DynaMed Plus

This summer the LSU Health Sciences Center Library upgraded from DynaMed, a clinical information resource to DynaMed Plus. The new, visually appealing database offers information in bullet points, topic overviews on drugs, diseases, and therapies. Due to the ease of the resource, it is often compared to UpToDate. Topics included in the user interface update daily. Operators automatically receive practice changing updates. The amazing tool links to 2,500 full-text articles; handlers get answers quickly and efficiently. Most importantly, consumers can easily download the DynaMed Plus app to use on their phones or tablets.

Dental Library is Open!

The Dental Library reopened this morning at 8am and are back to regular hours.

Thanks for your patience!

Dental Library Closure – Update

Unfortunately, the Dental Library and Dental Campus are closed due to flooding.  Dental Students are welcomed to the Main Library, John P. Isché Library, at anytime. We are also happy to assist Dental Students via phone, email, or chat. The campus remains closed on Monday, July 24th and hopes to reopen on the Tuesday, July 25th.

Flood remediation is continuing. The Dental Campus will remain closed on Tuesday, July 25th.

Publication Alert! Toddler’s Brain Damage Reversed Thanks to O2 & Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

An LSUHSC faculty member, Dr. Paul G. Harch,  has written a case report about a toddler who has been treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and her improvement from brain damage due to drowning. It has been published in Medical Gas Research. The case report can be found here.

A few well-known news sources have written articles about Dr. Harch’s findings, including Newsweek and Gizmodo. The links to the articles can be found below.

Newsweek: Scientists Reverse Brain Damage in Drowned U.S Toddler Eden Carlson

Gizmodo: Controversial Treatment Appears to Reverse Brain Damage in Drowned Toddler

Best of luck to Dr. Harch in his continued research.

What a Sticky Web of Science!

The library has resubscribed to Web of Science for your comprehensive search needs! Along with this renewal, we have Essential Science Indicators and Journal Citation Reports in order to track citations, trends, and journals – including impact factors.

Get caught up in this database again!

New Dissertation Display!

The newest display on the third floor of the Isché library features the dissertations of recently graduated PhD candidates from the Graduate School. Join us in congratulating the writers!

• Rebecca Crawford, The Regulation and Function of the Unfolded Protein Response Gene CHAC1. – 2016, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
• Jacques Mayeux, Neurobehavioral Mechanisms Underlying Escalated Alcohol Drinking Following Traumatic Brain Injury. – 2016, Department of Physiology.
• Jessica Richard, Functional Specificity Encoded Within the Kinesin Motor Domain. – 2016, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
• Shardulendra Prasad Sherchand, Host and Viral Factors That Modulate Nutrient Acquisition by Chlamydia Trachomatis. – 2016, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology.
• Matthew Dean, Effects of Ethanol on Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Signaling in a Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. – 2017, Department of Genetics.
• Stephen M. Ford, Jr., Chronic Binge Alcohol and Antiretroviral Therapy Administration Differentially Contribute to Metabolic Dysregulation in SIV-infected Male Rhesus Macaques. – 2017, Department of Physiology.
• John Maxi, Enhanced Susceptibility of the Frontal Cortex to Overlapping Effects of Alcohol, SIV, and Antiretroviral Therapy. – 2017, Department of Physiology.
• Patricia Dehon Mott, A Role for Mycoplasma Genitalium in Cervicitis and Inflammation-Dependent Enhancement of HIV Transmission. – 2017, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology.
• Alan Mouton, Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Cardiac Atrophy: Role of the Extracellular Matrix and Cardiac Fibroblasts. – 2017, Department of Physiology.
• Rafiq Un Nabi, Characterization of IgA Antibodies and Phagocytic Function in HIV-Infected Elite Controllers. – 2017, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology.
• Chelsea Organ, The Effects of Gut-Derived Trimethylamine N-Oxide (TMAO) on the Pathogenesis of Heart Failure. – 2017, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
• David Polhemus, The Cardioprotective Actions of Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Ischemic Heart Disease. – 2017, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
• Spencer Robichaux, Elucidating the Effects of Chronic Alcohol Consumption on HIV Transmission and Disease Progression Using the SIV-Infected Rhesus Macaque Model. – 2017, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology.
• Abdelmetalab F. Tarhuni, Paradoxical Roles for PARP-1 in Colon Cancer, Inflammation, and Tumor Immunity.  2017 -Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

These dissertations are available for checkout in the library, and there are even more recently completed LSUHSC dissertations are available online through ProQuest.

Spotlight on Faculty Publications for July

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:

Arrouk R, Karpinski A, Lavenbarg T, Belmont J, McCallum RW, Hyman P. Water load test in children with chronic abdominal pain or obesity compared with nonobese controls. South Med J. 2017;110(3):168-171.
Braam B, Taler SJ, Rahman M, Fillaus JA, Greco BA, Forman JP, Reisin E, Cohen DL, Saklayen MG, Hedayati SS. Recognition and management of resistant hypertension. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017;12(3):524-535.
Bracey A, Shander A, Aronson S, Boucher BA, Calcaterra D, Chu MWA, Culbertson R, Jabr K, Kehlet H, Lattouf O, Malaisrie SC, Mazer CD, Oberhoffer MM, Ozawa S, Price T, Rosengart T, Spiess BD, Turchetti G. The use of topical hemostatic agents in cardiothoracic surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017;[epub ahead of print].
Carr TD, Varricchio DJ, Sedlmayr JC, Roberts EM, Moore JR. A new tyrannosaur with evidence for anagenesis and crocodile-like facial sensory system. Sci Rep. 2017;7:44942.
Dauterive S, Bourgeois J, Simms S. How little is too little? an examination of information literacy instruction duration for freshmen. J Inform Lit. 2017;11(1):204-219.
Duplanty AA, Simon L, Molina PE. Chronic binge alcohol-induced dysregulation of mitochondrial-related genes in skeletal muscle of simian immunodeficiency virus-infected rhesus macaques at end-stage disease. Alcohol Alcohol. 2017;52(3):298-304.
El-Abassi R, Soliman MY, Williams F, England JD. Whipple’s disease. J Neurol Sci. 2017;377:197-206.
Rigby PG, Gururaja RP. World medical schools: The sum also rises. JRSM Open. 2017;8(6):1-6.

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.

Independence Day Hours

The Isché Library will be open Summer Hours the weekend before the 4th of July, Saturday 9:30am – 6pm and Sunday 12noon to 10pm. On Monday, July 3rd, the downtown library will be open 8am – 6pm. And closed on the 4th. Summer Hours resume on July 5th and run through the end of the month.

The Dental Library will also be in Summer Hours and will be closed Saturday and Sunday. Dental will be open from 8am – 5pm on Monday July 3rd. And closed on the 4th. Summer Hours resume on the 5th and run through the 16th.

Downtime for Wiley

The Wiley Online Library will be down for a few hours this weekend.

According to a message on their website, Wiley Online Library will be unavailable on Saturday, July 1st, from 2:00AM-8:00AM CDT and on Sunday, July 2nd, 2:00AM-5:00AM CDT for essential maintenance. We would like to join the fine folks at Wiley in extending our apologies for the inconvenience to our dedicated researchers burning the midnight oil.

INNOPAC maintenance complete

The maintenance to INNOPAC is complete. Please let us know if you see any issues or experience problems.

Finding articles during system outage

Although we are hoping that our system will not be down for the bulk of the day, if you need an article during this time here are a few tips and an alternative to get articles during this downtime.

If you want to check whether the Library owns a journal, the E-Journals & E-Books A to Z List is a good source but only from on campus; unfortunately, the majority of links on the list will not work as they rely on talking with our system in order to get you to the journal.

If you have the author and title of the article you need, when on campus you can attempt to get to the journal using the CrossRef Free DOI Guest Search. When you use the “Search on Article Title” option, if a match is found you will be able to use the link to get to the article:

There is no guarantee that we have access rights to the journal, though, but this is a way to get to the article while our system is down.

Even though INNOPAC, the Library’s catalog, will not be available, Library staff will have other ways to get to journals and resources during this downtime, so please contact us if you need help.

INNOPAC Scheduled Maintenance 6/28/17

INNOPAC and off campus access to library materials will be down for a scheduled upgrade on Wednesday, June 28th. While we hope the system will be back up quickly, we have allowed an all-day window for this upgrade. The upgrade is expected to start at 5:30am.

Welcome aboard our newest staff member, Lori Spradley!

Please join us in welcoming our new reference librarian, Lori Spradley! She recently joined us earlier this month and will be the School of Nursing liaison.

She previously worked for Jefferson Parish Schools as an elementary school librarian, as well as serving as an evening reference librarian at Delgado Community College. Currently, she is studying for a second masters’ degree in Educational Technology.

Thanks for joining us in welcoming Lori to the team.

Birth Control Pill Recall

Lupin Pharmaceuticals has issued a recall for Mibelas 24, lot L600518, Exp 05/18. Due to a packaging error, the pills may not prevent pregnancy. The recall was issued May 25th but is just making the news now.

Faculty Spotlight for June

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. Alapure BV, Lu Y, Peng H, Hong S. Surgical denervation of specific cutaneous nerves impedes excisional wound healing of small animal ear pinnae. Mol Neurobiol. 2017;[epub].
2. Basting T, Lazartigues E. DOCA-salt hypertension: An update. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2017;19(4):32-017-0731-4.
3. Bilgic E, Watanabe Y, Nepomnayshy D, Gardner A, Fitzgibbons S, Ghaderi I, Alseidi A, Stefanidis D, Paige JT, Seymour N, McKendy KM, Birkett R, Whitledge J, Kane E, Anton NE, Vassiliou MC, Simulation Committee of the Association for Surgical Education. Multicenter proficiency benchmarks for advanced laparoscopic suturing tasks. Am J Surg. 2017;213(2):217-221.
4. Bunker DJ, Newsome DB, Petit LM, Richardson WS, Weiss AL. Perceptions of exercise during medical school. Acad Psychiatry. 2017;[epub].
5. Crapanzano JT, Harrison-Bernard LM, Jones MR, Kaye AD, Richter EO, Potash MN. High frequency spinal cord stimulation for complex regional pain syndrome: A case report. Pain Physician. 2017;20(1):E177-E182.
6. Drell MJ. Teaching psychodynamic therapy during difficult times: One child training director’s experience. Acad Psychiatry. 2017;[epub].
7. Gary CC. Pediatric nasal surgery: Timing and technique. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017;25[epub].
8. Ronis M, Mercer K, Engi B, Pulliam C, Zimniak P, Hennings L, Shearn C, Badger T, Petersen D. Global deletion of glutathione S-transferase A4 exacerbates developmental nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Am J Pathol. 2017;187(2):418-430.

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.