December’s Diversity and Inclusivity Book Club Pick: Our Women on the Ground

“Arab and Middle Eastern women aren’t heard enough in this space. But they’re living and breathing the region, reporting on it from the front lines in Sana’a and Mosul and from Riyadh and Cairo—even from their living rooms in Raqqa.” – Zahra Hankir, Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World

This month the Diversity and Inclusivity Book Club, hosted by the School of Public Health’s Diversity and Inclusivity Committee, will discuss Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World, edited by Zahra Hankir, as its December read.

The Book Club will discuss Our Women on the Ground on Zoom on Wednesday, December 9th at 12pm.

If you’d like to read the book or take part in the event, the Library provides access to an eBook version through EBSCO, with one user at a time.

For more about the Diversity and Inclusivity Book Club, including information on next month’s Book Club pick and meeting time, email sphdiversity@lsuhsc.edu.

Book request form

The Collection Development Department is pleased to offer a new online book request form here.

The form is also available on the Collection Development web page where you can find more information about reserves and donations. Feel free to reach out and let us know how we can help you!

2021 JoVE changes

As a result of changes in subscription options and lack of funding, we will be losing all access to the following three sections of JoVE as of January 1, 2021:

• JoVE Biochemistry
• JoVE Developmental Biology
• JoVE Genetics

We will still keep access to JoVE Biology, Immunology & Infection, Medicine, and Neuroscience.

If you need any assistance with this or other Library resources please contact us.

3D Printing Ceasing

The 3D Printing/Scanning equipment at the Dental Library has stopped working. Because of a parts shortage, it doesn’t appear that the units can be repaired.

If 3D printing resumes, funding for new equipment will need to be found.

NEJM Webinar on Covid-19 Comorbidities and Cutaneous Manifestations of Systemic Diseases in Adults and Children

The New England Journal of Medicine Group, in partnership with the Skin of Color Society Foundation and VisualDx, is hosting a webinar series on The Impact of Skin Color and Ethnicity on Clinical Diagnosis and Research, with the aim of reducing health disparities of underrepresented minority populations.

The fourth and last session in the series “Covid-19 Comorbidities and Cutaneous Manifestations of Systemic Diseases in Adults and Children” will be held Wednesday, December 2, 1:00-2:15 PM ET (12-1:15 CT).

From the event page: “Panelists will focus on the challenges physicians face in recognizing systemic diseases in melanin-rich skin types. There can be delays and misdiagnosis of life-threatening diseases when color changes related to the disease are not recognized. The skin signs of Covid-19 comorbidities (i.e., diabetes and pulmonary disease) will be discussed in adults and children.”

To register, fill out the registration form on NEJM’s website.

If you can’t attend the live webinar, register anyway and NEJM will send you a link to the recorded event.

Winter Faculty Publications

A final selection of articles for this year 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. With the currently changes, we’ve decided to post the publications digitally. Check out the display below:

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. The PDF for this selection should be available soon, 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.

Thanksgiving Hours

The Libraries (both Dental and Isché) will be closed Thursday-Saturday, November, 26-28. Additionally, the Isché Library will be closing at 6pm on Wednesday, November 25. The Isché Library will be open on Sunday, November 29.

The Libraries continue to be in Phase 3 for our regular hours. Also, the Libraries continue to be open to badge holders only.

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

NEJM Webinar on Pigmentary Disorders and Keloids

The New England Journal of Medicine Group, in partnership with the Skin of Color Society Foundation and VisualDx, is hosting a webinar series on The Impact of Skin Color and Ethnicity on Clinical Diagnosis and Research, with the aim of reducing health disparities of underrepresented minority populations.

The third session in the series “Pigmentary Disorders and Keloids” will be held Wednesday, November 18, 1:00-2:15 PM ET (12-1:15 CT).

From the event page: “Pigmentary disorders and keloids can be signs of systemic disease and can cause significant psychological impact and social ramifications. Panelists will discuss the breadth of pigmentary disorders, including vitiligo, melasma, and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, and utilize global scientific literature to update the audience on newer therapeutic options.”

To register, fill out the registration form on NEJM’s website.

If you can’t attend the live webinar, register anyway and NEJM will send you a link to the recorded event.

EZproxy login issues

If you are attempting to log into EZproxy by entering your LSUHSC-NO username and password in the barcode and PIN field, we are currently experiencing issues with that system.

You can log in using your LSUHSC-NO full e-mail address and password by clicking the first link on the EZproxy login page:

If you need help with this or any other Library resources, please contact us.

NEJM Webinar on Hair Disorders in People of Color

The New England Journal of Medicine Group, in partnership with the Skin of Color Society Foundation and VisualDx, is hosting a webinar series on The Impact of Skin Color and Ethnicity on Clinical Diagnosis and Research, with the aim of reducing health disparities of underrepresented minority populations.

The second part in the series “Hair Disorders in People of Color” will be held tomorrow, Thursday, November 12, 1:00-2:15 PM ET (12-1:15 CT).

From the event page: “Panelists will define and discuss hair disorders in people of color. External and systemic diseases can cause hair loss. Misdiagnosis often occurs when hair loss is considered cosmetic and not a medical problem. Ethnicity affects the significance and cultural meaning of hair loss, and physicians need to know how each patient is being affected. Hair disorders constitute a significant health problem and affect health care access because of the length and complexity of the visits.”

To register, fill out the registration form on NEJM’s website.

If you can’t attend the live webinar, register anyway and NEJM will send you a link to the recorded event.

AAO ebooks subscription ending

The American Academy of Ophthalmology is no longer offering an institutional subscription to their ebooks, and as such, our access will expire on November 15, 2020.

The library has shared the cost of this subscription with the Department of Ophthalmology for the past few years, and we have enjoyed working with the department to provide access to these books.

November’s Diversity and Inclusivity Book Club Pick: The Deepest Well

UPDATE: The Deepest Well is now available to borrow from the LSUHSC Library. (One electronic copy available at a time.)

“Childhood adversity is a story we think we know. Children have faced trauma and stress in the form of abuse, neglect, violence, and fear since God was a boy. Parents have been getting trashed, getting arrested, and getting divorced for almost as long. The people who are smart and strong enough are able to rise above the past and triumph through the force of their own will and resilience. Or are they?” – Nadine Burke Harris, The Deepest Well: Healing The Long-Term Effects Of Childhood Adversity

This month the Diversity and Inclusivity Book Club, hosted by the School of Public Health’s Diversity and Inclusivity Committee, will discuss The Deepest Well: Healing The Long-Term Effects Of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris as its November read.

The Book Club will discuss The Deepest Well on Zoom on Wednesday, November 18th at 12pm.

For more about the Diversity and Inclusivity Book Club, including information on next month’s Book Club pick and meeting time, email sphdiversity@lsuhsc.edu.

Libraries Open

The LSUHSC Libraries (both downtown and Dental) are open today, their normal hours. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, all campuses continue to be limited to badge holders.

Libraries Early Closure 10/28/2020 – Hurricane Zeta

Another week, another Hurricane… the Libraries will close at noon on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 due to threat from Hurricane Zeta. We hope to reopen on Thursday, October 29th at our regular time of 8am.