Library News

Library Commons Area with TVs

The Library Commons area with the television monitors will be closed tomorrow, June 28, 2024 for carpet replacement. The furniture will be moved out of those spaces into the tiled area, so there will be some noise while this is happening.

Carpet Replacement – Isché Library

All the carpet is being replaced on the 3rd floor of the Isché Library. The work started yesterday, June 25, 2024. The work will take a couple of weeks to complete. But during that time library services may be interrupted. Poster printing has been offline since Monday evening. And there will be no popcorn tomorrow, June 27th. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Sections of the Library Commons will be unavailable while the carpet is being replaced in those areas. Stay tuned to hear when.

*Edit* Popcorn is back on! We can get to the popcorn machine again!

Library Class Offered in June!

The Libraries will offer a class titled “Making Things Easy with LibKey Nomad” on Wednesday, June 26th at 2PM. This class will explore all the features and uses of LibKey Nomad. Join us in person at room 405 in the Isché Library, or register for the Zoom!

Summer Hours – June & July

The Libraries will have Summer Hours for the months of June and July.

The Isché Library will close at 9pm Sunday-Thursday and at 6pm on Fridays from June-July. Opening times and Saturday hours will remain the same.

The Dental Library will close at 6pm Monday-Thursday and at 5pm on Fridays but only in June. It will be closed on weekends.

The Dental Library will resume regular hours Monday, July 1st. The Isché Library will resume on Thursday, August 1st.

New ClinicalKey EBooks for May

ClinicalKey has released their latest batch of new eBooks in our subscription package. They include updated editions of Netter anatomy books, a new title about diabetes mellitus, and a couple of new editions from their “secrets” series.

The new eBooks added are:
Adler’s Physiology of the Eye (Levin, Leonard) 12th ed.

Art and Science of Facelift Surgery, The (Niamtu, Joe) 2nd ed.

Brody’s Human Pharmacology (Wecker, Lynn) 7th ed.

Chronic Complications of Diabetes Mellitus (Mauricio, Didac) 1st ed.

Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Digestive System, Part III – Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas (Netter, Frank) 3rd ed.

Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Endocrine System (Netter, Frank) 3rd ed.

Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Reproductive System (Netter, Frank) 3rd ed.

Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Urinary System (Netter, Frank) 3rd ed.

Neuro-Ophthalmology Survival Guide, The (Pane, Anthony) 3rd ed.

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets (Selbst, Steven) 4th ed.

Practical Approach to Electroencephalography (Libenson, Mark) 2nd ed.

Rare and Interstitial Lung Diseases (Sorino, Claudio) 1st ed.

Sectional Anatomy by MRI and CT (Anderson, Mark) 5th ed.

Urgent Care Medicine Secrets (Olympia, Robert) 2nd ed.


The links will lead you to our catalog and then you can access them from there.

Library Classes Offered in May

The Libraries will have two classes in May, first class being Introduction to RefWorks on Wednesday, May 22 at 2PM. Join us in person at room 405 in the Isché Library, or register for the Zoom!

The second class is How to Peer Review a Journal Article. This class will only be offered via Zoom, which you can sign-up for here.

Database Searching Skills Class on Thursday, April 18th!

Join us in the Isché Library in room 405 (or via Zoom) at 2PM on Thursday, April 18th, to learn about search skills in databases such as PubMed, CINAHL, and Web of Science!

Easter Weekend Hours

The Libraries will be closed Friday, March 29, 2024 through Sunday, March 31, 2024 in observance of Easter weekend. Additionally the Dental Library will close at 5pm on Thursday, March 28th and the Isché Library will close at 6pm on that day. The Libraries will be open regular hours on Monday, April 1st.

Two New LibGuides

March 12, 2024: The Libraries are excited to announce two new LibGuides! The two new LibGuides are Artificial Intelligence in the Health Sciences, and the other new LibGuide being Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).

New Video Tutorials

March 6, 2024: The Library has uploaded three new video tutorials to help our faculty, staff, and students learn about technologies and resources the Library offers. These three new videos are:

How to Resize a Poster in Microsoft PowerPoint

How to Access and Fill Out Our Systematic Review Form

How to Access and Download Content from LSU Health Digital Scholar

5th Floor noise warning for weeks of February 26th and March 4th

Picture of dismantled library shelving

During the week of February 26, 2024, and March 4, 2024, crews will be on the 5th Floor to remove the items and shelving from the Prieur Street side of the floor. It will be very noisy while they work and we will also need to limit the seating in the immediate area.

Picture of library shelving on the ground

The tables and carrels on the Bolivar Street side of the 5th Floor may offer some respite from the noise, along with the study areas on the 3rd and 4th Floors.

While this is happening, please be courteous to others who may have relocated due to the disruption on the 5th Floor.

Carnival Hours

February 7, 2024 – The Libraries will have holiday hours over carnival weekend through Mardi Gras.

The Isché Library will close early or be closed from February 9th-13th; the Library will close at 5pm on Friday, February 9th and Monday, February 12th and will be completely closed Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday, February 10th, 11th and 13th.

The Dental Library will close early or be closed from February 9th-15th; the Library will be closed on Sunday and Tuesday, February 11th and 13th and will close at 5pm on Monday the 12th and at 6pm, Wednesday and Thursday, February 14th and 15th.

February Faculty Publications

A new selection of articles has been added to the Faculty Publications display in the Isché Library. These eight articles, as well as all the articles in LSU Health Digital Scholar, are authored by at least one member of our research community here at LSUHSC-New Orleans. Each month the Library is proud to present copies of eight of these publications in a rotating display of 16. Check out the display below:

LSUHSC Digital Scholar is an institutional repository and is a service of the LSU Health Science Center Libraries. Research and scholarly output included here has been selected and deposited by the Libraries, as well as individual university departments and centers on campus.  

Publications cited in LSU Health Digital Scholar are harvested from a variety of sources, such as PubMed, SCOPUS, and CINAHL, to name a few. In addition to articles, they include books, book chapters, papers, editorials, letters to the editor, and meeting abstracts, all authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-NO community. You can access LSU Health Digital Scholar at https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/.  

If you have an article that you would like us to highlight or if you have any questions regarding the display or the database, you can contact our Librarians at reference@lsuhsc.edu

5th Floor Project Update

The major project on the 5th Floor of the Library to create space for an IT data center has reached a milestone. We have completed shifting the print journal collection, so the floor will be markedly quieter for a while.

The next phase of the project, which will entail clearing and tearing down of the shelving on the Prieur Street side of the floor, is tentatively scheduled to commence in the summer. We will post signage warning of increased noise and commotion once we have a better idea of when these next steps will start.

Although the print volumes have been removed, we still have some work to do for the affected journals’ records in our Library catalog. If you need assistance locating a print journal, please don’t hesitate to ask for help.

If you have any questions about this or any other Library services and/or resources, please contact us.

Isché Library Closed 1/20/2024

January 19, 2024 – Due to an emergency repair scheduled for Saturday, January 20th, the Isché Library will be closed on this date. The Library will reopen at 9:30am on Sunday, January 21st.

The Library Commons will be open but only emergency power will be on, so limited lighting, HVAC and elevator service may be available.