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http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library Issue #74 Fall 2008

Director’s Notes
Building a Better Biomedical Library
“Things, they are a changin” in the Biomedical Library as we strive to better serve our users!

We expect our new neighbors in the Health Sciences Building to move in sometime in 2009. In anticipation
of that, we are in the process of building two additional group study rooms and eight individual study rooms
on the second floor of the Baugh Library. We are grateful to the Colleges of Allied Health Professions and
Nursing for funding for this project.
We are also in the process of converting the old multimedia lab into a Study/Conference room that will be
available for study as well as for webinar viewings and conferences. This room will contain furniture that can
be used in a variety of configurations.
The new Health Information Resource Center (formerly the Medical Center Library) will open on the third
floor of the USA Medical Center sometime during the fall. In addition to
In This Issue professional resources, this facility will also serve the patients of the
USAMC in meeting their information needs.
Newfaculty ......... 2,9 The web page is getting a new look and we have re-organized it to make
DynaMed, Med-Source .... 3 the information more
“findable.” It will
New Web Site ......... 3
include portals for our
Ovid SP, CP for hand-helds . 4 major user groups. We
are also revising the
slideshare ....................................... 4
Biomedical Library
Access Emergency Medicine ...... 5 blog, so our users can
FacultyPublications .... 6-7 keep up with what’s
new in the Biomedical
SCIMago ............ 8 Library.
New Study Rooms ....... 8 Serials Solutions, a
new journal manage-
SerialsSolutions ........ 8
ment system is being
AccessMedicine ........ 9 New study rooms are being built at the BML campus site. installed that will be
your one source for
Medicaliphone ......... 9
journals for which the Biomedical Library and the University Library pro-
Biomedical Library News . 10 vide access, both print and electronic.
ClinicalLibrariansandEBP 10 We hope your research retrieval will be uninterrupted as we make these
changes; but if you have any concerns, please let me know.
SOUTHMed ........ 12 Judy Burnham
Director
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Robert Britton
Hired
PHONE NUMBERS
Administration as the library’s new
Director: Judy Burnham ............ (251) 460-6886
jburnham@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Electronic Resources
Secretary: Bonnie Seibert .......... (251) 460-6885
Librarian
Robert Britton has joined
Collection Management: Jie Li .. (251) 460-6890 the staff of the Biomedical
jli@jaguar1.usouthal.edu Library as the new Elec-
tronic Resources/ Collec-
Hospital Services: Geneva Staggs (251) 471-7855
gstaggs@bbl.usouthal.edu tion Development Librarian
as of July, 2008. He is a Robert Britton
Public Services: .......................... (251) 460-7044 May, 2008, graduate of the
Justin Robertson ........................... (251) 460-7045 the electronic resources in the
School of Library and
jroberts@bbl.usouthal.edu Biomedical Library and will
Information Studies at the
Libraries: University of Alabama and coordinate acquisition and
Campus (Baugh) .......................... (251) 460-7043 also holds a BA in Asian collection development of print
C&W ............................................. (251) 415-8586 and electronic resources. He
Studies from Alabama. In
UMC ............................................. (251) 471-7855 will also participate in reference
addition, Robert has
Interlibrary Loan .......................... (251) 460-6891 extensive coursework in services and act as library liaison
Mandarin Chinese at Feng to the College of Medicine’s
Fax Numbers Biochemistry, Molecular Biol-
Chia University of
Campus (Baugh) .......................... (251) 460-7638 ogy, and Radiology and to the
UMC ............................................. (251) 471-7857 Taichung, Taiwan.
C&W ............................................. (251) 415-8587 Working in the Collection Biomedical Sciences in the
Management Department, College of Allied Health.
REGULAR HOURS
Robert will be managing
July 30, 2008 - December 31, 2008

Charles M. Baugh Library (Campus)

Monday-Thursday 7:15 am - 11:45 pm
State-wide Funding Greatly Impacts
Friday 7:15 am - 5:45 pm
Saturday 7:15 am - 5:45 pm
Library Resource Budgets
Sunday 1:00 pm - 9:45 pm The Biomedical Library participates in a consortia arrangement
with other libraries in the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries
Medical Center Site (staffed hours) (NAAL) for purchase of several electronic resources, including Science
Monday-Thursday 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Direct. In the agreement, the Biomedical Library subscribes to 188
Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Elsevier titles in the Science Direct collection (about $350,000 with
Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm University Library paying an additional $90,000 for their subscriptions.)
Sunday Not staffed With an additional content fee (about $6500 for Biomedical Library), we
are able to access 1958 titles via Science Direct. Elsevier has made a
Children’s and Women’s Site proposal to the members of NAAL to continue this arrangement;
Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm however, educational funding state-wide greatly impacts library resource
Saturday & Sunday Closed budgets. Biomedical Library expenditure for the current collection over
the next three years will reach $418,302 based on the proposed contract.
Holiday and Extended Hours If the consortia arrangement does not continue, the BL may be forced
The libraries will observe holidays for Thanks- to retain access only to those titles for which we have a current subscrip-
giving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. See hours tion. Faculty will be updated on this as the negotiations progress, with a
posted at our website. projected decision by the first part of October, 2008. Faculty with
questions about this issue should contact Judy Burnham, 6-6886 or
Email: medlib@bbl.usouthal.edu jburnham@jaguar1.usouthal.edu.
Website:southmed.usouthal.edu/library
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DyanMed, the point-of-care
database to which the Biomedi-
cal Library subscribes, has
expanded the list of PDAs it
supports. You may access it
from the following devices:
• Palms
• Pocket PC
• Windows Smartphone
• BlackBerry
• iPhone
In order to install DynaMed
on a PDA device, you will need
to obtain a DynaMed serial
number.
To request a DynaMed serial
number, please talk to your
librarian or administrator about
obtaining access to DynaMed
on a PDA device and then email
dynamedsupport@epnet.com
using your institution’s e-mail
address extension and requesting
a serial number for your PDA
device.
Note: Please do not use any per-
sonal e-mail accounts such as
@yahoo.com, @hotmail.com or
@gmail.com when making a
request for a serial number. For
authentication reasons DynaMed
cannot validate that you are
affiliated with your institution when
using these e-mail addresses.
- Jie Li
USA Biomedical Library Biofeedback Fall 2008
Med-Source,
http://www.med-source.blogspot.com/,
is a blog developed for medical
students, which claims to
provide the student with the
resources needed to save time,
and help them get some sleep
during med school. It contains
a search box as well as an
alphabetical listing of “tags”
assigned to the blog postings. General Resources the author
An RSS feed is also available. discusses the “must have”
The blog author is a medical books / sites / programs that
student at the U of Pennsylva- “WILL make your life easier”
nia and includes postings and in med school, many of
links on topics such as pediat- which you can find among
rics, cardiology, biochemistry, the Biomedical Library’s
and SHELF practice questions. resources.
In one post titled Amazing - Judy Burnham
New Look
for OLD
website
The Biomedical Library
website is getting a new
look and address.
Plans to implement the
new Biomedical Library
website are underway and
a trial release is planned
for the beginning of the
fall semester. The new website will be located at
www.biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu and will run concurrently
with the existing website throughout the Fall 2008 semester. The current
website will be taken down during the winter holidays, and visits to the
old address will be redirected to the new URL.
The planned website will have a crisp new look and streamlined
navigation. We invite everyone to give his or her feedback when the site
goes live by emailing medlib@bbl.usouthal.edu. You can also take a
survey about the current website through a link on our homepage,
http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library. -Andrea Wright
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CP Onhand Available at Biomedical Library

OvidSP Tutorials
During the next several months, OvidSP
will offer a series of live, web-based
tutorials on a variety of topics, all designed
to familiarize the user with the Ovid
interface.
Tutorials last about one hour and are
free. For a complete list of topic and to
register, go to the following link:
http://www.ovid.com/site/help
training.jsp?top=28&mid=29
Ovid offers still more training options,
including (1) pre-recorded web-based
tutorials and (2) step-by-step PowerPoint
presentations, both on basic searching of
OvidSP. These resources may be accessed
at the following link:
http://www.ovid.com/site/help/
training.jsp?top=28&mid=33.
- Trey Lemley
Register for Clinical Pharmacology for
your handheld by completing the follow-
ing steps.
1. Contact the Biomedical Library at 460-
7044 or medlib@bbl.usouthal.edu to get a
CP Onhand Promo Code.
2. Go to
www.clinicalpharmacology.com and
click on the second icon, “Subscribe
Now”. Click the link on the left “Enter
Promo Code.”
3. Enter the 15-digit PROMOTIONAL
CODE with hyphens, into the box. Press
the “Submit” button. NOTE: Enter this
code only ONCE! Do not select a GSM
program; this has been done for you.
4. Current users: Enter your Username
and Password.
5. New user? Create your account by
selecting “Click here to register”. You
will be redirected to New Account Set-up
screen where you will setup your own
personal account. Remember your
username and password.
6. You no longer need the 15-digit
promotional code once you have
completed this section; throw it away.
Move on to the section below.
HOW TO LOGIN TO CLINICAL
PHARMACOLOGY ONLINE WEB
SITE:
1. Go to
www.clinicalpharmacology.comand
click on the “Subscriber Login” icon.
2. Enter your Username and Password
and click on the “Subscriber Login”
button.
Clinical Pharmacology is currently
working towards making the program
compatible with Blackberries and
iphones.
- Jie Li

slideshare.net is a convenient way to

share professional or educational
PowerPoint presentations online. The site
provides space to store presentations so
you can access your presentations from
anywhere. It will also allow you to view
presentations created by others.
slideshare creates html code that
allows you to easily embed a presentation
on your own webpage or blog.
Many professionals use the service to
quickly share slides after giving a presenta-
tion at a conference or for a class, so
slideshare is a great place to get ideas or Visit the USA Biomedical Library’s profile (http://www.slideshare.net/
quick information on many different usabl)on slideshare to view presentations on Internet Resources for
Clinicians and Evidence Based Medicine.
topics.
There are groups for and presentations
about many types of health professions To date, we have posted presentations on Evidence Based
and issues. Medicine and Internet Resources for Clinicians, with more to
The USA Biomedical Library has a follow.
profile located at http:// To find more presentations or for assistance using
www.slideshare.net/usabl where one slideshare , please contact Technology Librarian
can view presentations created by librar- Andrea Wright at (251)461-1424 or contact her
ians on topics of interest to our patrons. awright@bbl.usouthal.edu.
-Andrea Wright
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Biomedical Library Subscribes to
The Biomedical Library has
recently added
AccessEmergency Medicine
to our online collection of
databases. AccessEmergency
Medicine is a complete online
service that allows users to
quickly search for videos on the
diagnosis and treatment of a
broad range of emergency cases.
In AccessEmergency Medi-
cine, physicians, residents and
Emergency Department (ED)
nurses will find answers in one
click for a broad spectrum of
complaints encountered in the
ED, ranging from obstetrical
emergencies to orthopedic
emergencies to poisoning to
trauma. AccessEmergency
Medicine keeps pace with the
immediacy of emergency medi-
cine with a semantically driven
search that brings users to the
treatment information quicker,
with links to deeper information
on different presentations,
diagnostic tests, procedures, and
more. AccessEmergency
Medicine allows quick look-ups
of diagnosis and treatment
information from the most
trusted resources and a world-
renowned advisory board.
The following information is
also included in
AccessEmergency Medicine:
Procedures
Complete coverage of proce-
dures in the ED with all the
USA Biomedical Library Biofeedback Fall 2008
information that health care
professionals need to know—
indications, contraindications,
approaches, materials and
complications.
Quick Access to the Right
Amount of Information
• Point-of-Care treatment
answers are available for rapid
access in the clinic from the
Emergency Medicine Manual, 6th
edition (2003).
• Trusted references in Emer-
gency Medicine including
Pediatrics, Orthopedics, and
OB/GYN.
In a section on Superficial Cutaneous
Infections- Physical Examination an
examination of skin lesions associated
with pitted keratolysis of the plantar
shows “loss of keratinization with well-
dermarcated scalloped margins, formed
by the confluence of multiple, confluent
‘pits’ (defects in the stratum corneum).”
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Library of Images and
Multimedia
A library of images that
includes common and uncom-
mon clinical presentations and
imaging studies of children and
adults allows for quick diagnosis.
• Illustrative images for
quick reference and
instruction.
• Galleries of emergency
clinical images reflecting the
first, second and third most
common presentations.
• Library of Procedures,
updated monthly, with
animations and procedural
videos.
Complete Drug Information
Updated in Real-Time
Fully integrated drug informa-
tion throughout
AccessEmergency Medicine
including complete chemical
structure and dosing informa-
tion, adverse reactions, indica-
tions and contraindications as
well as patient education in
English and Spanish and full-
color photos of all formulations.
Specialized Search Capabilities
Search for all topics related to
ED diagnosis and treatment,
exclusively search pediatric-
related topics, or just search for
images, video and audio.
- Jie Li

Faculty Publications
Listed below are journal publications by USA faculty indexed in MEDLINE, CINAHL, and
Web of Science for May through July, 2008. Department chairs are asked to submit citations of
recent publications by their department members. If we missed your latest contribution to the
literature, please notify the editor so it can be included in a future listing. New faculty are
encouraged to submit their latest publications to the editor (brossini@bbl.usouthal.edu).
Abi-Saleh B, Iskandar SB, Elgharib N, Cohen MV. C-
reactive protein: the harbinger of cardiovascular
diseases. South Med J 2008 May;101(5):525-33.
Arrieta M, White HL, Crook ED. Using zip code-
level mortality data as a local health status
indicator in Mobile, Alabama. Am J Med Sci 2008
Apr;335(4):271-4.
Arrieta MI, Hanks R, Bryan NB. Establishing a
multidisciplinary academic group to address
health disparities. Am J Med Sci 2008
Apr;335(4):275-7.
Barik S. RNA interference (RNAi): design and
application. Preface. Methods Mol Biol 2008;
442:vii-viii.
Beard WL, Porter KB, Brooks MN, Mulekar MS,
Ringold FG, Armistead C. Obesity screening for
bladder and bowel incontinence. Obstet Gynecol
2008 Apr;111(4 Suppl):25S.
Bechill J, Chen ZB, Brewer JW, Baker SC.
Coronavirus infection modulates the unfolded
protein response and mediates sustained
translational repression. J Virol 2008 May;82
(9):4492-501.
Bitko V, Barik S. Nasal delivery of siRNA. Methods
Mol Biol 2008;442:75-82.
Cerfolio RJ, Bryant AS, Maniscalco LM. A
nondivided intercostal muscle flap further
reduces pain of thoracotomy: a prospective
randomized trial. Ann Thorac Surg 2008
Jun;85(6):1901-7.
Clark ME, Finan MA, Sherman C, Morris CG,
Rocconi RP. The robot invasion - impact of
robotic surgery on the surgical experience of
obstetrics and gynecology residents. Obstet Gynecol
2008 Apr;111(4 Suppl):69S.
Clement LT, Jones CA, Cole J. Health disparities in
the United States: childhood asthma. Am J Med
Sci 2008 Apr;335(4):260-5.
Cohen MV, Downey JM. Adenosine: trigger and
mediator of cardioprotection. Basic Res Cardiol
2008 May;103(3):203-15.
Crook ED, White HL. Introduction: proceedings of
the 2006 and 2007 regional health disparities
symposium, University of South Alabama Center
for Healthy Communities. Am J Med Sci 2008
Apr;335(4):249-50.
Crook ED, Peters M. Health disparities in chronic
diseases: where the money is. Am J Med Sci 2008
Apr;335(4):266-70.
Daud AI, Mirza N, Lenox B, Andrews S, Urbas P,
Gao GX, Lee JH, Sondak VK, Riker AI, DeConti
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RC, Gabrilovich D. Phenotypic and functional
analysis of dendritic cells and clinical outcome in
patients with high-risk melanoma treated with
adjuvant granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating
factor. J Clin Oncol 2008 Jul;26(19): 3235-41.
Diwan AH, Skelton HG, Horenstein MG, Kelly DR,
Barrett TL, Bussian AH, Sanders DY, Lazar AJF,
Prieto VG, Smith KJ. Dermatofibrosarcoma
protuberans and giant cell fibroblastoma exhibit
CD99 positivity. J Cutan Pathol 2008 Jul;35(7):647-50.
Dost T, Cohen MV, Downey JM. Redox signaling
triggers protection during the reperfusion rather
than the ischemic phase of preconditioning. Basic
Res Cardiol 2008 Jun;103(4):378-84.
Dost T, Cohen MV, Downey JM. Redox signaling
triggers protection during the reperfusion rather
than the ischemic phase of preconditioning. J Mol
Cell Cardiol 2008;44 (4):776-7.
Downey JM, Krieg T, Cohen MV. Mapping
preconditioning’s signaling pathways - an
engineering approach. Ann NY Acad Sci 2008
Mar;1123:187-96.
Downey JM, Cohen MV. Response to letter regarding
article, “ bypassing big pharma”. Circulation
2008;117(11):E195.
Ellis CN. Outcomes after repair of rectovaginal
fistulas using bioprosthetics. Dis Colon Rectum
2008 Jul;5(7): 1084-8.
Gerhoffer WT. Migration of airway smooth muscle
cells. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2008 Jan 1;5(1):97-105.
Gibson SV, Tustin GW, Williams LE, Schuler AM,
Brady AG, Abee CR. Reproduction in an owl
monkey breeding colony (Aotus sp.). Am J
Primatol 2008;70(Suppl 1):29.
Golden T, Swingle M, Honkanen RE. The role of
serine/threonine protein phosphatase type 5
(PP5) in the regulation of stress-induced signaling
networks and cancer. Cancer Metastasis Rev
2008;27(2):169-78.
Golden T, Aragon LV, Rutland B, Tucker JA, Shevde
LA, Samant RS, Zhou G, Amable L, Skarra D,
Honkanen RE. Elevated levels of Ser/Thr
protein phosphatase 5 (PP5) in human breast
cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis
2008;1782(4):259-70.
Hill A, Lawson R, Rhodes R. Collaborative co-op as a
means to expand BSN enrollment & diversity.
ABNF J 2008 Spring;19(2):48-50.
Homma N, Nagaoka T, Karoor V, Imamura M,
Taraseviciene-Stewart L, Walker LA, Fagan KA,
McMurtry IF, Oka M. Involvement of RhoA/
Rho kinase signaling in protection against
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monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension
in pneumonectomized rats by
dehydroepiandrosterone. Am J Physiol Lung Cell
Mol Physiol 2008;295(1):L71-8.
Ito T, Kimura Y, Uozumi Y, Takai M, Muraoka S,
Matsuda T, Ueki K, Yoshiyama M, Ikawa M,
Okabe M, Schaffer SW, Fujio Y, Azuma J. Taurine
depletion caused by knocking out the taurine
transporter gene leads to cardiomyopathy with
cardiac atrophy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008;44(5):927-37.
King JA, Shevde LA, Ofori-Acquah S, Watkins G,
Jiang WG. Is N-cadherin expression important in
ductal carcinoma? South Med J 2008;101(5):470-5.
Knight WA 4th, Gunderman M, Hinckley WR. Critical
burn patient with an unknown neuromuscular
disease. Air Med J 2008 May-Jun;27(3):114-5.
Kovaleski JE, Norrell PM, Heitman RJ, Hollis JM,
Pearsall AW. Knee and ankle position, anterior
drawer laxity, and stiffness of the ankle complex.
J Athl Train 2008;43 (3):242-8.
Le T, Finan MA, Mulekar M, Rocconi RP. Compari-
son of two surgical approaches for stage I
endometrial cancer. Obstet Gynecol 2008;111(4
Suppl):106S.
Lewis JM, Zager JS, Yu D, Pelaez D, Riker AI,
Dessureault S, Cruse CW, Reintgen DS, Puleo
CA, Sondak VK. Full-thickness grafts procured
from skin overlying the sentinel lymph node
basin; reconstruction of primary cutaneous
malignancy excision defects. Ann Surg Oncol
2008;15(6):1733-40.
Liu Y, Yang XM, Iliodromitis EK, Kremastinos DT,
Dost T, Cohen MV, Downey JM. Redox signaling
at reperfusion is required for protection from
ischemic preconditioning but not from a direct
PKC activator. Basic Res Cardiol 2008;103(1):54-9.
Matsushita N, Pilon-Thomas SA, Martin LM, Riker
AI. Comparative methodologies of regulatory T
cell depletion in a murine melanoma model. J
Immunol Methods 2008;333 (1-2):167-79.
Matthews KS, Estes JM, Conner MG, Manne U,
Kitworth JM, Huh WK, Alvarez RD, Straughn
JM, Barnes MN, Rocconi RP. Lynch syndrome in
women less than 50 years of age with endometrial
cancer. Obstet Gynecol 2008;111(5):1161-6.
Mitra A, Fillmore RA, Metge BJ, Rajesh M, Xi Y,
King J, Ju J, Pannell L, Shevde LA, Samant RS.
Large isoform of MRJ (DNAJB6) reduces
malignant activity of breast cancer. Breast Cancer
Res 2008;10(2).
Mizell KN, Carter JE. Vancomycin-resistant
Enterococcus faecium meningitis successfully
treated with linezolid. South Med J
2008;101(5):569-70.
Moore RE, Estis J, Gordon-Hickey S, Watts C. Pitch
discrimination and pitch matching abilities with vocal
and nonvocal stimuli. J Voice 2008;22(4):399-407.
Morey V, Rothrock JF. Examining the utility of in-
clinic “rescue” therapy for acute migraine.
Headache 2008;48(6):939-43.

Mozaffari MS, Schaffer SW. Effect of pressure
overload on cardioprotection of mitochondrial
K-ATP channels and GSK-3 beta interaction with
the MPT pore. Am J Hypertens 2008;21(5):570-5.
Nakajima G, Patino-Garcia A, Bruheim S, Xi Y, San
Julian M, Lecanda F, Sierrasesumaga L, Muller C,
Fodstad O, Ju J. CDH11 expression is associated
with survival in patients with osteosarcoma.
Cancer Genomics Proteomics 2008;5(1):37-42.
Ofori-Acquah SF, King J, Voelkel N, Schaphorst KL,
Stevens T. Heterogeneity of barrier function in
the lung reflects diversity in endothelial cell
junctions. Microvasc Res 2008;75(3):391-402.
Oka M, Homma N, McMurtry IF. Rho kinase-
mediated vasoconstriction in rat models of
pulmonary hypertension. Methods Enzymol
2008;439:191-204.
Olatinwo MO, Reynolds S, White K, Anachebe N,
Sanders D, Geary F. Association of obesity with a
higher risk of operative delivery in pregnant
adolescents at Grady Memorial Hospital. Obstet
Gynecol 2008;111(4 Suppl):96S.
Olatinwo MO, Burton A, Collins K, Wimberly Y,
Geary F. A clinical trial of a rapid HSV-2 test in
pregnant women. Obstet Gynecol 2008;111(4
Suppl):100S.
Pastukh V, Shokolenko IN, Wilson GL, Alexeyev MF.
Mutations in the passenger polypeptide can affect
its partitioning between mitochondria and
cytoplasm. Mol Biol Rep 2008;35(2):215-23.
Pharez MC, Walls ND, Roussel LA, Broome BA.
Combining creativity and community partnership
in mental health clinical experiences. Nurs Educ
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Rappa G, Mercapide J, Anzanello F, Prasmickaite L,
Xi YG, Ju JF, Fodstad O, Lorico A. Growth of
2008 MASA Participation
Doctors use BML laptops for information needs
at the MASA Annual Meeting this past May in
San Destin, Florida.
For the seventh year, USA Bio-
medical librarians hosted the Cyber
Café at the Medical Association State
of Alabama (MASA) Annual Meeting
this past May. Once again, appreciative
attendees used the laptops provided by
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cancer cell lines under stem cell-like conditions
has the potential to unveil therapeutic targets.
Exp Cell Res 2008;314(10):2110-22.
Ricci C, Jong CJ, Schaffer SW. Proapoptotic and
antiapoptotic effects of hyperglycemia: role of
insulin signaling. Can J Physiol Pharmacol
2008;86(4):166-72.
Robertson J, Burnham J, Li J, Sayed E. The medical
matters wiki: building a library web site 2.0. Med
Ref Serv Q 2008 Spring;27(1):21-32.
Rocconi RP, Kirby TO, Seitz RS, Beck R, Straughn
JM, Alvarez RD, Huh WK. Lipoxygenase pathway
receptor expression in ovarian cancer. Reprod Sci
2008;15(3): 321-6.
Ross M, Smith KK, Smith A, Ryan R, Webb L,
Humphreys S. Analysis of after-action reporting
by deployed nurses. Mil Med 2008 Feb;173(2):210-6.
Sadosky PW, Scammell JG. Increased production of
11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 in
the kidney microsomes of squirrel monkeys
(Saimiri spp.). Comparative Med 2008;58(2):180-7.
Shet AS, Hoffmann TJ, Jirouskova M, Janczak CA,
Stevens JRM, Adamson A, Mohandas N, Manci
EA, Cynober T, Coller BS. Morphological and
functional platelet abnormalities in Berkeley sickle
cell mice. Blood Cells Mol 2008;41(1):109-18.
Smith AJ, Glaser D. Confirming the factor structure
of an intuition instrument for nursing students.
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publications/SOJNR_articles2
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Tissier R, Berdeaux A, Ghaleh B, Couvreur N, Krieg
T, Cohen MV, Downey JM. Making the heart
resistant to infarction: how can we further
decrease infarct size? Front Biosci 2008;13:284-301.
the Biomedical Library to check their email,
edit presentations, learn about new
technologies, and to have access to the
library’s information resources.
Working with the 2008 MASA theme
Defining Medicine’s Scope of Practice, the USA
Biomedical Library updated The Cyber Café
homepage (http://southmed.usouthal.edu/
library/masasite/) with current information
to support patient care needs and with
updated links to free full-text online articles
and books, PDA resources, and information
about current technologies.
Librarian Justin Robertson, Assistant
Director for Public Services, presented a
technology symposium “Internet Resources
for Clinicians” giving doctors a look at
Internet tools for statistical information,
search engines specific to locating medical
information, and tools for promoting health
literacy. Andrea Wright and Beverly Rossini
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Wagner WW. Point : Counterpoint “Gravity is/is not
the major factor determining the distribution of
blood flow in the human lung”. J Appl Physiol
2008;104(5):1537.
Wang XZ, Wang Z, Yan M, Huang SZ, Chen TJ,
Zhong N. Similarity of DMD gene deletion and
duplication in the Chinese patients compared to
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staffed the Cyber Café; Robbie Runderson
provided technical support.
The library’s participation was made
possible through a grant received from the
National Network of Libraries of Medi-
cine/Southeastern Atlantic Region to
support this project. MASA also contrib-
uted funding to the effort.
Andrea Wright, Robbie Runderson, Beverly
Rossini, and Justin Robertson.

The SCImago Journal & Country
Rank, http://www.scimagojr.com, is a
resource that includes the journals and
country scientific indicators developed from
the information contained in the Scopus®
database. These indicators can be used to
assess and analyze scientific domains.
A study reported in FASEB Journal
compared the SCImago Journal Rank
with the ISI Impact Factor. The study
shows that SCImago Journal
Rank can become a competitor
for the ISI Impact Factor because
of its open access, the use of a far
larger database and, because it
rates the citation quality. (Falagas
ME, Kouranos VD, Arencibia-
Jorge R, Karageorgopoulos DE.
Comparison of SCImago
Journal Rank indicator with
journal impact factor. FASEB J.
2008 Apr 11)
The SCImago Journal Rank
looks at data such as total
documents, citable documents,
references and percentage of
international collaboration.
The Biomedical Library
Adds Several New Study
Rooms
We anticipate, and
welcome, a significant
increase in users once
the new Colleges of
Allied Health and the
College of Nursing
move into their new
building across the
parking lot from us.
To better serve all of
our patrons the
Biomedical Library has
several planned building changes – the first
of which should be completed by the early
Fall 2008 semester.
Construction has begun on eight new
individual study rooms and two new large
USA Biomedical Library Biofeedback Fall 2008
The resource can also be used to compare
data on several different journals, helpful in
comparison for article submission. The
following screen shot compares the
European Heart Journal, American Heart
Journal and American Journal of Physiology –
Heart and Circulatory Physiology.
- Judy Burnham
group study rooms on the second floor.
Once completed these new rooms will be
available to our health sciences students
and may be reserved at the circulation
desk.
Changes planned for 2009 include new
modular chairs
with built-in
laptop space on
the third floor,
ten new public
computer work
stations and a multi-
media conference/
meeting room on the
second floor and a
consolidation of the
reference and
circulation desks on the first floor.
Tentative plans to create a coffee/soft drink/
snack vending area with seating are in the
works.
We know that these changes can cause
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Full-text searching
gets easier !!!
The Charles Baugh Biomedical
Library is excited to announce the
implementation of Serials Solu-
tions early this semester. Serials
Solutions is an electronic resource
access and management service that
will allow us to more efficiently
manage the library’s electronic
resources, and will also provide our
patrons smoother searching and
more reliable links.
For librarians it will streamline
workflow, produce advanced
database usage statistics, do away
with many labor redundancies, and is
highly customizable.
For our patrons it will provide a
more complete access to the
collection, reduce the number of
steps it takes for patrons to reach
their search targets, and includes a
one-touch export to RefWorks. We
are very enthusiastic about this new
product and look forward to sharing
it with our user community this fall.
- Robert Britton
disruptions within the Biomedical Library,
but please be assured we will work to keep
these at a minimum, and ultimately it is
hoped that these changes will make the
library an even more attractive place for you
to study and do your research.
If you have any questions, concerns or
suggestions concerning these changes please
feel free to contact me: Justin Robertson,
Asst. Director for Public Services, or at
jroberts@bbl.usouth.al

AccessMedicine adds New Resource AND New Feature
NEW Resource:
William’s Gynocology (2008)
Eds: John O. Schorge, Joseph I. Schaffer,
Lisa M. Halvorson, Barbara L. Hoffman,
Karen D. Bradshaw, F. Gary
Cunningham
NEW Editions:
Harrison’s Principles of Internal
Medicine: Self-Assessment and Board
Review, 17e (2008)
This guide features more than 1,000 review
questions derived from and cross-refer-
enced to the authoritative content of
Harrison’s Online, 17e.
CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment:
Psychiatry, 2e (2008)
This comprehensive and concise resource
on the adult and pediatric psychiatric
medicine is now in its second edition, with
medical iPhone
Apple released the iPhone 3G
this July with push email capabil-
ity, GPS, and third-party applica-
tions, making it a much more
attractive smart phone for
medical professionals, as well as
for students.
Several medical and health-
related applications were avail-
able the first day through the
iTunes App Store. Two promi-
nently featured applications in
the lead up to the realease were
Netter’s interactive anatomy
flashcards and the drug refer-
ence Epocrates Rx. Since then,
other medical applications have
been added such as Eponyms
medical dictionary and iChart
EMR to help doctors electroni-
cally keep track of their patients
and prescriptions. Many fitness
USA Biomedical Library Biofeedback Fall 2008
NEW Feature:
a new section on practice in
special settings.
Searchable Diagnosaurus
Over
1000
differen-
tial diagnoses (DDx) of symptoms, signs,
and diseases are now available through
Search.
NEW Video:
Harrison’s Online Chapter e20.
Atlas of Noninvasive Cardiac Imag-
ing, Atlas of Noninvasive Cardiac
Imaging Video e20-17
- Jie Li
and health based applications are
also available to help patients
keep track of blood sugar,
weight, diet, exercise, and
medication routines.
Other applications that might
be useful to medical profession-
als include office and productiv-
ity applications for keeping track
of contacts, to-do lists, email,
and news.
While the iPhone has a full
browser capable of using most
databases without a problem,
some vendors and other
websites have chosen to create
“iPhone optimized” versions to
better fit the iPhone’s screen.
For instance, the Biomedical
Library offers access to the
Dynamed iPhone-optimized
version through Skyscape.
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Angela
Rand,
New
Head of
Information
Services
at USA Baldwin Campus
Angela Rand will provide library
services to the USA Baldwin County
Campus’ students, faculty and staff and
act as coordinator of technology. Rand
retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1996.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in English
Literature from Athens State University
and a master’s degree in Library
Information Science from the University
of Southern Mississippi. She was the
Information Technology/Systems
Librarian at the Orange Beach Public
Library where she worked for nine years.
There are also many iPhone-
optimized versions of educa-
tional and productivity based
websites that were designed for
the original iPhone before it
included the ability to install
third-party applications.
Some companies like Heart
Imaging Technologies are also
choosing to make medical
images and movies available on
the handheld.
If you’d like more information
or to see an iPhone 3G in action,
contact Andrea Wright, Tech-
nology Librarian, at
awright@bbl.usouthal.edu or 461-
1424.

Summer is BUSY at the Baugh
STEP Up, STARS, and STRIPES students learn at the BML
USA Biomedical Librarians
Andrea Wright, Beverly Rossini,
and Judy Burnham provided library
instruction for high school students
enrolled in the 2008 STEP-Up,
STARS (Student Training for
Academic Reinforcement in the
Sciences) and STRIPES (Special
Training to Raise Interest and
Prepare for Entry into the Sciences)
programs. These enrichment
programs are managed through the
University of South Alabama’s
Center for Healthy Communities’
Center for Excellence and funded
through a grant from the National
Center on Minority and Health
Disparities. Dr. Hattie Myles,
Assistant Dean for Educational
Enrichment in
the Department
of Special
Programs at the
USA College of
Medicine directs
the program at
the University of
South Alabama
campus.
The students
Students complete assign-
(mostly from ments in the COM lab.
Mobile County
Public School System’s Mattie T.
Blount, John L. LeFlore, and C.F.
Vigor high schools) must demon-
strate an interest in math and science
and a desire to attend college and
become health care providers.
Students are mentored in communi-
cation and study skills and intro-
duced to issues affecting minority
health disparities during the three-
phase, three-year program. Students
conclude their involvement after
their high school senior year with
successful entry into college and
ultimately a career in the health
sciences.
USA Biomedical Library Biofeedback Fall 2008
STARS students study at the Baugh
Biomedical Library, July 2008.
The USA Baugh Biomedical
librarians developed a curriculum for
the students to include information
literacy and instruction in refining a
research topic; developing search
strategies; utilizing the Alabama
Virtual Library, various databases,
and finding aids to access and
organize information related
to health disparities. Students
also described and recorded
personal health histories in a
family tree and researched
and discussed genetic and
environmental influences on
personal health. Assignments
were geared towards guiding
students in the basic prin-
ciples of research to facilitate
their participation with USA
College of Medicine’s Dr. Errol D.
Crook, Dr. Martha Arrieta, Dr.
Harvey L. White and other research-
ers and community advocates in the
Third Annual Health Disparities
Symposium held at the Baker Gaines
Campus of Bishop State Commu-
nity College on July 17, 2008.
Throughout the six-week pro-
gram, the students were a regular
presence in the Baugh Biomedical
Library as they continued a rigorous
schedule focused on science, math,
and writing. This is the first year the
Biomedical Library has contributed
to the curriculum.
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News
Assistant Director for Hospital
Services Geneva Bush Staggs and
Outreach/Information Resources
librarian Beverly Rossini have presented
the MLA Health Information Literacy
Research Project curriculum to more
than one hundred USA health care
providers in four sessions during the
months of May and June.
Sessions provided an opportunity to
earn CEU credits and to learn about
health information literacy issues,
consumer health resources, and about the
support and services of the USA
Biomedical library.
The Biomedical Library’s Fun
Committee kept busy over the summer
hosting quite a few parties. In addition to
our monthly birthday party, on one
stormy Sunday afternoon, 14 courageous
souls braved the weather on Wynde
Griffith’s pier overlooking Mobile Bay for
a family fun day including a cookout,
croquet, and watching an awesome
lightning show and changing tide.
In July, a welcome party for new
faculty member Robert Britton gave
everyone a chance to meet Robert and his
lovely wife, Lily, who is a native of
Taiwan. Then Bo Holt hosted a house-
warming party in his new Hillsdale home
-as usual, there was no shortage of food.
Director Judy Burnham held an
appreciation lunch for staff and faculty.
Special invitees to the luncheon included:
Dr. Richard Wood, Dean of Libraries;
Dr. Julio Turrens, Associate Dean of
the College of Allied Health Professions;
Dr. Samuel Strada, Dean of the College
of Medicine; Dr. Deborah Davis, Dean
of the College of Nursing; and Dr. Ron
Franks, Vice President for Health
Sciences.
Looking ahead to August, the monthly
birthday party will be held at the Children
and Women’s Library. Stay safe the rest
of your summer!
- Wynde Griffith
Fun Committee Member

Clinical librarians as facilitators
for
evidence-based practice
Clinical librarianship has been
defined as integrating information profes-
sionals into health care teams primarily
through their attendance at rounds and/or
meetings in the clinical setting, with the
goal of supporting clinical decision making
and education by providing timely, quality-
filtered information to clinicians at the
point of need1. Starting in the 1970s and
having waned in popularity primarily due to
financial constraints, clinical librarian
programs have experienced a resurgence in
recent years due to the growing emphasis
on evidence-based practice (EBP) in
healthcare. A systematic review on clinical
librarian programs notes that reports in
journal literature have documented several
benefits of these programs, including
saving time for clinicians,2,3 influencing
patient care and practitioners’ knowledge
base,4,5 and increasing efficiency in evaluat-
ing the medical literature6. A study from
2007 indicates that including a clinical
librarian on a team appears to increase both
the willingness of staff to spend time
searching the literature themselves and to
delegate searches to a clinical librarian7.
This study also found that the outputs of
searches by clinical librarians and health
professionals may differ, with the searches
done by the clinical librarian being more
comprehensive.
Two years ago USA’s Biomedical Library
started a clinical librarian program by
integrating two librarians into eight
committees at the University’s Medical
Center and Children’s & Women’s Hospital.
Each librarian would allocate up to eight
hours per week for the service. Originally
started as a pilot project with a formal
evaluation scheduled after six months, the
program was green lighted by the Medical
Center’s Clinical Practice committee to
continue indefinitely after only four
months. While clinical librarian programs
have traditionally focused primarily on
medical staff, this program also made a
concerted effort to target nursing staff. A
2006 online survey of RN’s by Sigma Theta
Tau showed that while nurses’ familiarity
and application of EBP principles are
gaining a foothold, there are still areas that
USA Biomedical Library Biofeedback Fall 2008
need to be addressed in order to continue
the expansion of EBP, such as:
• 24% of RNs characterized themselves
as having a low level of familiarity with
EBP;
• 10% of RNs rated their comfort level
with the EBP process as low;
• RNs identified appraisal and analysis of
research evidence as the step in the EBP
process that currently poses the greatest
challenge;
• 66% of RNs identified the single largest
obstacle in locating EBP information was
not having the time at work to search for or
to analyze research evidence; the second
largest obstacle (identified by 45% of RNs)
was that evidence was often written in a
manner that made it difficult to analyze or
appraise;
• more than one in four (27%) RNs
perceived the availability and accessibility
of EBP resources to be inadequate; and
• in terms of nurses’ perceived needs for
evidence upon which to base their practice,
it is particularly disconcerting that 8% of
RNs described their need for this type of
information as occurring only “seldom”
(less than once per month) and another 2%
as “never.”8
So what are some of the lessons the
Biomedical Library has learned after two
years of this clinical librarian service?
One of the most important lessons is that
working with your client base in their
professional setting is vital in not only
understanding their information needs, but
in designing services to meet those needs.
There are many information needs that
probably would not be pursued had a
librarian not been present where the
conversations were taking place. Addition-
ally, one study found that the activity that
most motivated respondents to use the
clinical librarian service was his or her
presence at their journal clubs and clinical
meetings9. Having a librarian on site (not
just in the library) has led to other areas of
collaboration as relationships are formed
and trust is built. Individual instruction
sessions have been conducted in the few
minutes prior to or after a meeting, as
people now approach with questions about
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resources or problems they’ve encountered
in their work flow. This is a two way
process, as we can now solicit on the spot
feedback on new databases we are trialing
or services we are considering. The reality
is that while email may often get over-
looked or phone calls not returned, in
person questions get answered. Lectures
and instructional sessions offered to the
medical, nursing, and allied health students
are strengthened from the librarian’s
involvement in the clinical setting, as a
greater understanding of the complexities
involved in healthcare settings helps inform
and ground academic exercises.
While evidence-based practice has been a
motivating force for the resurgence of
clinical librarian programs, other areas
such as health literacy, patient education,
and health informatics also exist where
collaboration between librarians and
clinicians is both a natural and win/win
scenario. Information professionals are an
important resource that can and should be
utilized to facilitate evidence-based
practice. If you would like to explore the
option of utilizing the services of a clinical
librarian, please contact Clista Clanton
(414-8210, cclanton@bbl.usouthal.edu) or
Geneva Bush Staggs (471-7855,
gbush@jaguar1.usouthal.edu).
-Clista Clanton
(Footnotes)
1
Winning WA, Beverley CA. Clinical
librarianship: a systematic review of the literature.
Health Info Libr J. 2003 Jun;20 Suppl 1:10-21.
2
Turman LU, Koste JL, Horne AS, Hoffman CE. A
new role for the clinical librarian as educator. Med
Ref Serv Q. 1997 Spring;16(1):15-23.
3
Makowski G. Clinical medical librarianship: a role
for the future. Bib Med Can. 1994;16(1):7-13.
4
Veenstra RJ, Bluck EH. A clinical librarian
program in the intensive-care unit. Crit Care Med.
1992;20:1038-42.
5
Veenstra RJ. Clinical medical librarian impact on
patient care-a one-year analysis. Bul Med Lib
Assoc. 1992;80:19-22.
6
Royal M, Grizzle WE, Algermissen V, Mowry RW.
The success of a clinical librarian program in an
academic autopsy pathology service. Am J Clin
Path. 1993;99:576-81.
7
Urquhart C, Turner J, Durbin J, Ryan J. Changes
in information behavior in clinical teams after
introduction of a clinical librarian service. J Med
Libr Assoc. Jan 2007;95(1):14-22.
8
Alspach G. Nurses’ use and understanding of
evidence-based practice: some preliminary
findings. Crit Care Nursing. 2006 Dec;26(6);11-12.
9
Brookman A, Lovell A, Henwood F, Lehmann J.
What do clinicians want from us? An evaluation of
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS
Trust clinical librarian service and its implications
for developing future working patterns. Health
Info Lib J. 2006;23(Suppl 1);10-21.
SOUTHmed Update
A recent article in College and Research Library News1 lamented the cost of scholarly journals increasing at a rate of
ten percent per year for the last three decades. To make the point even more relevant to us today, they compare the
increase in the average cost of chemistry and physics journals (which increased from an average subscription cost
of $76.84 per year to $1,879.56 per year) to that of gasoline (which increased from 55 cents a gallon to $1.82 a
gallon for those same three decades). If the price of a gallon of gas had increased at the same rate as the journals
had increased for those three decades, gasoline would have cost $12.50 a gallon in 2005, and would cost over
$14.50 today!
I suppose we should feel relieved that gasoline is edging once again below $4.00 a gallon. I hope SOUTHMed
members feel satisfied with the information services offered by the Biomedical Library, where despite budget crunches, a dedicated
staff is committed to keeping up with the information explosion in the medical field and to bringing you the best information
and resources available. Your membership guarantees you access to those services.
Another article from Library Journal coined the phrase “McInformation” to identify a trend in today’s culture where attractively
marketed online packages offer the end user bundled information resources, presumedly meant to replace the librarian’s expertise.
This “fast food” of uncataloged, uncontrolled, and often unequal information usually disappoints. Worse than that, outcomes
can sometimes be serious. Why take that chance?
We hear it from information seekers all the time: “I don’t have the time.” We librarians make time; we are your “portal” to
the information world. Whether you contact us via phone, email, chat, even text message; or if you read our blog, attend our
workshops, or use our consultation services for your own self-education, you must be realizing – you are getting a great
bargain: kind of like $4.00 a gallon gas in a $14.00 a gallon world.
Call us with your information needs. Renew your SOUTHMed membership next month. Plan to join us in October during
National Medical Librarians’ month when we host a series of events including Brown Bags at the Baugh where you can get ten-
minute technology tips on all the latest productivity and information seeking tools we have been discovering and subscibing to.
It’s just a few of the many ways we add value to our services at the Biomedical Library. We will be in touch. You do the same.
Going green? If you would rather receive an electronic copy of this newsletter, please email me at brossini@bbl.usouthal.edu
and include “Biofeedback e-version” in the subject field. I would be happy to accommodate you.
BeverlyRossini, Outreach/Information Resources Librarian
(251) 460-6893
brossini@bbl.usouthal.edu
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Lewis, David W.. Library budgets, open access, and the future scholarly publication. C&RL News; May 2008: 271- 273

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