Hidden Treasures: NLM

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It was always exciting to go digging around in your grandparent’s attic as a kid. You never know what you might find; old photos, love letters and toys, maybe a treasure map to lost pirate gold.

Imagine if you got to dig around in all the old stuff the National Library of Medicine has laying around. Now you can catch a glimpse of their weird, wacky and wonderful collection.

Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine is a beautiful and fascinating new book. Check out a New York Times review or have a look yourself. The book is available in the Isch?® Library stacks and as an EBook online from NLM.

Campuswide Book Club Discussion

Now available in the library

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The Book Club will gather on Monday, May 7^th from 12:15pm to 1:45pm in MEB Lecture Room 4 for a ÔÇ£brown bagÔÇØ discussion of the book and its relevance for the work we all do. A distinguished panel featuring Drs. Corey Hebert, Cassandra Youmans, and John Estrada will lead this important discussion.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor, black tobacco farmer whose cellsÔÇötaken without her knowledge in 1951ÔÇöbecame one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. HenriettaÔÇÖs cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family canÔÇÖt afford health insurance.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Broadway Paperbacks 2011), by Rebecca Skloot, is an enjoyable read that delves into issues of health care disparities and medical ethics. An award winning piece of non-fiction, this book was featured on over 60 criticsÔÇÖ best of the year lists and was awarded the 2010 Wellcome Trust Book Prize, the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceÔÇÖs Award for Excellence in Science Writing, the 2011 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Audiobook, and a Medical JournalistsÔÇÖ Association Open Book Award.

Books Featured for Occupational Therapy Month

The Isch?®?áLibrary and the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) are?ácelebrating April as Occupational Therapy Month. The Library has a group of important books on the subject of OT currently displayed on the third floor next to the Library elevator.

These titles include:

1. Cole, MB. Group dynamics in occupational therapy: the theoretical basis and practice application of group intervention (2005; 2012 edition is also available on Reserve).
2. Stein, F, & Cutler, SK. Psychosocial occupational therapy: a holistic approach (2002).
3. Hemphill-Pearson, BJ. Assessments in occupational therapy mental health: an integrative approach (2008).
4. Willard, HS, & edited by EB Crepeau, ES Cohn, BA Boyt Schell; 104 contributors. Willard & Spackman’s occupational therapy (2003; 2012 edition is also available on Reserve).
5. Christiansen, CH, CM Baum, & J Bass-Haugen. Occupational therapy: performance, participation, and well-being (2005; 2009 edition is also available on Reserve).
6. Law, M, C Baum, & W Dunn. Measuring occupational performance: supporting best practice in occupational therapy (2005).
7. Letts, L, P Rigby, & D Stewart. Using environments to enable occupational performance (2003).
8. Law, L, & MA McColl. Interventions, effects, and outcomes in occupational therapy: adults and older adults (2010).
9. Moyers, PA, & LM Dale. The guide to occupational therapy practice (2007).
10. Wilcock, AA. An occupational perspective of health (2006).
11. McCormack, GL, EG Jaffe, & M Goodman-Lavey. The occupational therapy manager (2003).
12. Jacobs, K. Ergonomics for therapists (2007).
13. Fazio, LS. Developing occupation-centered programs for the community (2008).
14. Kielhofner, G. A model of human occupation: theory and application (2002).
15. Radomski, MV, & CA Trombly Latham. Occupational therapy for physical dysfunction (2008).

Don’t forget to also investigate the Library’s occupational therapy eBooks: an assortment is available through online resources such as the R2 Digital Library, Stat!Ref, and Books@Ovid.

More info about Occupational Therapy Month and the OT profession is available on the Association’s website at www.aota.org.

Introducing the LSUHSC Campuswide Book Club

Now available in the library

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor, black tobacco farmer whose cellsÔÇötaken without her knowledge in 1951ÔÇöbecame one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. HenriettaÔÇÖs cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family canÔÇÖt afford health insurance.

The Isché Library is proud to announce that the inaugural LSUHSC?áCampuswide Book Club selection is now?áavailable in the Reserve Collection.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks?á(Broadway Paperbacks 2011), by Rebecca Skloot,?áis an enjoyable read that delves into issues of health care disparities and medical ethics. An award winning piece of non-fiction, this book was featured on over 60 criticsÔÇÖ best of the year lists and was awarded the 2010 Wellcome Trust Book Prize, the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceÔÇÖs Award for Excellence in Science Writing, the 2011 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Audiobook, and a Medical JournalistsÔÇÖ Association Open Book Award.

The Book Club will gather on Monday, May 7^th from 12:15pm to 1:45pm in MEB Lecture Room 4 for a ÔÇ£brown bagÔÇØ discussion of the book and its relevance for the work we all do.?á A distinguished panel featuring ?áDrs. Corey Hebert, Cassandra Youmans, and John Estrada will?álead this important discussion.

For more information contact drovar@lsuhsc.edu

Showing of Books to Promote Nutrition

The American Dietetic Association is celebrating March 2012 as National Nutrition Month! Check out their website at www.eatright.org for lots of recipes, ideas, and info, and investigate these delicious recent publications on nutrition on display here in the Isch?® Library (on the third floor next to the Library elevator):

1. Behan E. Therapeutic Nutrition: a guide to patient education (2006).
2. CB Cataldo, LK DeBruyne & EN Whitney. Nutrition & Diet Therapy: principles & practice (2003).
3. Dudek SG. Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice (2006).
4. Escott-Stump S. Nutrition & Diagnosis-Related Care (2008).
5. Gershwin ME, JB German & CL Keen. Nutrition & Immunology: principles & practice (2000).
6. Grodner M, S Long & BC Walkingshaw. Foundations & Clinical Applications of Nutrition: a nursing approach (2007).
7. Hark L, & G Morrison. Medical Nutrition & Disease: a case-based approach (2003).
8. Katz DL, & RSC Friedman. Nutrition in Clinical Practice: a comprehensive, evidence-based manual for the practitioner (2008).
9. Kaufman M. Nutrition in Promoting the Public’s Health: strategies, principles, & practices (2007).
10. Mangels R, VK Messina & M Messina. The Dietitian’s Guide to Vegetarian Diets: issues & applications (2004).
11. Nehlig A. Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, & the Brain (2004).
12. Owen AL, PL Splett, & GM Owen. Nutrition in the Community: the art & science of delivering services (1999).
13. Snetselaar LG. Nutrition Counseling Skills for the Nutrition Care Process (2009).
14. Stipanuk MH. Biochemical, Physiological, & Molecular Aspects of Human Nutrition (2006).
15. Whitney EN. Nutrition for Health & Health Care (2007).
16. Whitney EN, CB Cataldo & SR Rolfes. Understanding Normal & Clinical Nutrition (2002).
17. Williams SR. Williams’ Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy (2005).

February is National Heart Month

The Library is recognizing National Heart Month by highlighting a selection of recent and new books in the subject of cardiology and the cardiovascular system. The LibraryÔÇÖs featured books display is located on the 3rd floor next to the Library elevator, and these titles include:

WG 102 K66 2012: Klabunde, Richard E. Cardiovascular physiology concepts.

WG 340 K12c 2010: Kaplan, Norman M. & Ronald G. Victor; with a chapter by Joseph T. Flynn. Kaplan’s clinical hypertension.

WG 370 F33 2010: Feldman, Arthur M. Heart failure: device management.

WG 106 K45h 2009: Kern, Morton J. Michael J. Lim & James A. Goldstein. Hemodynamic rounds: interpretation of cardiac pathophysiology from pressure waveform analysis.

WG 120 W89 2007: World Health Organization. Prevention of cardiovascular disease: guidelines for assessment and management of cardiovascular risk.

WG 120 N11 2007: Nguyen, Thach N. Management of complex cardiovascular problems: the evidence-based medicine approach.

WG 140 F81t 2007: Foster, D. Bruce. Twelve-lead electrocardiography: theory and interpretation.

WG 140 K968 2009: Kusumoto, Fred. ECG interpretation: from pathophysiology to clinical application.

WG 141 F92ex 2006:?áFroelicher, Victor F. & Jonathan N.Myers. Exercise and the heart.

WG 140 T32o 2007: Thaler, Malcolm S. The only EKG book you’ll ever need.

WG 140 Su7c 2008: Surawicz, Borys & Timothy K. Knilans. Chou’s electrocardiography in clinical practice: adult and pediatric.

WG 141 Is3n 2008: Iskandrian, Ami E. & Ernest V. Garcia. Nuclear cardiac imaging: principles and applications.

WG 141 P75h 2007: Pohost, Gerald M. & Krishna S. Nayak. Handbook of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

WG 202 K15p 2006: Katz, Arnold M. Physiology of the heart.

WG 300 El5 2006: Ellis, Stephen G. & David R. Holmes, Jr. Strategic approaches in coronary intervention.

WG 340 B561 2007: Black, Henry Richard & William J. Elliott. Hypertension: a companion to Braunwald’s heart disease.

WG 330 Zi6c 2009: Zipes, Douglas P. & Jos?® Jalife. Cardiac electrophysiology: from cell to bedside.

WG 168 T62t 2008:?áTopol, Eric J. Textbook of interventional cardiology.

Inner Beauty of Nature: X-Ray Photography

The retired professor of surgery, Bert Myers, published a book about x-ray photography. A mere 18 years after the x-ray was discovered by Roentgen, the French scientist Goby took an x-ray of a leaf in 1913 and soon to follow were others that took an interest in the unique and creative art form. Most recently, Myers has been adding color to some of his x-rayed images through Photoshop.

The book mentions four image manipulations: positive, negative, solarized, and line derivation. ?áBelow is a positive black & white image of a blue crab.

For more details and an up close look at more photos, the book is available through his website or borrow the library’s copy.

If you arenÔÇÖt familiar with locating books in our library donÔÇÖt fret, take a look at our How to find a book tutorial on the libraryÔÇÖs homepage (updates coming soon!).

http://www.bmyersphoto.com/

November Display Looks at Diabetes

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, as promoted by the American Diabetes Association. Join the Association in promoting diabetes screening, and in the encouragement of effective treatment, management, and prevention. The LibraryÔÇÖs featured books display for November (located on the 3rd floor next to the Library elevator) emphasizes materials which address various aspects of the condition. These are:

Angel, Aubie, et al. Diabetes and cardiovascular disease: etiology, treatment, and outcomes. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, v.498.

Wilson, Ted, and Norman J.Temple. Nutritional health: strategies for disease prevention (2001).

Bode, Bruce W. Medical management of type 1 diabetes (2004).

Fonseca, Vivian A. Clinical diabetes: translating research into practice (2006).

Jack, Leonard, editor. Diabetes in Black America: public health and clinical solutions to a national crisis (2010).

Porte, Daniel, and Robert S.Sherwin and Alain Baron. Rifkin’s diabetes mellitus (2003).

Watkins, Peter J. Diabetes and its management (2003).

Wolfsdorf, Joseph, editor. Intensive diabetes management (2009).

Kahn, C. Ronald, et al. Joslin’s diabetes mellitus (2005).

Keane, Maureen, and Daniella Chace. What to eat if you have diabetes: a guide to adding nutritional therapy to your treatment plan (1999).

Hollenberg, Morley D., editor. Insulin: its receptor and diabetes (1985). Sponsored by the Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Unit, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Brodoff, Bernard N., and Sheldon J.Bleicher, editors. Diabetes mellitus and obesity (1982).

Dyck, Peter James, and P.K.Thomas. Diabetic neuropathy (1999).

Marso, Steven P., and David M.Stern, editors. Diabetes and cardiovascular disease: integrating science and clinical medicine (2004).

Scanlon, Peter H., et al. A practical manual of diabetic retinopathy management (2009).

Veves, Aristidis, and John M. Giurini and Frank W. LoGerfo, editors. The diabetic foot (2006).

American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE), American Nurses Association (ANA). Scope and standards of diabetes nursing practice (2003).

Guthrie, Diana W., and Richard A. Guthrie, editors. Nursing management of diabetes mellitus: a guide to the pattern approach (2002).

Overnight Reserve Check-out

Everyone knows that the Reserve books in the Isché Library are for in-house only, however did you know that we do have an overnight check-out policy? If we have a book available that is on Reserve, it can be checked out 1-hour before we close and it MUST be returned within the 1^st hour that we open the following day. For example, if a book is checked-out at 9pm on Thursday night, it has to be returned by 9am Friday morning or if a book is checked-out at 5pm on a Saturday evening, it should be returned by 2:30pm on Sunday.

Isché LibraryRegulars hours are:

Monday – Thursday 8 am – 10 pm

Friday 8 am – 6 pm

Saturday 9:30 am – 6 pm

Sunday 1:30 – 10 pm

***Note: A $1 PER HOUR FINE is strictly enforced, so don’t be late. Reserve books should NOT be placed in the book-drop. If you have any questions, please contact the circulation desk @ 504-568-6100.

eBooks: We Have Them!

This month, the Library’s books display features our eBook databases, and some of the popular, recent editions of titles that can be accessed through our website. eBooks can be located in the following online resources:

AccessEmergency Medicine
AccessMedicine
AccessSurgery
Books@Ovid
MDConsult
NursingConsult
PsychiatryOnline
R2 Digital Library
Stat!Ref
Thieme ElectronicBook Library

These databases have been assembled on the Library’s website at:
http://www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/resources/guides/EbooksRG.html
Read more >

Space Medicine

From the Civil War to the first manned space flight, April 12th is a busy day.

LSUHSC Libraries owns a few books on the medical implications of space flight. All are cataloged under the subjects Space Flight or Aerospace Medicine. All the books in our collection are between 50 and 20 years old, as this isn’t a popular area for monographs.

My personal favorite:
America’s astronauts and their indestructible spirit by Fred Kelly with a foreward by Buzz Aldrin. Published 1986, the author was a former NASA physician and a 1951 alum of the LSU Medical School.

Course Reserves Added to Catalog

The Library is pleased to announce the availability of the “Course Reserves” module in the library catalog, INNOPAC. Library reserve items can now be located using the Course Reserves module to search by either Course or Professor.

Course Reserves

Check out a quick video (link REMOVED) demonstrating the steps.
If your current course is not listed, please have your instructor submit a booklist or syllabus to the library.

Please contact your Library Liaison or Collection Development Librarian, Marlene Bishop for further information.

Cool Off With Hot New Books

An exciting collection of Library acquisitions are being displayed on the New Books Shelf on the third floor (near the LibraryÔÇÖs inner elevator). These titles CAN be checked out!

Anema, Marion G. Competency-Based Nursing Education (2010).

Barton, Phoebe Lindsey. Understanding the U.S. Health Services System (2010).

Bruera, Eduardo. Cancer Pain: assessment and management (2010).

Copstead, Lee-Ellen C. Pathophysiology (2010).

Cox, James Daniel. Radiation Oncology: rationale, technique, results (2010).

Dworkin, Mark S. Outbreak Investigations Around the World: case studies in infectious disease field epidemiology (2010).

Eliopoulos, Charlotte. Invitation to Holistic Health: a guide to living a balanced life (2010).

Fontaine, Karen Lee. Complementary & Alternative Therapies for Nursing Practice (2011).

Foster, Illysa R. Professional Ethics in Midwifery Practice (2011).

Hacker, Neville F. Hacker and Moore’s Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2010).

Hall, James Wilbur. Objective Assessment of Hearing (2010).

Law, Mary C. Interventions, Effects, and Outcomes in Occupational Therapy: adults and older adults (2010).

Mayer, Dan. Essential Evidence-Based Medicine (2010).

Mushlin, Stuart B. Decision Making in Medicine: an algorithmic approach (2010).

Norkin, Leonard C. Virology : molecular biology and pathogenesis (2010).

Orient, Jane M. Sapira’s Art & Science of Bedside Diagnosis (2010).

O’Sullivan, Susan B. Improving Functional Outcomes in Physical Rehabilitation (2010).

Payne, Lorene. The Nursing Student’s Guide to Clinical Success (2011).

Ryan, Kenneth James. SherrisÔÇÖ Medical Microbiology (2010).

Thompson, Jon C. Netter’s Concise Orthopaedic Anatomy (2010).

Trumble, Thomas E. Principles of Hand Surgery and Therapy (2010).

Wolfson, Allan B. Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine (2010).

It came from the stacks

If you’re like me and a fan of the TV show Bones, you might enjoy these two new additions to the library:

The Bone Lady : Life As A Forensic Anthropologist.
Trail Of Bones : More Cases From The Files Of A Forensic Anthropologist.

As director of the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory at Louisiana State University, Mary H. Manhein unravels mysteries of life and death every day. A fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and an expert on the human skeleton, Manhein assists law enforcement officials across the country in identifying bodies and solving criminal cases. Manhein reveals the everyday realities of forensic anthropology. Going beyond the stereotypes portrayed on television, this real-life crime scene investigator unveils a gritty, exhausting, exacting, alternately rewarding and frustrating world where teamwork supersedes individual heroics and some cases unfortunately remain unsolved. A natural storyteller, Manhein provides gripping accounts of dozens of cases from her twenty-four-year career. Some of them are famous, others less well-known but equally compelling. Possessing both compassion and tenacity, Mary Manhein has an extraordinary gift for telling a life story through bones. Trail of Bones takes readers on an entertaining and educating walk in the shoes of this remarkable scientist who has dedicated her life to providing justice for those no longer able to speak for themselves.

Both books are located at the Dental Library and can be checked out.

Ring in 2010 with New Books

The main Library at LSU Health Sciences Center has purchased a number of new titles. A sampling of them is on the New Books Display on the third floor of the Library next to the internal elevator:

Dillman, Don A. Internet, Mail, and Mixed-mode Surveys: the tailored design method (2009).

Fremgen, Bonnie F. Medical law and Ethics (2009).

Friis, Robert H. Epidemiology for Public Health Practice (2009).

Flint, S. Jane. Principles of Virology (2009).

Gatrell, Anthony C. Geographies of Health: an introduction (2009).

Gliomas (2009).

Drake, Richard L., et. al. Gray’s Anatomy for Students (2010).

Gutheil, Thomas G. The Psychiatrist as Expert Witness (2009).

Hersh, William R. Information Retrieval: a health and biomedical perspective (2009).

Mescher, Anthony L. Junqueira’s Basic Histology: text and atlas (2010).

Monsen, Rita Black. Genetics and Ethics in Health Care: new questions in the age of genomic health (2009).

Porter-O’Grady, Timothy. Interdisciplinary Shared Governance: integrating practice, transforming health care (2009).

Rethlefsen, Melissa L. Internet Cool Tools for Physicians (2009).

Rudestam, Kjell Erik. Surviving your Dissertation: a comprehensive guide to content and process (2007).

Simpson, Richard J., et al. Basic Methods in Protein Purification and Analysis: a laboratory manual (2009).

Tropp, Burton E. Molecular Biology: genes to proteins (2008).

Zhan, Lin. Asian American Voices: engaging, empowering, enabling (2009).

And yes, you CAN check these out for two weeks!