Domestic Violence Resources

The National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology of NLM has created a new health services research resource on domestic violence. The new resource has been created to supplement NLM’s most recent exhibition, Confronting Violence, Improving Women’s Lives. Material can be found on the domestic violence topic page. It  includes the subjects of Intimate Partner Violence, Reproductive and Sexual Coercion, Child Abuse and Maltreatment and Elder Abuse.

While you're there, check out other topics on the Health Services Research Information Central’s web portal, HSR Info Central. The portal is designed to inform individuals involved in the detection, prevention and treatment services for the under-served.

2015 State Baby Facts

Zero to Three, the National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, presents the 2015 factsheets for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. These provide information for early childhood professionals and policymakers about the status of infants, toddlers, and families in their state. The State Baby Facts present data in the framework of good health, strong families, and positive early learning experiences. To learn more about how to use State Baby Facts in your advocacy efforts, download the toolkit.

Remembering Katrina (Ten Years Later) A Matas Library Photo Album

We are reposting a number of the photographs from the Katrina Display that was at the entrance of the Rudolph Matas Library in the Spring of 2006 are available on the web. Many of the photos were taken by the Matas staff that were sheltered at the Health Sciences Center during the storm and aftermath in August of 2005. (Original Posting, 8/29/07)




See more about the Katrina & Beyond exhibit on the Uptown campus. 

Leave no one behind : Hurricane Katrina and the rescue of the Tulane Hospital / by Bill Carey.Matas (Books Stacks): WA 295 C37 2006

ILLiad system upgrade complete- new log-in procedure

The ILLiad system upgrade has finished and ILLiad is now available for interlibrary loan requests.

With this upgrade, your log-in to ILLiad will be your Tulane username and password. If your ILLiad username and password were a combination other than your Tulane username and password, the system has automatically updated your log-in information.

If you have any questions, please contact the reference desk at 988-5155 or medref@tulane.edu.

Where to publish: Top journals for physicians in training

Looking for an outlet for your research, observations or projects? AMA Wire provides an excellent overview of journals that publish work of medical students, residents and more:
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/ama-wire/post/publish-top-journals-physicians-training

For more writing resources, check out the Matas Library Writing and Publishing Guide:
http://libguides.tulane.edu/publish 

Welcome new medical students

Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences welcomes the School of Medicine Class of 2019.

Here's just a little bit of information to help you out as you're getting through these first few days:

The Matas Library's circulation desk hours:

Monday - Thursday: 8AM - 9PM
Friday: 8AM - 6PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 1PM - 6PM

Come by and check out what we have in our Reserve section and ask us about our e-book collections, especially ClinicalKey and AccessMedicine. (AccessMedicine has many textbooks for medical students, such as Harrison's, while ClinicalKey includes such favorites as Netter's and Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease.)

A few more tips:

• Your TU ID card will get you into our 24/7 quiet study area at any time of the day. Use the main library doors when we're open. Your TU ID card will access the 24/7 area when we're closed. 24/7 area includes 2 study rooms, 2 banks of computers, a scanner, color/b+w printer, study carrels, bathrooms, chairs and desks and couches.
• Reserve Books may be checked out of the library two hours before closing, due back 1 hour after opening the next day. Fines of $1.00/hour are charged for overdue reserve items.
• Leisure reading is located in the library lobby. Daily issues of the New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as a number of leisure magazines are available. 
• B&W printing is $0.10/page, and color printing is $0.50/page. Money can be added to your card through the VTS machine in the 24/7 area of the library.
• Select the Eduroam network and log in with your TU email username and password to connect to wireless.
• Check out the medical smartphone apps, including AccessMedicine, Dynamed, and VisualDx (dermatology differential diagnosis) on our mobile guide.

If you have any questions, just come up to the desk and ask. We know stuff.

New and improved Dynamed app

It’s faster and easier to get answers to clinical questions while you’re on the go, with the DynaMed® mobile app. Access is seamless - you no longer have to access DynaMed through the Skyscape app. Click through for more details.