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 Welcome back!Whether you are a new or returning member of the UNC Chapel Hill community, we welcome you! We hope you will make our attractive and comfortable space a frequent stop in your work day. At HSL, you'll find quiet study spots, wireless access, helpful staff, and the Friends' Café. In addition to our monthly HSL E-news, we have a variety of tools to keep you informed and help you utilize all that the Health Sciences Library has to offer. Need to know the news more frequently than once a month? Check the news blog on our Website, www.hsl.unc.edu, for up to the minute information on resource accessibility, online tutorials, classes and other library services. Have a question? Contact our Ask a Librarian service, also available from our Website, and we can help no matter where you are-in the Library, at home or in the office. We look forward to collaborating with you this year! HSL Bus Stop Temporarily RelocatedThe bus stop in front of HSL has been shifted slightly North on Columbia Street, between Bondurant Hall and the Library. The crosswalk has been adjusted as well, to accommodate construction directly in front of the building. New Fall Hours for the Friends' Café (Beginning August 24th)
Hours subject to change without notice VisualDx Trial ExtendedThe library has received an extension on our trial of VisualDx. With this extension, we now have access to the latest version of VisualDx, which is completely browser based. Please send your feedback on this program by August 31, 2008. VisualDx includes more than 16,000 medical images and illustrations. Each patient's findings can be entered to build a differential diagnosis through searchable clinical terms and diagnostic relationships. Users can search for over 900 visually identifiable diseases, including common, unusual, terrorist, drug or travel-related diseases.
In July, HSL implemented changes to the links for full text articles in PubMed. The new link, "Find@UNC," appears at the top of the Abstract view. This change enables linking to more full text articles than we have been able to do previously. As part of this switch the URL for connecting to the HSL customized PubMed has changed. Here's the new URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/sites/entrez?dr=abstract&otool=uncchlib&holding=_fft Be sure to update your external PubMed links, such as those found in course listings and personal bookmarks, to this new URL to take full advantage of this change! If you have questions, please contact Ask a Librarian by email, IM Chat or phone. For more information on specific changes click here: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/News/display_blog.cfm?bid=483&d=1&m=7&y=2008
New HSL Exhibit Highlights Work of UNC Health Affairs Faculty Authors"Selected Recent Publications from the Health Sciences Library's UNC Health Affairs Faculty Author Collection" is now on display at the Health Sciences Library. Featuring 35 titles authored and/or edited by faculty in Medicine, Dentistry, Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Allied Health, as well as HSL librarians, a wide range of topics is covered, which represents only a sampling of the scholarly output of UNC Health Affairs faculty. The exhibition is drawn from HSL's Special Collections and will run through mid-September. People
Putting the 'Health 'in Health Sciences Library: Our Pedometer Challenge Results!
If you are looking for a great way to get your faculty, staff or students involved in a friendly competition that encourages being active and improving health, consider implementing a pedometer challenge. In June, the HSL staff accepted the challenge to find out who could take the most steps in a week. Seventy-five participants began the challenge and over two- thirds finished. Each participant received a pedometer and sent in their daily results to a volunteer coordinator. During the course of the challenge, HSL staff walked over 3.3 million steps! With 100% participation and the highest combined average of steps per day, the Library's Administrative Staff was the winning department. Barbara Renner, HSL's Liaison to Allied Health, was the grand prize winner, having walked an average of 20,182 steps per day. Calculating their progress each week kept participants motivated and everyone received prizes including energy drinks and healthy snacks. The grand prize winner received an IPOD shuffle! If your school or unit is interested in implementing a program like this, contact Susan Linn for details at slinn@email.unc.edu. National Health Observances
Get Involved with Your LibraryThe library staff appreciates your support and input! Let us hear from you:
HSL E-NEWS is a monthly publication of the UNC-Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library. Past issues of enews are archived with many other library-produced publications accessible here. For more information on this publication, contact Ginny Bunch, Assistant Director of Development and Communications: gbunch@unc.edu |
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