Searches in PubMed are not working through the Wilson Dental Library customized link (Quick Links). The problem has been reported to the National Library of Medicine. In the meantime, we recommend that you use Ovid MEDLINE/Ovid SP (also available in QuickLinks). Some on-campus users will be able to go directly to www.pubmed.gov and use the publisher links to reach full-text articles. PubGet (available via the e-resources tab) is another alternative, but may lead to different search results. If you need help, contact us at the Wilson Dental Library (213)-740-1441.
PubMed Problem
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Library launches a mobile app
We announce the launch of the USC Health Sciences Libraries (USC HSL) Mobile App, which will give you quick and easy access to library resources at both the Wilson Dental Library and the Norris Medical Library.
With the USC HSL app, you can:
- Search HELIX, our mobile-friendly catalog, for books, journals and electronic resources
- Request and renew items via your library account
- Book a group study room online with your USC ID and password
- Check out the many subject guides and our most popular mobile-friendly eResources
- Find quick links to our service directory, ways to contact us and notices of upcoming events
For more detailed information regarding the Group Study Rooms, please visit the Wilson Dental Library web site (http://wdl.usc.edu/services/reserve-a-room).
To download the app on your mobile device, search “usc health sciences libraries” at the Android Market or the App Store. For other mobile devices (Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, etc), please point your web browser to http://uschsl.boopsie.com/m or scan the QR code below for a web client version of the app.
We would love your feedback! If you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know!
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New Stat!Ref Interface
STAT!Ref’s NEW User Interface…
Providing Healthcare Professionals Innovative, Intuitive Technology – Fast!
GET READY – STAT!Ref is releasing a NEW User Interface (UI)!
On August 1, 2011, the new version of STAT!Ref Online will be released. The new site has been optimized for navigating all the healthcare e-resources STAT!Ref has to offer. In the meantime, current subscribers will have the ability to preview the new UI from a link offered on the current STAT!Ref homepage.
This is just one of the many innovative steps that STAT!Ref is takingto ensure that students, professors, healthcare professionals and librarians, thrive in today’s ever-changing technological environment.
The new UI is still the same STAT!Ref – but you will find that it not only has a more state of the art modern look, but is more intuitive and navigable and allows you to find and utilize your resources quickly. The new UI will offer more customization such as “last viewed” and more robust customization features. Users can now view virtual “book covers” on a bookshelf, and save books as “favorites”, etc. Enhanced access to citation services, medical calculators and dictionaries also exists with our new UI.
Click here to Review NEW STAT!Ref Features
Click here to download NEW STAT!Ref Quick Guide
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New! Subject Guides @ WDL
There is a new resource through the Wilson Dental Library called:
Subject Guides (You can also locate Subject Guides on the right-hand side of the homepage under “Guides and Tutorials”)
So what are Subject Guides? They are guides that highlight the most used resources for a specific subject. For instance – the Endodontics Guide includes a short list of selected/most used book titles in Endodontics, links to popular E-books, E-journals, RSS feeds to journals, MEDLINE search tips, Images, Associations, and a Chat box if you need to ask an immediate question. (Don’t hesitate to use the chat box – we are logged in during normal business hours.)
So far – we’ve created over 10 guides with many more to come:
Anatomy, Histology, Physiology
Dental Hygiene
Guides on various specialties: Prosthodontics, Pedodontics, Endodontics, Orthodontics, Periodontics
Incoming Students Guide
Evidence-Based Dentistry
Ethics and Professionalism
Images for Dentistry
Mobile Devices
Subject Guides are an on-going project, new guides are on the way and current guides can be modified easily.
New guide announcements will be made via the New Books @ Wilson Dental Library e-mail and through our Facebook page. If you have suggestions or comments please feel free to contact the Reference Librarian OR you can easily add a comment to a page.
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AccessPediatrics now available
USC’s Health Sciences Libraries, the umbrella organization for Wilson Dental Library and Norris Medical Library, has added AccessPediatrics to its line-up of McGraw-Hill integrated online resources. AccessPediatrics is organized around a set of core topics covering pediatric practice from neonatology through adolescent medicine and is designed to meet the needs of health science practitioners involved in pediatric care.
Online access includes animations and procedural videos, images, calculators, self assessment and review questions, clerkship resources (case files) and a collection of recent ebooks, including the following titles:
• Color Atlas of Pediatric Dermatology 4th ed. (2008)
• CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment : Pediatrics 20th ed. (2011)
• Current Procedures : Pediatrics (2007)
• Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs 6th ed. (2009)
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine : a comprehensive study guide 3rd ed. (2009)
• Pediatric Practice : Endocrinology (2010)
• Pediatric Practice : Infectious Disease (2009)
• Pediatric Practice : Neurology (2010)
• Pediatric Practice : Sports Medicine (2009)
• Rudolph’s Pediatrics 22nd ed. (2011)
• Texas Children’s Hospital Handbook of Pediatrics and Neonatology (2011)
In order to access self-assessment tools, create cases and care plans and save images users will need to create a personal account on the site.
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Johns Hopkins Pocket Guides Added to uCentral Subscription
Health Sciences Libraries of USC (Wilson Dental Library and Norris Medical Library) recently added three, highly regarded, Johns Hopkins pocket guides to its uCentral subscription, Unbound Medicine’s point-of-care mobile and web resource. The new additions include:
Johns Hopkins POC-IT ABX Guide: diagnosis & treatment of infectious diseases 2nd ed. (2010) contains up-to-date, authoritative information on infectious diseases, drugs, and pathogens.
Johns Hopkins POC-IT Center Diabetes Guide: treatment and management of diabetes (2011) contains up-to-date information on the management and complications of diabetes.
Johns Hopkins POC-IT HIV Guide contains the latest information about the diagnosis, management, and medications surrounding HIV.
With uCentral, you get:
* Free clinical references at the point of need
* Faster answers with new universal index search
* Up-to-date information delivered regularly
* The ability to personalize your app
* Literature support for evidence-based practice
These and other uCentral resources are available on the web and for free download to iPhone®, iPod touch®, iPad™, Android™, BlackBerry®, and Windows Phone®. If you don’t already have a username and password and would like to take advantage of these free resources, visit
http://www.usc.edu/e_resources/hsl/gateways/13324.php
and click the “Register for Mobile Download” link. Follow the on-screen instructions and choose your mobile device when prompted.
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The Lancet — all the way back
Thanks to year end funds from the Provost’s office provided through USC Libraries Dean, Catherine Quinlan’s office, the Health Sciences Libraries, including the Wilson Dental Library, was able to purchase perpetual access to the Lancet archives. Electronic access to the journal is now available from volume 1, number 1, published in 1823, to the present.
Browse t he table of contents page of the earliest volumes for a glimpse of the practice of medicine in the early nineteenth century. Whether you want to take a step back in time or learn about the most up-to-the-minute medical developments, take a look at this valuable resource as it endeavors to give “… a correct description of all the important Cases that may occur, whether in England or on any part of the civilized Continent.”
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Helix Catalogue Kiosk
We have installed another Helix Catalogue kiosk in the book room of the Wilson Dental Library. This kiosk uses touch screen technology and is activated simply by placing a finger on the screen. We hope this saves you from having to return to the other terminals when you are already in the book room.
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New Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations on Fluoride Intake
Two multi-disciplinary expert panels have issued reports containing clinical recommendations on children’s fluoride intake from infant formula and prescription fluoride supplements.
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With gratitude
We thank all who contributed to our pre-holiday food drive. Your generosity provided 175 pounds of donated foods that went to the LA Food Bank. We hope your holidays were even more special knowing that you helped others in need. Again, thank you.
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