Library News - 2016
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 “Other Authorized 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)
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