Mulford Library Blog

According to the American Cancer Society (1)  cervical cancer is nearly 100 percent preventable, yet according to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 13,000 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed in 2002 and about 4,100 women will die of the disease. The good news is that cervical cancer is preventable and curable if it is detected early; in fact, the occurrence of deaths from cervical cancer has declined significantly over the last 20 to 30 years.

The National Cervical Caner Coalition Web site includes links to health news, local chapters, resources and patient information.

PubMed and CINAHL are also excellent tools for finding professional literature on this topic.
Below are links to the results to two “canned ” searches.
*[PubMed] — Medical review articles on drug therapies for uterine cancer (last 3 years, English language and humans)

*[CINAHL] (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health] —Nursing role for patients with cervical cancer

(1) Cancer Facts and Figures 2002, American Cancer Society, 2002.

That’s not to say that anatomy and dermatology books aren’t fun, but the Mulford Health Science Library now has popular fiction available to be checked out!  The books are located on the fifth floor, on the short bookshelves near the central study area.  Here’s a list of the currently available titles.

This is the result of of a partnership between University Libraries and the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library.  We will be getting new titles every month or so.  To check out one of these books, bring it to the Mulford Service Desk.  For more information, see the article in the UT News.

A new educational Web site offers expert perspectives, advice and guidance on drugs, biological products and medical devices from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs), a federally sponsored network of more than a dozen leading research centers nationwide.
The Clinician-Consumer Health Advisory Information Network (CHAIN) links clinicians and consumers with therapeutics information to assist in clinical practice and health care decisionmaking in areas where evidence is undergoing significant and rapid changes.

Clinician Resources include
*Emerging Issues — information on emerging data about safety, effectiveness, and/or other concerns related to the use of therapeutics (i.e., drugs, devices, and biological products already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA]).
These resources are intended to have immediate implications for clinical practice and health care
*Drugs and Biologicals — educational materials that provide up-to-date evidence-based information on appropriate and cost-effective prescribing practices, prevention of drug-related adverse effects, and reductions in prescribing errors
*Therapeutic areas — education on updated information regarding the safety and efficacy of approved therapeutics and their use among specific populations is an integral part of every clinician’s practice
*Devices — educational materials which provide up-to-date evidence-based information on appropriate and cost-effective use of these devices as well as prevention of associated adverse effects

Please do not hesitate to contact Mulford Reference Assistance with your informational and research needs.

“Policy Priorities to Improve the Nation’s Health”, a briefing book for President-elect Obama and his transition team, is now available on the AAMC web site.

The book includes three main sections devoted to issues related to Medical Education, Medical Research, and Health Care. An introductory section includes AAMC principles for health care reform, as well as briefing papers and policy recommendations on physician workforce issues, primary care, and the National Institutes of Health.

Please do not hesitate to contact Mulford Reference Assistance with your research and inforamtional needs.

Students, faculty and staff of the University of Toledo frequently want to know why access to the resource UpToDate is limited to the Health Science Campus. We realize it is a valuable evidence-based tool for answering clinical questions; unfortunately, the current terms of the license agreement restricts access through the Health Science Campus only.

The Mulford Library is pleased to make available numerous resources to anyone on the Health Science Campus, including the Medical Center. Off-campus access of most resources is restricted to faculty, residents, staff, and students affiliated with the Medical Center or Health Science Campus colleges (Health Science and Human Service, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy).

The Full-Text Resources link is in the left column of the Mulford Library home page.

Books and Knowledge Bases (26 titles) include:
* Access Medicine — clinical and basic science textbooks, video & audio, DDX, self-assessment and more
*Cochrane Library — The “best single source of reliable evidence about the effects of health care”
*MD Consult — clinical textbooks, clincial reviews (The Clinics), and patient education materials
*Nursing Consult (campus use only) –books, clinical updates, evidence-based monographs, and more
*OhioLINK Electronic Book Center — Full text books in every academic area as well as general reference books
*UpToDate(campus use only) — Online clinical information resource containing topical reviews in 13 sub-specialty areas

Journals/Newspapers/Magazines (9 titles) include:
* JSTOR — a wide range of intellectual content in a digital archive
* ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source – full text journals, evidence based resources, and dissertations

For further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Mulford Reference Assistance.

At the beginning of this week, the University Libraries moved to new interlibrary loan software, ILLiad, which will allow you to track your requests as well as keep a record of your past requests.  The first time you request a book or article using our online request forms, you will be asked to set up your account.  (When you set up your account, you will need your Rocket number. You can look it up at UTAD Account Management.)

From your account, you will be able to make your requests. Once you have an account set up, you’ll also be able to use the OLinks interlibrary request link to automatically enter the reference information into the request form.

To set up an account or to request an item (article, book, etc.), go to http://illiadvm00.utad.utoledo.edu/illiad/MCL/logon.html or use one of the links on the Mulford web page.

Due to the functionality of the system, we ask that all requests are made online.  For more information, contact Mulford Library Interlibrary Services at 419.383.3973.

Patient Safety Network (PSNet) is a national web-based resource featuring the latest news and essential resources on patient safety. It is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a division of the US Dept of Health and Human Services.

The site offers weekly updates of patient safety literature, news, tools, and meetings (”What’s New”), and a vast set of carefully annotated links to important research and other information on patient safety (”The Collection”).

The resources come in a variety of formats, including literature, research, tools, and Web sites.
The set of selected “Classics” includes review articles, empirical studies, reports, and books that are selected because of special relevance.

AHRQ PSNet provides powerful searching and browsing capability, as well as the ability for diverse users to customize the site around their interests (My PSNet). It also is tightly coupled with AHRQ WebM&M, a monthly journal that features user-submitted cases of medical errors, expert commentaries, and perspectives on patient safety.

Please do not hesitate to contact Mulford Reference Assistance with any questions.

Actually, not our closets but our circulating book collection (on the fifth floor), with the same result: it’ll be easier to find the good, relevant items. This is especially important for academic health science libraries like Mulford: we need to make sure that you have easy access to the most current basic science and clinical information.  You don’t want to learn material that could be out-of-date.

So where are so many of the books going?  Some books are being discarded because other UT and OhioLINK libraries have copies, but most of the books are being sent to the Northwest Ohio Regional Depository.  In all cases, you will still be able to find the books in the UT or OhioLINK catalogs, and we can get a copy of the book for you within three business days in most cases.  So if you need Structure and Ultrastructure of Micro-organisms: An Introduction to a Comparative Substructural Anatomy of Cellular Organization (1963), we can get it for you!

It’s the start of a new semester, and chances are you’ll need to do some research soon.

Looking for specific nursing information, but unsure of where to go? Check out the Mulford Library’s new Nursing Information Portal. This portal is designed to be a “one stop shop” for nursing resources available at Mulford.

The entire nursing community at the Health Science Campus is encouraged to utilize the portal, including UTMC staff nurses and College of Nursing students, faculty and staff. Nursing-specific information can be found via the following portal links:

In addition, there is a section covering College of Nursing Course-Related Information. This section provides relevant links to instructional materials for nursing courses in which Mulford librarians have guest lectured.

If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the Nursing Information Portal, please contact the College of Nursing Librarian, Jodi Jameson, at 419-383-5152 or jodi.jameson@utoledo.edu . The portal is still in its early stages, and Jodi welcomes any insights or suggestions on how it can be improved to meet the needs of the nursing community.

For additional help, please do not hesitate to contact Mulford Reference Assistance.