Dentistry Library Newsletter
December 1999
DENTISTRY LIBRARY NEWS:
* News About Course Reserves
* Upcoming Classes
CAMPUS NEWS:
* New Databases & Reference Tools Highlighted
* Electronic Journals Highlighted
FYI:
* Research Resources: Lab Animals
* Diversity Links
* BioBeat Magazine: Free
* New From Nature
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NEWS ABOUT COURSE RESERVES
by Ken Eccles, Library Supervisor
It's time for the Dentistry Library to start placing course materials
on reserve for the upcoming Winter Term. Our Reserve Coordinator, Ryan
Neice , will soon be sending out reserve request forms
through campus mail and -- for the first time this semester -- email.
In addition, the Dentistry Library is gathering data to determine which
items need to be placed on extended reserve, so please keep an eye out for
these request forms and make sure that the reserve materials which are
listed adequately fill the needs of your Fall and Winter Term courses.
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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:
< dentistry.library@umich.edu >
or phone 764-1526, the Library Circulation Desk.
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
Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology
http://www.infobiogen.fr/services/chromcancer
Contains information mostly on leukemias and lymphomas.
The Native Health Research Database
http://hsc.unm.edu/nhrd/
Sample search found 27 articles on "caries". Appropriate for community
health dentistry, outreach initiatives, and special population studies.
Iter
http://iter.library.utoronto.ca/iter/index.htm
Iter, meaning 'a journey' or 'a path' in Latin, is a non-profit research
project to increase access to all published materials pertaining to the
Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700), through the creation of online
bibliographic databases. Because the database goes back to the beginning
of the journals in question, you can find some pretty amazing early
articles on dental history, such as the following three.
Proskauer, Curt. A merry medicine for the teeth (ca. 1520). Bulletin
of the history of medicine, vol. 21, no. 1 (1947), p. 102-109.
Rosenthal, Franz. Bibliographical notes on medieval Muslim dentistry.
Bulletin of the history of medicine, vol. 34, no. 1 (1960), p. 52-60
Salamon, Henrik. Dentistry in the ghetto. Bulletin of the history of
medicine, vol. 18, no. 1 (1945), p. 66-101.
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ELECTRONIC JOURNALS HIGHLIGHTED
- International journal of systematic bacteriology (47- 1997-)
*Trial* access to the online version: http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/
- The username and password are needed to access the online version
of all the Nature journals. To get this information, please contact x3-3071.
The nice point, is that you *can* get all of the journals from Nature
online through the University. See also the article at the end of
this newsletter about special resources available from Nature online.
Nature (387- 1997-)
http://www.nature.com/
1995- Full-text via UM-MEDSEARCH: http://medsearch.lib.umich.edu/
Nature biotechnology (16- 1998-)
http://biotech.nature.com/
Nature cell biology (1- 1999-)
http://CellBio.nature.com/
Nature genetics (19- 1998-)
http://genetics.nature.com/
Nature medicine (4- 1998-)
http://medicine.nature.com/
Nature neuroscience (1- 1998-)
http://neurosci.nature.com/
Nature structural biology (5- 1998-)
http://structbio.nature.com/
- Science Direct
The PEAK service, which provides electronic journals by the publisher
Elsevier, is being replaced by this new service. This is a partial
list of the dental journals available through this service. All
titles are restricted to University of Michigan network.
Archives of oral biology (41- 1996-)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00039969
Biomaterials (17- 1996-)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01429612
Bone (18- 1996-)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/87563282
Controlled clinical trials (16- 1995-)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01972456
Dental materials (14- 1998-)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01095641
Journal of dentistry (24- 1996-)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03005712
The Journal of pain and symptom management (11- 1996-)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/08853924
Oral oncology (32- 1996-)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13688375
The best mode of access to all electronic journals remains
the University Library System's alphabetical list of electronic
journals, which can be found at:
http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/EJNLLST.HTML
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RESEARCH RESOURCES: LAB ANIMALS
A.V.M.A. Panel on Euthanasia, 1993 Report of the
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/noawicpubs/avmaeuth.htm
Animal Welfare Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx/9cfrv1.html
Applied Research Ethics National Association
http://www.aamc.org/research/primr/arena/
Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
http://www.jhsph.edu/~caat/caat.html
Foundation for Biomedical Research
http://www.fbresearch.org/
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/labrats/
Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals
http://www.apa.org/science/anguide.html
Human & Animal Protection, NIH Office of Extramural Research, Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oprr/oprr.htm
Lab Animal Magazine
http://www.labanimal.com
Laboratory Animal Training Association
http://www.latanet.com/
Includes E-Source Buyer's Guide:
http://www.latanet.com/e-source/ESOURCE/esource.htm
NASA Principles for the Ethical Care and Use of Animals
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oprr/dc97-2.htm
National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)
http://www.nabr.org/
OPRR Laboratory Animal Welfare
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oprr/library_animal.htm
OPRR: PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals Tutorial
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oprr/tutorial/index.htm
Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oprr/phspol.htm
Women's Health: Developing Treatments & Cures Through Animal Research
http://www.fbresearch.org/womenshealth.htm
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DIVERSITY LINKS
Cultural diversity issues and resources in the online health care
environment are taking on increased prominence.
The best of the suggested general resources links appears to be a
rather remarkable document from the American Medical Association
defining standards and issues in Cultural Competency.
AMA's Cultural Competence Initiative
http://www.ama-assn.org/ethic/diversity/index.htm
See also:
AMA's Diversity in Medical Education
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/downloads/minority/html/1524.html
AMA's Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/downloads/minority/html/263.html
Last Acts: A National Coalition to Improve Care and Caring at the
End of Life
http://www.lastacts.org./
One of the issues with cultural diversity is accessibility to information
in your own language. If any of you have Spanish-speaking patients,
you may want to know about the following resource. Note, it does
require registration.
MedLine -- Medical Online Information
http://www.medline.com.mx/
Some other resources for foreign language patient information include:
healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health)
http://www.noah.cuny.edu/
Since you can't always find the information you want in the language
you need, you may want to be aware of the automatic translation resources
such as the following.
http://babelfish.altavista.com
There are genuine risks to relying on automated translators, so if you are looking for a human biomedical translator, you may want to check the following resource.
http://www.mlists.net/translators
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BIOBEAT MAGAZINE: FREE
Log on to BioBeat(SM) Online Magazine (http://www.biobeat.com ) and
subscribe for free to an Internet magazine covering the world of
life science research. The magazine focuses on work done by researchers,
pharmaceutical companies, and private enterprise using technology
from PE Biosystems. Subscribers receive email updates when new
stories appear. The current issue includes such articles as:
- Prion Mutation in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Tracks
with Migrations of Sephardic Jews Expelled from Spain
during Spanish Inquisition
- Three Naturally Occurring Proteins Show Potent Anti-HIV Activity
- Cherubism Gene Mapped
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NEW FROM NATURE
In recognition of the importance of the sequencing of the first
human chromosome, Nature has made the full-text of this paper, and the accompanying News and Views article available free of charge to all Nature
registrants in this week's Feature of the Week section:
http://www.nature.com/cgi-bin/wbsp-home.cgi
Warning, this is an extremely popular move on their part, and the
server has been swamped since they announced the availability of this
article on the web.
Other news and resources from Nature, the journal, includes the fact
that they recently had their 130th anniversary. You can find
the very first issue, from 4 November 1869, on their website at:
http://helix.nature.com/first/
Nature also introduces their new column "Futures". This new series
brings an entertaining view of scientific advances in the next
millennium from some of today's great science fiction writers,
starting with Sir Arthur C. Clarke.
Remember the Nature, like many other journals, allows you to
register for free e-mail table of contents, as well as news
and alerts. Check out their web site to register:
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