Volume 5, Number 9 May-June 1993
Books & Bytes is produced by the HSLIC Library Staff for Health Sciences Center personnel. Copyright University of Washington.
- Electronic Journals Available in the Library
- Willow From Your Office
- A Library Without Walls
- MacX Brings X Applications to Your Macintosh
- Acronym Shelving Order Changed
- HSLIC Welcomes Jean Shipman
- Electronic Journals Available Via Internet
- Federal Register Via the Internet
- TOXLINE PLUS Added to HSLIC's Self-Service Databases
- Newly Received Faculty Publications
- Byron Will Be Leaving
- SPSS for Windows Available in Health Sciences Microlab
- Serial Title Changes: April 1993
- Recent Gifts and Contributions to the Collections
Electronic Journals Available in the Library
by Lorraine Raymond, Collection Development & Catalog LibrarianThe Health Sciences Library uses the same selection criteria for electronic journals as for those published in traditional printed formats. If an electronic journal is in scope and of value for health sciences teaching, research, or patient care, it will be considered for acquisition.
American HealthLine
American HealthLine is a daily eight- to ten-page news briefing on the American health policy debate which is published Monday through Friday by the American Political Network. It "covers the coverage" -- filtering and analyzing the day's published news from all fifty states, including developments from state legislatures, the U.S. Congress, the Clinton administration, and private industry. Typical information includes polling data, local programs, regional studies, new ideas, proposals, and expert opinions.
American HealthLine is a paid subscription of the Health Sciences Library which is delivered daily by electronic mail to the library. A printout is placed in the New Acquisitions Area and retained for two weeks. The journal may also be distributed by email directly to any interested UW faculty, staff or student of the Seattle campus through a special arrangement negotiated by Dr. Rheba De Tornyay, a trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which supported the publication until March 31, 1993. Because this is considered an "academic" subscription, it excludes the Bothell and Tacoma campuses and personnel of the U.W. Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center. Academic faculty (regardless of their medical center affiliation) will be considered eligible subscribers as long as they use the information for academic purposes.
Requests to be added to or deleted from the distribution list should be sent to serials@hslib.washington.edu.
Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials
The Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials (OJCCT) is now available in the self-search reference area of HSLIC. OJCCT is a peer-reviewed medical journal, edited by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and distributed electronically by OCLC. Access to OJCCT is via Internet through a MS-Windows interface called GUIDON. With GUIDON, you can view the full-text of articles, with graphics and hypertext links to references, figures, equations and tables. A sampling of recent articles follows:
Kopans, Daniel B. "Rejoinder to Elwood's reply."
De Nino, Louis A. "Cost effectiveness in clinical trials."
Elwood, J. Mark "Letter: Response to Kopans."
Kopans, Daniel B. "Letter: Comment on the Elwood paper."
Agarwal, Kapil. "Anesthesia for cataract surgery."
Abridged reports of each issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports also appear in OJCCT.
Users may browse the database at no charge, or may download articles. Direct printing of articles is not permitted online, as we have discovered that this is extremely slow. Document Delivery staff will also retrieve and print articles from this journal at standard document delivery rates.
Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing
The Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing will be published by Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing, and OCLC, Inc., beginning November 1993. HSLIC will make a purchase decision about this title once subscription information is available.
Willow From Your Office
by Debbie Ketchell, Associate Director, Resources ManagementWillow is an X-based, graphical user interface to UW databases which are also available in a character version under UWIN. Willow runs on X-terminals in the library and is also available to anyone on the campus network who has an X-terminal or any other device that can display X Windows graphics.
Use of Willow by modem is slow and not recommended at this time. Examples of effective Willow configurations for Macintosh, NeXT and MS- Windows users, described below, assume a campus network connection.
An effective Willow system for Macintosh users includes at least 8MB RAM, MacX, MacTCP and NCSA Telnet with a minimum 13" monitor. All three software programs are available on campus site license with the exception of MacX 1.2 (see article page 2).
Next users need co-Xist software, which allows you to run X Windows applications with NeXTSTEP. Co-Xist is available from Pencom Software (1-800-PENCOM4) for approximately $295.
MS-Windows users need at least 8MB RAM and a 14" monitor (SVGA and a 486 computer recommended) as well as both TCP/IP and X-emulation software. Typical TCP/IP programs include LAN WorkPlace for DOS, PC/TCP, PC/NFS and Chameleon. LAN Workplace for DOS is on campus site license. You can make a copy (3 HD floppies required) of this program at the Academic Computing Center. A wide variety of X-emulation programs are available, including: NCD's PCX-view, DEC's eXcursion, AGE's XoftWare, and Hummingbird Communication's HCL-eXceed/W. Cost for these programs range from $150-$450 depending on educational discount and quantity order. HSLIC is currently testing scenarios for outfitting an MS-Windows computer to be X-compatible and we will publish our findings in the next issue of Books & Bytes.
HSLIC has developed "how to" instructions for X-terminal/workstation or MacX users. To obtain a copy, send an email request to ketchell@u.washington.edu. Recommendations and instructions for MS-Windows users will not be available until July.
A Library Without Walls
With the electronic revolution, a library's resources can no longer be accurately defined by collection or circulation statistics, hours of operation, or other traditional measures. Equally as important as the number of physical items a library owns is the wealth of information available to users in electronic format, either onsite or online, and the ease of access to library services and offsite resources from offices and personal workstations. For that reason, this issue of Books & Bytes focuses on the wealth of electronic information resources which are available both in the library and through the Internet. We urge you to try out the resources which are featured in this and future issues.
MacX Brings X Applications to Your Macintosh
by Debbie Ketchell, Associate Director, Resource Management and Systems DevelopmentMacX is an X Window System display server developed by Apple for the Macintosh computer. The X Window System (X for short) is a network-based graphics system designed to create an enhanced computing environment on desktop computers. X draws graphics, creates windows to display, and runs several applications simultaneously, thus enabling you to access X applications over a network from different computers without being affected by incompatible hardware or operating systems. One of the X applications available on campus is Willow, the graphical interface program to the library databases (including MEDLINE.)
MacX requires System 6.0.5 or later and at least 5MB RAM, as well as MacTCP for communication over the ethernet. We recommend that Willow users have System 7.0 or 7.1, at least 8MB RAM, and at least a 13" monitor (either color or monochrome.)
MacX 1.1.7 (for System 6.0.5 - 7.0) is available without charge by UW campus site license. To get this version, take about seven floppy diskettes to the Academic Computing Center (ACC) and make a copy of the program. The "software copying" hours at ACC are 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
MacX 1.2 (required for System 7.1 or later) is only available by purchase. To get this version, order the MacX Update Part #1197LL/B. The cost for UW departments is $27.00. You can also purchase it through the University Bookstore for approximately $35.00.
You will also need MacTCP 1.1.1, which is also on UW campus site license. This version can also be copied at ACC.
The MacX Manual Set must be purchased separately for $47, either from the University Bookstore or directly from Apple as Part# M0602LL/C. A copy of the manual for version 1.1.7 is on reserve at the HSLIC TLC Desk.
Acronym Shelving Order Changed
by Connie Worley, Serials SupervisorOver the next few months the shelving order for serial titles beginning with acronyms or initials will be changed to conform to the way in which the titles are generally cited. This affects approximately 460 serial titles such as AIDS, JAMA, and FEMS. Volumes for these titles will be remarked and reshelved in the Serials Stacks.
A title such as F E B S Letters is currently shelved at the beginning of the alphabet following F D I Bulletin. Under the new arrangement, the title will be shelved as FEBS Letters, following Faulkner & Gray's Medicine & Health. Similarly A I D S (initials) will be shelved as AIDS (word) and N R M P (initials) as NRMP (word). Stack signs will indicate the progress of the changes.
HSLIC Welcomes Jean Shipman
Jean Shipman joined the HSLIC staff on May 10 as Outreach Information Services Librarian. Her primary responsibility will be to provide customized information services to health professionals and other individuals not affiliated with the University of Washington.
Jean comes to UW from the University of Maryland at Baltimore, where she was Coordinator, Resources Management, for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region. She was previously Library and Audiovisual Services Manager at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center and also held several positions at the Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University. Her M.L.S. degree is from Case Western Reserve University.
Electronic Journals Available Via Internet
by Debbie Ketchell, Associate Director, Resource Management and Systems DevelopmentThe following electronic journals and information services are currently available via the Internet at no charge to users.
The Scientist
A pilot test makes The Scientist available via the Internet. This biweekly tabloid newspaper, published by the Institute for Scientific Information, is targeted at life scientists, researchers, and the biotechnology marketplace. Coverage includes funding, legislation, salary surveys, new grants, blossoming areas of study for career advancement, ethical debates, and the interplay of industrial, academic, and governmental research.
The Scientist is available via anonymous FTP at: nnsc.nsf.net; or as a Gopher service courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University. To access via the UWIN gopher use: NET -> Gopher -> Other Gophers -> North America -> USA -> California -> University of California_Santa Cruz, InfoSlug -> The Library -> Electronic Journals.
Springer Journals Preview Service
As of March 1993, Springer-Verlag provides the table of contents of thirty selected science journals free of charge approximately ten days before shipping a new issue of the journal. Under this two-year test project, the table of contents is provided in plain text (ASCII) format to be read by any computer, and the information is tagged according to BRS MEDLINE conventions to enable both browsing and importation into a reference manager database. Included are journals such as Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, European Journal of Biochemistry, and MGG_Molecular and General Genetics. For a complete list of all covered journals, use the command list journals.
To receive table of contents directly from Springer-Verlag via email, send an email message containing the word "help" to syjps@dhdspri6.bitnet. You will receive detailed instructions to subscribe to receive contents for specified journals titles.
The Springer Journals Table of Contents is also available via the Gopher service courtesy of the University of Delaware. To access via the UWIN gopher use: NET -> Gopher -> Other Gophers -> North America -> USA -> California -> University of California_Santa Cruz, InfoSlug -> The Library -> Indexes and Abstracts.
Academe This Week
The Chronicle of Higher Education launched Academe This Week, a free Internet service, in mid-April. Academe This Week will include a guide to the news in the current week's issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education; a calendar of the week's events in academe; a schedule of the week's events in Washington, D.C., of interest to academe; the week's important deadlines for fellowships, grant applications, exchange programs, etc.; and a listing of the week's job openings.
Academe This Week, like its parent publication, is published weekly on Tuesday, and is available via the Gopher service. To access via the UWIN gopher use: NET -> Gopher -> Other Gophers -> North America -> USA -> California -> University of California_Santa Cruz, InfoSlug -> The Library -> Electronic Journals.
Federal Register Via the Internet
by Diana Hall, Research Funding Service LibrarianThe Federal Register for 1993 has just become available in full-text format under Desktop Reference Resources on UWIN. The UW subscription to this service from Counterpoint Publishing allows you to browse, search, and retrieve full-text documents on the same day Federal Register is published by the US Government Printing Office. This daily publication, which officially updates laws and announces funding programs, priorities, and deadlines, is particularly important for information on agencies other than the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
Health Sciences departments will find the service a convenient means of monitoring funding program announcements from agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Obtaining the full announcements immediately saves time in the typically short period from publication date to application due date.
Directories in the Federal Register are: Agency Name (e.g. CDC, FDA, HCFA, HRSA); Category (e.g. education, health, science); and Date of Issue. Within a Category subdirectory such as health, you can select the table of contents or go directly to the full text of a "title."
The Federal Register is also available over the Internet via Gopher. From the UWIN main menu follow this path: NET -> Gopher -> Other Gophers -> North America -> USA-> California -> University of California-Santa Cruz, Info Slug -> The Library -> Electronic Journals. The printed edition of the Federal Register is also available in HSLIC Reference Serials and in Government Publications in Suzzallo Library.
TOXLINE PLUS Added to HSLIC's Self-service Databases
by Terry Ann Jankowski, Information Services/Basic Sciences LibrarianSilverPlatter's TOXLINE PLUS CD-ROM has been added to HSLIC's collection of self-service databases. TOXLINE PLUS contains over one million citations with abstracts to worldwide literature in toxicology from 1985 to the present. It is updated annually.
Records in TOXLINE PLUS come from the National Library of Medicine's TOXLINE and TOXLIT databases as well as from the Chemical Abstracts Services information system, BIOSIS databases, and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts. The subfiles of information included in TOXLINE PLUS include:
- Aneuploidy - produced by the Environmental Mutagen Information Center (EMIC);
- CIS Abstracts - occupational health and safety literature compiled by the
International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre, International
Labour Office;
- EMIC - mutagenicity and genetic toxicology of chemical, biological and selected
physical agents;
- ETIC (Environmental Teratology Information Center) File;
- Epidemiology Information System - analyses of food contaminants and additives
from the Food and Drug Administration;
- Hazardous Materials Technical Center - literature on the management of hazardous
materials;
- NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health literature;
- Pesticides Abstracts - reports on the epidemiological effects of pesticides
on humans;
- Poisonous Plants Bibliography;
- Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submissions - references to unpublished
health and safety reports submitted by chemical manufacturers , users and
imports to the EPA;
- Toxicity Bibliography - subset of MEDLINER on the adverse effects, toxicity,
poisoning, and environmental effects caused by drugs and chemicals;
- Toxicology/Epidemiology Research Projects - descriptions from CRISP (Computer
Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects);
- Toxicology Document and Data Depository - NTIS report literature on toxicology;
- Riskline - produced by the Swedish National Chemicals Inspectorate with citations to criteria documents, consensus reports and risk assessment reports in toxicology.
For assistance in using this CD-ROM product, ask at HSLIC's Reference Desk. For information about other HSLIC self-service databases, call 543-3394.
Newly Received Faculty Publications
The following publications by UW Health Sciences faculty have recently been added to the collection. To insure that we are aware of your newly published book and that it will be considered for purchase if we have not already acquired it, please call Colleen Weum, Selection/Acquisitions Librarian at 543-3439 or send an email message to weum@u.washington.edu.
Brand, Paul W. and Anne Hollister. Clinical mechanics of the hand. 2nd ed. Mosby Year Book, 1993. WE830 B817c 1993.
Carnevali, Doris L. and Thomas, Mary Duran. Diagnostic reasoning and treatment decision making in nursing. J.B. Lippincott, 1993. WY100 C289d 1993.
Carnevali, Doris L. and Patrick, Maxine, eds. Nursing management for the elderly. 3rd ed. J.B. Lippincott, 1993. WY152 N979 1993.
Hansen, Jr., Sigvard T. and Swiontkowski, Marc F, eds. Orthopaedic Trauma Protocols. Raven, 1993. WE168 O7693 1993.
Nyberg, David A. et al. Transvaginal ultrasound. Mosby Year Book, 1992. WP141 T7723 1992.
Patrick, Donald L. and Erickson, Pennifer. Health status and health policy; quality of life in health care evaluation and resource allocation. Oxford University Press, 1993. W74 P314h 1993.
Ramsey, Paul and Larson, Eric B. Medical therapeutics. Saunders, 1993. WB39 M488 1993.
Rowell, Loring B. Human cardiovascular control. Oxford University Press, 1993. WG106 R881ha 1993.
Staheli, Lynn T. Fundamentals of pediatric orthopedics. Raven, 1992. WS270 S781f 1992.
Soderstrom, Richard M. ed. Operative Laparoscopy; the masters' techniques. Raven, 1993. WP660 O61 1993.
Zerwekh, Joyce V.; Primomo, Janet; and Deal, Lisa. Opening doors: stories of public health nursing. Oregon and Washington State Public Health Associations, 1992. WZ305 O61 1992.
Byron Will Be Leaving
On Saturday, June 12, 1993, interactive access to Byron (one of the campus mainframe computers) will be discontinued. Individuals who have been using Byron to access UWIN (University of Washington Information Navigator) databases or for electronic mail will find equivalents on other Computing & Communications (C&C) uniform access Unix computers such as Carson, Stein, or Hardy.
Contact C&C information at 543-5970 for help in choosing a machine that will be appropriate for applications currently running on Byron. If you have questions, send an email message to help@cac.washington.edu or call Bob Jamieson at 543-2877. If you need assistance using UWIN or searching the Libraries databases via UWIN, call the Health Sciences Library's Reference Desk at 543-3394. Staff can put you in touch with your departmental liaison for individual help or send you brochures about the databases and UWIN system.
SPSS for Windows Available in Health Sciences Microlab
by Philip Arny, Teaching Learning Center CoordinatorSPSS for Windows will be available in the TLC's Microlab by Summer quarter, with a copy installed on each PS/2 in the lab to support the extensive use of SPSS in instruction in the Health Sciences. Demand for the program is expected to intensify, since the School of Public Health and Community Medicine is considering using SPSS for Windows for core Biostatistics courses. The package includes the base, professional, advanced, and tables modules. Instructors wishing to use this software in courses should contact Philip Arny (685-3125 or parny@u.washington.edu), or Paul Ludecke (685-8994 or ludes@u.washington.edu).
Departments or individuals associated with the university can purchase SPSS for Windows (or SPSS for PC+) through the University Bookstore Computers and Electronics Center. The price is $35 per station on which the software is installed. The price does not include manuals, which must be purchased separately. SPSS for Windows requires Windows 3.0 or 3.1 and at least 4 megabytes of RAM. Individual purchasers will need to provide evidence of status with the university, and the make, model, and serial number of the computer on which the software will be installed. To order with a budget number, complete an agreement form (available from Computing and Communication's campus wide licensing program (cw-soft@cac.washington.edu or 543-3650) and send it with your order to UW Purchasing. Keep a copy for your records.
Serial Title Changes: April 1993
Annual summary of vital statistics, Washington State, 1989--.
Reference Serial Stacks.
Arteriosclerosis and thrombosis, v.11(1991)--.
Canadian Association of Radiologists journal, v.37(1986)--.
Cell proliferation, v.24(1991)--.
Cleft palate-craniofacial journal, v.28(1991)--.
Fetal diagnosis and therapy, v.5(1990)--.
Integrative physiological and behavioral science, v.26(1991)--.
Mechanisms of development, v.33(1990/1991)--.
NIH extramural programs, 1980,1988--.
Reference Book Stacks: WA 20 N277n; earlier in Book Stacks.
Windows on computing, Latest 2 years only.
Teaching/Learning Center.
Workshop on vitamin D.
Book Stacks: see Online Catalog for individual call numbers.
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 N. Aagaard; Dr. Les Berenson; Dr. John J. Bonica; Mr. Marshall Brown; Ms. Frances M. Edwins; Dr. B. Raymond Fink; Dr. John P. Geyman; Dr. Allen Gown; Michael B. Kimmey; Ms. Stacie Marlatt; Dr. Rockwell Moulton; Mr. W.G. Povey; Dr. Helene Sage; Dr. D.W. Welti; Oregon Health Sciences, University Library; School of Medicine.
Contributions to Gift Funds:
In memory of Dr. John S. Lingenfelter: Mr. T. Richard Bale; Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Johnson; Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Payne; Ms. Mary C. Torness; The Polyclinic, Inc.
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