Featured Database: The Cell: An Image Library

This peer-reviewed repository of thousands of stunning microscopic images of cell types, processes and components is supported by an award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and the National Institutes of Health. Most images are free to use according to the terms of Creative Commons author licenses, rather than restricted by publisher copyright.

Free registration gives the user the ability to save images in a folder. Broader features like multiple public and private folders, sharing and annotation are under development. Many videos are also posted.

Researchers are urged to contribute from their own work and experiments. For more information on the intent of the database and the many current as well as planned features, read more at Leica Science Lab.

Visit: http://cellimagelibrary.org/home to access The Cell Image Library or follow this exciting database in LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Searching Library Resources Using Google Scholar

Do you use Google Scholar to access library resources?

Sources of information in many diverse disciplines are retrievable with Google Scholar. A search can return citations to articles, theses, books, patents, abstracts and court opinions from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and the Web itself. Scholar ranks your search results according to the full text of each document, its place of publication, its author, and the frequency/currency of its citation by others. 

Choose this link 

(http://ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/login?url=http://scholar.google.com//)

if you are registered with The TMC Library as an Academic (Educational) user, to access available full text by clicking the Find It @ TMC Library text.

Even with an individual, independent Google Scholar registration, one can set persistent preferences, among them the convenient option to display The TMC Library's holdings at title level (and those of other libraries). In either case, the Advanced Scholar Search page allows restriction of your search results to a particular date range, subject area, author or journal.

This link (http://scholar.google.com/) is the one to choose if you are not a registered TMC Library E-Resources user and if you are not a member of a TMC academic institution.

                                                                                                                  

TMC Library Holiday hours

The TMC Library will be closed on Sunday, April 8 in observance of Easter.

Regular hours resume Monday, April 9.

Happy Easter!!

Windows Through Time: Discovering The Past Through Photographs

Every photograph is like a moment in the past, frozen into an open window that reveals clues to the person with the mind of a detective. Most photos have no dates or identifying information, so dating photos and extracting helpful information requires a bit of skill and art. 

In this class, participants will learn to use fashion, automobiles, city landscapes and other clues to date pictures. Photos often have hidden stories that tell you more about the culture of the time. 

Participants will learn about and see different types of photos from antique daguerreotypes to 35 mm slides. The archivist will also talk about how best to preserve and keep photographs alive.

Join us for an interesting class on Windows Through Time: Discovering The Past Through Photographs on Wednesday, April 11 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m in the Library classroom.

Taught by: Phil Montgomery, Archivist - Historical Research
Phone: 713.799.7145
Register Here

Creating Your Own eBooks

Would you like to learn about the different eBook file formats for the Kindle, Nook, and other eBook readers? 

Are you aware of the freely available software programs that you can use to create your own eBooks?

Join us for an exciting class on Creating Your Own eBooks on Tuesday, April 10 from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. in the Library classroom.

Taught by: Sandra Yates, Instructional Technologies Librarian - Reference & Outreach
Phone: 713.799.7176
Register Here 

National Public Health Week: April 2-8, 2012

A Healthier America Begins Today: Join the Movement, is the theme of this year's National Public Health Week (NPHW), communities across the United States have observed NPHW as a time to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving the public's health.

Cheryl Rowan, Public Health Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine and who has recently received an award in the library industry by the national publication, Library Journal, will be demonstrating free public health resources at the TMC Library on April 4 -5, 2012.

Among the resources that will be highlighted are:

• MedlinePlus
• Refugee Health Information Network
• Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

Stop by the library for a free demonstration of these public health resources.

Downloading E-Journals from Science Direct in PDF Format

Having trouble saving a journal article in PDF format? Did you know that you can resolve this problem by resetting your Preferences in Adobe Reader?

Most of these problems have occurred with journals from Science Direct. As a reminder, saving PDFs from Science Direct journals has not been possible within Adobe Reader unless the Preferences under the Internet category were reset.

How to Reset Preferences in Adobe Reader:

Go to Edit in your PDF Reader, select Preferences, highlight Internet, and under the Internet category the items in the red box should remain unchecked:

Need help retrieving an article?

Contact the Reference and Outreach Department at: http://www.library.tmc.edu/ask/