Library News - 2018
Redesigned SOM Library Website Coming Soon!
New Website Home Page
The SOM Library is excited to announce that we’ll be launching our redesigned website next week.
The new site has an uncluttered, responsive design with more intuitive navigation and features:
- Five different search boxes on homepage - PubMed, E-Journals, E-Books, Library Catalog, Site search
- Databases A-Z page that you can search or browse
- Drop-down top navigation menu you can use to find resources, learn about our services, and get help
- Library News Blog
(2/22/2018)
Karen McMullen Organizes Eating Disorders Awareness Walk
Karen McMullen
Karen McMullen, Head of Access Services, School of Medicine Library, organized the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) Walk that was held on the USC campus on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
This Daily Gamecock article gives a great overview of the walk which was attended by 166 people, including Cocky!
Karen also received the Community Builder award from the Michael Mungo Foundation in 2016 for her work in organizing the first NEDA walk in Columbia and founding the South Carolina Eating Disorders Association.
The School of Medicine Library is proud of Karen’s important work in raising awareness of eating disorders in South Carolina. Thank you, Karen!
(2/19/2018)
New Login Screen for Remote Access
We have updated the Login Screen for remote access authentication to be more user friendly.
To use your SOM credentials, click “School of Medicine Columbia Users.” This will reveal a 2nd box in which you can enter your SOM network credentials, the same ones you use to check your “@uscmed.sc.edu” email account!
To read more about this change, please check out our Remote Access FAQ page.
(2/2/2018)
Spring 2018 Library Hours
Saturday, February 3, 2018 – Friday, May 11, 2018
Monday – Friday 8:00AM - 6:00PM
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday 1:00PM - 5:00PM
24-hour access available to SOM students, faculty and staff.
(1/30/2018)
MLK Jr. Day Hours
The Library will be closed on Monday, January 15th, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
24-hour access available to SOM students, faculty and staff.
(1/8/2018)
New From AccessMedicine
New Editions
- Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 14e Bertram G. Katzung
- Clinical Neurology, 10e Roger P. Simon, Michael J. Aminoff, David A. Greenberg
- CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Nephrology & Hypertension, 2e Edgar V. Lerma, Mitchell H. Rosner, Mark A. Perazella
- CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2018 Joseph S. Esherick, Evan D. Slater, Jacob A. David
- English-Spanish Medical Dictionary Glenn Rogers
- Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Glenn Rogers
- Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, 8e Robert L. Kane, Joseph G. Ouslander, Barbara Resnick, Michael L. Malone
- Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e Kent R. Olson, Ilene B. Anderson, Neal L. Benowitz, Paul D. Blanc, Richard F. Clark, Thomas E. Kearney, Susan Y. Kim-Katz, Alan H. B. Wu
- Pulmonary Physiology, 9e Michael G. Levitzky
- Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2018 Maxine A. Papadakis, Stephen J. McPhee, Jennifer Bernstein
- Sherris Medical Microbiology, 7e Kenneth J. Ryan
New Titles (Management)
- The Exchange Strategy for Managing Conflict in Health Care: How to Defuse Emotions and Create Solutions When the Stakes Are High Steven P. Dinkin, Barbara Filner, Lisa Maxwell
- Healthcare Information Security and Privacy Sean P. Murphy
- The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman, Jason Hwang
- High Performance Healthcare: Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve Quality, Efficiency and Resilience Jody Hoffer Gittell
- Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals: Improving Patient Safety, Patient Flow and the Bottom Line, 2e Jay Arthur
- Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic: Inside One of the World's Most Admired Service Organizations Leonard L. Berry, Kent D. Seltman
- Measuring ROI in Healthcare: Tools and Techniques to Measure the Impact and ROI in Healthcare Improvement Projects and Programs Victor V. Buzachero, Jack Phillips, Patricia Pulliam Phillips, Zack L. Phillips
- Performance Improvement for Healthcare: Leading Change with Lean, Six Sigma, and Constraints Management Bahadir Inozu, Dan Chauncey, Vickie Kamataris, Charles Mount
(Cleveland Clinic)
- Communication the Cleveland Clinic Way: How to Drive a Relationship-Centered Strategy for Superior Patient Experience Adrienne Boissy, Tim Gilligan
- Service Fanatics: How to Build Superior Patient Experience the Cleveland Clinic Way James Merlino
- Innovation the Cleveland Clinic Way: Powering Transformation by Putting Ideas to Work
Thomas J. Graham
- It's About Patient Care: Transforming Healthcare Information Technology the Cleveland Clinic Way C. Martin Harris, Gene Lazuta
(1/5/2018)
Updated Library Hours
Tuesday, January 2, 2018 – Friday, February 2, 2018
Monday-Friday 8:00AM-6:00PM
Saturday 11:00AM-5:00PM
Sunday 1:00PM-5:00PM
NOTE: CLOSED Monday, January 15th, in observance of MLK Jr. Day.
Saturday, February 3, 2018 – Friday, May 11, 2018
Monday-Friday 8:00AM-6:00PM
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday 1:00PM-5:00PM
24-hour access available to SOM students, faculty and staff.
(1/3/2018)
Riley Recognized by Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries
Ruth A. Riley, MS, AHIP, was recognized at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) in Boston on November 3, 2017 for her role as Past President. For the past three years, she has served on the AAHSL Board of Directors as President-Elect, President and Past President. AAHSL comprises the libraries serving the accredited U.S. and Canadian medical schools belonging to or affiliated with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). It includes other related libraries and organizations that lead in resolving information and knowledge management problems in the health care environment. Pictured here is Ruth with Neil Rambo, Director, NYU Health Sciences Library, AAHSL President.
(11/14/2017)
Journal Cancellations for 2018
Due to continuing budget constraints, the Library has to undertake another round of print and electronic journal cancellations effective January 2018. The Library conducted a journal collection analysis to identify titles for potential cancellation. Criteria used for the analysis included usage, impact factor/ranking, renewal cost, availability from Thomas Cooper Library, and relevance to School of Medicine programs. For the complete list of proposed cancellations, see below.
After the cancellations become effective, access to back files may still be available due to the licensing agreements with vendors/publishers or via alternate means. Please go to our e-journal management system, Full Text Finder, to check on the coverage. For articles that are no longer available, please request them via interlibrary loan at our ILL Express page.
List of journal titles cancelled in 2018:
American Journal of Public Health
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology
Biology of Reproduction
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Assoc. Journal
College & Research Libraries News
Experimental Biology and Medicine
Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Pc Magazine - Digital ed
(10/2/2017)
Photos and Video Available for Dr. Margaret Humphreys Lecture and Reception
Ruth Riley, Dr. Charles Bryan, Dr. Margaret Humphreys
The School of Medicine Library proudly sponsored a lecture by Dr. Margaret Humphreys, Josiah Charles Trent Professor of the History of Medicine, Duke University, on “African Americans in Civil War Medicine,” on September 21, 2017. The lecture celebrated the opening of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) traveling exhibit Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine which is available for viewing in the School of Medicine Library until October 28, 2017. The exhibit looks at the African American men and women who served as surgeons and nurses and how their work as medical providers challenged the prescribed notions of race and gender.
Photos of the lecture and reception are available here. Although the lecture was not recorded, a similar version of the lecture was presented by Dr. Humphreys at the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University on May 20, 2017 and is available for viewing here.
(9/27/2017)
Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database
The Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database allows you to search simultaneously, a wide range of summarized and appraised evidence, to inform your practice. This comprehensive range of resources includes over 3,000 records across seven publication types: Evidence Based Recommended Practices, Evidence Summaries, Best Practice Information Sheets, Systematic Reviews, Consumer Information Sheets, Systematic Review Protocols, and Technical Reports.
Subject Area Nodes: Evidence organized into health care area/specialties. Only information specific to that health topic is included in each database.
Publication Types
Evidence Based Recommended Practices: Interventions or procedures that describe and/or recommend certain practices on selected clinical topics. Recommended Practices are based on the best available evidence and each practice consists of an equipment list, a recommended practice, occupational health and safety provisions, and an adjoining evidence summary where evidence is available.
Evidence Summaries: Short abstracts that summarize existing international evidence on common health care interventions and activities. Based on structured searches of the literature and selected evidence-based health care databases.
Best Practice Information Sheets (BPIS): Short summaries based on the results and recommendations of systematic reviews. BPIS are easily disseminated and provide busy health professionals access to key issues and recommendations that have been collected from a large volume of material.
Systematic Reviews: An analysis of all of the available literature (that is, evidence) and involves developing a question; establishing inclusion criteria; developing a strategy to comprehensively search for the evidence; appraising the quality of each paper; excluding papers of poor quality; extracting the findings of included papers; and synthesizing the findings of included papers.
Consumer Information Sheets (CIS): Standardized summaries on a wide range of health care interventions and activities targeted at consumers of health care i.e. patients/residents/clients, relatives and carers. Each Consumer Information Sheet is based on the best available international evidence and each year, every existing entry is updated and new entries are added in response to customer requests.
Systematic Review Protocol: Documents background information and the plan for conducting a systematic review.
Technical Report: Documents the development of best practice information sheets from the source systematic review.
(9/22/2017)
University Libraries announces Data Management Resources support
Federal agencies are placing an increasing emphasis on quality data management plans for grant submissions and awards. University Libraries at USC has created resources and services to assist researchers with data management. Stacy Winchester, Sciences and Engineering Librarian at Thomas Cooper Library, is the contact for these resources. She can be reached at winches2@mailbox.sc.edu or 803-777-1968. Please see the below links for more information:
Guide to Research Data Management
http://guides.library.sc.edu/RDM
Learn about principles of data management including links to a number of useful online tools.
Data Management Plan Collection
http://guides.library.sc.edu/USCDMP
View a collection of data management plans created by USC researchers for funded NSF and NIH projects. These plans can serve as a starting point for your DMP.
Data Management Planning Workshops
http://guides.library.sc.edu/workshops
Register for Data Management Planning and DMPTool to learn about the data management planning process and gain hands-on experience with DMPTool, an online wizard for creating DMPs that meet specific funder requirements.
Data Repository Identification Help
USC does not currently have a university-wide data repository. If you would like help identifying a discipline-specific or general repository to house your datasets for sharing and to meet funder requirements, please contact Stacy.
(9/5/2017)
Labor Day Hours
Friday, September 1 8:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday, September 2 CLOSED
Sunday, September 3 CLOSED
Monday, September 4 CLOSED
24-hour access available to SOM students, faculty and staff.
(8/30/2017)
Save the Date!
Dr. Margaret Humphreys to Speak on
African Americans in Civil War Medicine
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Lecture - 5:30 PM
USC School of Medicine VA Campus
6311 Garners Ferry Road - M-I Classroom – Building 104
Reception to follow in School of Medicine Library
 Dr. Margaret Humphreys is the Josiah Charles Trent Professor of the History of Medicine at Duke University. She received her Ph.D. in the History of Science and M.D. from Harvard University. She is the author of Yellow Fever and the South, Malaria: Poverty, Race and Public Health in the United States, Intensely Human: The Health of Black Soldiers in the American Civil War, and Marrow of Tragedy: the Health Crisis of the American Civil War. She teaches the history of medicine, public health, global health, food, and biology at Duke University, and is editor emeritus of the Journal of the History of Medicine. Learn more at www.mehumphreys.com
Dr. Humphrey’s lecture is sponsored by the School of Medicine Library in conjunction with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) traveling exhibit Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine which will be available for viewing in the School of Medicine Library September 18, 2017 – October 28, 2017.
A reception will follow the lecture in the School of Medicine Library – Building 101 - where guests are invited to explore the NLM exhibit and the Charles S. Bryan History of Medicine Room. For additional information about the lecture, please contact the School of Medicine Library, 216-3208. Parking map available at http://www.med.sc.edu/maps.asp The lecture is free and open to the public.
(8/14/2017)
Fall Hours
July 31, 2017 – September 1, 2017
Monday – Friday: 8:00AM-6:00PM
Saturday: 11:00AM-5:00PM
Sunday: 1:00PM-5:00PM
September 2, 3 & 4: CLOSED
September 4, 2017 – December 8, 2017
Monday – Friday: 8:00AM-6:00PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: 1:00PM-5:00PM
December 9, 2017 – December 20, 2017
Monday – Friday: 8:00AM-5:00PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: 1:00PM-5:00PM
24-hour access available to SOM students, faculty and staff.
(7/28/2017)
Nancy Kress Donates Mobile Glassboard
Nancy Kress, Ruth Riley
Mrs. Nancy Kress, one of the earliest members of the School of Medicine Library Circle of Friends, has kindly donated funding for purchase of a Clarus mobile glassboard for the second floor of the Library. The glassboard is multi-sided with tempered safety writing glass that never ghosts nor stains with markers. Highly popular with students, the glassboard can be easily rolled to different areas of the Library and used for group and individual study. Many thanks to Mrs. Kress for her generosity and her kindness to the Library!
(7/18/2017)
New Printing/Copying/Scanning Services
We’ve replaced our printers, copier and scanner with new Bizhub multifunction devices, one Black and White and one Color, which are located in the computer pods on the first floor of the library. You can now print, copy, and scan at the same device. The Color Bizhub can print B&W and color jobs. The B&W Bizhub can only print B&W jobs. To scan, you’ll need to enter an email address to receive the scan.
CarolinaCard (SOM ID)
You will now use your SOM ID card as your print card! ALL students will need to do a one-time registration of their SOM ID Card (CarolinaCard) at one of the Bizhub munitfunction devices. Your fall semester credit of $45 will be available once you have registered your SOM ID.
For more information on printing/copying/scanning services at the SOM Library, please see our “Uniprint FAQ for School of Medicine Students”.
PRINTING FROM LAPTOPS
For laptop printing instructions, please see the Laptop Printing FAQs.
Mac Users
Mac Users will need to delete any existing library printers, i.e. B&W Printer AND Color Printer. Then you’ll need to install the new Popup software.
Uniprint Cards
So what about your old print card, if you have one? If you have added funds using cash to your old Uniprint account, that account is still open, and you can use up those funds. If you have used up all of the funds the library credited you, you can discard the card.
PRINTING FOR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FACULTY, STAFF, RESIDENTS, FELLOW AND GENERAL PUBLIC
For more information on printing/copying/scanning services at the SOM Library, please see our “Unicard FAQ for School of Medicine Faculty, Staff, Residents, Fellows and general public”.
(7/5/2017)
Sarah Holmes has been appointed Library Specialist
The School of Medicine Library welcomes Sarah Holmes to the Access Services Department as a Library Specialist. Sarah will provide support in Circulation, Serials Management, and Document Delivery. Sarah has a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Montana State University.
(7/5/2017)
4th of July Holiday Hours
Saturday, July 1--CLOSED
Sunday, July 2--CLOSED
Monday, July 3--8:00am-5:00pm
Tuesday, July 4--CLOSED
Wednesday, July 5--8:00am-5:00pm
24-hour access available to SOM students, faculty and staff.
(6/30/2017)
Printing Changes
On June 5, 2017, the Library will begin the process of converting its public printers to multifunctional “Bizhubs.”
This process will likely take a few days. Meanwhile, printing is still available through the color printer, but print jobs must first be “released” by Library Staff. Check at the Library Circulation Desk for more details on printing during this transition.
(6/5/2017)
Library Closed Sunday, May 28th
The Library will be closed Sunday, May 28th, in honor of Memorial Day.
24-hour access available to SOM students, faculty and staff.
(5/25/2017)
Library Summer 2017 Hours
Saturday, May 13, 2017 – Friday, July 28, 2017
Monday – Friday – 8:00AM – 5:00PM
Saturday – CLOSED
Sunday – 1:00PM – 5:00PM
24-hour access available to SOM students, faculty and staff.
(5/10/2017)
Library Closed Easter Sunday
The School of Medicine Library will be closed Sunday, April 16, for Easter.
24-hour access available to SOM students, faculty and staff. (4/7/2017)
Changes to SOM Library Building Access Points
SOM students and VA campus faculty and staff,
With the addition of a new classroom and offices, changes have been made to the Library building’s access points.
-The Library’s internal elevator now provides open access to all floors of the building – basement, first, second, and third floors.
-SOM ID badge swipe readers (identical to the ones by the Library’s front door) have been installed on the front stairwell entrances into the basement and third floor.
-Effective Friday, March 10, at 9:00 AM, entrance into the Library building through the front stairwell entrances into the basement and third floor will require that you swipe your SOM ID badge.
-The stairwell entrance in the Library’s external foyer by the vending machines will not change and will continue to be openly available.
-The elevator located in the rear of Library Building 101 (by the circle drive at rear of building) will be accessible only by keypad to authorized personnel.
-Stairwells at the rear of the Library Building are only accessible by key to authorized personnel.
Please ensure that you have your SOM ID badge with you if you want to use the stairwell entrances. All SOM student, staff, and faculty ID badges are compatible with the ID badge swipe readers.
Signage will be available at all ID badge swipe readers with instructions on usage.
Please contact Facilities Management and Support Services at 216-3150 or via email at facilities@uscmed.sc.edu with any questions.
Rick Campbell
SOM Facilities Management and Support Services
216-3153
(3/9/2017)
Library Building Roof Repair
On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, roof repairs will begin on Library Building 101.
Please be aware of the potential for increased noise in the building, especially on the 3rd floor. Roof repairs are estimated to take approximately five weeks to complete.
As the repairs move forward, please report any issues related to the project to SOM Facilities Management at 216-3150 or facilities@uscmed.sc.edu
(3/2017)
Spring Break Library Hours
Fri., March 3rd, 8 am – 5 pm
Sat., March 4th, CLOSED
Sun., March 5th, CLOSED
Mon., March 6th, 8 am – 5 pm
Tues., March 7th, 8 am – 5 pm
Wed., March 8th, 8 am – 5 pm
Thurs., March 9th, 8 am – 5 pm
Fri., March 10th, 8 am – 5 pm
Sat., March 11th, 11 pm – 5 pm
Sun., March 12th, 1 pm – 5 pm
24/7 Access Available to Students, Faculty, and Staff.
(2/21/2017)
Library Closed Saturday, January 7th
THE LIBRARY WILL BE
CLOSED ON
MONDAY, JANUARY 16,
IN OBSERVANCE OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY.
24/7 Access Available to Students, Faculty, and Staff.
(1/03/2017)
Library Closed on Martin Luther King JR. Day
THE LIBRARY WILL BE
CLOSED ON
MONDAY, JANUARY 16,
IN OBSERVANCE OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY.
24/7 Access Available to Students, Faculty, and Staff.
(1/03/2017)
New Human Genome Resources Portal available on Databases page
The National Library of Medicine has announced a new Human Genome Resources site, a portal that offers access to visualization and analysis tools available for the human genome, as well as other relevant tools like BLAST, the NCBI remapping service and databases that provide human molecular data. The resources are sorted into categories like Find, View, Download and Learn, making it easier to find what you need. The site is available on the Databases page of the Library website.
(12/13/2016)
Winter Break Library Hours
The Library will be closed from Thursday, December 22, 2016 Thru
Monday, January 2, 2017.
The Library Will Re-Open on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 8:00 AM.
24/7 Access Available to Students, Faculty, and Staff.
(12/2/2016)
Brain Power Hours!
WHAT? Free coffee and healthy study snacks!
WHEN? Thursday, December 1st, 8 am to 1 pm.
WHO? All SOM Students
WHERE? Library
WHY? To re-charge and fuel your brain during Exam Week.
While you’re at it, test out our new White Boards and Charging Stations!
(12/1/16)
SOM Library Thanksgiving Hours
SOM Library will close at 5pm on Wednesday, November 23rd, and will remain closed through Sunday, November 27th.
24 Hour Access available to SOM students and faculty via SOM ID badge reader.
SOM Library will be open regular hours starting Monday, November 28th.
(11/22/16)
AccessMedicine User Authentication Change
All AccessMedicine users will now be prompted for authentication, whether on campus or off-campus.
To use your SOM credentials, click “School of Medicine Columbia Users.” This will reveal a 2nd box in which you can enter your SOM network credentials, the same ones you use to check your “@uscmed.sc.edu” email account! See screen shot below.
For more information on user authentication see Remote Access FAQ. 
(10/31/16)
SOM Library Closed
SOM Library Closed Thursday Oct 6 - Saturday Oct 8 due to USC campus closing and Hurricane Matthew. 24 Hour Access Available to SOM students and faculty via SOM ID badge reader. SOM Library will be open regular hours Sunday Oct 9, 1 PM - 5 PM. Main campus Thomas Cooper Library open with limited staffing Thursday Oct 6, 8 AM - 8 PM, Friday Oct 7, 8 AM - 6 PM, Saturday Oct 8, 10 AM - 2 PM.
(10/6/16)
Kwikboost Charging Stations
Two KwikBoost charging stations are now located in the library. They are equipped with cables that cover most cell phones, smart phones, and tablets currently on the market. The locations were chosen with security in mind, but users are responsible for watching their devices while they are being charged.
Locations:
1st Floor near the Televisions and soft seating
2nd Floor opposite the glass stairwell exit
(9/19/16)
Series of Scholarly Communications Workshops Available
This fall, Thomas Cooper Library is offering workshops for faculty and graduate students, including "Copyright in the Classroom" and "Promoting Your Research." All workshops are led by librarians and supported by University Libraries' Scholarly Communications Team. The first workshop is Sept. 8.
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(9/1/16)
Labor Day Hours
The School of Medicine Library will be closed on Monday, September 5th, for Labor Day.
Students, staff and faculty will have 24-hour access.
(8/23/16)
Library Hosts National Library of Medicine Traveling Exhibit
The School of Medicine Library is proud to host a nationally traveling exhibit entitled "And There's the Humor of It: Shakespeare and the Four Humors." The six banner exhibit is on loan to us from the National Library of Medicine from July 25th through September 3rd, and is currently on display in the library near the circulation desk.
From the exhibit's website:
"William Shakespeare (1564–1616) created characters that are among the richest and most humanly recognizable in all of literature. Yet Shakespeare understood human personality in the terms available to his age—that of the now-discarded theory of the four bodily humors—blood, bile, melancholy, and phlegm. These four humors were thought to define peoples’ physical and mental health, and determined their personalities, as well. "And there’s the humor of it" Shakespeare and the four humorsexplores the language of the four humors that bred the core passions of anger, grief, hope, and fear—the emotions conveyed so powerfully in Shakespeare’s comedies and tragedies."
To read more about the exhibit, go here: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/shakespeare/introduction.html
(7/25/16)
Journal Citation Reports 2016 Edition Available Now
Journal Citation Reports (JCR), the database that helps you compare citation data for thousands of journals, has been updated with 2015 citation data.
The 2016 release, with 2015 citation data for literature within the sciences and social sciences, features 11,365 journal listings in 234 disciplines; 81 countries are represented. A total of 239 journals received their first Journal Impact Factor (JIF); 57 percent of journals saw an increase in JIF from last year and 42 percent saw a decrease. This release of the JCR also includes a new category, Green & Sustainable Science & Technology.
A list of journals receiving their first Impact Factor is available at: http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/imgblast/JCR-newlist-2016.pdf
JCR is available in the Databases area of Library website.
To learn how to find an impact factor for a journal, please view our tutorial or handout.
We are in the process of updating the impact factors for the journals portion of all LibGuides.
As announced in Library News in May, JCR also has a new interface. In addition to a new look, there are three new metrics available: Journal Impact Factor Percentile, Normalized Eigenfactor Score, and % Articles in Citable Items. It is also easier to identify open access titles with the open access filter and badge. View the pre-recorded training videos and the Quick Reference Card for more detailed information.
(7/13/16)
Karen McMullen Profiled on USC School of Library & Information Science Website
Alumni Spotlight: Karen McMullen
(7/6/16)
Roz McConnaughy Receives Award from Genetic Counseling Program
Left to right: Peggy Walker and Roz McConnaughy
Roz McConnaughy, Assistant Director for Education and Outreach, School of Medicine Library, was recognized by the School of Medicine Genetic Counseling Program as the recipient of the 2016 Richard R. Ferrante Friend of the Genetic Counseling Program Award on June 28, 2016. The Friend of the Genetic Counseling Program Award recognizes individuals whose contribution to the education of genetic counselors has been integral to the program’s success. Roz has significantly expanded the Library’s support of the genetic counseling program through student orientation, an information resources component in the genetic counseling seminar, and development of a Genetic Counseling LibGuide which is highly valued by the program faculty and students. Roz was also instrumental in the creation of a database of master of science genetic counseling thesis abstracts from training programs throughout the world for the Transnational Alliance for Genetic Counseling (TAGC). The TAGC database now has more than 400 master of science genetic counseling thesis abstracts and is searchable by keywords.
Congratulations, Roz!
(7/1/16)
Library Faculty Recognized for State Service Milestones
Left to right: Victor Jenkinson, Felicia Yeh, and Roz McConnaughy
The Library is proud to announce that three of its faculty members reached milestones in service with the University of South Carolina and the state of South Carolina in 2015. Felicia Yeh, Deputy Director, is being recognized for 30 years of service. Victor Jenkinson, Systems Librarian, is being recognized for 20 years of service, and Roz McConnaughy, Assistant Director for Education & Outreach, is being recognized for 10 years of service. Congratulations to Felicia, Victor, and Roz! Thank you for your service! (5/26/16)
Librarians conduct training at Autism Academy of SC
On May 4, 2016, Victor Jenkinson, Karen McMullen, and Roz McConnaughy conducted a training session for three staff members at the Autism Academy of South Carolina as part of the Health information access and technology enhancement project at the Autism Academy of South Carolina. The training session covered MedlinePlus, the Center for Disability Resources Library, and the InfoAble Portal. Project funds were used to purchase six workstations for the computer lab at the Autism Academy of SC. This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00004-C with the University of Maryland Baltimore. (5/11/2016)
New Look for Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports (JCR), the database that helps you compare citation data for thousands of journals, has a new interface. In addition to a new look, there are three new metrics available: Journal Impact Factor Percentile, Normalized Eigenfactor Score, and % Articles in Citable Items. It is also easier to identify open access titles with the open access filter and badge. View the pre-recorded training videos and the Quick Reference Card for more detailed information. To learn how to find an impact factor for a journal, you can view our tutorial or handout.
(5/4/2016)
New Online Video Streaming Service
SOM faculty, staff and students now have access to the online video streaming service, Kanopy.
Kanopy's collection includes thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases. The collection includes a number of leading producers, such as the Criterion Collection, PBS, Kino Lorber, New Day Films, The Great Courses, California Newsreel and hundreds more.
Explore a variety of Health and Medicine videos and films. You can easily create clips or teaching playlists and embed them into the course system.
Kanopy is available courtesy of Thomas Cooper Library.
For more information, please email Christine Whitaker (whitaker@sc.edu), or call 803-216-3201.
(4/1/2016)
Changes to E-Textbooks Page
The Library is pleased to announce a change to our E-Textbooks page. Previously Library staff maintained a page with links to E-Textbook titles from a variety of sources such as publisher, aggregator, and government or public web sites. Because of the sheer volume of titles for which we have acquired access, the list of titles had grown unwieldy. We have created a new search interface for E-Textbooks that provides with you significantly better access to over 250,000 e-books currently available to the USC community.
Now when you follow the “E-Textbooks” link from the Library home page, you see a new page that features a simple search box. Using this search interface you can quickly search the thousands of E-Text titles for which we have access. The basic search is Keyword search, but after you search you can use the modify search box to calibrate the search results by date of publication or other data.
You will still find quick links to some of our more popular E-text resources, such as Clinical Key, Access Medicine, and Harrison’s Online. But to search our E-text collections as a whole, please use this new search feature. We feel this new feature will help you in your E-Textbook discovery.
(3/31/2016)
Spring Break Hours
Monday, March 7 thru Friday, March 11 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday, March 12 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday, March 13 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
NOTE: 24-hour access will be available to SOM students, faculty and staff
(3/7/2016)
BoardVitals USMLE Step 1 and 2 now available online
Our newest resource is Board Vitals, a high-quality, effective and powerful board review tool that can be used anytime via a phone, tablet or computer. USMLE Steps 1 and 2 modules have been provided by Curricular Affairs. Users can create customized tests and will receive up-to-date explanations with each answer, including links and references to applicable sources. Faculty can also send customized exams to students or utilize questions in classroom discussions.
Users can register at https://www.boardvitals.com/users/sign_up using their USC email address (@uscmed.sc.edu) from on or offsite. They will then be able to access from anywhere via their mobile device, desktop, tablet, etc, at https://www.boardvitals.com/users/sign_in.
After a user logs in, tutorials can be found by clicking on “Video Guides” in the left-hand panel. Links to these brief tutorials are below:
User tutorials:
~BoardVitals Overview Video (1:30)
~BoardVitals Training Video: Overview (5:09)
~USMLE tutorial video (1:25)
For more information, please email Christine Whitaker (whitaker@sc.edu), or call 803-216-3201
(3/4/16)
LibGuides Makeover - Coming Soon!
On Tuesday, March 1, the SOM Library will release a new version of LibGuides, our subject-specific resource guides. Though the "look" of the LibGuides home page will be new, the content and functionality will remain unchanged. Current bookmarks to the LibGuides will redirect to the new version for 6 months.
Please contact Laura Kane (laura.kane@uscmed.sc.edu) if you encounter any difficulties.
(2/25/16)
Dr. Donald Wuori, Library Circle of Friends Member, Wins National Photography Award
Left to right: Joanne Wuori, Ruth Riley, and Dr. Donald Wuori
Dr. Donald Wuori, retired School of Medicine Pediatrics faculty member and member of the Library Circle of Friends, has won a prestigious national photography award in the National Audubon Society’s 2015 Audubon Photography Contest. With more than 2,300 photographers entered and nearly 9,000 submitted photos in the contest, only nine photos are selected for awards in the categories Amateur, Professional, Fine Art, and Youth. Dr. Wuori won the Amateur category which is defined as earning less than $5,000 per year producing or selling photographs. His winning shot is of a male warbler feeding a female warbler in her nest and was taken in the Audubon Sanctuary at Francis Beidler Forest in Harleyville, South Carolina.
Visit the National Audubon Society website to see Dr. Wuori’s award-winning photo, read about how he captured the shot, and view the other winning photographs.
Dr. Wuori’s winning print is on display along with other winning photos from the Audubon and Nature’s Best Photo contests at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington DC through Fall 2016.
(1/26/16)
Steve Wilson Designated as Distinguished Member of Academy of Health Information Professionals
Steve Wilson, Web Architect and Outreach Librarian, has been approved for membership in the Medical Library Association (MLA) Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP) at the Distinguished Member level. The Academy of Health Information Professionals is MLA’s peer-reviewed professional development and career recognition credentialing program. AHIP promotes lifelong learning and exemplary professional performance by recognizing achievements in continuing education, teaching, publishing, research, and other contributions to the profession. The AHIP credential denotes the highest standards of professional competency and achievement in the field of health care information and must be renewed every five years. Steve joins Karen McMullen, Laura Kane, Roz McConnaughy, Felicia Yeh, and Ruth Riley in being members of the Academy. You may read more about AHIP at: http://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=41
(1/4/16)
Journal Cancellations for 2016
Due to continuing budget constraints, the Library has to undertake another round of print and electronic journal cancellations effective January 2016. The Library conducted a journal collection analysis to identify titles for potential cancellation. Criteria used for the analysis included usage, impact factor/ranking, renewal cost, availability from Thomas Cooper Library, and relevance to School of Medicine programs. For the complete list of proposed cancellations, see below.
After the cancellations become effective, access to back files may still be available due to the licensing agreements with vendors/publishers or via alternate means. Please go to our e-journal management system, Full Text Finder, to check on the coverage. For articles that are no longer available, please request them via interlibrary loan at our ILL Express page.
2016 Journal Cancellations - Effective 1/1/2016
| Title |
Format |
| AHFS Drug Information |
Print |
| American Journal of Nursing |
Online |
| American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
Online |
| Annals of Internal Medicine |
Print |
| Brain |
Print |
| CA -A Cancer Journal for Clinicians |
Print |
| Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology |
Print + Online |
| Clinical Medicine |
Print + Online |
| Drug Facts & Comparison |
Database |
| Investigative Ophamology & Visual Science |
Online |
| Journal of Clinical Pathology |
Online |
| Journal of Lipid Research |
Online |
| Journal of Medical Microbiology |
Online |
| Journal of Rheumatology |
Print |
| Leukemia |
Online |
| Medical Journal of Australia |
Online |
| Psychological Medicine |
Online |
| Public Health Reports |
Print + Online |
| Reproduction |
Online |
| Seminars in Neurology |
Online |
| Simulation in Healthcare |
Online |
| Thrombosis and Haemostasis |
Print + Online |
(12/14/2015)
Winter Break Library Hours
THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED
FROM
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2015
THRU
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2016
THE LIBRARY WILL RE-OPEN ON MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016
AT 8:00 AM.
NOTE: 24-hour access will be available to SOM students, faculty and staff
(12/2/2015)
Thanksgiving Holiday Library Hours
Thursday, November 26 CLOSED
Friday, November 27 CLOSED
Saturday, November 28 11 AM – 5 PM
Sunday, November 29 1 PM – 5 PM
NOTE: 24-hour access will be available to SOM students, faculty and staff
(11/25/2015)
E-Journals Access Change
The SOM Library will be changing our E-Journal system sometime in early November. Soon when you click on the “E-Journals” link on the Library’s web site, you’ll see a new look.
You’ll still be able to search by title or ISSN. But now you’ll have a broader set of results including E-Books. Additional search functionality will include one-click limits (i.e. drill down searching), subject searching, and better integration with the University of South Carolina University Libraries resources. Behind the scenes, this change will also improve linking to Full text from Pubmed and Ovid.
An announcement will be made prior to the launch date of the new E-Journal system. Stay tuned!
(10/21/2015)
Off-Campus Access Change
Along with the launch of the new E-Journal system in November, the Library will introduce some changes for OFF-CAMPUS users. Off-Campus users can now use either their School of Medicine network credentials (i.e. the same ones used to check your “@uscmed.sc.edu” email account) or their University of South Carolina network credentials (i.e. Blackboard, Main Campus email, etc) to authenticate for the use of Library Resources. For an in depth look at the changes to off-campus access please visit this Tutorial. When you first click on a restricted link, the new login screen will look like this:
- To login with your main campus credentials, simply click “Login with Network Username and Password.” Use your main campus login, the same one you use for Blackboard!
- To use your SOM credentials, click “School of Medicine Columbia Users.” This will reveal a 2nd box in which you can enter your SOM network credentials, the same ones you use to check your “@uscmed.sc.edu” email account! See screen shot below.
(10/21/2015)
Drug Information Resources Change
Drug Facts and Comparisons On-line has been cancelled due to budget issues.
For other available online Drug information sources, please see: http://uscm.med.sc.edu/databases.asp#drug
For more information, please email Christine Whitaker (whitaker@sc.edu), or call 803-216-3201
(9/25/2015)
New E-Textbooks - Aug. & Sept. 2015
New in Clinical Key
Atlas of Head and Neck Pathology (Wenig) 3rd ed.
Braddom’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Cifu) 5th ed.
Cardiac Catheterization Handbook (Kern) 6th ed
Cell Biology (Pollard) 2nd ed.
Clinical Radiation Oncology (Gunderson) 4th ed
ENTS Secrets (Scholes) 4th ed
Genitourinary Imaging: Case Review Series (Kawamoto) 3rd ed
Genitourinary Radiology: The Requisites (title correction forthcoming, to Genitourinary Imaging: The Requisites) (Zagoria) 3rd ed
Healthy China 2020: Strategic Research Report (Zhu, Chen) 1st ed.
Learning Radiology (Herring) 3rd ed.
Ocular Pathology Case Reviews (Azari) 1st ed
Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease (Wyllie) 5th ed.
Pocket Companion to Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology (Hall) 13th ed.
Practical Radiation Oncology Physics (Dieterich) 1st ed.
Psychology and Geriatrics (Bensadon) 1st ed.
Scheuer’s Liver Biopsy Interpretation (Lefkowitch) 9th ed.
Smith’s Recognizable Patterns of Human Deformation (Graham) 4th ed.
New in AccessMedicine
Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment – 2016
Harrison’s Manual of Medicine - 18th ed.
Introduction to Diagnostic Radiology by Khaled M. Elsayes, Sandra A. A. Oldham
Pathology: A Modern Case Study by Howard M. Reisner
New in Psychiatry Online
Dulcan’s Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2nd Ed.
All ClinicalKey Titles (Elsevier) are now in the Library Catalog. View a list of other e-book titles at the SOM Library E-textbook page. If you have questions, please contact your department’s Library liaison or Christine Whitaker (whitaker@sc.edu)
(9/25/2015)
Library Hosting "The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Yellow Wall-Paper" Traveling Exhibit
 
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Library is hosting the National Library of Medicine’s traveling exhibit, The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Yellow Wall-Paper. The six-banner exhibit will be displayed from August 25th, 2015, through October 31st, 2015.
From the exhibit: “In the late nineteenth century, at a time when women were challenging traditional ideas about gender that excluded them from political and intellectual life, medical and scientific experts drew on notions of female weakness to justify inequality between the sexes. Artist and writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who was discouraged from pursuing a career to preserve her health, rejected these ideas in a terrifying short story titled “The Yellow Wall-Paper.” The famous tale served as an indictment of the medical profession and the social conventions restricting women’s professional and creative opportunities.”
NOTE: To view more information about this exhibit, which was developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, click the following:
The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Yellow Wall-Paper
(8/25/2015)
Labor Day Hours
The Library will be closed on Monday, September 7th, for Labor Day.
NOTE: 24-hour access will be available to SOM students, faculty and staff.
(8/24/2015)
School of Medicine Library Faculty receive award funding
The School of Medicine Library has received a $5,778 Express Outreach Project Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Southeastern/Atlantic Region. Roz McConnaughy, Assistant Director for Education and Outreach will serve as PI, Karen D. McMullen, Head of Access Services will serve as Co-PI, and Victor Jenkinson, Systems Librarian, IT support.
(8/13/2015)
New E-Textbooks - July 2015
New from Future Medicine
Hypertension, 2013
New in Clinical Key
Clinical Dermatology, 6th Edition
Ferri’s Clinical Advisor, 2016
Goldman-Cecil Medicine, 25th Edition
New in AccessMedicine
Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology, 27e
Family Practice Examination & Board Review.
(NOTE: free account required to access)
New in Psychiatry Online
Study Guide to Substance Abuse Treatment
All ClinicalKey Titles (Elsevier) are now in the Library Catalog. View a list of other e-book titles at the SOM Library E-textbook page. If you have questions, please contact your department’s Library liaison or Christine Whitaker (whitaker@sc.edu)
(7/31/2015)
Fall Semester Hours Begin August 3
NOTE: 24-hour access will be available to SOM students, faculty and staff
(7/29/2015)
New E-Textbooks – May & June 2015
AccessMedicine – New Title
Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders 5th Edition
Understanding Value-Based Healthcare
AccessMedicine – New Editions
Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry – 30th Edition
Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 8e
Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery – 14th Edition
Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Family Medicine – 4th Edition
Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care – 2015
Clinical Neurology – 9th Edition
Medical Epidemiology: Population Health and Effective HealthCare – 5th Edition
Principles of Critical Care – 4th Edition
Clinical Key – New Editions
Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry – 2nd Edition
Murray & Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine – 6th Edition
Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics – 20th Edition
Textbook of Family Medicine – 9th Edition
Psychiatry Online – New Editions
Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology – 8th Edition
All ClinicalKey Titles (Elsevier) are now in the Library Catalog. View a list of other e-book titles at the SOM Library E-textbook page. If you have questions, please contact your department’s Library liaison or Christine Whitaker (whitaker@sc.edu)
(7/20/2015)
4th of July Library Hours
- Friday, July 3 CLOSED
- Saturday, July 4 CLOSED
- Sunday, July 5 1:00pm-6:00pm
NOTE: 24-hour access will be available to SOM students, faculty and staff
New E-Textbooks - April 2015
AccessMedicine – New Title
Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders. 5th edition.
Understanding Value-Based Healthcare. Christopher Moriates, Vineet Arora, Neel Shah.
AccessMedicine – New Editions
Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care. 2015.
Clinical Neurology. 9th edition.
Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry. 30th edition.
Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Family Medicine. 4th edition.
Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery. 14th edition.
Clinical Key – New Editions
Textbook of Family Medicine. 9th edition.
Murray & Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 6th edition.
Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 2nd edition.
Psychiatry Online – New Editions
Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 8th edition.
View a list of e-book titles at Clinical Key and at the SOM Library E-textbook page. If you have questions, please contact your department’s Library liaison or
Christine Whitaker (whitaker@sc.edu)
(5/15/2015)
New Digital Collection – History of the USC School of Medicine
The School of Medicine Library announces our third digital collection, the History of the USC School of Medicine Columbia. This collection includes early photographs of faculty, staff and students, all commencement programs through 2014, a scrapbook of press cuttings, and documents which relate to the founding of the School of Medicine.
With funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Southeastern/Atlantic Region, Christine Whitaker, PI, and Felicia Yeh, Co-PI, from the School of Medicine Library collaborated with Ashley Knox, Co-PI of the University Libraries Digital Collections Department in the production of this collection. Carol Smith, retired School of Medicine Public Information Director, provided invaluable help in identifying people, places and things in the collection.
The School of Medicine Library’s Digital Collections are part of the South Carolina Digital Library initiative which provides free access to historic materials, such as photographs, manuscripts, journals, books, oral histories, objects, etc. illustrating the history and culture of South Carolina from over 40 cultural heritage institutions across the state.
(5/13/2015)
A new Complementary and Alternative Medicine LibGuide is now available
A new LibGuide entitled “Complementary and Alternative Medicine” is now complete!
Many thanks to Tamara Law, who did the bulk of the work on this guide.
http://uscmed.sc.libguides.com/complementarymed
(4/20/2015)
19th ed. of Harrison’s Online now available
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 19th edition
(4/20/2015)
New E-Textbooks - March 2015
AccessMedicine – New Title
Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
AccessMedicine – New Editions
DeGowin’s Diagnostic Examination
Sherris Medical Microbiology
Clinical Key – New Editions
Ferri’s Clinical Advisor
Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease
Skeletal Trauma: Basic Science, Management, and Reconstruction
Cummings Otolaryngology
Psychiatry Online –New Editions
American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Geriatric Psychiatry
Helping Parents and Teachers Understand Medications for Behavioral and Emotional Problems
View a list of e-book titles at Clinical Key and at the SOM Library E-textbook page. If you have questions, please contact your department’s Library liaison or
Christine Whitaker (whitaker@sc.edu)
(3/27/2015)
New E-Textbooks - February 2015
New Titles from Clinical Key
Brain Metastases from Primary Tumors, Volume 1 (Hayat) 1st ed; ISBN: 9780128008966;
Brain Metastases from Primary Tumors, Volume 2 (Hayat) 1st ed; ISBN: 9780128014196;
Orthopaedic Rehabilitation of the Athlete (Reider, Bruce) 1st ed; ISBN: 9781455727803;
Pediatric Decision-Making Strategies (Pomeranz) 2nd ed; ISBN: 9780323298544;
New Editions in Clinical Key
Dermatopathology (Busam) 2nd ed; ISBN: 9780323261913
Heart Failure: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease (Mann) 3rd ed; ISBN:
Medicine for the Outdoors (Auerbach) 6th ed; ISBN: 9780323321686;
Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology (Rang) 8th ed; ISBN: 9780702053627;
Sims’ Symptoms in the Mind: Textbook of Descriptive Psychopathology (Oyebode) 5th ed; ISBN: 9780702055560;
Sleisenger and Fordtran’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease (Feldman) 10th ed;
Surgery of the Skin (Robinson) 3rd ed; ISBN: 9780323260275
Weedon’s Skin Pathology (Patterson) 4th ed; ISBN: 9780702051838;
Transplantation of the Liver (Busuttil, Ronald) 3rd ed; ISBN: 9781455702688;
View a list of all e-book titles at the SOM Library E-textbook page.
If you have questions, please contact your department’s Library liaison or
Christine Whitaker (whitaker@sc.edu)
(3/3/2015)
USC School of Medicine
Spring Break
Library Hours
| Fri., March 6 |
8 am – 5 pm |
| Sat., March 7 |
12 pm – 5 pm |
| Sun., March 8 |
1 pm – 6 pm |
| Mon., March 9 |
8 am – 5 pm |
| Tues., March 10 |
8 am – 5 pm |
| Wed., March 11 |
8 am – 5 pm |
| Thurs., March 12 |
8 am – 5 pm |
| Fri., March 13 |
8 am – 5 pm |
| Sat., March 14 |
12pm – 5 pm |
| Sun., March 15 |
1 pm – 6 pm |
24-HOUR ACCESS AVAILABLE TO ALL
STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF
(2/24/2015)
New E-Textbooks - January 2015
New Editions from Clinical Key
Skeletal Trauma: Basic Science, 5th ed. - Browner, Bruce D
Cummings Otolaryngology, 6th ed. - Flint, Paul W.
New Editions from AccessMedicine
Basic & Clinical Pharmacology – 13th ed. - Bertram G. Katzung, Anthony J. Trevor
Sherris Medical Microbiology, Sixth Edition - Kenneth J. Ryan, MD, C. George Ray, MD
New Study Guides from Psychiatry Online (PDFs)
Study Guide to Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Study Guide to Forensic Psychiatry
Study Guide to Geriatric Psychiatry
Study Guide to Psychiatry
Study Guide to Psychopharmacology
Study Guide to Psychosomatic Medicine
View a list of all e-book titles at the SOM Library E-textbook page.
If you have questions, please contact your department’s Library liaison or
Christine Whitaker (whitaker@sc.edu)
(2/13/2015)
New Look For Library Catalog Starting January 2015
The SOM Library is pleased to announce a change in our online Catalog. Beginning in January 2015, you’ll notice some changes when you click on the Library Catalog link on the Library’s web site.
The new catalog works very much the same as the old. They both run on the same platform, Millennium by Innovative Interfaces, Inc. So you see no loss of functionality. In fact, you’ll quickly notice some new features such as:
- Book covers and a newer, cleaner design.
- You can now quickly broaden your catalog search from the SOM library to other USC campuses, including ALL Campuses. Furthermore, intra-campus lending (USC campuses) is greatly facilitated by this new arrangement. You can request titles directly, without going to PASCAL Delivers.
- The inclusion of over a 250,000 statewide e-book titles from ebrary and the EBSCO Academic Ebook collection. These will now appear in your search results, greatly expanding the Library's holdings.
- Please Note, you’ll now need to use your USC Network Username (the same used for Blackboard) or your University ID barcode number to access your patron record. In your patron record, you can manage holds, renew checkouts, see charges, and other functions.
Again, this is a fairly innocuous change at present, but it will allow us to more fully participate in USC system-wide resources in the future. More to come on that…
(1/5/2015)
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