Dentistry Library Newsletter

November 1999

DENTISTRY LIBRARY NEWS:
* Evening Reference Service Begins
* Announcing "New" Rare Books
* HealthWeb: Evidence-Based Dentistry
* Upcoming Classes

CAMPUS NEWS:
* New Databases & Reference Tools Highlighted
* Dictionaries Online
* Electronic Journals Highlighted
* Faculty Exploratory Consulting Times

FYI:
* William Osler's 150th Birthday
* Ethics & Healthcare: Issues Virtual and Not
* Drug Information on the Internet
* IOM Reports Online
* Research Resources
* ASM Journals, or Not?
* Diversity Links
* Who Needs a Library Anyway?
* Virtual Dental Humor


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EVENING REFERENCE SERVICE BEGINS

The Dentistry Library is beginning reference hours, focusing
specifically on the early evening hours when clinics have
closed and schedules are a little more open. This service 
is an experiment to see if there is justification for a
more permanent service or more extended reference hours.
We will also be exploring alternative modes for providing
reference support, trying to find the best way to meet
your needs for information and information problem solving.

Official reference desk hours will start as:

  Monday:     4pm-7pm
  Wednesday:  4pm-7pm
  Friday:     3pm-5pm

Stop by and see what we can do for you! Let us know what you think.


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ANNOUNCING "NEW" RARE BOOKS

The Dentistry Library is proud to announce the gift of several
special titles from the history of dentistry. These titles were
the gift of the School of Dentistry, which makes them especially
precious, even if they had not already been on the Library's 
wish list of "wanted titles" for many years.

Fabricius, ab Aquapendente, ca. 1533-1619
Hieronymi Fabricii ab Aquapendente ... Opera omnia anatomica
  et physiologica ... / Lugduni Batavorum : Apud Johannem van 
  Kerckhem, 1738.
QM 21 .F12 1738
  A classic early work on anatomy and physiology, including
  the head and neck, but encompassing the entire body.

Fabricius, ab Aquapendente, ca. 1533-1619.
Hieronymi Fabricii ab Aquapendente, medico-chirurgicorum toto
  orbe praeclarissimi. Anatomes & chirurgiae in celeberrimo
  Patavino Lycaeo professoris supraordinarii ... / Lugduni 
  Batavorum : Ex officina Boutesteniana, 1723.
RD 30 .F132 1723
  This book includes a detailed section on early dental surgery,
  with an unusual early illustration of dental "armor".

Kirmisson, E. (Edouard), 1848-1927.
Traite des maladies chirurgicales d'origine congenitale / Paris : 
  Masson ..., 1898.
RD 761 .K58 1898
  A very early work on the correction of craniofacial anaomalies.

Colyer, Frank, 1866-1954.
John Hunter and odontology /
London : Claudius Ash, Sons, & Co., 1913.
RK 43 .H95 C72 1913
  Although relatively recent, this title is very difficult to find.

Conradi, Johann Gottfried, 1702-1776.
Sr. konigliche majest. zu Dannemark, Norwegen c. Hof-Mund
  und Zahn-Arztes Johann Gottfried Conradi, Kurze Abhandlung
  von den Krankheiten der Zahne und deren Kur ... / Copenhagen : 
  gedruckt bey Ludolph Henrich Lillie ..., <1755>
RK 301 .C7685 1755
  A unique title written especially by Johann Conradi for the
  King of Denmark on diseases of the teeth. 


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HEALTHWEB: DENTISTRY: EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY

Revised and expanded version now available at:

  http://www.lib.umich.edu/hw/dent/clinical/eb.html   

The main HealthWeb: Dentistry page remains at:

  http://www.lib.umich.edu/hw/dent/   

Suggestions welcome! Send to Pat Anderson 


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UPCOMING CLASSES

The Dentistry Library will be sponsoring the following  open 
classes during the months of November and December. Medline
and database classes are limited to enrollments of 12; scanning
classes are limited to emrollments of 6 per session. Please 
register by sending an e-mail to:

  

or phone 764-1526, the Library Circulation Desk.

  Introductory Image Scanning; instructor: Pat Anderson
  November 23rd, Tuesday, 12-1, CAIDENT

  Introductory Medline; instructor: Doreen Bradley
  November 30th, Tuesday, 12-1, CAIDENT

  Web Of Science; instructor: Doreen Bradley
  December 2nd, Wednesday, 12-1, CAIDENT

  Introductory Medline; instructor: Doreen Bradley
  December 8th, Wednesday, 12-1, CAIDENT

  Introductory Image Scanning; instructor: Pat Anderson
  December 9th, Thursday, 12-1, CAIDENT

  Introductory Image Scanning; instructor: Pat Anderson
  December 15th, Wednesday, 12-1, CAIDENT

  Advanced Medline; instructor: Doreen Bradley
  December 16th, Thursday, 12-1, CAIDENT


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NEW DATABASES & REFERENCE TOOLS HIGHLIGHTED

Health Reference Center, from InfoTrac
http://www.searchbank.com/transfer/searchbank/lom_umichanna   
  An amazing resource with many fulltext journals and newsletters.
  Definately worth checking out.

Polling the Nations
http://webspirs.silverplatter.com/cgi-bin/customers/c135082/c135082.cgi   
  This database includes statistics and opinion polls, such as one
  from Self Magazine showing that in 1998 more women visited their 
  dentist, than visited their ob/gyn specialist or internist!

Facts On File
http://www.factsonfile.com/   


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DICTIONARIES ONLINE

There are quite a variety of dictionaries on the web now, all of
which are easy to use, and most of which are searchable or browsable. 
This makes it rather straightforward to check the meaning or spelling 
of a term. Here are a few.

  General
    Oxford English Dictionary (UM only)
     http://www.hti.umich.edu/dict/oed/   
    Dictionaries.com (when you're away from home)
      http://www.dictionaries.com   
    
  Medical
    AMA Health Insight: General Health: Medical Glossary
      http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/glossary/index.htm   

  Dental
    AAO Orthodontic Glossary: 
      http://www.aaortho.org/glossary/search.html   
    Dental Terminology (General Terms)
      http://www.pe.net/~iddpc1/denterm1.htm   

Many more dictionaries are available at the University Libraries'
General Reference Resources web page:

  http://www.lib.umich.edu/eresources/GenRef.html   


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ELECTRONIC JOURNALS HIGHLIGHTED

  Academic Medicine: Journal of the AAMC
  http://www.aamc.org/findinfo/aamcpubs/acadmed/start.htm   

  British Dental Journal
  http://www.bdj.co.uk/   

  Molecular cell
  http://www.molecule.org/   

  Science Direct
  The PEAK service, which provides electronic journals by the publisher
  Elsevier, is being replaced by this new service. More information
  will be available as the service becomes more established. The best
  mode of access to these electronic journals remains by first checking
  the University Library System's alphabetical list of electronic
  journals, which can be found at:
    

So, if we are still prescribing antibiotics rather than roots,
where can we get quick and easy information about these medications?
I have two definate favorites for finding information about
prescription drugs:

  RXlist: http://www.rxlist.com/   
    Available free, similar to the PDR. Includes special services
    as well, such as a special collection on alternative and herbal
   medications and their interactions with some commonly prescribed
   drugs, or another favorite, the top 200 prescribed drugs of 1999, 
   1998, 1997, ...

  MicroMedex: http://s-ummc-web8.mcit.med.umich.edu/mdxdocs/mdxhome.html   
    Includes information from a variety of professional drug information
    sources. Most useful tool is probably the drug interaction finder,
    which allows you to build a profile of a given patient's prescriptions
    and find all potential interactions. Highly recommended.

However, there are other issues as well to consider in exploring
drug information on the Internet. The commercial aspect of selling
prescription drugs and information about them is a serious concern.
You may want to check the following two brief articles for highlights
of these issues.

  Bidders High on Drugs.com? 
  http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,21128,00.html   

  Drug Web Sites May be Hazardous
  http://www.wired.com/news/reuters/0,1349,32172,00.html   


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IOM REPORTS ONLINE

This isn't new, but I find many people are unaware of this service
from the Institute of Medicine. They have made all their published
reports also available in fulltext on the Web through the National
Academy of Presses, which also provides many (but not all) publications
from several university presses. To test out this service, go the the
following URL:

http://www4.nas.edu/IOM/IOMHome.nsf/Pages/Recently+Released+Reports   

select the title you wish to examine, then click on "Open Book - 
Read - Searchable". Some examples of interesting titles available
here include:

  Assuring Data Quality and Validity in Clinical Trials for Regulatory 
  Decision Making: Workshop Report
  http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9623.html   

  Dietary reference intakes: calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, vitamin D, 
  and fluoride 
  http://www.nap.edu/books/0309063507/html/index.html   

  Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2010: Final Report
  http://books.nap.edu/html/healthy3/   

  Vaccines for the 21st Century
  http://books.nap.edu/catalog/5501.html   
    Forthcoming in print, but available now on the web. 


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RESEARCH RESOURCES

As part of developing a proposed section of resources for researchers 
on the Dentistry Library's web site, a variety of resources have
been selected which you may find of interest now, even through our
web site revision is not yet complete. In particular note the early
deadline on the first listing.

Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education
(POWRE) [application deadline Dec. 9, 1999]
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf98160/nsf98160.htm   

Ellis, Gary B.  "Protecting the Rights and Welfare of Human Research
Subjects" (National Policy Perspectives, September 1999) 
Academic Medicine (September 1999) 74:
http://www.aamc.org/findinfo/aamcpubs/acadmed/sept1999/npp.htm   

Organizations:
  National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)
  http://www.nabr.org/   

  Foundation for Biomedical Research
  http://www.fbresearch.org/   

  Applied Research Ethics National Association
  http://www.aamc.org/research/primr/arena/   

Government Resources
  Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the 
  Protection of Human Subjects of Research
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oprr/humansubjects/guidance/belmont.htm   

  Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP)
  https://www-commons.cit.nih.gov/crisp/   

  Intellectual property restrictions on access to and use of research 
  tools in biomedical research (main page)
  http://www.nih.gov/welcome/forum/   

  Monoclonal Antibody Production; A Report of the Committee ... 1999 [NOTE: Large PDF file]
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/antibodies.pdf   

  Principles for Recipients of NIH Research Grants and Contracts on 
  Obtaining and Disseminating Biomedical Research Resources / 
  National Institutes of Health (NIH), May 25, 1999
  http://www.nih.gov/od/ott/RTguide.htm   

  Report of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Working Group on 
  Research Tools, ... June 4, 1998
  http://www.nih.gov./news/researchtools/index.htm   

  Report to the Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH from the 
  Office for Protection from Research Risks Review Panel
  http://www.nih.gov/welcome/director/060399b.htm   


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ASM JOURNALS, OR NOT?

I know from comments from the faculty that the ASM journals
are some of the most desired and cited journals of our
research faculty. We have had requests for electronic
versions of these, and I have been forced to say that this
is not likely to occur in the near future. Part of the
reason for this is unreasonable pricing on the part of
ASM for the electronic versions of their journals. An 
exceptionally well-written review of this issue has
recently been written by David Goodman of Princeton,
and is circulating heavily among the library population.
I thought you faculty, as professionals in that area and
possibly members of ASM, are likely to have more influence
with ASM. For your information, the Goodman piece is available
on the web at:

http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/9910/msg00046.html   

Additional information on the broader scope of this issue is
available at: http://www.research.att.com/~amo/doc/eworld.html   


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WHO NEEDS A LIBRARY ANYWAY?

This was the title of a recent speech by Stanford University
President, Gerhard Casper. Stanford recently built an large
addition to their existing campus library, partly to address
the same sorts of issues now being faced on a smaller scale
by the Dentistry Library. My favorite quote from his talk is:

   "The search to know --the search for truth --has always been 
   characterized by the need to doubt, the need to be critical, 
   including being self-critical: looking not just for the evidence, 
   but for the counterevidence as well. The holdings of the university 
   library --paper, object and digital --are one of the means by which 
   the university performs its role as the custodian of that rational 
   process." 

The full speech is available online from Stanford's web site:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/report/news/october13/libtext-1013.html   


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DIVERSITY LINKS

Looking for dates to avoid scheduling an event? Trying to be
sensitive to diversity, but just don't know all the groups
and their holidays? Try checking the Diversity Calendar
from Diversity at Work Online!
http://www.diversityatwork.com/dcalendar/dcalendar.html   

The student journal of the AMA recently had a special issue
devoted to the issues of the LGBT community in medicine, both
as healthcare professionals and issues for patients.

Special issue on: Lesbian and Gay Men's Health,
http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/msjama/articles/vol_282/no_13/toc.htm   

This special issues includes:
  Gay Men and Lesbians in Medicine: Has Discrimination Left the Room?
  Uneasy Partners: The Lesbian and Gay Health Care Community and the AMA
  Domestic Partnership Benefits at Medical Universities
  Harassment of Lesbians as Medical Students and Physicians
  Sexual Orientation and Youth Suicide

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VIRTUAL DENTAL HUMOR

To accompany the Dentistry Library's current exhibit on Humor in 
Dentistry, please enjoy the following collection of dental humor
on the Internet.

Humorous Pictures
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/perez/dentist.html   
  http://www.nationalpostcards.com/c4773.jpg   

Tall Tale Three: Night of the Dentist
http://www.kith.org/logos/things/callahan/dentist.html   
  My absolute favorite.

The 12 Days of Xmas
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~hkeith/12days.html   
  Written from a dental patient's point of view. Actually written 
  by a 22-yr-old Carnegie Mellon student.

Dr. Charles Jarvis, DDS, "The Finest Painkiller on the
Platform Circuit"
http://www.squaresail.com/drjarvis.html   
  This web site is also the home to "The Art of Using Humor in Public 
  Speaking", http://www.squaresail.com/auh.html

From Oral Health Products & Robert G. Jones, DDS:
  A Dentist's Bedtime Story
  http://www.oralhealthproducts.com/dentist_bedtime_story1.ht   m
  When Knights Were Bold
  http://www.oralhealthproducts.com/when_knights_were_bold1.htm   

Laughter is the Best Medicine, Medical Section
http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/becqr/16.htm   
  A collection of jokes mostly from the Reader's Digest. Many excellent
  dental situations appropriate for family humor.

Miscellaneous Jokes (Varying Quality):
  The Canonical Medical Humor Site
  http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~atan/jokes/canonical_medical.html#dentist   

  Christmas Dentistry:
  http://www.laffnow.com/humor/xmasdent.htm   

  Dental Humor from "The Florida Dentist"
  http://www.floridadentist.com/dentists.htm   

  Dental World: Dentist's Humor
  http://gbsystems.com/hdentisi.htm   

  FlossBoss: Humorous newsletter on dental hygiene
  http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/9781/   

  JokeDoctor: Would you rather have your tooth drilled or ...?
  http://www.slcc.edu/mail/lists/jokedoctor/0068.html   

  Jokes2000
    Pull It Out:
    http://www.jokes2000.com/jokes/files/joke8557.htm   
    Dentist:
    http://www.jokes2000.com/jokes/files/joke9049.htm   
    Practical Joke:
    http://www.jokes2000.com/jokes/files/joke9904.htm   
    Hurry Up:
    http://www.jokes2000.com/jokes/files/joke9306.htm