Military Medicos - Tulane's new digital collection of the 24th General Hospital in World War II

The Matas Library is proud to announce a new digital collection of WWII photographs from the 24th General Hospital in World War II. The collection consists of 134 images from scanned negatives of photographs taken of the Tulane University 24th General Hospital (United States, Army) and sites visited by Colonel Samuel Harvey Colvin, Jr., M.D. This collection is part of the Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences. Access is provided via the Tulane University Digital Library.

The 24th General Hospital was based in Italy and Tunisia. Thirty Tulane medical graduates and ten Tulane faculty members were included in the complement of forty-two medical doctors.

Some pictures from the collection: 


Medical Officers in quarters at leisure

Group Portrait

Medical Laboratory

 

Children on hillside

New drug, statistics & biophysics resources from Matas

Now available online:

 

Merck Index Online 15th Ed. (RSC)

The Merck index online offers information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals- the same information as the print edition in a convenient and easily searchable full text database. It contains over 11,500 monographs, including historic records not available in the print edition.

Comprehensive Biophysics (Elsevier)

Biophysics is a rapidly-evolving interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology. Biophysics encompasses many disciplines, including physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, biochemistry, medicine, pharmacology, physiology, and neuroscience, and it is essential that scientists working in these varied fields are able to understand each other's research. Comprehensive Biophysics will help bridge that communication gap. 9 volumes.

Handbook of Statistical Genetics, 3rd ed. (Wiley)
The Handbook for Statistical Genetics is widely regarded as the reference work in the field. However, the field has developed considerably over the past three years. In particular the modeling of genetic networks has advanced considerably via the evolution of microarray analysis. As a consequence the 3rd edition of the handbook contains a much expanded section on Network Modeling, including 5 new chapters covering metabolic networks, graphical modeling and inference and simulation of pedigrees and genealogies. Other chapters new to the 3rd edition include Human Population Genetics, Genome-wide Association Studies, Family-based Association Studies, Pharmacogenetics, Epigenetics, Ethic and Insurance. As with the second Edition, the Handbook includes a glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations, and features extensive cross-referencing between the chapters, tying the different areas together.

Coding Resources in Transition: DSM-5 (now online in Psychiatry Online) and ICD-10

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders :DSM-5 is now available at the Matas Library Information Desk for in-house use.  The online is now available in PsychiatryOnline.  Tulane will have access to both DSM-5™ and DSM-IV-TR® until October 1, 2013. At that time the online DSM-IV-TR® will be removed and added to the PsychiatryOnline site as a PDF.

 Reference WM 15 Am3d.5 2013

In addition to the DSM coding changes, be aware of the transition from the 30-year-old ICD-9 code set to ICD-10.  On October 1, 2014, the ICD-9 code sets usedto report medical diagnoses and inpatient procedures will be replaced by ICD-10. 

VisualDx 6.20 now includes both code sets for the dermatology codes!  In preparation for the October 2014 deadline for ICD-10 transition, VisualDx (online & mobile dermatology differential and diagnosis search) includes billable ICD-10 codes for all diagnoses.

ClinicalKey - Check out the new ebooks

Check out the new ebook titles in ClinicalKey!

ClinicalKey access is available from off-campus for Tulane users.  
Search Books to locate books by title!

ClinicalKey is the search engine for Elsevier journals and books,  FirstConsult and ProceduresConsult and much more.  Images may saved from the database and used in presentations. There are more than 1000+  full text books and also journals including "The Clinics" from Elsevier in ClinicalKey. 

MDConsult was phased out for Tulane users on Jan. 1, 2013, but that content along with the ProceduresConsult program for Surgery Testing is still available..  The FirstConsult app continues to be available, plus the complete content of FirstConsult is searched in ClinicalKey.  Please let us know if you have problems with the functionality of the ClinicalKey platform.

TULink now works from ClinicalKey!  Matas is are still working on the back end set up to get the ebooks in the Catalog or SearchAll@Matas!  Stay tuned.  Many of the texts are included in the Books tabs of the Matas Subject Guides.  You can search the guides from the Guides tab.

Let us know if you have problems!
http://libguides.tulane.edu/updatesck

NIH Public Access Policy Compliance deadline is July 1, 2013!!

Attention faculty and researchers!

The deadline for Public Access Compliance for peer-reviewed publications resulting from NIH-funded research is July 1, 2013.

NIH will delay processing of your grant funding if all publications arising from NIH funding are not in compliance with the Public Access Policy.  

To assist you with meeting these compliance regulations, the Matas Library is offering on-demand workshops by appointment.

A new My NCBI feature now available in “My Bibliography” facilitates the management of publication compliance with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy. From the new “Awards View” eRA Commons users are able to see whether their publications are compliant with the Policy, start the manuscript submission process, associate their NIH extramural awards with their publications, and designate delegates to manage their bibliography via My NCBI.

For assistance with making sure your publications are in full compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy or to schedule a workshop for your group or department, contact Keith Pickett, Research Support & Education Librarian, at (504) 988-2406 or kpicket1@tulane.edu. 

Global Health: Science and Practice: New online, open access journal

USAID and the Schools of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University created an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for the global health community, particularly program implementers, to contribute to and benefit from a dialogue based on science and practical programmatic experience.

Global Health: Science andPractice (GHSP) <http://www.ghspjournal.org?etoc>

Inaugural issue: March 2013 - Volume 1 - Issue 1<http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/1/1?etoc%0d%0a>

GHSP is supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development and published by the Knowledge for Health project at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs in collaboration with the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.

Disaster preparedness and response recording now available

Learn about the National Library of Medicine’s work in disaster response/emergency preparedness, toxicology, environmental health, HIV/AIDS information, and special outreach to minorities and underserved populations using this link to a Tegrity video: https://tegr.it/y/si3c.

Tegrity Player requires the Windows Media Player plug-in to be installed. The plug-in is used to play the recorded audio and video in your browser.

Fast forward to 30:31 to learn about the Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health. At 38:27, learn about their radiation response tool, REMM, a comprehensive, encyclopedic tool, with information on response to a dirty bomb, atomic bomb or spill. At 42:52, learn about how a smart pen is being used by medical students in Uganda to certify whether mosquito nets are being used properly and document how they were actually being used (i.e. for wedding gowns).

Dr. Steven Phillips, National Library of Medicine (NLM) Associate Director for Specialized Information Services, came from Bethesda, MD, to make this (recorded) presentation on Friday, November 9, 2012 for the Global Health Forum of the 100th anniversary of the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He and his staff have been involved in NLM efforts to assist in disaster preparedness and response in the US (e.g., Hurricane Katrina) and other countries, e.g., Haiti, Japan, etc. He is leading the effort to establish a Disaster Information Management Research CenterDisaster Information Management Research Center at the NLM.This Center, totally devoted to disaster informatics, is the first of its kind in the world.