Andreas Vesalius Birthday Party

The TMC Library will celebrate 100 years in 2015 with a series of events throughout the year. The first event will be held on Monday, January 12 at noon to celebrate Andreas Vesalius 500th Birthday.

Attend a presentation by L. Maximilian Buja,MD on the life of Vesalius.

Italian style food and Prosecco will be served - generously underwritten by the Houston Academy of Medicine (first come, first served). Grab some birthday cake and refreshments, view our copy of one of the earliest editions of Vesalius magnum opus; De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the fabric of the human body) and get your photo taken with "Andy," a life-sized cut-out of a Vesalius illustration!

The event will be held on the first floor of the TMC Library, 1133 John Freeman Blvd.

This event is free and open to the public. Visit the TMC  Library Centennial website for more information: http://library.tmc.edu/tmclibrary100/

Library Holiday Hours

The TMC Library will be open from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm on the following days:

Monday, December  22, Tuesday, December  23 

Friday,    December  26, Monday, December  29 

Tuesday, December 30    

Saturday, December 20, 27 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday,   December 21, 28 from 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

                                                      

The Library will be closed on Wednesday, December 24, Thursday, December 25

Wednesday, December 31 and Thursday, January 1, 2015.

Regular hours resume Friday, January 2, 2015.

Happy Holidays

Rare Medical Treasures from the TMC Library Archives

The TMC Library is pleased to host 2 presentations by Howard Rootenberg on:

December 11, 2014 – 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm (brown bag lunch; some refreshments provided)

December 12, 2014 – 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – light appetizers, refreshments

In the lobby of the TMC Library
1133 John Freeman Blvd.



The Art of the Book: rare medical treasures from the TMC Library archives

Tucked safely away in a private, locked room in the McGovern Rare Book Room at the TMC Library, are some beautiful jewels of medical books – some dating
back to the 14th century. These incredible labors of love painstakingly printed and many annotated, trace the practice and knowledge of medicine back to
the Renaissance. Many are beautifully done, and passed down through the centuries from practitioner to practitioner. 

If you love books, and appreciate the history they tell, come hear Howard bring these volumes to life and see them displayed for a rare public viewing.

Howard Rootenberg is an internationally known specialist in rare books and manuscripts in the fields of science, medicine, technology and natural history. B & L Rootenberg Rare Books is located in Los Angeles, California, not far from UCLA and the Getty Museum.

In September, Howard spent several very happy days poking around in the McGovern Rare Books Room evaluating our collection. Turns out, we had some very valuable and rare items that were quite unique.  

See you there!                                 

For more information, contact pmontgomery@library.tmc.edu or call 713.799.7145.

Or visit our website at www.library.tmc.edu/Friends/ Events 

New Library Subscription: JAMAevidence®

JAMAevidence® provides fundamental tools for teaching, learning, and applying evidence-based medicine in the assessment of health problems and outcomes of health care. 

Users will find leading references that explain basic principles to turn theory into practice, customizable worksheets that allow them to systematically apply evidence-based medicine to their cases, and PowerPoint slideshows to enhance classroom and conference learning.

To access JAMAevidence® visit:  http://library.tmc.edu/resources/

TMC Library Holiday Hours

The TMC Library will be closed on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28 in observance of Thanksgiving Day.

Regular hours resume on Saturday, November 29.

Happy Thanksgiving Holiday

Holiday Luncheon 2014

This year, the TMC Library will hold its luncheon on Tuesday, December 2nd, from 11 am to 1 pm, and we have the privilege to honor three outstanding individuals who have spent decades laboring in health and education for the betterment of everyone in our community. They are:


William T. Butler, MD, Chancellor Emeritus, Baylor College of Medicine
Patricia L. Starck, PhD, Dean, School of Nursing, UTHealth, and,
Dana C. Rooks, MLS, Dean of Libraries, University of Houston

In addition, Steven Klineberg, PhD, Co-Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University, will be our guest speaker and give us a glimpse of how the future new America will impact our existing health care delivery systems.

For questions or more information, please contact Development at 713.799.7139 or email
development@exch.library.tmc.edu

The Lancet Backfiles

The Texas Medical Center Library recently acquired access to the backfiles of The Lancet, one of the top international medical journals.   Our access has been provided via our consortial participation with the UT Digital System Library's Academic Library Collection Enhancement Program.

This full-text searchable backfile begins with the first issue in 1823, offering over 180 years of excellent coverage of advances in health and medicine. In this time span you will find the best and the worst in the history of medical practice.

For those of you interested in the current issues, keep in mind that The Lancet also provides a convenient RSS Feed of the new articles in each week’s issue. Enjoy.

Meet the Author Lin Weeks Wilder

The Fragrance Shed by a Violet   - A Medical Mystery set in the Texas Medical Center

Friday, October 3, 2014  11:30 am– 1:00 pm        

Lobby of the TMC Library – 1133 John Freeman Blvd.

 Hear Lin speak and sign her books at the TMC Library and enjoy light refreshments.

Lin worked in the Texas Medical Center for almost 25 years as Dr. Lin Weeks, with the last 18 years as VP of Operations at Memorial Hermann and Chair of the Institutional Ethics Committee while also earning her Doctorate in Public Health from the UTHealth School of Public Health in 1995.

While serving as Chair of the Hermann Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee for five years, Weeks-Wilder was featured in TIME Magazine and in Lisa Belkin’s award winning documentary book, First Do No Harm about the committee and Weeks-Wilder.

Now a full-time writer, Dr. Wilder has published over 38 articles and 6 books on topics such as hospital management, institutional ethics, cardiovascular physiology, nursing practice, management and Catholic Christianity. She is currently writing the sequel to The Fragrance Shed by a Violet.

Website: http://www.linwilder.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lincwilder

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LinWilder

The Fragrance Shed by a Violet is available for purchase at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Tate Publishing. 

Trial Access EBooks

The University of Texas System Digital Library has provided trial access to over 500 Elsevier electronic books. The trial will expire on September 20, 2015.

You can sort the e-titles by subject, by title or use the search box to perform a keyword search.

 To access the e-book trial page visit the following link:
http://library.tmc.edu/resources/trial-access-ebooks/

New journal additions to The TMC Library collection

 


The TMC Library is pleased to offer access to four new Informahealthcare titles:

Journal of Interprofessional Care 
Seminars in ophthalmology
Ophthalmic genetics
Expert Review of ophthalmology

We also have continuing subscriptions to two other Informahealthcare journals: Brain Injury and Medical Teacher

Informahealthcare is a leading STM publisher, offering peer-reviewed content from disciplines across pharmaceutical research, life science and clinical medicine. Our subscriptions cover full text from 1997 to the present, and may be accessed from either our Summon search tool, our PubMed link, or our via the A to Z list page on our library website.

Just go to Search Resources from the library homepage, and choose the access point that best fits your research needs.

TMC Library Announces New Search Tool

We are excited to announce our new Google-like single search tool that will be implemented on Wednesday, August 27 (demo below). As always, we are available for one-on-one questions and group instruction. Please contact us via e-mail, chat, text or phone at: http://askus.library.tmc.edu/

Library Student Lounge Opening

Join us to celebrate the grand opening of our Student Lounge.

Free food, drinks, give aways and prizes!!

Dogs and cats from Faithful Paws will also be there to provide unconditional love and therapy.

When: Wednesday, August 27

Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Where: Street level floor of the Library

Impact of The Affordable Care Act - Town Hall Meeting

Join U.S. Congressmen Michael Burgess, MD and  Pete Olson for a Town Hall Meeting on the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 10:00 am, at the UTHealth Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin MSB 3.001 (third floor).

The meeting is open to Texas Medical Center Area Physicians, Nurses, Healthcare Professionals and Students.

For more information contact: 713.500.3964

Please email your questions prior to the Town Hall to: Kial.Vidic@mail.house.gov

ProQuest System Maintenance

On July 25, 2014, ProQuest will make improvements to its internal systems and prepare to launch new technology for 360 Link.

The new technology for 360 Link - Index Enhanced Direct Linking (IEDL) and a new Sidebar Helper frame - will provide the most reliable access to full text, enable libraries to maintain a seamless presence in the researcher's workflow, and promote additional resources. 

The following products and platforms will not be available from approximately 7:00 PM CDT, Friday, July 25, 2014 through 5:00 AM CDT, Saturday, July 26, 2014.

• Management services (360 Resource Manager, 360 Counter, 360 Core, Ulrichsweb, Ulrich's Serials Analysis System, and Intota)
• Administration centers for our discovery services (Summon, 360 Link, 360 Search, and 360 Core)

Please note this maintenance is for library internal resources: Patron-facing discovery services will not be affected.

EBSCO and Science Direct Access Problems

The Resource Management Department is working on resolving access issues involving some EBSCO databases.

The graphic on the left column, displays the results you may get when attempting to access journals in the EBSCO databases.
  
And, in Science Direct, users aren't prompted for their library usernames and passwords when they try to get to full text articles using either the A to Z list, or the Science Direct link in the databases list. However, users have been successfully accessing full text articles in Science Direct going through our PubMed link.

Technical Access Support personnel for both publisher sites have been contacted and we are hoping to have these issues resolved soon.

Questions? please contact us via chat, e-mail, text or phone at: http://askus.library.tmc.edu/

Thank you for your patience.