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Biblioblast August 2023: Library News |
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- From the Director
- Staff News
- Clinical point-of-care tools
- Making full use of preprints
- Exploring data visualizations in historical collections
- New Books
- Classes & Events
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All of us at the D. Samuel Gottesman Library would like to extend a warm welcome to all new students who have just joined us here at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. We were happy to meet you at Faces of Einstein on Friday! We are also excited to see our returning students back on campus. As you begin the new academic year, I want to remind you that the D. Samuel Gottesman Library is here to support you in your academic journey. | |
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Here are some quick tips to get you oriented:
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The library is located on the first floor of the Forchheimer Building. Check our calendar for updates on hours and classes. Remember that the Beren Study Center is open 24/7.
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We have five group study rooms that can accommodate up to six people in each room. All five rooms are equipped with interactive boards and Zoom conferencing capability. You can reserve a room for up to two hours a day.
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Multi-function printers and user-friendly scanners are available in the library and the Beren Study Center. If you print lengthy documents, take advantage of our comb binding service.
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For easy access to our collection of over 100,000 e-journals, e-books, videos, and databases, always start at the library's website. For remote access, students should sign in with their active directory (AD) user names.
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Librarians can be reached by email, phone, text, chat or by visiting the reference desk.
I hope you will take advantage of our resources and services. I wish you a successful and productive year!
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Aurelia Minuti, M.L.S., Head, Research and Education, co-authored a systematic review that came out in June in the American Journal of Cardiology. Exciting news, Aurelia!
Alhuarrat MAD, Barzallo D, Seo J, Naser A, Alhuarrat MR, Minuti A, Kokkinidis DG, Schizas D. Meta-Analysis and Clinical Features of Perioperative Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in Noncardiac Surgery. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Jun 21;201:78-85. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37352669.
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Einstein librarians, Aurelia Minuti, M.L.S., Rachel Schwartz, M.L.S., Nancy Glassman, M.L.S., M.P.H., and Caroline Delbourgo Patton, M.A., M.S.L.I.S, have been working with a variety of new students this summer, including participants in the PREP Scholars program; Jacobi residents in dentistry and primary care; and the incoming members of the Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP). Training for these groups have included sessions on PubMed, Endnote, understanding the systematic review process, and identifying grey literature. | |
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Caroline Delbourgo Patton, M.A., M.S.L.I.S, Research and Education Librarian, worked on two systematic reviews that are currently published online in the American Journal of Neuroradiology and Annals of Hematology. Congratulations, Caroline!
Essibayi MA, Zakirova M, Phipps KM, Patton CD, Fluss R, Khatri D, Raz E, Shapiro M, Dmytriw AA, Haranhalli N, Agarwal V, Altschul DJ. Outcomes of Preoperative Transophthalmic Artery Embolization of Meningiomas: A Systematic Review with a Focus on Embolization Agent. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2023 Jul. Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A7935.
Hammami MB, Qasim A, Thakur R, Vegivinti CTR, Patton CD, Vikash S, Kumar A. Rasburicase-induced hemolytic anemia and methemoglobinemia: a systematic review of current reports. Ann Hematol. 2023;10.1007/s00277-023-05364-6. [Online ahead of print]
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Clinical point-of-care tools | | |
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Clinical point-of-care tools are electronic resources that provide clinicians with immediate access to evidence-based information. They can be used to support clinical decision-making, patient education, and quality improvement.
While UpToDate is a commonly used point-of-care tool, the library has subscriptions to several others, available on the web and as mobile apps, which complement UpToDate:
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BMJ Best Practice is a point-of-care database created by BMJ Evidence Centre, a division of the BMJ Group. The database is designed to provide clinicians with quickly accessible patient consult information. It includes evidence tables and an EBM toolkit for teaching and learning about evidence-based medicine. | |
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Dynamed was created by and for physicians. It is designed for use at the point-of-care validating clinical decisions, and includes concise topic overviews, clinical practice guidelines, drug monographs, and patient education materials.
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uCentral is a collection of evidence-based point-of-care calculators, reference e-books, and reference materials, including:
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5-Minute Clinical Consult
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Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines
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Harriet Lane Handbook
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Johns Hopkins Guides, including: ABX, Diabetes, HIV, Psychiatry, and Menopause.
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Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics
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VisualDx aids in making fast, accurate diagnoses. Combines high-quality, peer-reviewed medical images with concise information to support clinical staff and medical students in the accurate recognition and management of disease.
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All these handy resources allow you to create personal accounts from the library’s website. Add them to your EBM practice toolkit today! | |
Making full use of preprints
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Preprints have seen their profile rise, especially in the medical field, due to the rapidly evolving scientific landscape created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike published articles – which undergo rigorous peer review but are often subject to a long lag time between submission, acceptance, and publication – preprints are posted online without peer review. Thus, preprints allow researchers to get earlier access to new data without subscriptions or paywalls (although they should keep in mind that the information in these publications is subject to change) and provide authors with public feedback and collaboration opportunities. Many but not all preprints later appear in a journal.
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Preprints also offer a window into the work of our Einstein/Montefiore community. You can check out the latest publications from our researchers on Einstein’s preprint channel, which draws from the preprint servers medRxiv and bioRxiv. If you are interested in other types of reports on recent publications by our faculty and physicians, our librarians can advise you on potential options.
For more sources of preprints, you can find them in several major biomedical databases, including Embase, PubMed, and Web of Science.
In November 2021, Embase started including articles that were originally posted on medRxiv and bioRxiv. Relevant preprints will now show up in the results for any search and there is a new “Preprint” option under “Publication type” in the filters on both the left-hand side of the screen and under the search bar itself. You can also restrict results to articles drawn from medRxiv and/or bioRXiv by selecting them in the “Journals” filter.
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In addition, the National Library of Medicine makes preprints available through PubMed. This is part of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) pilot, launched in June 2020, which indexed preprints for COVID-19-related research funded by the NIH in PubMed Central (PMC) to make it more accessible and easier to find.
Earlier this year, NIH decided to extend the pilot beyond COVID-19. Phase two, which started in January 2023, includes preprints on all research that:
- Acknowledges direct NIH support and/or has an NIH-affiliated author
- Is posted to an eligible preprint server on or after January 1, 2023.
PubMed draws not just from medRxiv and bioRXiv but also from arXiv and Research Square. If you are interested in learning more about the pilot, you can do so on the PMC website.
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Exploring data visualizations in historical collections
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When we think of data visualization, most of us envision modern charts and graphics created using advanced computer software. But the practice of representing statistical data using images has a long and fascinating history. The National Library of Medicine (NLM)’s collection offers a variety of scientific and medical visualizations, from a map of a 19th century cholera epidemic that revolutionized the tracking contagious disease to a chart illustrating the causes of mortality in the Crimean War that highlights the outsized role of preventable causes of death to more contemporary outlines of DNA and the human genetic code. | | |
By using graphical representations of data, these and other examples make the statistics more accessible and multi-dimensional and offer insights that might be lost when looking at the numbers alone. You can see more images from the NLM in a recent blog post or by searching its collections and choosing “Still image” from the dropdown beside the search bar, as shown below. | | |
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Avery's diseases of the newborn/ edited by Christine A. Gleason, Taylor Sawyer. 11th edition
Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, 2024.
Clinical applications of 3D printing in foot and ankle surgery/ edited by Peter D. Highlander
Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, 2024.
Hall, Schmidt and Wood's principles of critical care/ editors, Gregory A. Schmidt, John P. Kress, Ivor S. Douglas. 5th edition New York : McGraw-Hill Education, 2023.
Physicians' cancer chemotherapy drug manual 2023/ edited by Edward Chu, Vincent T. DeVita, Jr. Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, 2023.
Rang and Dale's pharmacology/ James Ritter, Rang H. P. 10th edition
London : Elsevier, 2024.
Weedon's skin pathology essentials/ Ronald B. Johnston. 3rd edition
Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2023.
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