New! MD Consult Mobile

URMC faculty, staff and students can now access MD Consult’s electronic books, Clinics, journals and practice guidelines using their web-enabled smartphones like the iPhone, Blackberry, Treo and others. MD Consult Mobile is available for URMC users at no charge as part of Miner’s institutional subscription to MD Consult.

 Get started with four easy steps:

1. If you don’t already have a personal account for MD Consult, access MD Consult  through the Quick Links on Miner’s web site.

2. Click on “Create an Account” on the top right.

3. Complete the registration form, create your username and password, click “Submit” and log out.

4. Go to http://mobile.mdconsult.com using your mobile browser and log in using your personal account.  MD Consult Mobile will automatically remember your user name and password.

 The system is designed for the iPhone, Blackberries, and phones that use Windows Mobile 6. However, other phones do have the option to click “Continue” and use without formatting.

Phones outside of the iPhone and T-Mobile G1 may not display all of the system formatting with their built-in browser. Users of other phones can download the Opera Mini browser which supports the system formatting. A link to the Opera Mini browser is located in MD Consult Mobile, on the Information menu (the “I” button) under “Device Configuration.”

ILLiad receipts coming your way!

We need to fess up. We’ve been causing some departments a big headache by not providing invoices or receipts for some library transactions. In fact, one of our customers recently reminded us that “Each charge has to have documentation – even the measliest amount – or [I] will go to Federal prison.” 

Yikes!

So what are we  going to do?

Well, starting in November, if you pay for a transaction in ILLiad with a grant or account number, you will receive a paper copy of the invoice. Please remember to give the invoice (or “back-up documentation” as we say in finance lingo) to your department administrator or accountant…whomever tracks how the money is spent. It will make him/her very happy (as opposed to things like audits, which make him/her very unhappy)!    

Questions? Contact Stacey Ragone, Circulation Services Manager.
(585) 275-3390

PubSearchPlus for iPhone & iPod Touch

PubSearchPlus is an app for the iPhone and the iPod Touch that will  search PubMed and return citations formatted for your device. What’s even better is that it will retrieve electronic full text when available — IF you have set it up to work with Miner Library’s resources. How do you do that? You need to set up the appropriate EZProxy information. Here’s how:

Use the URL that appears below, but insert your urmc-sh username and password in the appropriate places:

https://login.ezpminer.urmc.rochester.edu/login?user=USERNAME&pass=PASSWORD&url=%@

Please be sure to use the https (in place of the usual http) for a more secure transfer of your username and password.

Please also keep in mind that this will maintain your URMC-SH credentials in clear text (on the iPhone inside PubSearchPlus settings).  If your phone is ever lost or compromised, be sure to change your password immediately.

If you have questions, contact Miner Library’s Computing Center Help Desk at 275-6865.

New PubMed Interface

It’s here! The New PubMed has arrived! The features you knew and loved are still there, but you might be wondering just where they’re hiding. We can help you with that.

And there are new features, too.

PubMed classes are scheduled for October and November to help you orient yourself to the new interface. Classes are free but registration is required. Dates and times are listed on the Classes page and that’s also where you can register.

Need more information? Contact Donna Berryman at 275-6877 or call the Reference Desk at 275-2487.

“Flu Cart” @ Miner on 11/5 from noon-1 p.m.

Haven’t gotten your seasonal flu vaccine yet?

Come to Miner Library on Thursday, November 5, from 12-1 p.m.

Carol Lamb, R.N., will be here with her mobile “Flu Cart” to administer free seasonal flu shots to faculty, staff, and students. (You’ll need to provide your employee or student ID number.)

For the latest information on the flu, visit FluSource on the URMC intranet.

 

New E-Journal Portal

Miner’s new E-Journal Portal gives quick, convenient access to the 25,000+ e-journals subscribed to by the University of Rochester libraries.  Use the Title tab to find an e-journal by searching a few keywords from the title or to rapidly scan alphabetical lists of the e-journals.  The Subject tab shows you the journals the UR libraries have in your specialty.  If you already have a citation or DOI (Digital Object Identifier), use the Link-to-Article tab to link directly to the full-text article.

Check it out!  We think you’ll like it.

October Classes at Miner

Act now! There are still a few spaces left in our October classes! All classes are free for URMC faculty, staff, and students. Registration is required. Register online or contact the instructor.

Blackboard Basics / Oct. 22^nd 2:00 – 4:00

Learn about setting up course/organization structure, adding content, folders, text, files, images, links; settings, assignment manager. Instructor is Catherine Delia.

Blackboard Assessment /Oct. 29^th 2:00 – 4:00

Learn about determining student outcomes, creating and deploying tests and surveys, understanding the gradebook, and adaptive release features. Instructor is Catherine Delia.

Google Search / Oct. 29^th 9:00 – 10:30

Learn quick and easy search strategies and tips for getting more of what you want and less of what you don’t. We’ll take a look at Google Scholar, too. Many of the search techniques covered can be used with other popular search engines. Instructor is Val Hallinan.

Library Survival Skills /Oct. 23^rd 9:00 – 11:00

Develop the skills to survive and enjoy your next contact with the library! Learn to better understand citations to books and articles, to use the Voyager catalog, and to find and access electronic books, journals and databases. Instructor is Marilyn Rosen.

PubMed: Learn the New PubMed Interface

Oct. 22^nd 11:00 – 12:30

Oct. 26^th 2:00 – 4:30

Oct. 29^th 9:00 – 11:30

PubMed’s got a new look! Learn to locate your favorite features in the new interface and pick up some tips and tricks for efficiently using the new PubMed. Instructor is Donna Berryman.

ICMJE Adopts Shared Financial Disclosure Form

The editors of several major medical journals announced this week that all journals published by members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) will now use an identical financial disclosure form. The form and instructions are being placed in the public domain (see link below) and other journals are being urged to adopt this reporting format.

 An editorial making the announcement was published simultaneously in the journals of the ICMJE. The editorial recognizes that the disclosure form may be implemented differently based on journal and author needs (for example, some journals may request the form at the time of submission and others later in the editorial process).

 The journals using the new form include the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, BMJ, and others.

Additional information can be found at the following link:

http://www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf

“Rural Mexico’s Silent Crisis” Photographs by Joseph Sorrentino

A photographic exhibit by Dr. Joseph Sorrentino, entitled “El Campo: La Crisis En Silencio – Rural Mexico’s Silent Crisis,” is on display in Edward G.  Miner Library from September 1 through October 31, 2009. An artist’s reception is scheduled for Thursday, October 15, from 2-4 p.m., featuring a presentation by Dr. Sorrentino at 3 p.m. and a Fair Trade coffee tasting, courtesy of Finger Lakes Coffee Roasters.

"Pablo" by Joseph Sorrentino

The images elicit a range of emotions from the viewer – sadness, empathy, shame, respect, hope. All images are in black and white, an approach that complements and strengthen’s Dr. Sorrentino’s message.

In the artist’s own words:

“Rural Mexico (el campo) is in crisis and that crisis is becoming a disaster. Over 80% of campesinos (rural workers) are considered “extremely poor,” which is defined as earning about $2 a day. While campesinos always have been poor, their situation recently has worsened. Coffee growers have been hit with depressed coffee prices, cacao growers are facing a fungal infection that has wiped out 80% of their harvest, vanilla growers can’t find markets; and with the full implementation of NAFTA, campesinos are effectively competing with multinationals. As it becomes increasingly difficult to earn money in villages, more people—mostly young men—leave to seek work in larger Mexican cities and the US. In many villages, there are almost no young men left. Surprisingly, in spite of the closeness of Mexico and America and the long history between us, there is little in the media about this crisis. Instead, virtually all the coverage is about the drug wars, swine flu, and immigration.

I have made six extended trips to Mexico, the last two focusing on the crisis in el campo. The poverty there is worsening and the only glimmer of hope I found were the groups working to promote fair trade, which guarantees farmers a better price for their goods. These groups also promote organic farming, sustainable agriculture and campesino rights. But these groups face repression from within Mexico (often severe) and a scarcity of markets outside.

Some of the world’s best coffee comes from the mountains of Oaxaca and Puebla, where many campesinos grow organic, shade-grown coffee. This is coffee that is not only gourmet but grown in a way to minimize negative impacts on the environment. Yet campesinos growing it live in dire poverty. The only hope that the situation will change lies with organizations that promote Fair Trade. A study published by two researchers from Tufts University in 2005 found that Fair Trade can double a campesino’s income. Fair Trade organizations not only pay more for coffee (and other products) but offer a large range of programs designed to lift campesinos out of poverty.

Although I bought Fair Trade (FT) coffee before my stay in the coffee-growing regions of Oaxaca and Puebla, since then I’ve become more convinced that Fair Trade is the only…well, fair way to do business. FT coffee can double a campesinos income. When I wrote an article about FT coffee earlier this year, I learned that the difference in cost between a cup of FT coffee and non-FT coffee is two cents. Turns out it doesn’t cost much to make the world a little more just.”

E-mail: joso1444@usa.net

Website: www.sorrentinophotography.com

Affiliated NGOs: Instituto Maya; Tosepan Titataniske (www.tosepan.com); Comercio Justo Mexico (www.comerciojusto.com.mx); Sin Maiz No Hay Pais (www.sinmaiznohaypais.org); ANEC (www.anec.laneta.apc.org); The Mexican Vanilla Plantation (www.themexicanvanilla.com.mx)

This project was supported by the Justice and Journalism Fund established by USC Annenberg’s Institute for Justice and Journalism with Ford Foundation funding and the Puffin Foundation.

New PubMed!

After all these years, PubMed has a whole new look! Everything you are used to using in PubMed is still there, but it’s all shiny and new.  There’s a link on the old standard PubMed page to the brand new page. Take it for a test drive. See what you think.

This new interface will shortly become the official face of PubMed.

PubMed classes are scheduled throughout October to give you a guided tour through the new interface. Classes are free but registration is required. Dates and times are listed on the Classes page and that’s also where you can register.

Need more information? Contact Donna Berryman at 275-6877 or call the Reference Desk at 275-2487.