Violet Ray Exhibit

The Violet Ray was an electrical “therapy” device that was popular in the early twentieth century.  Manufacturers of Violet Rays made all sorts of outrageous claims about what the Violet Ray could cure.  In the late 1940s and 1950s the FDA brought a series of lawsuits over the spurious claims the manufacturers made, which ended the popularity of the Violet Ray.

The Health Sciences Library has a Violet Ray and it is currently on display on the 2nd floor of the library.  Stop by and check it out!

MacBook Pro arrives at the service desk for check out…

MacBook Pro for checkout at the service desk of the library

For the first few weeks the new MacBook Pro at the library will circulate for 4 hours, allowing throngs of mac-happy singletons to give it a whirl and share nice. Further down the road, say voices from inside the many study rooms in the info commons, HSL plans to circulate it for a slightly longer period and experiment. Along with the Macbook, a couple of Apple i-pads make up the emerging inventory of cool and nifty devices students and campus users can try out. Two dell laptops may also exist; “it’s being looked into” library insiders report; and various regulars at the library whisper that the dells are slightly outdated. Students who tend to like the quiet of the second floor and its east windows only mutter that the Dell laptops are good enough for a couple of hours of quiet work in the library with a cup of coffee courtesy of the Wolfgang Puck coffee machine on the first floor.

For details, stop at the desk and ask us anytime about any of this.  And tell us what’s on your mind as a user of the library on the AMC.

STAT!Ref now has a free mobile app

STAT!Ref now has a free mobile app for iPhone/iPod and Blackberry with Android soon to follow.

iPhone/iPod Touch/Blackberry installation instructions:
http://www.statref.com/resources/PDFs/SRMobile/MobileAppHandout.pdf

Note: You must access STAT!Ref through the library’s website in order to create the username and password needed for registration.

For more information please see STAT!Ref’s website: http://www.statref.com/products/srMobile.html

Opening Reception for new exhibit

Merry Havens’ work is currently on display in the Gallery.

She will be hosting an Opening Reception on Sunday, February 19, 2012 from 3:00 – 6:00 pm in the Gallery.

Stop by to meet the artist and see her art!

 

Exhibit – Physicians and Automobiles

At the turn of the 20th century, a new technology was changing how physicians did business in the United States.  To help its members adapt to this change, the American Medical Association (AMA) devoted most of an issue of its Journal in 1906, 1908 and 1909 to the selection, maintenance and use of an automobile in medical practice.  Most of these articles consisted of personal accounts and pictures of doctors and their vehicles.  A selection of these articles are featured in the exhibit case on the 3rd floor of the Health Sciences Library.

Improved access for Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education is now available through IP authentication, which means you don’t have to enter an extra username or password to access premium content.

3rd Quarter Resource Update

The library has completed its third quarter resource review and the following items have been cancelled:

• Essential Evidence Plus
  -Please refer to our clinical point of care page for alternative resource
  -InfoPOEMs and Daily POEMs will also no longer be available
• Thieme Journals
  Some Thieme titles will be available through Ovid:-Seminars in Liver Disease
  -Seminars in Neurology
  -Seminars in Respiratory Care & Critical Care
  -Seminars in Thrombosis

  or through EBSCO:
  -Endoscopy

If you have any questions, please contact your library liaison or the Electronic Resources Librarian: heidi.zuniga@ucdenver.edu

Appendix: Book review

State of Wonder HSL Amesse/1st Floor F PATCHETT STA

In Ann Patchett’s latest novel, State of Wonder, researchers discover a drug in the Amazon rainforest that can extend a woman’s fertility indefinitely but the painstakingly slow development of the drug comes to a halt when the project’s lead scientist, Dr. Annick Swenson, disappears and another scientist is reported dead.  The pharmaceutical company sponsoring the research sends pharmacologist Dr. Marina Singh to the roiling, insect-infested jungle to learn what happened to her deceased colleague and to find Dr. Swenson, who was formerly Dr. Singh’s tyrannical mentor at Johns Hopkins.  Over time, Dr. Singh understands that everything in the Amazon is complicated and interconnected: the flora and fauna, the fertility drug and the people. Even the answers to the questions she seeks are not simple.  As she descends deeper and deeper into the rainforest, with its sometimes horrifying brutality, Dr. Singh’s humanity remains intact even as she finds herself doing things she never could have imagined when she worked in the laboratory. This “gone native” story raises questions about the costs of life-long fertility and the ethical considerations surrounding drug research and development.

- Heidi Zuniga, Electronic Resources Librarian

New exhibit of fabric art on display

A new exhibit of fabric collage art is now on display in the Gallery on the 3rd floor of the Health Sciences Library.

Artist Merry Havens, a Colorado artist and science teacher, is the creator of this body of work.  The artwork will be on display through March 1, 2012.

Stop by and view this stunning collection the next time you are the Health Sciences Library!

UpToDate Now Available Off-Campus

UpToDate Now Available Off-Campus!

The Health Sciences Library is pleased to announce that you may now access UpToDate from off-campus.  On our Clinical Point of Care page, you will see two log in options:

UpToDate allows you to receive Continuing Education credit for using the product.  To do so, you must first register your account and then always log in via the second link.  Logging in with that link will share your ID number with the vendor so they may credit your activity towards your CE hours .

If you would rather not share that information, you should access UpToDate via the first link.  You will still need to log into EZProxy to access the database but your login information will not be passed on to the vendor.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns.