Library News

Easter Hours

Easter Eggs

The Isché & Dental Libraries will be closed Friday, March 30th through Sunday, April 1st for Easter. The Isché Library will close at 6pm on Thursday, March 29th and the Dental Library will close at 5pm on that day.

Both Libraries will reopen on Monday, April 2nd at 8am.

March Spotlight for Faculty Publications

A new selection of articles has been added to the Faculty Publications display in the Ische Library. These eight articles, as well as all of the articles in our Faculty Publications database, 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. They can be viewed in the Reference area, on the wall between the main entrance and the Library elevator, on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.

Here is a list of the newest articles to be featured, with the LSUHSC-NO researchers in bold print:

Hanna EB, LeLorier PA, Glancy DL. Dynamic ST-segment abnormality. Am J Cardiol. 2018;121(3):390-391.
Nuss H, Skizim M, Afaneh H, Miele L, Sothern M. Farmers’ market utilization among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients in New Orleans, Louisiana: Preliminary findings. Ethn Dis. 2017;27(Suppl 1):295-302.
Schexnayder S, Starring H, Fury M, Mora A, Leonardi C, Dasa V. The formation of a medical student research committee and its impact on involvement in departmental research. Med Educ Online. 2018;23(1):1424449.
Shi Z, Piccus Z, Zhang X, Yang H, Jarrell H, Ding Y, Teng Z, Tchernichovski O, Li X. miR-9 regulates basal ganglia-dependent developmental vocal learning and adult vocal performance in songbirds. eLife. 2018;7:e29087.
Shields J, Mock J, Devier D, Foundas A. Unilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation differentially affects younger and older adults completing a verbal working memory task. J Neurol Sci. 2018;38(4):15-20.
Simon L, Siggins R, Winsauer P, Brashear M, Ferguson T, Mercante D, Song K, Vande Stouwe C, Nelson S, Bagby GJ, Amedee AM, Molina PE. Simian immunodeficiency virus infection increases blood ethanol concentration duration after both acute and chronic administration. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2018;34(2):178-184.
Wyczechowska D, Lin HY, LaPlante A, Jeansonne D, Lassak A, Parsons CH, Molina PE, Peruzzi F. A miRNA signature for cognitive deficits and alcohol use disorder in persons living with HIV/AIDS. Front Mol Neurosci. 2017;10:385.
Yue X. Epithelial deletion of sulf2 exacerbates bleomycin-induced lung injury, inflammation, and mortality. Am J Resp Cell Mol Biol. 2017;57(5):560-569.

Publications cited in the Faculty Publications database are harvested weekly 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. The database is maintained by Reference Librarian Kathy Kerdolff and is available to the general public here or via the Library’s webpage. For a PDF of a bibliography of this month’s additions, click here. If you have an article you would like us to highlight or if you have any questions regarding the display or the database, you can contact Kathy Kerdolff.
Please come to the Library and view these recent publications by our research community.

Thieme Changing Platform for the E-book Library Database

On March 1st the database “Thieme E-Book Library” will have a new name and a new look.  Thieme is moving this database to a new platform and updating its interface to become MedOne Education.

The Library worker bees are hustling to make the necessary updates to the links in our catalog.  If you have problems accessing anything in the collection previously known as Thieme E-Book Library, please contact your reference liaison.

Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) E-book Collection

As part of our New Books Display this month, we are highlighting the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) E-book Collection from Ovid Books. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), based in Australia and one of the premier evidence-based practice organizations in the world, has developed an evidence-based practice model that is considered a benchmark in the healthcare industry.

This E-book series of 24 titles provides you with the tools you need to:

– Understand the JBI model of evidence-based healthcare

– Appraise qualitative and quantitative research

– Appraise evidence from intervention and diagnostic accuracy studies

– Learn ways to minimize risks from adverse events

Each of these book authors has been carefully selected for their expertise in the topic area.

The following titles are included in the JBI E-book Collection:

  • CAN-Implement©: Planning for Best-Practice Implementation
  • Clinical Wisdom and Evidence-Based Healthcare
  • Comparison of Meta-Aggregation and Meta-Ethnography as Qualitative Review Methods, A
  • Critically Appraising Evidence for Healthcare
  • Guideline Adaptation: Conducting Systematic, Exhaustive, and Reproducible Searches
  • Historical Emergence of Qualitative Synthesis, The
  • Implementing Evidence Using an Action Research Framework
  • International Collaboration in Translational Health Science
  • Knowledge Translation in Healthcare
  • Mixed Methods Approach to Evidence Synthesis, A
  • Public Engagement in Translating Knowledge to Action
  • Stakeholder Engagement: The Role of Tacit Knowledge and Value Statements in Translation Science
  • Statistics for Systematic Review Authors
  • Synthesis of Prevalence and Incidence Data, The
  • Synthesizing Descriptive Evidence
  • Synthesizing Economic Evidence
  • Synthesizing Evidence from Narrative, Text and Opinion
  • Synthesizing Evidence of Diagnostic Accuracy
  • Synthesizing Evidence of Harm
  • Synthesizing Evidence of Risk
  • Synthesizing Qualitative Evidence
  • Synthesizing Quantitative Evidence
  • Translation Science and the JBI Model of Evidence-Based Healthcare
  • Turning Knowledge into Action: Practical Guidance on How to Do Integrated Knowledge Translation Research

If you would like to read any of the E-books from this collection, search for the title in our library catalog (INNOPAC), access Ovid Books, or search our E-Journals & E-Books A to Z List. If you have any questions or would like assistance, do not hesitate to speak to a member of our Circulation Staff.

Carnival Hours

Rex 2012 on Napoleon Avenue

The Libraries will have reduced hours over the final weekend of carnival through Mardi Gras day.

The Isché Library will close at 5pm on Friday, February 9th and will be open regular hours, 9:30am-6pm, on Saturday, February 10th. On Sunday, February 11th the downtown library will be open from 12 noon to 8:30pm and on Monday, February 12th from 8am to 5pm.

The Dental Library will close at 5pm on Friday, February 9th and remain closed on Saturday, February 10th as usual. On Sunday February 11th the Dental Library will be open regular hours from 11:30am to 8pm and on Monday, February 12th from 8am to 5pm.

Both Libraries will be closed on Tuesday, February 13th, a university holiday.

February New Books Display: We Love E-books!

The New Books Display this month highlights some of our newest E-books available through Ovid. If you would like information on how to access E-books, the circulation staff would be happy to assist you. Please check out our display on the 3rd floor of the Isché Library!

These books and many more are available for online access:

Anatomy of the Eye and Orbit: the Clinical Essentials by Thomas F. Freddo and Edward Chaum

Biopsy Interpretation of the Breast, 3rd ed. by Stuart J. Schnitt and Laura C. Collins.

Clinical Wisdom and Evidence-Based Healthcare by Alan Pearson -Part of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Collection.

Eye Pathology: An Atlas and Text, 3rd ed. by Ralph C. Eagle, Jr.

Henrich’s Principles and Practice of Dialysis, 5th ed.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine, 5th ed.

Nursing Diagnosis: Application to Clinical Practice, 15th ed.

A Practical Approach to Pediatric Anesthesia, 2nd ed. by Robert S. Holzman

A Practical Approach to Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine, 5th ed.

Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology, 7th ed.

Rosen’s Diagnosis of Breast Pathology by Needle Core Biopsy, 4th ed. by Edi Brogi

Te Linde’s Operative Gynecology, 11th ed.

The Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management, 5th ed.

These E-books and more are available through Ovid E-books. Please contact a library staff member if you would like assistance in accessing our E-book collection.

Dental Library Upgrade

The Dental Library has upgraded its security gate.

Because of the installation of this new gate, the double door entrance will now act as both the entrance and exit.

 

February Spotlight on Faculty Publications

A new selection of articles has been added to the Faculty Publications display in the Ische Library. These eight articles, as well as all of the articles in our Faculty Publications database, 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. They can be viewed in the Reference area, on the wall between the main entrance and the Library elevator, on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.

Here is a list of the newest articles to be featured, with the LSUHSC-NO researchers in bold print:

1. Foster J, Bautista C, Ellstrom K, Kalowes P, Manning J, Pasek TA. Creating a research agenda and setting research priorities for clinical nurse specialists. Clin Nurse Spec. 2018;32(1):21-28.
2. Gardner AK, Ritter EM, Dunkin BJ, Smink DS, Lau JN, Paige JT, Phitayakorn R, Acton RD, Stefanidis D, Gee DW. Leaders by example: Best practices and advice on establishing a state-of-the art surgical simulation center that optimizes available resources. Am J Surg. 2017;1-7.
3. Gardner EG, Sappington J, Arriaga MA, Kanotra SP. Ultrasonic bone aspirator use in endoscopic ear surgery: Feasibility and safety assessed using cadaveric temporal bones. J Laryngol Otol. 2017;131(11):987-990.
4. Lau FH, Vogel K, Luckett JP, Hunt M, Meyer A, Rogers CL, Tessler O, Dupin CL, St Hilaire H, Islam KN, Frazier T, Gimble J, Scahill S. Sandwiched white adipose tissue: A novel microphysiological system of human adipose tissue. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2017;[epub].
5. Levine RE, Borges NJ, Roman BJB, Carchedi LR, Townsend MH, Cluver JS, Frank J, Morey O, Haidet P, Thompson BM. High-stakes collaborative testing: Why not? Teach Learn Med. 2017;1-8.
6. Maffei VJ, Kim S, Blanchard E,4th, Luo M, Jazwinski SM, Taylor CM, Welsh DA. Biological aging and the human gut microbiota. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2017;72(11):1474-1482.
7. Poret JM, Souza-Smith F, Marcell SJ, Gaudet DA, Tzeng TH, Braymer HD, Harrison-Bernard LM, Primeaux SD. High fat diet consumption differentially affects adipose tissue inflammation and adipocyte size in obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats. Int J Obes (Lond). 2017;1-7.
8. Yu JJ, Spieler BM, Chan TL, Johnson EM, Gulani V, Sandler KL, Narayana PA, Mar WA, Brian JM, Ng CK, Hardy PA. Promoting collaborations between radiologists and scientists. Acad Radiol. 2018;25(1):9-17.

Publications cited in the Faculty Publications database are harvested weekly 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. The database is maintained by Reference Librarian Kathy Kerdolff and is available to the general public here or via the Library’s webpage. For a PDF of a bibliography of this month’s additions, click here. If you have an article you would like us to highlight or if you have any questions regarding the display or the database, you can contact Kathy Kerdolff.
Please come to the Library and view these recent publications by our research community.

Libraries are open!

Both Libraries and both campuses are open once again. Fingers crossed for no more freezing weather!

Campus Closure Extended Again

Both the downtown and the dental campuses will remain closed on Friday, January 19th. The rest of the weekend is a question mark, depending on water pressure.

If water pressure to our buildings improves, then the downtown library will open on Saturday and both libraries will reopen on Sunday.

*Edit* water pressure continues to be insufficient for plumbing use. The Libraries remain closed for the weekend.

Campus Closure Extended

Due to anticipated poor weather conditions. The entire campus will be shutting down at 3pm today. The Libraries and both the downtown and dental campuses will remain closed on Wednesday, January 17th. The Libraries plan to reopen on Thursday, January 18th at 8am. For the latest news consult: http://911.lsuhsc.edu/

Stay warm!

*Edit* Campus remains closed on Thursday, January 18th because of frozen streets. Current plan is to reopen on Friday.

Ische Circulation Desk phone

The main line for the Isché Library has been down since Sunday, January 14th. If you call, voicemail picks up. Please contact us on a different line or via chat or email. Sorry for the inconvenience.

*Edit* 10:10am Telephone access to 504-568-6100 has been restored.

Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday

Both the Isché & Dental Libraries will be closed on Monday, January 15th in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr Day. Both Libraries will be open their regular hours on Sunday.

Faculty Publications for January

A new selection of articles has been added to the Faculty Publications display in the Ische Library. These eight articles, as well as all of the articles in our Faculty Publications database, 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. They can be viewed in the Reference area, on the wall between the main entrance and the Library elevator, on the third floor of the Resource Center Building.

Here is a list of the newest articles to be featured, with the LSUHSC-NO researchers in bold print:

Allen PG, Hetzler LT, Nuss DW, Walvekar RR, Penton G, Sharbaugh E. The hospital otolaryngologist: The Louisiana State University experience. Laryngoscope. 2017;[epub].
Harch PG, Andrews SR, Fogarty EF, Lucarini J, Van Meter KW. Case control study: Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of mild traumatic brain injury persistent post-concussion syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder. Med Gas Res. 2017;7(3):156-174.
Harrison-Bernard LM, Naljayan MV, Eason JM, Mercante DE, Gunaldo TP. Effectiveness of interprofessional education in renal physiology curricula for health sciences graduate students. Adv Physiol Educ. 2017;41(4):594-598.
Loupe JM, Miller PJ, Crabtree JS, Zabaleta J, Hollenbach AD. Acquisition of an oncogenic fusion protein is sufficient to globally alter the landscape of miRNA expression to inhibit myogenic differentiation. Oncotarget. 2017;8(50):87054-87072.
Pahng AR, Paulsen RI, McGinn MA, Edwards KN, Edwards S. Neurobiological correlates of pain avoidance-like behavior in morphine-dependent and non-dependent rats. Neuroscience. 2017;366:1-14.
Roltsch Hellard EA, Impastato RA, Gilpin NW. Intra-cerebral and intra-nasal melanocortin-4 receptor antagonist blocks withdrawal hyperalgesia in alcohol-dependent rats. Addict Biol. 2017;22(3):692-701.
Samuelson DR, Shellito JE, Maffei VJ, Tague ED, Campagna SR, Blanchard EE, Luo M, Taylor CM, Ronis MJJ, Molina PE, Welsh DA. Alcohol-associated intestinal dysbiosis impairs pulmonary host defense against Klebsiella pneumoniae. PLoS Pathog. 2017;13(6):e1006426.
Todaro DR, Augustus-Wallace AC, Klein JM, Haas AL. The mechanism of neural precursor cell expressed developmentally down-regulated 4-2 (Nedd4-2)/NEDD4L-catalyzed polyubiquitin chain assembly. J Biol Chem. 2017;292(47):19521-19536.

Publications cited in the Faculty Publications database are harvested weekly 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. The database is maintained by Reference Librarian Kathy Kerdolff and is available to the general public here or via the Library’s webpage. For a PDF of a bibliography of this month’s additions, click here. If you have an article you would like us to highlight or if you have any questions regarding the display or the database, you can contact Kathy Kerdolff.
Please come to the Library and view these recent publications by our research community.

Libraries are Open!

And we’re back! Both the Dental and Isché Libraries are open!

Welcome to 2018!