Dentistry Library Newsletter

February 2000

DENTISTRY LIBRARY NEWS:
* New Dentistry Library Web Site 
* Library Survey - HELP US HELP YOU!
* New Exhibit: Landmarks in Afro-American Dentistry
* Report: Research Journal Use by UMSD Research Faculty

CAMPUS LIBRARIES NEWS:
* Authentication to UM-Medsearch
* Taubman Library Literature Search
* Numeric Data Services
* New Databases

FYI:
* NIDCR Opportunities
* IADR Dental History Web Site
* Grad Student Resource
* Diversity Links
* Healthy People 2000/2010
* PubMed Central: More Fulltext Journals
* Finding Information About Medical Devices
* Metric Conversion Resources
* Health Information Online -- Trends and Commentary

This newsletter is online at:
    http://www.lib.umich.edu/dentlib/about/news/0002.html


NEW DENTISTRY LIBRARY WEB SITE

Thanks to all who resonded with wonderful suggestions for the 
new Dentistry Library website. You can now find the complete
version of the web site at:

  http://www.lib.umich.edu/dentlib/

The new version of the Dentistry Library web site is now also linked 
through the main University Library pages (http://www.lib.umich.edu)
and the School of Dentistry homepage (http://www.dent.umich.edu).

In an effort to make our web site as useful as possible to you,
we have expanded the Local Links section. This now includes 
links to local and regional news, maps, weather, and sports, in 
addition to information about the School of Dentistry, the 
University of Michigan and related resources.

  http://www.lib.umich.edu/dentlib/links/


LIBRARY SURVEY -- HELP US HELP YOU!

The School is planning a renovation of the Dentistry Library, including 
a merger of the CAIDENT Center facilities. We are seeking input from
faculty, staff, and students about features of the renovation that are 
most important. Please take a few minutes to respond to this survey and 
help design a library that best meets *your* needs. NOTE: This survey
is available on the web, and you will also receive copies in your
campus mailbox. Please, ONLY FILL IN ONE SURVEY. Only members of
the UM School of Dentistry can fill out the online web survey. 
Thank you all!

  https://intranet.dent.umich.edu/dlsurvey.html


NEW EXHIBIT: LANDMARKS IN AFRO-AMERICAN DENTISTRY

There has been so much attention given to the new exhibit, that
an abbreviated version has been placed on the library web site, for
those of you who may not be nearby at this time.

 http://www.lib.umich.edu/dentlib/about/exhibits/afam/


REPORT: RESEARCH JOURNAL USE BY UMSD RESEARCH FACULTY

A study was done by the Dentistry Library this past year to examine
patterns of journal use by research faculty in the School of Dentistry.
A brief report highlighting preliminary results is now on the web site.

  http://www.lib.umich.edu/dentlib/about/other/research.html


AUTHENTICATION TO UM-MEDSEARCH

As previously announced, the University Libraries have, in an
effort to increase the number of resources available to patrons
from their homes and off-campus locations, changed the procedures
to log in to databases and electronic journals. Among the resources
effected by the change is UM-MEDSEARCH. A number of patrons of 
the Dentistry Library continue to have difficulty with this change.
Briefly, you must create a new account with the library system.
You do this at:
  https://login.umdl.umich.edu/change-password

It is strongly recommended (for security of your e-mail password)
that you choose to use the LIBRARY METHOD, and *not* the Kerberos
Method. This is for your own protection. It does mean that you
must choose a new and different password for accessing library
resources. Follow the instructions online (there is a help button
at every point of the process). Additional information is available
at:
  Remote Access and Proxy Server
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/electres/remote/

  Remote Access and Proxy Server: Frequently Asked Questions
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/electres/remote/faq.html

  Remote Access and Proxy Server: Known Problems
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/electres/remote/knownprob.html


TAUBMAN MEDICAL LIBRARY PROVIDES LITERATURE SEARCH SERVICE

Too busy to do a literature search?  Librarians at Taubman Medical 
Library can provide expert fee-based searches of MEDLINE as well as 
other less readily available databases.  Searches are usually completed 
within one day.  Call 3-3071 to confer with a librarian about your 
literature searching needs.


NUMERIC DATA SERVICES

The University Library system is now offering extra support for
finding and using numeric data sets, such as statistical data sets.
An announcement of this service is at:
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/newnow/nds.html

The service's homepage is at:
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/nsds/


NEW DATABASES

Not scientific, however relevant to the theme of Black History Month, 
the Database of Twentieth Century African American Poetry is at
   http://www.hti.umich.edu/d/daap20/.  

One interesting feature of this collection is a series of author
biographies for the majority of authors with works in the database.  
A list of authors, with links to the biographies, can be found at
   http://www.hti.umich.edu/d/daap20/daap20auth.html


NIDCR OPPORTUNITIES

  Call for Papers: Sugeon General's Conference on Children & Oral Health 
  http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/sgr/children/children.htm

  Training Opportunity: Residency Program in Dental Public Health
  http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/opportunities/res_prog.htm


IADR DENTAL HISTORY WEB SITE

The International Association for Dental Research Ad Hoc Committee
on History has arranged to place on the web the full text of their
1973 book covering the history of the first 50 years of the IADR.
This amazing resource includes, for example, brief biographies
and photos of the early presidents of the association, many of whom 
were or are still today recognized as formative leaders of the 
profession. The University of Michigan is represented through a
number of faculty and alumni of the University and the School 
of Dentistry, including Ura Garfield Rickert (faculty and President 
of the Michigan State Dental Society), Russell Welford Bunting (Dean), 
Philip Jay (faculty), and Clifton Orrin Dummett (alumni). In addition,
the site includes a review of dentistry from antiquity to the 20th
century, achievements of the first half of the 20th century, and
a timeline of milestones in IADR history.

  http://www.iadr.com/iadr_history/contents.htm

The book itself is available in the Dentistry Library at call number 
RK 34 .U5 I62. 


GRAD STUDENT RESOURCE

Getting Through Graduate School - from choosing a mentor to
career guidance to stress support - Web resources to help you
survive and thrive: 

  http://www.biomednet.com/hmsbeagle/70/reviews/insitu


DIVERSITY LINKS

About health disparities, both oral health and general:

  NIDCR Enhancing Diversity in Oral Health Research
  http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/opportunities/diversity/index.htm

  NIDCR Health Disparities 
  http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/opportunities/health_disp.htm

  Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
  http://raceandhealth.hhs.gov

Also important, information about disparities in access to
information:

  While Digital Gap Remains, 4.9 Million African-Americans Now Online 
  http://www.cyberdialogue.com/press/releases/ic-afro_am.html

  Analyst Insight: Old Racial Issues in a New Medium / By Maryann 
  Jones Thompson, By Idil Cakim 
  http://www.thestandard.com/research/metrics/display/0,2799,9857,00.html


HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000 / 2010

Health People 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/hp2000/hp2000.htm

  Oral Health pages:
  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/hp2000/oralhealth/oralhealth.htm
    Includes statistics, disparities, other links.

  CDC's Oral Health Program
  http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/oh/
    Includes fact sheets and patient education resources.

Health People 2010
http://web.health.gov/healthypeople/ or 
http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/ or 
call 1-800-367-4725.

  Toolkit: A Field Guide to Health Planning
  http://web.health.gov/healthypeople/state/toolkit/default.htm


PUBMED CENTRAL: MORE FULLTEXT JOURNALS

PubMed Central is now available at http://pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ .

Journal articles are available both as HTML and PDF. Journals 
currently participating include: 
  Molecular Biology of the Cell
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
     States of America

More journals and publishers are expected to participate and will be
added as they become available.


FINDING INFORMATION ABOUT MEDICAL DEVICES

Since there is no Consumer Reports for medical devices, how 
would you decide what's best for your office or home? The United
Stated Food and Drug Administration maintains a number of web
sites devoted to this information. Of the links below, arguably
the most useful is MAUDE, which allows you to search by device
or type of product, giving information about reported device
failures, as well as the failure cause and outcomes (such as
death or injury). Very useful. Note also a similar site for
the United Kingdom, which should have some information on
devices marketed in Europe.

  FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
  http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/index.html

  FDA Device Advice
  http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/devadvice/

  FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
  Consumer Information on CDRH Topics
  http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/index.html

  FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database  (MAUDE)
  http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/maude.html

  United Kingdom. Medical Devices Agency
  http://www.medical-devices.gov.uk/


METRIC AND OTHER CONVERSION RESOURCES

Life can be difficult, but, with the proliferation of useful tools 
on the Internet, there is no longer any reason to struggle with 
converting a number from one standard to another. The great grand 
master of conversion utilities is the MegaConverter, at:

  http://www.megaConverter.com/

The MegaConverter include conversion utilities between metric and
US standard for distance, weight, volume, you name it. It also 
includes utilities for calendar conversions, currency conversions,
and more. Definately worth exploring. For currency conversions, 
my favorite tool is the Ultimate Currency Converter:

  http://www.xe.net/ucc/

For metric conversions, quite a number of labs have put up their 
own pages with this information, in order to make life easier 
for their own researchers. Here are just a few.

  LIST: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~scp93ch/refer/convfact.html
  FORM: http://swatlab.nmsu.edu/conv.htm
  UTILITY: http://www.brookings.net/~darinaf/measure.html


HEALTH INFORMATION ONLINE -- TRENDS AND COMMENTARY

Pal, Badal. Internet helps communication between doctors and patients. BMJ 2000;320:59 (1 January)
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7226/59

Sasha Shepperd, Deborah Charnock, Bob Gann.
Helping patients access high quality health information 
BMJ 1999;319:764-766 ( 18 September )
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/764?ijkey=uQuC5UracLllc

Alejandro R Jadad
Promoting partnerships: challenges for the internet age 
BMJ 1999;319:761-764 ( 18 September )
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/761?ijkey=PR1AZiYGE0H7Y

Healthcare Industry in Transition -- The Online Mandate to Change
http://www.cyberdialogue.com/pdfs/white_papers/wp-cch-1999-transition.pdf
  "Over 17 million U.S. adults searched online for health and medical 
  information in the last year, a number that could reach 30 million 
  within two years.  ... Standing in the way of a thriving market for 
  online health services are numerous challenges, from concerns about 
  privacy to weaknesses in existing models for making a profit from 
  health information."

The Impact of Ecommerce on Legacy Health-Care Companies 
http://www.cyberdialogue.com/pdfs/white_papers/wp-cch-legacy-1999.pdf
  "Estimates are that the Internet today offers at least 15,000 
  different health-care sites, underscoring the large and growing 
  consumer demand for access to health-related information and services.
  Consumer research conducted by Cyber Dialogue in 1999 found that 24.8 
  million U.S. adults search for health information on the Internet, with 
  the number of health/med retrievers projected to grow to 30 million in 
  the year 2000."

LA Times series about dangers of health coverage in the news:
  Medical Miracles or Misguided Media? 
 http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/reports/medical/lat_medical000213.htm

  Medical Journals Exercise Clout in News Coverage 
  http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/reports/medical/lat_medical000214.htm

  Case Study in How A Story Can Set Off a Frenzy 
  http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/reports/medical/lat_gina000213.htm

CONSUMER REPORTS: Online health information:  WHO CAN YOU TRUST?
http://www.consumerreports.org/Special/Samples/Reports/0001onhea.htm
   "Root canals ... cause serious health problems, including heart disease."
   "Fluoride [in drinking water] is a deadly poison." Unfounded health scares,
   such as these, may pop up on your screen when you search the Internet for
   health information.