Journal of Endodontics
4. Dental Materials
5. Journal of Clinical Periodontology
Current Articles:
The number of articles published in the JCR year.
1. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
2. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology
3. Journal of Periodontology
4. Journal of Endodontology
5. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Total Cites:
The number of citations to the journal in descending order.
1. Journal of Dental Research
2. Journal of Periodontology
3. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology
4. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
5. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Immediacy Index:
The average number of times an article is cited in the year it is published. This indicates how quickly articles in a journal are cited.
1. Periodontology 2000
2. British Dental Journal
3. Journal of Orofacial Pain
4. Journal of Adhesive Dentistry
5. Dental Materials
If you would like to see the rest of the list, check out Journal Citation Reports in the Web of Knowledge database.
Did you know that you can get an LSUHSC discount on your Cox High Speed Internet just for being a student or working at LSUHSC? Or that all faculty, staff, and students receive a 10% discount at the LSUHSC Dental Faculty Practice? Check that discount out and others on the LSUHSC Discounts Page.
If you have no idea why we?óÔé¼Ôäóre pondering that question today, go brush your teeth real quick and grab a drink (orange juice, iced tea, beer?óÔé¼ÔÇØanything except water). Awful, isn?óÔé¼Ôäót it?
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19516
The Dental Library Open House will be today from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Go and “Sink Your Teeth In!”
Sink Your Teeth In at the Dental Library Open House
Two more chances to learn and one chance to celebrate:
Advanced Googling Class @ Isché Friday, October 24th from 12 noon to 1 pm
PubMed Class @ Dental Monday, October 27th from 12 noon to 1 pm
Check out the Dental Library Open House on Tuesday, October 28th from 11:30 to 1:30; Go and “Sink Your Teeth In!”
Sink Your Teeth In at the Dental Open House
Two classes are happening this week:
General Library Systems @ Isché on Tuesday, October 21st from 1:30-3 pm
Health Literacy @ Dental on Wednesday, October 22nd from 12 noon to 1 pm
Register by calling either the Isch?â?® or Dental Libraries’ Circulation Desks (504-568-5550 or 504-941-8158) or by emailing either reference@lsuhsc.edu or dentlib@lsuhsc.edu.
Check out three more opportunities to learn!
RefWorks Class @ Dental Library Tuesday, Oct. 14th 12 noon – 1 pm
Navigating E-Journals @ Isché Library Wednesday, Oct. 15th 12 noon – 1 pm
RefWorks Class @ Isché Library Thursday Oct. 16th 9 – 10 am
Register today by calling either the Isch?â?® or Dental Libraries’ Circulation Desks (504-568-5550 or 504-941-8158) or by emailing either reference@lsuhsc.edu or dentlib@lsuhsc.edu.
Two classes are being offered tomorrow (Wednesday, October 8th). The General Library Systems Class will be held from 9:30 – 11 a.m. at the Isché Library. And Navigating E-Journals Class will be held at the Dental Library from 12 noon to 1 p.m.
Sign up now for either class by calling the Circulation Desk at either the Isché or Dental Libraries (504-568-5550 or 504-941-8158).
NMLM Upcoming Classes
| Ische Library Classes |
| General Library Systems |
Wednesday, Oct. 8th |
9:30 – 11 am |
| Navigating E-Journals |
Wednesday, Oct. 15th |
12 – 1 pm |
| RefWorks |
Thursday, Oct. 16th |
9 – 10 am |
| General Library Systems |
Tuesday, October 21st |
1:30 – 3 pm |
| Advanced Googling |
Friday, Oct. 24th |
12 – 1 pm |
“Can You Hear Me Now?”
How to Make a Podcast |
Monday, Nov. 3rd |
9 – 12 noon
& 1 – 4 pm |
| General Library Systems |
Wednesday Nov. 5th |
10 – 11:30 am |
| Keep Current – Tools for Productivity |
Friday, Nov. 7th |
12 -1 pm |
| |
| Dental Library Classes |
| Navigating E-Journals |
Wednesday, Oct. 8th |
12 – 1 pm |
| RefWorks |
Tuesday, Oct. 14th |
12 – 1 pm |
| Health Literacy |
Wednesday, Oct. 22nd |
12 – 1 pm |
| PubMed |
Monday, Oct. 27th |
12 – 1 pm |
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