What's new in faculty publications

95 references were added to Matas Faculty Publications this month. But the absolute winning favorite: ticks on film!

Ticks on Film via JoVE 

The Division of Bacteriology & Parasitology at the Tulane National Primate Research Center brings us Feeding of ticks on animals for transmission and xenodiagnosis in Lyme disease research." (J Vis Exp. 2013 Aug 31;(78). doi: 10.3791/50617)

This new faculty publication is especially notable because it is published in JoVE: the Journal of Visualized Experiments, a journal platform which provides videos of experiments and protocols, in addition to research papers. The 8 minute video describes the process of inoculating ticks with the Borrelia burgdorferi (a spirochete bacterium transmitted by Ixodid ticks), and using them to infect animal models such as mice and monkeys in Lyme Disease research. The accompanying author's manuscript is available for free in PubMed Central. 

For a full list of 2014 publications see:
http://www.refworks.com/refshare2?site=031081136005200000/75341386774133687/2014 

About Matas Faculty Publications
This fully searchable online database collects publications by Tulane University faculty members in the School of Medicine, the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and the Tulane National Primate Research Center. The database will be updated monthly with fresh citations from PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Science. To add a pubcliation to our database contact Maureen Knapp mknapp2@tulane.edu or Laura Wright lwright6@tulane.edu

Enhancements coming to UpToDate

UpToDate has refreshed their user interface design. New features include:

• Search results now contain quick links to the most commonly referenced sections within a topic 
• Redesigned topic outlines make greater use of color, spacing, and visual elements to make it easier and faster to review the topic outline.
• Small display support & overflow menu 
• More reading area. 

For more information on UpToDate enhancements see http://www.uptodate.com/home/beta-learnmore or watch this video.

UPDATE: 24/7 area is now open (minus one study room)

The 24/7 study area of the Matas Library is now open. The carpets were cleaned by Facilities last night to finish cleaning up the damage from Tuesday night's flooding event.

One study room in the 24/7 area will remain closed until further notice. Wet ceiling tiles were missed and not removed until last night. There is a sign on the door indicating which room is closed. Facilities will be working to clean that room today. Please do not open the door because the room smells horrible.

Thank you for your understanding these past few days.

Grand Rounds Reading List Now Available: Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusions; Breastfeeding

References from Medicine Ground Rounds for April 23, 2014: "Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusions: When and How to Intervene?" are now available:
http://libguides.tulane.edu/content.php?pid=288978&sid=4794496

References from Pediatrics Grand Rounds for April 24, 2014: "Breastfeeding: What you didn't learn in residency" are now available:
http://libguides.tulane.edu/content.php?pid=417190&sid=4818527

Each week librarians at the Matas library attend grand rounds for the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics. Articles and resources mentioned during the presentation are recorded and presented for your perusal via the links.

LIBRARY CLOSED - 24/7 AREA and DESK - April 23rd, Wednesday

The Matas Library experienced a flooding event on all levels in the evening of April 22nd.  The Library staff will be managing and moving wet books and journals to refrigerator trucks arriving on Wednesday morning.

Please excuse the unexpected closure.

Thank you to all the students that helped move the historic collection and journals from the downpour!

Mobile spotlight: Epocrates RX

A leading app for healthcare professionals, Epocrates RX is a point-of-care app that allows you to:

• Review drug prescribing and safety information for thousands of brand, generic, and OTC drugs
• Check for potentially harmful drug-drug interactions among up to 30 drugs at a time
• Identify pills by imprint code and physical characteristics
• Perform dozens of calculations, such as BMI and GFR

Epocrates RX is available for both iOS and Android operation systems for free.

An Epocrates Essentials subscription is also available (for $159). With the subscription, you get additional disease information, alternative medications, lab guides, and more clinical tools and content.

Epocrates Essentials is offered free annually during the month of August to all U.S. medical students while they are in school. Check out this FAQ for more information.

The Matas library will post a note when this free download is available in August.

New book spotlight: State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 2013

Added to the Matas library collection in December, the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 2013 is a convenient summary of statistics on the social and economic structure of the states, metropolitan areas, and micropolitan areas in the United States.

Statistical data is divided into four parts:

• Part A. States
• Part B. Metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions
• Part C. Metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions with their component counties
• Part D. Micropolitan areas with their component counties

This book is designed to serve as a statistical reference and guide to other data publications and sources. All data have been updated to the most recent available year.

The State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 2013 is available on the new books rack in the Matas Commons area.

Call Number: HA 202 St797g 2013

Featured e-book: DSM-5

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) is available online through PsychiatryOnline.

To access the DSM-5, go to the Matas Library website* and select PsychiatryOnline under the Resources tab. Select Books from the menu bar at the top of the PsychiatryOnline screen, and select the DSM-5.


Another way to access the DSM-5 is to search for the book through our Library catalog. Type "DSM-5" into the search bar, select the *Internet* resource entry, and click the link at the top of the catalog entry.

*If you are not on campus, use the Off-Campus Login in the upper right-hand corner of the screen to sign-in to our site.

I2PH Documentary Screening Series presents "Silent Spring"

The Interdisciplinary Innovative Programs Hub (I2PH) will be hosting a screening of Silent Spring, a story of environmental science and conservation. This film has broad implications for public health, and may especially inform global environmental health, community health, and biological science professionals. This is a story of one woman's persistence to positively impact public health and improve the environment.

Event details:
April 11, 2014
Tidewater Building Room 1714
12:00 PM

All are welcome. Please RSVP to I2PH@tulane.edu.

Grand Rounds Reading List Now Available: Sepsis, New Orleans Education Disparities

References from Medicine Ground Rounds for April 2, 2014: "Alice in Bundleland: Death by Surviving Sepsis Campaign" are now available:
http://libguides.tulane.edu/content.php?pid=288978&sid=4794496

References from Pediatrics Grand Rounds for April 3, 2014: "Education Disparities in New Orleans: the Good, the Bad, and the Complicated" are now available:
http://libguides.tulane.edu/content.php?pid=417190&sid=4818527

Each week librarians at the Matas library attend grand rounds for the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics. Articles and resources mentioned during the presentation are recorded and presented for your perusal via the links.

Check out Dr. Thomas Farley's presentation for Public Health Week: Wednesday and Thursday

Check out Dr. Thomas Farley, Tulane alumnus, 2014 Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health (CUNY Hunter College), and Former NYC Health Commissioner (Department of Health and Mental Hygiene) on Wednesday and Thursday. 

Weds., Apr. 9
4:30-6PM Presentation by Tulane SPHTM Alumnus Dr. Thomas Farley (MD’81, R’81, EPID MPH’91) the 2014 Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at CUNY Hunter College and Former NYC Commissioner, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Title: “Saving Gotham: Policy & Environmental Approaches to Health Promotion in New York City, 2002-2013”
Location: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal St., Rm. 1201

Thurs., Apr. 10
5:30-7PM Presentation by Tulane SPHTM Alumnus Dr. Thomas Farley (MD’81, R’81, EPID MPH’91) the 2014 Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at CUNY Hunter College and Former NYC Commissioner, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Title: “Saving Gotham: Policy & Environmental Approaches to Health Promotion in New York City, 2002-2013”
Location: Tulane University (Uptown Campus), Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC), Kendall Cram Room

New book titles licensed from Oxford Scholarship

Check out the newest electronic books available to Tulane for public health in Oxford Scholarship. All the titles may be located in the library catalog. To access these titles, search

A few titles of interest:

Link to catalog record

Link to catalog record

Call for Contributors: Handbook for Bioenvironmental Toxicology: Men's Reproductive & Sexual Health

Grand Rounds Reading List Now Available: the Brain-Gut Axis, Snake bites

Medicine Ground Rounds for April 2, 2014: "Novel Twist in the Brain-Gut Axis" are now available:
http://libguides.tulane.edu/content.php?pid=288978&sid=4794496

References from Pediatrics Grand Rounds for April 3, 2014: "Snake Bites" are now available:
http://libguides.tulane.edu/content.php?pid=417190&sid=4818527

Each week librarians at the Matas library attend grand rounds for the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics. Articles and resources mentioned during the presentation are recorded and presented for your perusal via the links.

National Public Health Week, April 7-13th

Here are a few highlights of the programming Tulane's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine will be offering for National Public Health Week from April 7-13th:

Mon., Apr. 7
12-1:30PM Webcast Viewing – “Stopping Violence Before it Occurs: Violence Prevention, Maternal and Child Health, and Public Health” with Tulane SPHTM Alumnus Chris Gunther (EPID MPH’13), City of New Orleans Health Department
Location: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal St., Rm. 2302

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/TUMCHLTP.

Tues., Apr. 8
7-8:30PM Discussion on the Affordable Care Act
Panelists: James Carville, JD, Political Strategist and Professor of Practice, Tulane School of Liberal Arts; and Mollye Demosthenidy, JD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Location: Tulane University (Uptown Campus), Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC), Qatar Ballroom

Wed. Apr. 9
4:30-6PM Presentation by Tulane SPHTM Alumnus Dr. Thomas Farley (MD’81, R’81, EPID MPH’91) the 2014 Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at CUNY Hunter College and Former NYC Commissioner, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Title: “Saving Gotham: Policy & Environmental Approaches to Health Promotion in New York City, 2002-2013”
Location: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal St., Rm. 1201

Thurs., Apr. 10
5:30-7PM Presentation by Tulane SPHTM Alumnus Dr. Thomas Farley (MD’81, R’81, EPID MPH’91) the 2014 Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at CUNY Hunter College and Former NYC Commissioner, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Title: “Saving Gotham: Policy & Environmental Approaches to Health Promotion in New York City, 2002-2013”
Location: Tulane University (Uptown Campus), Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC), Kendall Cram Room

IMPORTANT TECH ISSUE: CRYPTOLOCKER RANSOMWARE

IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGY ISSUE: Tulane University- Cryptolocker Ransonware

 

Cryptolocker is malware/ransomware that installs when a PDF is downloaded from an infected publisher website. The best prevention is to backup hard drives.

 

If you have a Cryptolocker infected computer, contact Tulane University's Network Operation Center Help Desk at help@tulane.edu or (504)862-8888.

 

For more information:  http://tulane.edu/tsweb/news/arm-yourself-against-cryptolocker-ransomware.cfm