eBook spotlight: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e, is available as an e-book through AccessMedicine.

To access Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine on AccessMedicine, go to the Matas library website*, hover over the Resources tab, and select AccessMedicine under Quick Links. Once on the AccessMedicine webpage, scroll through the books under Read, and select Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.

Another easy way to access this e-book is to search for it in the Matas library catalog. On the Matas library webpage* select the Catalog tab and enter "Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine". Select the web resource from 2012 (the one with *INTERNET* underneath it) and click through on the AccessMedicine link.

*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.

Grand Rounds Reading Lists Now Available: Ethics and Big Pharma; Nephon Number

References from Medicine Ground Rounds for June 11, 2014: "Ethical Interactions with the Pharmaceutical Industry" are now available:
http://libguides.tulane.edu/content.php?pid=288978&sid=4948630


References from Pediatrics Grand Rounds for June 12, 2014: "John E. Lewy Memorial Lecture: Nephron Number: Development, Determinants, and Diagnostics." are now available:
http://libguides.tulane.edu/content.php?pid=417190&sid=4967849

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.

June is National Safety Month

From the National Safety Council website:

Each June, the National Safety Council celebrates National Safety Month as a time to bring attention to key safety issues. As you plan your 2014 safety calendar, please join the Council and thousands of organizations across the country to reduce risk of the following safety issues:

Week 1: Prevent prescription drug abuse
Week 2: Stop slips, trips and falls
Week 3: Be aware of your surroundings
Week 4: Put an end to distracted driving
Bonus week: Summer safety

For more information about National Safety Month and for free resources, check out the National Safety Council website.

OFF CAMPUS PROBLEMS WITH SCIENCE DIRECT

Tulane University is currently experiencing difficulties accessing Science Direct from off-campus. Please contact the Matas library by phone 504-988-5155 or email medref@tulane.edu with the article you are trying to access and we will email it to you.

Thanks for your patience as we work to resolve this problem.

New from VisualDX: Competitive Quiz Feature

From the VisualDx Blog:

New VisualDx Mobile Quiz for iOS
VisualDx Quiz for the iPhone and iPad tests your knowledge of visual presentations of disease. Select a specialty area such as Infectious Disease, Dermatology or Pediatrics, or select “All Specialties” to begin. For each question, VisualDx Quiz shows you an image, asks you to identify the correct diagnosis from a multiple-choice list, and tracks your score. Practice on your own, or play competitively against colleagues, with scores posted to iOS Apple Game Center leaderboards. Quiz histories are stored privately on your mobile device, allowing you to review diagnoses you missed. Look up diseases in VisualDx to see more images and access expert information on diagnosis and management. More info

To play, just update or download your VisualDx app, or stop by the reference desk & take it for a spin on one of our Matas iPads.

VisualDx is a dermatology resource + mobile app oriented for problem solving: search by symptoms, visual clues and other patient factors, by diagnosis, or by medication. VisualDx clinical decision support provides instant access to concise disease information and high-quality medical images to assist in diagnosis, to direct testing, and to guide management and therapy decisions.

Grand Rounds Reading Lists Now Available: Hypertension Guidelines; Sleep Disorders in Children (Wasserman Lecture)

References from Medicine Ground Rounds for June 4, 2014: "New Hypertension Guidelines and Blood Pressure Targets" are now available:
http://libguides.tulane.edu/content.php?pid=288978&sid=4948630

References from Pediatrics Grand Rounds for June 5, 2014: "Wasserman Lecture: Kids, Clocks, Circadian Timing, and Consequences of their Disruption by Light at Night" are now available:
http://libguides.tulane.edu/content.php?pid=417190&sid=4967849

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.

Historical book spotlight: Guinea Pig Doctors: The Drama of Medical Research Through Self-Experimentation

Published in 1984, Guinea Pig Doctors: The Drama of Medical Research Through Self-Experimentation is a collection of stories about doctors who used themselves as "guinea pigs" for testing their theories about diseases and testing out new medications.

Chapter titles include:

• How the Ghouls Got John Hunter's Heart
• The Sad Tale of Laughing Gas
• The Riddle of the Rimac Valley
• The Last of the Miasmatists
• The Forgotten Hero of Yellow Fever
• A Brave But Tarnished Prussian
• A Dangerous Transfusion
• The Fastest Man on Earth

Call Number: WZ 112 F832g 1984