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MEDLIB-L selection April 23 - 30, 2001
If you subscribe to MEDLIB-L delete now. I apologise for the late arrival
of this summary. Redecorating at home and a crush of work at my day job
has kept me away from this otherwise engrossing task. SCP
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MEDLIB-L selection April 23 - 30, 2001
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Contents:
1. RefQ: locating European dissertations
2. hospital-based clinical librarianship [Q still open]
3. How do you get volunteers for trials? [of info sources - Q still open]
4. Pain Scale in Braille
5. Re: Nature changes online access policy
6. Electronic Nature access - again
7. FYI: Scientists threaten journal protest
8. Celebration of Health weeks/months [summary of responses]
6. Help with quotation (zebras and hoofbeats Q with summary and
discussion)
10. PDI Alert MLA Pharmacy & Drug Information Newsletter, now loaded
11. Summary: Book Jobbers/Venders
12. Responses-excess journals
13. Medical Conference List [Q and summary]
14. Where can I find IOM report "To err is human buiding a safer health
system [Q with answer]
15. Online/electronic lab test values [Q and summary]
16. Re: Pharmacy Drug info resources [Q and one very comprehensive
response]
17. Summary - Vendor for older online medical journals
18. Re: Thanks: impact factors [and nursing journals]
19. Re: ? Study on nurse staffing & complications [Q and answer]
20. Nikken System [magnets and health and "selling it" Q 1 answer]
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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 16:23:25 -0400
From: Brad Dishan <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: RefQ: locating European dissertations
Hello Medlib gang,
Does anybody out there know how I can track down an OLD, European (German)
PhD dissertation?
I haven't tried searching through individual library catalogues, mainly
because I doubt I'd get a loan from a European library and my patron would
probably want to buy the thing anyway. UMI Dissertation Abstracts and
their ordering service seem to only cover (North) American dissertations -
is there a similar service to this for European dissertations?
The dissertation I'm looking for is (and I fully do not expect anyone to
have it! but, hey, you never know....):
Lamm, Hans Uber die innere und aussere Entwicklung der deutschen Juden im
Dritten Reich PhD Dissertation, Erlangen, 1951
(The psychiatrist is doing a chapter/paper (?) on suicide through
history).
Thanks for any suggestions.
Brad
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Brad Dishan
Medical Librarian
Regional Mental Health Care - London
850 Highbury Ave. N.
London, Ontario N6A 4H1
Canada
ph. 519.455.5110 x2167
fx. 519.455.9986
email. [log in to unmask]
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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 12:35:37 -0400
From: [log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: hospital-based clinical librarianship
Dear Colleagues:
We are seeking information about hospital-based clinical
librarianship. We have seen a number of similar requests
on MEDLIB-L in the past few years, but none recently.
If your hospital library offers a clinical librarian
program, please answer the following questions:
1. Is your program expanding, declining, or holding steady?
2. How have you evaluated the program?
3. How do you see the program changing in the near future?
4. May we contact you for more information about your program? If so,
please send us your name, institution, phone number and email address.
We will be happy to summarize for the list, so please send your responses
directly to:
Marion Chayes or Diane Wolf
Abington Memorial Hospital Christiana Care Health System
Wilmer Memorial Library Wilmington Hospital Library
1200 York Road PO Box 1668
Abington, PA 19001-3788 Wilmington, DE 19899
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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:57:31 -0400
From: Cathy U Cumbo <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Pain Scale in Braille
Hi Everyone,
I'm looking for pain scale (0-10) cards in Braille. Here at our hospital
we use pain scale cards in various languages with our patients so they
can point out to us on the card their level of pain. We don't have one
in Braille but would like to obtain one.
Are any of your hospitals using pain scale cards? Do you have one in
Braille? If yes, can you share one with us? Is there a company that you
order them from? Do you have them custom made?
I have found a list of local companies that will custom print materials
into Braille, but it would be much better if we could track down a
company that already makes one.
Any comments or help would be greatly appreciated.
Cathy Cumbo, Librarian
Washington Adventist Hospital
7600 Carroll Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
Phone: 301-891-5260 / Fax: 301-891-6087 / Email: [log in to unmask]
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:00:40 -0400
From: Donald P. Gould <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: How do you get volunteers for trials?
We have two trials coming up for online Chem Abstracts and Beilstein
Handbuch for which we need faculty volunteers on the Health Sciences
Campus. I have tried several approaches (emails to key department heads
and a news link from our homepage with a descripton and auto-response
form) and had zero response. Aside from the likelyhood that no one is
interested, I wonder if anyone out there has any suggestions for
soliciting (excuse the term) volunteers.
Thanks in advance,
Don Gould, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Electronic Resources
Kornhauser Health Sciences Library
University of Louisville
[log in to unmask]
Phone 1-502-852-3901 (direct)
Fax 1-502-852-5300
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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 09:58:34 -0500
From: Tom Williams <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Nature changes online access policy
Well, whoop-tee-doo!! It just goes to show that a concerted GROUP effort
can have marvelous effects. We need to do this for all of the unsavory
policies of publishers and other vendors. We just turned town an offer
from a major publisher for access to all of their publications because
they were intransigent on a couple of issues important for us.
"Never underestimate the power of a librarian" especially when we act
together as a group.
Tom
--
Thomas L. Williams, AHIP
Director, Biomedical Libraries and
Media Production Services
University of South Alabama
College of Medicine
Mobile, Al 36688-0002
tel. (334)460-6885
fax. (334)460-7638
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Jonathan M. Lord wrote:
> I just got a call from Nature and they seem to have changed
> their policy about delayed online access for institutional
> subscribers. See the Nature press release here:
>
> http://www.nature.com/help/sitelicences/introduction/index.html
>
> JL
>
> Jonathan Lord /Asst Director for Collection Development
> Univ of Virginia Health Sciences Library
> P.O. Box 800722 / Charlottesville, VA 22908-0722
> 804-924-0059 / FAX: 804-243-5873
> E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
>
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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:53:35 -0400
From: Elizabeth Uleryk <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Electronic Nature access - again
Good morning:
This message is cross-posted to both Canmedlib and Medlib-L.
I would be interested in hearing from any library that has subscribed to
the electronic Nature journals publication package. I am looking for any
arguments pro or con to justify paying extra for the electronic access to
Nature and its subspecialty publications. To date, due to budget
constraints, I have not been subscribing to the electronic versions of
journals if they require payment over and above the print subscription
charge. Since the end of the free trial access to Nature Feb 28th, I have
been receiving more and more requests to subscribe to the electronic
version of the Nature and some of the subspecialty titles.
At this point, we have twice investigated pricing for electronic access to
Nature and four subspecialty titles. The first price quote was received
at the beginning of March and we let it lapse since it was year end and
there was no money left in the budget. We obtained a second price quote
last week. The cost for access to the title Nature (based on our FTE
count) had increased by about $2000 US! Fortunately the cost for
electronic access to the subspecialty titles remained the same. Earlier
this week, the sales rep informed us that, as of the beginning of May,
there would be no embargo on any portions of the electronic journals, and
that the price for electronic access would be increasing. No figure was
given for a new price.
I realize that the price of electronic access to any Nature title includes
a complimentary copy of the journal. Unfortunately, I have already paid
for the print subscription for 2001 and doubt I could obtain a refund for
a portion of the year if I cancel. This means that for this year at least
I would be paying twice for the same title. There is no question that my
library budget would need a separate infusion of cash to purchase
electronic access to the Nature group journals for this year. More
disconcerting is the fact that I have already submitted my budget for
2001/2002 which means that come the 2002 renewals, I won't have anything
extra for Nature either.
I am trying to construct a rational argument here for subscribing to
electronic access to the titles. I am hearing from our researchers that
Nature is 'scooping' some of the better articles from other journals (e.g.
in genetics for one) and moving towards becoming the premier "must be
published in" journal group. If this is the case, then will Nature be
able to assert a bigger monopoly and force other journals out of business?
Could this mean it might be cheaper in the long run?????????
On the positive side, with their current pricing package, I would have the
print copies to assure one form of archiving. At the moment, I do not
feel
secure about the whole issue of electronic archiving. I have read the
Scientifc American editorial concerning the proposed boycott of journals
that do not agree to join PubMed Central. Will PubMed Central and the
Public Library of Science takeoff? I have no problem justifying the
continuing purchase of paper copy or even storing it, but perhaps we are
unique in that we have always kept our journal runs back to the beginning
of our subscriptions.
Thanks for any comments in advance. I will summarize for the list.
Cheers
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Uleryk - Hospital Library
The Hospital for Sick Children -- 555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario Canada M5G 1X8
email: [log in to unmask]
(416)813-6695 (VOICE (416)813-7523 (FAX)
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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:54:15 -0500
From: Auburn Steward <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: FYI: Scientists threaten journal protest
"Scientists threaten journal protest" - "Scientists around the world are
preparing to boycott scientific journals unless they make old research
papers available for free. The strike has been called as part of a larger
plan to establish a vast online library of scientific research material,
much of which is currently in the hands of the journals rather than the
scientists who did the work.
See the complete story at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1296000/1296750.stm
This should generate an interesting discussion....
Auburn
Auburn Steward, MLIS, AHIP
Center for Toxicology & Environmental Health
615 W. Markham St.
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-614-2834
501-614-2835 (fax)
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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:45:11 -0700
From: Mary Leoni <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Celebration of Health weeks/months
Dear colleagues:
Thanks to all who replied to my inquiry. I have gotten some good
information and also some requests to share the information I received.
So here it is - the most frequently mentioned is The National Health
Information Center.
The National Health Information Center:
http://www.health.gov/nhic/pubs/nhosearch.asp
Health Observances & Healthcare Recognition Dates
http://www.pohly.com/dates.shtml The International dates at the UN sites.
"http://www.un.org/events/pap39.htm". You may have to select the health
ones out of the list.
1. [Format: print & CD-ROM] Chase's 2001 Calendar of Annual Events.
Chicago, Contemporary Books, 752 p. (ISSN 0740-5286; ISBN 0809295547)
Includes celebrations for health, quasi-health, science and non-health.
Includes celebrations for both health/disease/prevention and professions.
May not include the more esoteric or specialized health dates. Very
comprehensive. No charge to be listed. Numerous useful appendices such as
major awards presented (PEN, Webby, Golden Globe), quick 1 pg. copy-ready
world map of time zones.
2. [Format: print; Web for current month, see 2A below] . Chicago, Society
for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development of the American Hospital
Association "http://www.stratsociety.org", 2001 edition, 80 p. Annual.
(AHA
Catalog Number: 2001 edition HD-166861; 2001 edition HD-166862. Both
years:
$20 member, $25 non-member)
Includes celebrations for both health/disease/prevention as well as
professions. Approximately 350 celebrations included. Includes only those
events with contact names and/or sponsors. All were independently
verified. Organized by month with an alpha index. To submit a health
observance e-mail: "mailto:[log in to unmask]" It also says with the
exception of National Hospital Week and some AHA Societies, the events
listed are neither endorsed nor sponsored by AHA. So it appears to be
broad based in terms of scope.
"Easy access to year-round health activities and events, the 2001 Calendar
of Health Observances and Recognition Days features dates and descriptions
of more than 250 health-related observances of national significance from
Adult Immunization Awareness Week to World AIDS Day. Contact information
on observation's sponsoring organization is included. The calendar is the
ideal tool in which to organize and plan events for community outreach
programs. Valuable resource for communications, marketing and public
relations, and human resources professionals." source: AHA Catalog
2A. [Format: Web] Current calendar month for Health Observances &
Recognition Days displayed on page
"http://www.stratsociety.org/pubsandproducts/calendar.asp"
3. [Format: print, PDF, HTML, Web] 2001 National Health Observances,
National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Washington, DC. "http://www.health.gov/nhic/pubs/nhosearch.asp" Entire
year can be browsed or printed online. Includes only celebrations for
health/disease/prevention for a day, week or month. Does not represent
endorsement by does not represent an endorsement by the Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion. "To order single copies of this
publication, contact the National Health Information Center (NHIC) at
(800) 336-4797. NHIC is a service of the Office of Public Health and
Science's Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. This
information is in the public domain, and duplication is encouraged. Please
provide an appropriate credit line in any reproduction of this
information, whether print or electronic."
FYI -
National Hospital Week is May 6-12, 2001
"http://www.aha.org/WhatsNew/NationHospWk2001.asp"
Today, April 23 is:
Pain Management Nursing Week, Volunteer Week, Parent Teacher Association
Earth Week, Infant Immunization Week, Electroneurodiagnostic Week.
Administrative Professionals Week.
And now for something completely different:
April 23rd is also: National TV Turnoff Week, the anniversary of the First
Movie Theater Opening, Birth and Death of William Shakespeare. And in
Spain
it is "Book Day and Lover's Day" which celebrates the anniversary of the
death of Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes with special ceremonies and
book
stands set up in plazas and street corners. This is Spain's equivalent of
Valentine's Day; women give books to men, men give roses to women.
Mary Leoni
Librarian
Kaiser Permanente MultiMedia Library
www.kpwellness.org
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:49:27 -0400
From: Betzi Bateman <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Help with quotation
Hello All,
I need some help with a medical quotation. The doctor wants to find out
who said the following so he can use it in a book about headaches.
Basically what the quote is trying to say is that doctors should not jump
to exotic conclusions when diagnosing something. Here is what the doctor
gave me, but it is probably not the exact quote verbatim:
"When you hear footsteps, don't think zebra."
I searched Bartlett's quotations and browsed through "Medicine in
Quotations" online and was not able to find anything. I also did a general
Internet search.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
________________________________________
Betzi L. Bateman
Assistant Librarian
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
216-844-3265
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:34:55 -0400
From: Betzi Bateman <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Help with quotation (thanks!)
Wow! Thanks to everyone who has responded so far -- and so swiftly too!
It looks like the saying is an old aphorism in which no one really knows
the
origin. Below is a summary of responses:
Elyse Pike says:
when your hear hoofbeats think horses not zebras is how I have heard it.
Dundes, Lauren, Michael B. Streiff, and Alan Dundes.
"'When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think Horses, Not Zebras': A Folk Medical
Diagnostic Proverb."
Proverbium, 16 (1999), 95-103.
Betsy Springgate says:
I have seen this "quote" far and wide for many years, but I think it's
Anonymous, as seen here:
http://www.acponline.org/zebra/intro_pro.html
Mary K. Taylor says:
I found the following:
Parent's Common Sense Encyclopedia
http://www.drhull.com/EncyMaster/Z/zebra.html
Karen M. Neves says:
Hi, Betzi. Wow, what a stumper! I came up with the following, but this
website just belongs to some guy -- it's not exactly what I'd call
authoritative. However, it's the only occurrence of this quote I saw
*anywhere* that contained an attribution.
http://www.homebuilt.org/cmdrdata/jokes/04/0156.html
Also, a fellow librarian here at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Mike
Petit, found the following citation:
Theor Med 1996 Sep; 17(3):225-41. "Don't think zebras": uncertainty,
interpretation, and the place of paradox in clinical education. Hunter K.
Thanks again to everyone!
________________________________________
Betzi L. Bateman
Assistant Librarian
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
216-844-3265
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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:50:38 +0100
From: "Wentz, Reinhard" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Chat: Zebra Quotation
Dear Medlibbers,
I am not able to source this particular quotation, but it sounds like one
used to demonstrate the rule of parsimony, also known as 'Occam's Razor'.
This suggests that, all things being equal, one should always go for the
simplest explanation, the explanation requiring the least amount of
intellectual somersaults or unlikely scenarios. The example I sometimes
use: If you see a pig flying in the distance, don't think 'pig flying',
but 'hot air balloon in the shape of a pig'.
The suggestion 'When you hear footsteps, don't think zebra' is of course
much more elegant. It applies Occam's Razor to metaphors used to
illustrate
it.
Best wishes from sunny London
Reinhard
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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 07:55:32 -0500
From: "Abbott, Bruce" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Chat: Zebra Quotation
I did find someone using the quote in an article in American Medical News,
but there is no further attribution. Using "hoof beats" rather than
"footsteps" in the quote makes it even more on target.
http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_99/feat0419.htm
We need to get them to think more broadly," Dr. Hamburg said. "In medical
school, we're taught that when you hear hoof beats, you don't think
zebra."
But this is an era that -- for a whole set of reasons including trade,
commerce, ease of travel and, yes, bioterrorism -- requires a different
approach, she said. "Sometimes, we need to think zebra."
Bruce Abbott
LSU HSC Library
433 Bolivar St.
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-568-6103 (voice)
504-568-7718 (fax)
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:00:55 -0400
From: Gina Kaiser <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: PDI Alert
The Spring 2001 issue of PDI Alert, MLA Pharmacy & Drug Information
Newsletter, is now loaded on the webpages of the MLA Pharmacy and Drug
Information Section:
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/%7Esgiovenale/pdialertsp01.pdf
Gina Kaiser
PDI Alert Newsletter Editor
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:24:48 -0400
From: Donna M. Perzeski <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Summary: Book Jobbers/Venders
Hi. I've finally got all the responses together about the Medical Book
Jobbers. Thanks to everyone who took the time to answer. Also, Thanks
to our ListMom, Valerie, for forwarding archives that I missed.
Sincerely,
Donna Perzeski [log in to unmask]
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We have been using Rittenhouse, with mixed results. We do two "big"
orders in the Spring & Fall to take advantage of the 20% off sales.
Usually the service has been good, but on the last order we got two
copies of one book and didn't get one we ordered. We spent a lot of time
getting things fixed. They have a web site at:
http://www.rittenhouse.com
I plan to use them again, but if we have more problems I may need to
rethink that.
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I like Majors Scientific Books in Dallas. They are at
http://www.majors.com.
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I order my books and , when available, other materials through
Rittenhouse Book Distributors. We have a proforma account here at the
School of Nursing for our students to use when ordering their textbooks.
It seems to work out.
The phone number is 1-800-345-6485 and the Customer Service Manager is
Christine Endlich. They are located in King of Prussia, Pa.
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I have been extremely pleased with Majors Scientific Books
(www.majors.com) and have used them for about 10 years. They give at
least 10% discounts on most medical books, 12% on most Brandon-Hill
titles, and up to 30% on consumer health materials! They do carry some
A/V & CD-ROM materials, though I've never ordered those, and have a
separate consumer health catalog. Options are offered for MARCIVE
cataloging, etc. About 4 years ago we tried a promotional offer through
Rittenhouse and it was a TOTAL disaster: wrong titles shipped, wrong
numbers of titles shipped, some stuff never arrived at all, and nobody
seemed able to clear it up. Majors support staff are fantastic and
getting refunds (if needed) is easy. I use their web site all the time
to check prices for current textbooks. Only negative is that sometimes
Amazon.com is cheaper for the mainstream or consumer materials. Good
service is hard to find, so I'm sticking with Majors.
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In my previous life where I was the everything librarian (circulation,
acquisitions, cataloging, and reference), I used Brodart, but I found
them to be incredibly slow at getting the titles we needed. We also
ordered our books pre-cataloged and processed, but they did not always
have the records available and their records were skimpy to say the
least. Despite my numerous complaints to their customer service,
nothing improved. Maybe this was because I was at a very small community
college, and compared to other colleges, we did not order much. My boss
would not let me use another vendor because "it had always been done
that way".
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We have recently begun using American Overseas Book Co., 550 Walnut
Street,
Norwood, NJ. So far so good.
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It's been a while since I tried anyone else, but you can't beat Majors
Scientific Books. The online database is easy to use, your orders can be
looked up online, you can tell what is in stock, how much discount you
get, and whether a new edition is in the works. They have extensive
business titles in addition to medical. The employees are unfailingly
helpful.
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We use Matthews at CCF & I find that they are wonderful to deal with.
We used to use Login Brothers (who are now out of business) & switched
to Matthews when Purchasing at CCF switched about 5+ years ago. I've
been very impressed with their service & responsiveness.
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I've used Matthews, St. Louis, Mo. for years and have been very pleased
with their service. 1 800 633 2665 ( 800 MED BOOK)
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We have used Majors for 11 years and have been very happy with their
service and their book selection. We do have to go to another vendor
for a lot of our consumer health information, but so far we've been able
to find what we need.
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I have used Majors Scientific Books for many years. They have good
systems in place, and are responsive and reliable. I especially like
their website both for finding info on specific titles, and for doing
online ordering. For non-medical books I have a corporate account with
Barnes & Noble that works well. I acquire what I need by going to their
nearby store, and use their "credit card" at the cash register. They
offer 20% discount, and will invoice us for payment.
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We have been using Rittenhouse, see website at www.rittenhouse.com and
also started using Majors, http://www.majors.com
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We access Matthews out of St. Louis suburb. Good quick service plus
online site.
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I HIGHLY recommend Barton Business Services. Give me a call
(216-486-7443) and I'll tell your more. Their website is at
www.bartonbooks.com and the phone is 800-244-5707. You will want to
talk with Andy Sprecher. I have used them for over 10 years and have
never had a problem.
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I have had a good experience with Matthews Medical Books.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES, thanks to ListMom Valerie:
As many people told me, Login Brothers went out of business in 2000, so
that seems to leave only 3 major players who specialize in distributing
medical books:
Majors Scientific Books
1401 Lakeway Dr.
Lewisville, TX 75057
Phone: 800-633-1851
Matthews Medical Books
11559 Rock Island Court
Maryland Heights, MO 63043
Phone: 800-633-2665
Rittenhouse Book Distributors
511 Feheley Drive
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Phone: 800-345-6425
Some libraries use other sources, mostly for their non-medical books.
Those mentioned are listed below. One person said the advantage of
using a medical book speciality vendor is that they tend to be faster
than the general academic vendors. Several
people mentioned using a general academic vendor because of the
technical processing they can provide (cataloging, shelf-ready books,
etc.), or when a book is not available from the medical book vendor.
Other sources mentioned:
Academic Book Center (merged with Blackwell Books in 2000)
Amazon
Baker & Taylor
Barnes and Noble
Blackwell Books
Blackwell (Oxford) - for European imprints
Book House - for media
Borders
EbscoBooks
YBP
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Donna Perzeski
Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine
10515 Carnegie Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44106
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 18:38:58 -0400
From: Marsha and James White <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Responses-excess journals
Colleagues,
I would like to thank each and every member of this List who so
enthusiastically responded with information on BackMed-L. That was
exactly the info we needed.
For others who may be interested in additonal places to send surplus books
& journals (in addition to mailgroups), I have learned of a website that
lists programs that accept donations:
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/hsl/cms/donationprograms.html
Marsha
Marsha H. White, MLS
Medical Librarian
Library Service (142D)
VA Hospital
Gainesville, FL 32608
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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:47:16 -0500
From: "Kennedy, Joy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Medical Conference List
I've had a physician ask for a list of conference during a certain time
period in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine. While I know that there
is a journal specially on this, I don't own it. Can anyone point me to a
website that lists these or a journal that might compile and print a list
of these? I seem to vaguely remember that a journal did this at one time
but can't quite remember which one. Any suggestions appreciated. Joy
Joy Kennedy, MLS
Health Resource Library
Northwest Community Healthcare
800 W. Central Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-2392
Phone: 847/618-5180; FAX: 847/618-5189
email: [log in to unmask]
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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:30:11 -0400
From: Brad Dishan <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Medical Conference List
Joy,
These are a couple of the web sites that I use when looking for
conferences, congresses, CME's, etc. for our docs.....
Doctor's Guide Congress Resource Center
http://www.docguide.com/crc.nsf/web-bySpec
Medical Conferences.com
http://www.medicalconferences.com/search.html
Medical Meetings, Doctor Conferences, CME Events from Parkhurst Publishing
http://www.parkpub.com/cgi-bin/ParkHurst
CMEsearch
http://www.cmesearch.com/default.asp=20
Hope that helps.
Brad
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Brad Dishan
Medical Librarian
Regional Mental Health Care - London
850 Highbury Ave. N.
London, Ontario N6A 4H1
Canada
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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:27:27 -0500
From: Marilyn Teolis <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Where can I find IOM report "To err is human buiding a safer
health system
I'm looking for a report from the Institute of Medicine report "To err
is human: building a safer health system". When I check Medline and
Healthstar I'm not coming up with it when I add Institute of Medicine.
TIA.
Marilyn Teolis
Email:[log in to unmask]
Baptist Hospital Phone (615)284-5373
2000 Church St. (800)826-9998 x 5373
(Outside TN)
Nashville TN 37236 Fax:(615)284-5861
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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:34:39 -0400
From: William McLeod <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Where can I find IOM report "To err is human buiding a safer
health system
Marilyn, Point your Web browser to:
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9728.html
The complete full text of this report, and all recent IOM reports are
available online from the National Acadmey Press at: http://www.nap.edu
Bill McLeod
Research Librarian
Institute of Medicine Library
FO 3007
x1340
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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:33:38 -0400
From: Larry Rudiger <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Online/electronic lab test values
Any reccomendations on an electronic version of something along the lines
of Chernecky's Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures or Wallach's
Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests?
Larry P. Rudiger, Ph.D.
Medical Content Developer
PKC Corporation
www.pkc.com
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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:47:17 -0400
From: Larry Rudiger <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: SUMMARY: Online/electronic lab values
Thanks to all those who replied.
Valerie Rankow:
Cornell University Manual of Laboratory
http://infonet.med.cornell.edu/lab/ <http://infonet.med.cornell.edu/lab/>
MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 21, Ch. 296, Normal Laboratory Values
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section21/chapter296/296a.htm
<http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section21/chapter296/296a.htm>
Molecular Diagnostics
http://path.upmc.edu/divisions/diagnostics/services/tests/fulllist.html
http://path.upmc.edu/divisions/diagnostics/services/tests/fulllist.html
Ohio State University CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES Ward Manual
http://www.ohsu.edu/som-Pathology/wardman/frame.htm
UCSF Lab Manual Page
http://labmed.ucsf.edu/CP/LabManPage.html
University of Michigan Pathology Handbook
http://po.path.med.umich.edu/handbook/
University of Texas Laboratory Survival Guide
http://www2.utmb.edu/lsg/ <http://www2.utmb.edu/lsg/>
University of Virginia Pathology Lab Handbook
http://www.med.virginia.edu/medicine/clinical/pathology/labtests/index.htm
Ramune Kubilius, MALS:
Available through MD Consult and Ovid E Books: Ravel, Clinical Laboratory
Medicine
Available through Ovid E Books: Fishbach, A Manual of Laboratory
and Diagnostic Tests
Available through Ovid E Books and Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins (Medicine portal): Wallach, Interpretation of
Diagnostic Tests (also reccomended by Julie Stielstra MLS)
Larry P. Rudiger, Ph.D.
Medical Content Developer
PKC Corporation
www.pkc.com
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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 02:39:42 -0400
From: Valerie Rankow <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Pharmacy Drug info resources
Online Drug Information Resources (revised April 26, 2001)
Valerie G. Rankow
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Basic Resources
http://www.aacp.org/Resources/Reference/Basic_Resources/basic_resources.
html
CenterWatch Listing of Newly Approved Drug Therapies
http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/drugs/druglist.html
Drug Literature Evaluation
http://www.mcp.edu/course/21/index.shtml
DRUGFACTS.com - A Drug, Herbal, Interaction, and Disease Info Resource
http://www.drugfacts.com
Drug InfoNet
http://www.druginfonet.com/druginfo.htm
FDA Electronic Orange Book Approved Drug Products with
Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations
http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/
Green Book - FDA Approved Animal Drug List
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/greenbook/greenbook.html
Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources: Pharmacy and
Pharmacology
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/pharm.html
Intellihealth Drug Resource Center (USP DI vol. 2 Advice for the
Patient)
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH
Interactions: IBIS Guide to Drug-Herb and Drug-Nutrient Interactions
http://www.integrative-medicine.com/Interactions.html
Martindale's Health Science Guide - Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Pharmacy.html
MCPHS - Sheppard Library - Recommended Web Sites
http://www.mcp.edu/si/sl/sl_rec.shtml
MEDLINE Plus (USP DI vol. 2 Advice for the Patient)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
PharmWeb
http://www.pharmweb.net/
http://www.pharmweb.net/
PhRMA - Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
http://www.phrma.org/
RxList
http://www.rxlist.com
Safemedication.com (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists)
http://www.safemedication.com/
Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy Global Drug Information
Service WWW Pharmacy Resources
http://www.samford.edu/schools/pharmacy/dic/pharmres.htm
Street Terms for Drugs
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/home.html
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/home.html
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug.htm
University of Connecticut Health Center Pharmacy Information Resources
on the Web
http://library.uchc.edu/eduoff/pharmsites.htm
University of Pittsburgh Internet Resources: Pharmacy, Pharmacology &
Therapeutics
http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/intres/index.html?page=25
Virtual Library: Pharmacy
http://www.pharmacy.org/
INTERNATIONAL Drug Information Resources Online
BIAM (Banque de Donnes Automatise sur les Mdicaments)
http://www.biam2.org/
French drug database, available only in French. Free registration
required
British National Formulary
http://bnf.vhn.net/
CHN - Canadian Health Network
http://www.canadian-health-network.ca
Chinese Medicine
http://www.china-med.net/herb_search.html
European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products -
http://www.emea.eu.int/
France
http://www.theriaque.org/
http://www.vidalpro.net/
Indice Por Accion Farmacologica Spanish Language Drug Index
http://www.manes.com.ar/paginas/a/ind_farm.htm
Martindale's Health Science Guide: Pharmacy Center
Links to many international drug sites, including French, Portuguese,
German and more:
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Pharmacy.html#MDD
NetDoktor (Germany)
http://www.netdoktor.de/medikamente/index.shtml
Patient UK: Medicines and Drugs
http://www.patient.co.uk/drugs.htm
PharmWeb
http://www.pharmweb.net/
Planet Medica
http://www.planetmedica.com/
Portalfarma.com Spanish Language Drug Database
http://www.portalfarma.com/home.nsf
RxList
http://www.rxlist.com
Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy Global Drug Information
Service WWW Pharmacy Resources
http://www.samford.edu/schools/pharmacy/dic/pharmres.htm
Switzerland Kompendium
http://www.kompendium.ch/app/search_f.cfm
University of Turin MedPharm (Italy)
http://www.medfarm.unito.it/
May reprint with permission.
Valerie G. Rankow, MLS, AIIP
Professional Information Services
Research, Writing & Consultation
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What do you want to know? Just ask...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Medical Libraries Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Nancy
> Washburne
> Sent: April 26, 2001 1:54 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Pharmacy Drug info resources
>
>
> Due to recent conversion ito bionic woman (stent) I am behind
> & need to
> rustle up a list of pharmacy/drug info resources--used to use
> "PHARMINFO"--anyone please can flash me some similar
> resources////thanks
> much Nancy at Temple [log in to unmask]
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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 07:23:17 -0700
From: Jane Irving <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Summary - Vendor for older online medical journals
Can you have a summary of one posting?
I received one response to my question about online access to medical
journals from the 1980s and early 1990s. Kathleen Puglia at Tulane was
pretty sure such an animal did not exist. She did mention JSTOR. My
patron was aware of JSTOR and was looking for its equivalent in medical
journals. If, in the future, anyone ever runs across a service that
provides this access, I think it would be appropriate to post to the list.
Meanwhile, if anyone out there now knows of something, feel free to
respond to me and I will post another "summary." Thanks for thinking
about this.
Jane
Jane A. Irving
Gordon Health Sciences Library
Children's Hospital Oakland
747 52nd Street
Oakland, CA 94609-1809
510-428-3448
510-601-3963 (fax)
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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 10:50:42 -0500
From: "Margaret (Peg) Allen" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "Margaret (Peg) Allen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Thanks: impact factors
Winie points out the problems of using ISI citation impact factors for the
nursing literature - very few nursing journals are included in Social
Science Citation Index.
To compare nursing journals for things like index coverage and research
percentage, see my Key Nursing Journals chart at
http://www.library.kent.edu/nahrs/resource/reports/specrpts.htm . I plan
to update it in time for MLA.
These two journals are indexed in CINAHL and MEDLINE, and the Journal of
Gerontological Nursing is also indexed in the British Nursing Index. It
included 36% Research in the last calculation, while Seminars in
Perioperative Nursing was just 4%.
The NAHRS Task Force to Map the Literature of Nursing is examining
citation patterns for various nursing disciplines (see poster session from
last year's MLA at
http://www.library.kent.edu/nahrs/archives/annmtg/2000mtg/poster.htm ) The
Journal of Gerontological Nursing appears as a Zone 1 or 2 title in 6 of
the Phase 1 studies, including General U.S. titles and Gerontological
Nursing, where it was selected as one of the core titles. Preoperative
Nursing has moved from Phase 1 to 3, so it's not surprising the Seminars
in Preoperative Nursing does not appear in any of the studies done to
date.
For anyone interested in this type of research, there is a program on the
process at MLA on Tuesday afternoon, to be followed by a meeting of the
Nursing Task Force.
Peg Allen, Co-chair, NAHRS Task Force to Map the Literature of Nursing
Margaret (Peg) Allen, MLS-AHIP mailto:[log in to unmask]
Library Consultant http://home.earthlink.net/~pegallenmls/
Resource Librarian Consultant for Cinahl Information Systems, Inc.
http://www.cinahl.com/
Library Consultant, Northern and Southwest Wisconsin Area Health Education
Centers, http://www.nahec-wi.org/ and
http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/ahec/swahec/
PO Box 2, 308 Kann, Stratford, WI 54484-0002
(715)687-4976 Fax:(715)687-4976
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winnie Schats" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 9:36 AM
Subject: Thanks: impact factors
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Following my question regarding the impact factors for three nursing
> journals, it turns out only one of them (Cancer Nursing) has an impact
> factor (0.948). The other two (Journal of Gerontological Nursing and
> Seminars in Perioperative Nursing) don't have one.
> I would appreciate though, if anyone could tell me whether these other
> two are renowned, as my patron needs articles that have some scientific
> basis.
>
> Thank you agains, and thanks to everyone who responded to my earlier
> mail.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Winnie Schats
> de Heel Zaans Medisch Centrum
> Documentatiecentrum
> de Heel Zaans Medisch Centrum
> Documentatiecentrum
> P.O. Box 210
> 1500 EE Zaandam
> The Netherlands
> tel +31 75 650 23 47
> fax +31 75 650 26 68
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:36:32 -0500
From: "Margaret (Peg) Allen" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "Margaret (Peg) Allen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ? Study on nurse staffing & complications
From the ANA website, one of the sources of nursing news (see
http://www.nursingworld.org/news/ananews.htm#HHS )
HHS Study Links Patient Outcomes and Nurse Staffing 4/25/01 The results of
a recent study conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration are
consistent with ANA research regarding patient outcomes and nurse staffing
-- patients fare better when RNs play a significant role in the staffing
mix. The HHS study revealed that strong and consistent relationships were
found between hospital nurse staffing levels and five patient outcomes -
urinary track infections, shock, length of stay, upper gastrointestinal
bleeding and pneumonia. These adverse outcomes were reduced by 3 to 12
percent when there were higher numbers of RNs in the staffing mix. A
decrease of 2 to 25 percent of these adverse outcomes also was associated
with higher staffing levels of all nurses. These results are consistent
with the ANA study "Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes in the Inpatient
Hospital Setting," http://www.nursingworld.org/pressrel/2000/st0504.htm,
which revealed that adverse conditions, similar to the ones used in the
HHS study, markedly decreased with higher levels of RN involvement in
patient care.
For a copy of the HHS study, go to www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/dn/staffstudy.htm.
This government study is by the authors listed...
This should be it - Peg
Margaret (Peg) Allen, MLS-AHIP mailto:[log in to unmask]
Library Consultant http://home.earthlink.net/~pegallenmls/acalester.edu
Resource Librarian Consultant for Cinahl Information Systems, Inc.
http://www.cinahl.com/
Library Consultant, Northern and Southwest Wisconsin Area Health Education
Centers, http://www.nahec-wi.org/ and
http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/ahec/swahec/
PO Box 2, 308 Kann, Stratford, WI 54484-0002
(715)687-4976 Fax:(715)687-4976
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patty Kahn" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 12:38 PM
Subject: ? Study on nurse staffing & complications
> I'm trying to track down a study that was reported in the Boston Globe
on
4/24/01 -
> but no citation was given and I can't find it!
>
> In general it states that nurse understaffing can strongly affect the
chances of adverse outcomes in the hospital.
>
> The study was directed by Jack Needleman, Harvard School of Public
Health.
Peter I. Bueurhaus of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is a
coauthor.
>
> Hope someone can help with this,
> TIA,
> Patty
>
> Patricia Kahn, MLS, AHIP
> Niles Perkins Health Science Library
> Penobscot Bay Medical Center
> Six Glen Cove Drive
> Rockport ME 04856
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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 17:46:45 -0400
From: Ken & Nancy Manninen <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Nikken System
Does anyone on this list know anything - pro or con - about the Nikken
system of wellness technology which is based far-infrared rays? Nikken
sells products such as shoe soles, water system, a sleep system which is a
mattress, pillows and quilt which transmit these infrared rays (as I
understand this). Proponents swear by it - as in it will eliminate pain,
give you more energy, combat aging, etc. etc. Sounds too good to be true -
Is it?
We have a local dealer and a patient asked about this. I found nothing on
Medline, MedlinePlus or some individual patient
education sources.
Nancy Manninen
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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 08:21:33 -0500
From: Nichols William F Civ 96 MSGS <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Nikken System
As with everything from vacuum cleaners to Noni juice, Nikken has a number
of ardent supporters who make claims for the benefits of magnetic therapy
(my former tech is a big advocate for Nikken & swears up down & sideways
they've helped her). They note that similar products sold for less in
places like Wal-Mart aren't as good because the magnets aren't aligned
correctly. My tech could tell the difference in when she used them & when
she didn't. She loaned us a car seat cushion for a long trip (about a
year prior to my wife's hip replacement) -- my wife couldn't tell if there
was a difference. She said there might have been, there might not have
been.
(People with pacemakers & implanted defibrillators should NEVER use
products such as the magnetic blankets due to the possibility of the
magnets causing the devices to malfunction.)
It's possible a that a lot of people do experience placebo effects from
the products. To my knowledge nothing in the standard (i.e.,
peer-reviewed) professional literature has found that any of these
products has any impact, either positive or negative. The people who love
them swear they do & cite medical literature to back it up. Most of these
articles are from alternative health sites, a number of whom have
connections with the companies. (Not that that means anything, particular,
since companies such as Ciba-Geigy also made 6-figure donations to
organizations such as CHADD, who coincidentally also happened to be among
the biggest promoters of Ritalin -- - manufactured by C-G.)
They may/may not have any benefit; if you believe in them, apparently,
they do. A couple of things are certain, though: the products are
expensive, which is because they are sold through MLM channels, each
distributor getting profit not only from their own personal sales but also
from those of their "downlines." AMWAY & Nikken have been involved in a
bitter patent infringement fight, each side accusing the other of
violating their patents. (AMWAY also of course being a prominent MLM
system.)
Presented for whatever it may/may not be worth. :)
Bill Nichols
Eglin AFB, FL
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