OHSU Library What’s New

Both Ovid and Web of Knowledge are changing the way they look and some of their features.

The Web of Knowledge/Web of Science will move to its new look on Sunday, February 3rd. It’s a cleaner look, but the search mechanism remains very similar.

Ovid changes its look on Monday, February 4th. Not only is the look different, but there are a number of new features as well.

The library will be holding open sessions to demonstrate the new look and features. They will be held in the library and in the Basic Sciences Building and the Hospital. You are invited to stop in and see the new features and the new look. You can also contact one of the reference librarians at 503-494-3478 with any questions and/or concerns you have with them.

The schedule for these sessions is:

OHSU Library, Room 429

• Thursday, 1/31/2008: noon-1PM, 4-5PM
• Friday, 2/1/2008: 9-10AM, 1-2PM
• Monday, 2/4/08: noon-1PM, 5-6PM
• Tuesday, 2/5/08: 9-10AM
• Wednesday, 2/6/08: 8-9AM, noon-1PM
• Thursday, 2/7/08: 10-11AM, 4-6PM
• Friday, 2/8/08: 8-9AM

Basic Sciences Lobby

• Tuesday, 2/5/08: 11AM-1PM

OHSU Hospital, Confluence of Bridges

• Thursday, 2/7/08: 11AM-1PM
• Friday, 2/8/08: 11AM-1PM

The OHSU Library is pleased to announce the online publication of digital images from the Kent Anderson Collection.

Kent Anderson, OHSU Fire Suppression Systems Technician and freelance photographer, has generously donated nearly 1300 images to the OHSU Digital Resources Library Main Collection. These images cover recent OHSU expansion including the construction and opening of the Portland Aerial Tram, the Peter O. Kohler Pavilion, and the Biomedical Research Building. This initial batch of 100+ images concentrates on the Tram in order to provide high-resolution images of this historic landmark for non-profit educational purposes.

Follow the link below to view the images:
http://tinyurl.com/23wf4b

Or navigate your browser to:
http://drl.ohsu.edu/, scroll down and click on the Advanced Search button, enter “Kent Anderson Collection” in the Exact Phrase box and click on Search.

The OHSU Library is honored to have been chosen as the repository for these images from Mr. Anderson. Questions about the collection or the OHSU Digital Resources Library may be addressed to Friday Valentine, Serials and Metadata Librarian (valentif@ohsu.edu).

The OHSU Digital Resources Library houses collections of multimedia digital objects. Faculty, staff, and students of Oregon Health & Science University may use this digital library for nonprofit, educational purposes, such as teaching, staff training and conference presentations. Items are free to use for non-profit educational purposes and we ask that you give credit to the creators as listed on the individual digital object description.

OHSU libraries are currently running a free trial of Safari Books Online through February 15, 2008.

Safari contains a breadth and depth of technical content for IT, developers, web designers and creative professionals, including access to entire collections from respected publishers like O’Reilly Media, Adobe Press, Peachpit Press, Microsoft Press, Wharton School Publishing, Que, Sams and Addison-Wesley.

Safari Books Online
https://liboff.ohsu.edu/login?url=http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com?uicode=ohsu

The free trial goes through February 15, 2008. This and other free trials can also be accessed by going to http://www.ohsu.edu/library/freetrials.shtml

Please give us your feedback on your experience with Safari Tech Books Online in this short survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=5sQuApXSzsp5SDR72kb9qQ_3d_3d

The Medline vocabulary is updated annually, with new terms added, terms removed, and terms changed. In order to make sure that your saved search or RSS feed is still getting you the information you need, you will need to check your search strategy to see if the terms you were using are still valid terms, particularly if you are using MeSH subject headings. NLM has an example of what those changes could mean to a search on PubMed at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd07/nd07_skill_kit_yep.html

If you need help editing your search in Pubmed or Ovid Medline, please contact one of the reference librarians at 503-494-3462 or send an email to refer@ohsu.edu

The OHSU Library will be closed on Monday, January 21, 2008 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The library will resume regular hours on Tuesday, January 22. For additional information on library hours see http://www.ohsu.edu/library/hours.shtml.

OHSU Library’s trial access to additional content on ScienceDirect ended on December 31, 2007. The trial of Elsevier’s Freedom Collection provided access to full text content from 1995 for most journals to which the library does not currently subscribe. Click here for a list of added titles.

In the coming months, the OHSU Library’s Collection Development Committee will evaluate usage data from the trial period to see if any titles should be added to the library’s electronic journal collection.

To request that a specific Freedom Collection Trial title be added to the library collection, please complete the Suggest a Library Purchase form.

Further questions about the collection can be directed to Emily McElroy, Head, Collection Development at mcelroye@ohsu.edu or 503 494-6659.