Volume 5, Number 8 April 1993
Books & Bytes is produced by the HSLIC Library Staff for Health Sciences Center personnel. Copyright University of Washington.
- Serial Title Changes: March 1993
- Recent Gifts and Contributions to the Collections
- 1990 Census Data Available Through UWIN
- IAIMS Update
- INSPEC: Latest Addition to UWLIB Databases
- Spring Remodeling
- NIH Grant-Writing Workshop
- Self-Service Searching Stations Relocated
Serial Title Changes: March 1993
New Serial Title
Diagnostic molecular pathology : the American journal of surgical pathology, part B, v.1 (1992)--.
Title Changes
Addiction, v.88(1993)--.
Continues: British journal of addiction.
Animal biology, v.1(1992)--.
Continues: Acta embryologiae et morphologiae experimentalis. New Series, and
Acta embryologiae experimentalis.
Directory of physicians in the United States, 33rd ed.(1992)--.
W22 AA1 D598; earlier in Book Stacks.
Continues: American medical directory.
Endo, v.11:n.2-4(1992:Jun-Dec) v.12(1993)--.
Continues: Revue Francaise d'endodontie.
Leadership in health services, v.1(1992)--.
Merger of: Dimension in health service and; Hospital trustee.
Official American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) directory of board certified
medical specialists, 1992/1993--.
Reference Book Stacks W22 AA1 O32.
Continues: ABMs compendium of certified medical specialists.
Policy compendium, 1992--.
Reference Book Stacks W39 A5116p.
Continues: AMA policy compendium.
Recent Gifts and Contributions to the Collections
Acknowledgment and appreciation are extended to the following individuals and departments who have recently made contributions to the Library:
Contributions to Collections:
Dr. George C. Denniston; Dr. B. Raymond Fink; Dr. Lloyd Fisher; Dr. John P. Geyman; Cara Lawrence; Dr. Eric Pinczower; Dr. Helene Sage; Joan E. Stern; Dr. Thomas H. Shepard; Dr. Richard V. Stenson; Francis J. VonFeldt; Harborview Medical Center, Nursing Education Library; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Hematology; Department of Metabolism; Department of Microbiology; Pacific Medical Center, Diagnostic Imaging Department.
Contributions to Gift Funds:
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Payne; The Polyclinic, Inc.
1990 Census Data Available Through UWIN
by Lou Pray, Information Services LibrarianFull text census data is available through Internet, providing the most current U.S. census data available by state and region. The census data is available via the UWIN Gopher server or by using Gopher client software. To get to census data through UWIN, use this pathway from the main menu: Index-> Internet Resources-> Gopher-> Electronic Books-> 1990 Census Data->.
Arrow to the state for which you want census data and press enter. The entire text of the census data displays on your screen. "Regions" displays population information only. To print the information at your attached printer, turn on the capture command before displaying the information. You also have an option at the end of the display to send it to yourself via email. Choose m to mail and you will be prompted for an email address.
For dial-up modem users, Internet access is available by connecting to a campus computer; then use the telnet command to connect to UWIN. For more information on what the Internet can do for you, contact your departmental library liaison or the Reference Desk.
IAIMS Update
by Sherrilynne Fuller, Director, HSLIC Coordinator, Health Sciences Information Systems IntegrationA copy of the University of Washington Health Sciences Center's recently updated "Strategic Plan for Integrated Information Management" is now available from the Health Sciences IAIMS Office. Included in the document are scenarios for change, as well as specific goals and objectives. The scenarios for change, which include those for 1988, 1992 and 2005, provide an intriguing glimpse of our past, as well as where we want to go in the future. To request a copy, contact Susan Smith, IAIMS Office, 685-2166, or send an email request to smcsmith@u.washington.edu.
Our IAIMS implementation proposal was submitted to the National Library of Medicine on February 1, 1993. A site visit will occur later this spring.
The spring IAIMS lecture series will feature:
April 14 - Dr. Sherrilynne Fuller, Coordinator, Health Sciences Information Systems Integration, "The UW IAIMS Initiative - Current Status and Implementation Plan."
April 28 - Dr. James Brinkley, Department of Biological Structure, "The UW Digital Anatomist Program and Its Relationship to Structural Informatics and IAIMS."
May 5 - Debra Ketchell, Associate Director, Health Sciences Library and Information Center, "WILLOW - A Graphical Interface to Information Resources."
All lectures will take place in room D-209, Health Sciences Center, from 12:30-1:30 pm.
INSPEC: Latest Addition to UWLIB Databases
by Lisa Oberg, Information Services/Education LibrarianINSPEC (Information Service for Physics and Engineering Communities) has recently joined MEDLINE and the other databases available through UWLIB on the UW campus network (UWIN.) Currently, INSPEC is available online from 1989 to date. Coverage includes journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports and dissertations.
While the database is geared primarily towards the fields of physics, electrical engineering and electronics, and computer science, Health Sciences users should also find it useful for its comprehensive coverage of fields such as acoustics, mathematical models and computer applications in medicine and biostatistics.
INSPEC is the electronic counterpart of several printed databases found in the Engineering and Physics-Astronomy Libraries: Physics Abstracts, Electrical & Electronics Abstracts, and Computer & Control Abstracts. For specific library holdings of the printed indexes, consult the Online Catalog.
INSPEC can be searched through both UWIN and WILLOW, using the same search and print commands as the other UWLIB databases. Search features unique to INSPEC include limit options for each of the abstract subsets listed above, as well as an additional limit to Information Technology citations. Journal names are completely spelled out and should be searched by linking title words with hyphens, e.g. solar-physics. INSPEC uses both the ampersand (&) and the word and in journal titles. Use the with connector when the exact title is not known. For example, search literary with linguistics computing.so to retrieve the journal Literary & Linguistics Computing.
A demonstration of INSPEC and other UWLIB databases is offered every Wednesday at 9:30 am in the Health Sciences Library. See the Information Management Education schedule for additional details. For a copy of the INSPEC Quick Reference Guide or other UWLIB database information, call the Reference Desk at 543-3394 or drop by the library.
Spring Remodeling
by Carolyn Weaver, Associate Director for AdministrationOnce again, pardon our dust! Spring remodeling is under way.
The major objective of this phase of the remodel has been to improve communications throughout the second floor and to increase flexibility in the location of computer terminals and other hardware. As a result, new terminals will be available in the serials stacks in A-wing (near the N-Z journals) and near the reshelving area in T-Wing. Enough communications and electrical capacity is now available for the expansion of high-tech services for the next few years . A "help" phone has been installed near the self-service copiers so that users can easily call for machine service. Other improvements include recarpeting of the New Acquisitions study area and rearrangement of the furniture for a more comfortable setting.
The reference stacks area has been reconfigured to integrate all reference resources -- reference librarians, self-service database workstations, and printed reference collection -- together in a single location. Users can now ask a reference question, search the Online Catalog or a self-service database, or consult a reference work, all within a clearly defined area. The Ready Reference and Reference Book collections have also been merged, so that the entire reference collection is now available in a single location.
Next on the agenda through June 30 are the remodeling and rewiring of the Circulation and Technical Services staff areas, with a temporary relocation of services and staff to areas vacated by the Reference move. Circulation and Document Delivery service functions have been relocated to the former Reference Desk area, and Technical Services staff and functions currently occupy the former U-Search Area. The paging phone and Geac terminals on the second floor will not be accessible to the public during the remodel.
Certain space-intensive technical functions and services are being suspended, including acceptance of gifts of library materials and bindery shipments. Processing of materials returning from the bindery will continue, and journal check-in and collection development activities will not be affected.
All remodeling is expected to be completed by June 30. Please accept our apologies in advance for any inconvenience you may experience during this time.
NIH Grant-Writing Workshop
by Diana Hall, Research Funding Service Librarian"How to Write A Good Grant Application," a Research Funding Service (RFS) workshop focusing on National Institutes of Health (NIH) research (R01) grant applications, is scheduled on Tuesday, May 4, from 8 am to noon. The half-day workshop, which features grantwriting consultant Liane Reif-Lehrer, is cosponsored by the School of Medicine's Office of Scientific Affairs and the UW Office of Research. Attendance is limited to individuals affiliated with the University of Washington and requires a $45 registration fee. To register, call Patricia Carlson, RFS Coordinator, at 685-8036.
Dr. Reif-Lehrer, President of Tech-Write Consultants/Erimon Associates of Belmont, Massachusetts, has been an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, a senior scientist at the Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation, and an NIH study section member reviewing grant applications. She is the author of Writing a Successful Grant Application, available in HSLIC Reference Books (W20.5 R361W 1989), and frequently contributes articles to The Scientist. In March 1990, she presented a previous RFS-sponsored lecture series, "Grants without Grief."
The Research Funding Service, a partnership of the School of Medicine's Office of Scientific Affairs and the Health Sciences Library, is located in HSLIC T-311 and can be reached at 685-8036 or rfs@u.washington.edu.
Self-service Searching Stations Relocated
by Terry Ann Jankowski, Information Services/Basic Sciences LibrarianAll self-service database searching workstations formerly located in the U-Search Center have been moved to the area adjacent to the Reference stacks. The new location places these electronic reference tools closer to their printed counterparts and the rest of the reference collection. Although there will no longer be a separate U-Search Center help desk, staff will be available in the self-service area from 1:00- 3:00 PM Monday through Friday to provide assistance. Look for their "Ask Me!" buttons. You can also request assistance at the Reference Desk.
Two newly acquired databases, ENTREZ: SEQUENCES and REFERENCE UPDATE, are available in the new area. ENTREZ: SEQUENCES is a CD-ROM retrieval system developed at the National Center for Biotechnology Information to search nucleotide and protein sequence databases (GENBANKR, PIR, and SWISS-PROT) as well as MEDLINE citations in which these sequences were published. This menu-driven system uses Boolean logic and neighboring of related sequences to lead the user from the articles to the sequence and vice-versa. The first release contains over 103,000 protein sequences, more than 77,000 nucleotide sequences and about 44,000 MEDLINE records.
REFERENCE UPDATE, like CURRENT CONTENTS ON CD-ROM, lists weekly tables of contents with abstracts for over 900 journals in the life and health sciences, as well as the Clinical Alerts issued by the National Library of Medicine. Although there is some overlap between the two indexes, each contains unique titles. Check the journal listings at each workstation for details. HSLIC subscribes to the Deluxe edition of REFERENCE UPDATE, with one month's information kept on our workstation.
For more information about self-service databases, consult HSLIC Factsheet #3, "Self Service Databases" or call the Reference Desk at 543-3394.
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