News from the Libraries - January 2011

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January 2010

Rajia Tobia,Executive Director

of Libraries(210) 567-2413

[email protected]

San Antonio

Administration

(210) 567-2400

Briscoe Library

Circulation Desk(210) 567-2440

Information Desk

(210) 567-2450

[email protected]

UT Health Science Center

Library Downtown

(210) 358-3939

Jesse H. Jones Comprehensive

Research Library

(210) 567-2450

Harlingen

Ramirez Library

(956) 365-8850

Laredo

Laredo Regional Campus

Library

(956) 523-7404

In January: Three ways to log in from off campus

Library Facts and Figures: FY2010Resources for writers are available through the catalog and online

AHEC honors the director of the Ramirez LibraryCongratulations to Jorge Martinez

Books by the father of scientific surgery: John Hunter

Library classes for January

The Libraries wish you a Happy New Year!

FOR LIBRARY CLASSES, go to page 6

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More than 485,000 people entered the Briscoe Library during FY 2010, and library

users viewed more than 980,000 journal articles online. Beginning January 17, 2011,

off -campus users will have a new way to login and view articles.

To read the story and find other facts about library usage in FY2010, go to page 2.
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January 2010NEWSFROM THE LIBRARIES

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One of the librarys most important services is the collection of electronic journals, books and databases welicense and make available for the campus community. These resources can be used both from campuscomputers and from computers anywhere, any time, once the user has been authenticated as being affiliated

with the Health Science Center. In January, we are introducing a new way to log in and be authenticatedwhen you are accessing library materials from off-campus.

Beginning January 17, 2010, you will see a new button on the login page when you areaccessing e-journals, books or databases from off-campus. This button will allow you to log in

with your UTHSCSA domain account -- the same username and password that you use to loginto your computer on campus, or log into Blackboard, the inside.uthscsa portal, or the

Knowledge Center.

If you are affiliated with the Health Science Center and registered with the library but do not have aUTHSCSA domain account, you will still be able to log in as you always have, using your badge number andthe PIN you have configured in the library. If you use the VPN client to access network resources from offcampus, while you are logged into VPN you will be able to use the librarys electronic resources withoutfurther log in.

We are hoping the addition of domain account log in will make access to the libraryselectronic resources smoother and easier than ever for our students, faculty and staff. Inaddition, we are working on making our login pages easier to use on mobile devices, so you can stay currentand informed wherever you are.

Luke Rosenberger, DirectorLibrary Technology & Historical Collections

Beginning in January:Three methods to log in to library resources from off campus

Library Facts and Figures: FY 2010

Entrance gate count, all locations

Questions answered by librarians at all locations

Classes offered by libraries at all locations

Class attendance at all locations

Circuit Librarian Health Information Network: documents delivered

Interlibrary loan requests filled by other libraries for UT Health Science Center users

Interlibrary loan requests filled by the Briscoe Library for other libraries

Print book and journal volumes

Journal titles accessible, regardless of format

Journals titles available in print only

485,388

36,862

226

4351

774

1,750

14,435

218,247

23,136

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NEWSFROM THE LIBRARIEShttp://www.library.uthscsa.edu/

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The UT Health Science Center Libraries provide access to a large collection of resources for writers. Some of

the topics covered include information on how to organize a research article, book chapter or book; guidelines

for including tables, figures and graphs; legal and ethical issues in publishing; and how to promote your work.

Recent additions to the collection include:

Dawkins, R. (2008). The Oxford book of modern science writing. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

(e-book)

Lesmeister, M.B. (2007) . Writing basics for the healthcare professional. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson

Education, Inc. (WZ345 L637w 2007)Matthews, J.R. (2008). Successful scientific writing: A step-by-step guide for the biological and medical

sciences. New York: Cambridge University Press. (WZ 345 M439s 2008)

Saver, C. (2011). Anatomy of writing for publication for nurses . Indianapolis: Sigma Theta Tau

International. (WWZ 345 A535 2011)

Von Fraunhofer, J.A. (2010). Research writing in dentistry. Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell. (WU 20.5 V946r

2010)

Additional resources for writers can be found in a Starting Points:Library Resources for Writing , on the UT

Health Science Center Libraries Web site: http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/find/resources.cfm?

Category=Writing.Susan Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian

Do you have writing projects planned for 2011?

Resources for writers can be found in the library catalog and online
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January 2010

Greysi Reyna, Assistant Library Director for the Ramirez Libraryin

Harlingen, (shown here left front) was honored on December 9 at an

event celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Area Health

Education Center (AHEC) program at the UT Health Science Center.

Greysi has a 15-year affiliation with the AHEC program, beginning in

1995 with her appointment as circuit librarian for the Lower Rio

Grande Valley.

One of Greysis responsibilities as a Circuit Librarian was to introduce

clinicians at hospitals across South Texas to online resources. Her

work also contributed to a grant, in 1996, from the National Library of

Medicine that paid for Internet access at thirteen health care facilities

across the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

Congratulations to Jorge Martinez, Information Technology Specialist,

who received a Bachelors of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) from

Texas A&M University San Antonio on Sunday, December 19, 2010.

Jorge, who offices in the Briscoe Library, also provides technology

support for the Ramirez Library in Harlingen, the Laredo Regional

Campus Library, the library at Texas Research Park and University Health

Service Downtown Library.

AHEC honors Ramirez librarian for her role in the development ofthe Circuit Librarian Health Information Network

Jorge Martinez graduates from Texas A&M San Antonio
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Scottish anatomist and surgeon John Hunter is described as the father of

scientific surgery.

The youngest of ten children, Hunter grew up on a farm on the outskirts of

Glasgow and received only a basic education. After spending several years as a

cabinetmaker, he joined his brother William, a prominent anatomist and

obstetrician, in London. There, while preparing specimens for Williams

anatomy lectures, John had dealings with the notorious resurrection men who

supplied medical schools with cadavers. Johns dissection skills were soimpressive that he was taken on as Williams assistant, and in 1753, after

studying medicine, he became a master anatomist.

During the Seven Years War John Hunter served as staff surgeon in the British

Army, gathering experiences he would later compile into his famous treatise on

gunshot wounds. Back in London, he returned to surgical practice and to his

extensive collection of specimens, one of which was the skeleton of Charles

Byrne, the legendary Irish pituitary giant. Hunters reputation grew, and he

eventually became a Fellow of the Royal Society and surgeon-extraordinaire to

George III.

John Hunter was one of sciences most brilliant innovators. He publishedbreakthrough studies on venereal disease (inadvertently contracting syphilis in

the course of his experiments). He also developed important new surgical

techniques - among them, methods for repairing the Achilles tendon and for arterial ligature in cases of

aneurysm.

The Natural History of Human Teeth, one of Hunters most important works, revolutionized the practice of

dentistry and provided medical research with a new, scientific nomenclature for the teeth. Hunter based his

book on detailed observations of the anatomy of the jaw and mouth. He described the tooths construction -

bone, pulp and enamel - and examined the processes of tooth development in fetuses and children. Hunters

many valuable contributions to the advancement of medicine make him one of the greatest names in science.

John Hunter: the father of scientific surgeryResources from the collection of the P.I. Nixon Library

The P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library owns all three of the Hunter classics mentioned in this article:

The Natural History of the Human Teeth

Treatise on the Venereal Disease

Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-Shot Wounds

Visitors can stop by the Special Collections Reading Room Briscoe Room 5.078 to view these medical

historical treasures. Information about reading room hours can be found here.

Pennie Borchers

Special Collections Librarian

Illustration of jaws and

teeth from: The natural

history of the human

teeth: explaining their

structure, use,

formation, growth, anddiseases,by John

Hunter, 1778.
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The Libraries wish you a very happy New Year!

Laredo Regional Campus Library

Ramirez Library

Briscoe Library
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