Dentistry Library Newsletter

May 1999

* NEW: How to Find the Dentistry Library!
* Research Journals Update
* Int'l Journal of Computerized Dentistry
* New Multimedia!
* New Rare Books
* Healthy People 2010 on the Web
* Science Online
* Upcoming Classes

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NEW!!: HOW TO FIND THE DENTISTRY LIBRARY

You've already heard that the ground level entrance to Kellogg
is undergoing renovation,  however you may not have realized that
this can potentially impact on how you get to the Dentistry Library.
To address any possible confusion over how to find your way to the
Dentistry Library, we have created handouts (available in the
Dentistry Library, or you can request to have copies sent to
you via campus mail) and a web page with directions and a map.

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


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RESEARCH JOURNALS UPDATE

During March, the Dentistry faculty were polled for input regarding
the possible cancellation of four journal titles which are expensive 
(all over $1000/yr) and three of which are duplicated in 
multiple libraries on campus. These possible cancellations were
identified as part of a campus-wide cost-saving effort. The
responses from the faculty were informative and instrumental 
in providing me with the decision-making information I needed.
Here is what happened with those individual titles.

1. EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
   Not yet available electronically. This will hopefully become
   available in an electronic version during the coming year. 
   It will not be cancelled now, but will be revisited next year.

2. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
   Significant percentage of faculty population asked to keep this
   as a core title. No cancellation.

3. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY
   Significant faculty requests to keep this title, although it was
   a smaller group. Concern seemed to focus primarily on electronic
   access. This issue is discussed further below. This title will
   not be cancelled at this time, but will be revisted next year. 

4. JOURNAL OF ADHESION
   Cancelled. This cost for this title in the 1997-98 fiscal year
   was close to $12,000/yr! There were no faculty requests to keep
   this title. The library will gladly honor interlibrary loan
   requests for any articles desired from this journal.

Part of the issue for many faculty seemed to revolce around a lack
of comfort in having only electronic versions as the primary mode of
access. As a subdivision of that concern, many expressed that if
electronic access was to become the default, then it is strongly
desirable to have the electronic access be in the form of PDFs, which
more accurately reflect the print original.

I proposed to the Health Sciences Electronic Collection Development 
Team (E-Team) that we spend this year focusing on educational
efforts to increase the comfort level for electronic journal use, and 
revisit this issue in another year. At that time we should have a 
better idea of how well electronic access  meets the needs of the 
UMSD research community.

Meanwhile, the University Libraries does maintain a massive list of
all the journals for which the University does have access. Even though 
it doesn't have everything you want (we are still in negotiations with 
some of the larger publishers, such as Academic Press, this is a list 
upon which I rely upon. I urge you, whenever you have an journal
article you can't find in the library, check this list! I will try to 
keep you informed as significant new additions occur. The address is:

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


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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTERIZED DENTISTRY

The Dentistry Library has just started receiving our first few
issues of this new journal. Please take special note of Dennis 
Fasbinder's article, which takes lead position in the inaugural 
issue!

Ross, S.; Fasbinder, D.; Reiss, B. Computer applications in 
dental diagnosis. International Journal of Computerized
Dentistry 1998 1(1):9-17.


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NEW MULTIMEDIA!

The Dentistry Library was given special funds this year only for purchasing multimedia products. 
We have begun to receive some of these, and you are all invited to come check them out from the 
Circulation Desk for use at the Library's public computers. Here is a partial list of our new 
CD-ROMs. A full list will be available from our library homepage.

McMinn's Interactive Clinical Anatomy: Head and Neck /  CD-ROM D10
Electronic Encyclopedia on Maxillo-facial, Dental & Skeletal 
  Development /  CD-ROM D8
Dental Development / CD-ROM D7
Lesions of the Oral Mucosa / CD-ROM D6
Interactive Dental Office / RK 60.5 .T69 1999 CD-ROM
TMJ: The Temporo-mandibular Joint / CD-ROM D5
Masticatory Muscles & Anesthesia of the Mandibular Nerve / CD-ROM D9


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NEW RARE BOOKS

We are pleased to announce a few new (to us) additions to our
rare book collection. 

Viau, George, 1855- 
L'art dentaire Francais aux Etats-Unis : Jacques Gardette, 
1756-1831 : (communication au Congres de Bordeaux, 1923) / 
[Paris?] : Publication de L'Odontologie, 1924.
RK 43 .G22 V62 1924 

Schubert, Gotthilf Heinrich von, 1780-1860.
Naturgeschichte des Tier-, Pflanzen- und Mineralreichs in 
kolorierten Bildern nebst erleuterndem Texte fur Schule und 
Haus. / Esslingen bei Stuttgart, J. F. Schreiber [pref. 1886-95]
QH 46 .N31 1886 v.3 pt.2; v.4 
--3. Abt. Naturgeschichte des Mineralreichs fur Schule und Haus.
   Aufl. 2. T.: Geologie und Palaontologie, von F. Rolle.
--4. Abt. (Suppl.- Bd.) Der Bau des menschlichen Korpers. Anatomische
   Beschreibung des Menschen fur Schule und Haus. Nach
   Entwurfen des P. Ebenhoch. Neu bearb. und hrsg. von T.
   Himmelein.

Jourdain, M. (Anselme Louis Bernard BrÈchillet), 1734-1816.
Essais sur la formation des dents : compares avec celle des
os : suivis de plusieurs expÈriences tant sur les os que
sur les parties qui entrent dans leurs constitutions /
Paris : Chez D'Houry, 1766.
RK 280 .J86 1766

Maury, J. C. F.
Manuel du dentiste : pour l'application des dents artificielles 
incorruptibles; suivi de la description de divers instrumens 
perfectionnes orne de quatre planches lithographiees /
Paris : Chez Latour ... Gabon ... L'Auteur ..., 1820.
RK 656 .M47 1820 


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HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 ON THE WEB

While the print copy is on order for the Library, you might find 
it simpler not to wait, and just access this important healthcare 
policy document via the web.

http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/ 


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SCIENCE ONLINE

The journal, SCIENCE, is now available from the AAAS online, and the
University of Michigan Libraries have purchased access. The URL
is http://www.scienceonline.org .  Even though there is a button for
"sign-in," you don't need to.  Our subscription is IP based. Enjoy!


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UPCOMING CLASSES

Upcoming classes being sponsored by the Dentistry Library:

  Image Scanning: Introduction
    In CAIDENT, every lunch hour, the week of May 24-28.
    Bring samples!

  Electronic Journals
    June 2, Wednesday, noon in CAIDENT (registration required, 4-1526)

Some of you have asked about the upcoming classes for the Faculty
Exploratory (which is located in the Hatcher Graduate Library). Yes,
I usually list these classes at the end of my newsletter, but I don't
have a list for you this month. They are strongly encouraging all faculty
who are interested to explore and register for the "Enriching Scholarship"
workshops for this year's TeachTec, which has already been announced.
To register, or for more information, please look at the web site:
  http://www.umich.edu/~teachtec/ 

Exploratory classes for next month will be announced on their web
site following the Enriching Scholarship classes. I will send
more information as it becomes available, or you can check their
web site for yourself.

  http://www.outreach.umich.edu/exploratory