Volume 6, Number 6 March 1994
Books & Bytes is produced by the HSLIC Library Staff for Health Sciences Center personnel. Copyright University of Washington.
- Electronic Gateways for Document Delivery
- IAIMS Implementation Grant Funded
- AIDS Information Now More Accessible
- Library Services for Off-Campus Personnel
- Internet Resources in Reference
- Health Care Reform Act
- Newly Received Faculty Publications
- Recent Gifts and Contributions to the Collections
Electronic Gateways for Document Delivery
Times, they are a-changing. This particularly applies to methods for obtaining documents not owned by the University of Washington. Through the use of new technologies, documents can be requested and received electronically from locations anywhere in the world. Geographical distances no longer predict the time it will take to obtain a journal article which is not locally available.
Electronic document retrieval networks used by HSLIC's document services departments include DOCLINE, Ariel, and Internet connections to document vendors. DOCLINE is an automated document location and referral system produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) which is currently used by more than 2,500 biomedical libraries in the U.S. and Canada. A DOCLINE request is sequentially routed to participating libraries which own the title until the request is filled. You can speed up this routing process by supplying the citation's unique identifier (UI) number, found in MEDLINE and other NLM database citations, when you request an article. (Note: UI is labeled AN in UW's version of MEDLINE.)
Ariel is a document delivery system developed by the Research Libraries Group (RLG.) Using communicating microcomputers, laser printers and scanners, libraries can transmit exact replicas of documents to each other. Ariel provides a welcome alternative to telefacsimile for quickly obtaining documents that are not locally available. Documents can be simultaneously delivered and received with high resolution tables, graphs, and pictures. Ariel uses the Internet to transfer documents, thus reducing communications costs, improving transmission speeds, and lowering data errors. Also, documents are saved as files, so retransmissions are easily executed.
The Internet is also used to request documents from commercial suppliers. Currently, HSLIC is using CARL Uncover, Dynamic Information, and the University of California, San Diego Libraries' Plus Information Service to obtain documents for library users.
Both document delivery and interlibrary loan services can be requested from HSLIC via electronic mail. Just send an email message to hsldoc@u.washington.edu. You do not need to enter any text in the message body. Two messages will subsequently appear in your personal email message queue. One message will contain a service request form, and the other provides instructions on how to complete the electronic form. Once you have filled in the form, forward it to hsl at u.washington.edu. Several other electronic request mechanisms are currently being designed by HSLIC staff. Watch for future announcements of their availability.
IAIMS Implementation Grant Funded
The University of Washington Health Sciences Center has been awarded a five year $2.75 million grant from the National Library of Medicine to implement UW's long-range strategic plan for the health sciences (IAIMS). The Health Sciences Center, including the schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Community Medicine, and Social Work, as well as the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Centers, has been engaged in a comprehensive integrated information systems planning and development effort for the past five years. The result has been a strategic plan for linkages of key clinical, educational and research databases and systems and the creation of a number of tools in support of integrated systems access.
UW's IAIMS implementation process will focus on the development of clinical information systems linkages, the application of educational technology in support of local and regional teaching responsibilities, and research in relevant core areas, including thesaurus construction, interface design, and image management. Support for state and regional health care information resources initiatives will be a key component of integrated systems development efforts.
IAIMS implementation will be led by Principal Investigator Sherrilynne Fuller, Ph.D., Coordinator, Health Sciences Information Systems Integration. Dr. Fuller also continues to serve as Director of HSLIC and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine/Pacific Northwest Region. James LoGerfo, M.D., Medical Director, Harborview Medical Center, serves as Co-Principal Investigator.
For additional information, including a copy of the executive summary of the IAIMS proposal or the strategic plan for information management, send an email message to iaims@u.washington.edu, or call 206/685-2166.
AIDS Information Now More Accessible
At its meeting on January 25, 1994, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Board of Regents endorsed the Library's decision to provide non-billed access to four AIDS-related databases: AIDSLINE, AIDSDRUGS, AIDSTRIALS, and DIRLINE. Users who already have NLM accounts for searching MEDLARS files directly, whether using command language or Grateful Med, automatically have non-billed access to the online and offline features of these four databases. Special user codes can be obtained from NLM which authorize direct user access to the free databases. For information about obtaining a special code, contact Linda Milgrom at 543-8262 or lmilgrom@u.washington.edu.
At HSLIC, Social Work, and the K. K. Sherwood Library at Harborview, terminals have been set up with Grateful Med software and special codes so that users without NLM accounts can easily conduct their own searches using these files. Each file contains different types of information.
AIDSLINE includes citations which are also included in MEDLINE, as well as unique records for other information resources not found in MEDLINE, such as the International Aids Conference and book chapters. Although much of the information in AIDSLINE is also available in MEDLINE and can be retrieved through UWIN, the NLM software allows users to search in additional ways. For example, pre-exploded terms such as Neoplasms (px) can be entered to search for several hundred related subject headings at one time, including Sarcoma, Kaposi's or Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's.
AIDSTRIALS provides information about open and closed clinical trials. Here you could locate information about trials, using a variety of search terms, such as a drug name (AZT) or a targeted population, e.g., healthcare workers.
AIDSDRUGS supplies basic information about medications which are currently being used for AIDS patients, such as the side effects of AZT.
DIRLINE provides online directory information for a wide range of health-related organizations nationwide, e.g., self-help groups for AIDS patients.
Contact the Reference Desk (543-3394), the K.K. Sherwood Library (223-3360), or the Social Work Library (685-2180) for more information; or send an email message to hsl at u.washington.edu.
Library Services for Off-Campus Personnel
Most HSLIC services are available to UW-affiliated individuals who are based off-campus, e.g., WAMI faculty and students and clinical faculty. Using today's technology, library services can be delivered in a timely fashion, regardless of the physical location of the user. Some of the services offered to off-campus personnel include database search services, photocopying of materials, book loans, and reference assistance, all of which are provided to off-campus UW faculty or students at the normal UW-affiliated rates. Refer to HSLIC Factsheet #10 for additional information. Factsheets can be requested by mail, telephone (206/543-5531), fax, or email (hsl at u.washington.edu).
Library services can be requested in a variety of ways. With access to the Internet and an account on a campus computer such as Carson, you can telnet to the campus network and use UWIN to search MEDLINE, the UW Libraries Catalog, and other locally available databases without charge. You can then forward your selected search results online to HSLIC's Document Services to obtain the full-text documents. An electronic form for submitting document requests online is also available via email . See "Electronic Gateways for Document Delivery" for details.
If you are a Grateful Med software user, you can use the Loansome Doc document ordering feature to transmit your photocopy requests to HSLIC. The fees for this service are the same as HSLIC's document delivery charges. To register for this service, please call 206/543-3441 or send an email message to hsl at u.washington.edu.
Washington users of the Montana-based Virtual Medical Center's Healthnet Conference can also submit toll-free requests to HSLIC. Healthnet messages should be addressed to LIBRARIAN.
Photocopy requests, book loans, reference assistance, staff-mediated database searches or answers to general HSLIC questions may all be requested by telephone, fax, or via email to hsl at u.washington.edu. Contact Document Services (206/543-3436) to request book loans or photocopies, and call the Reference Desk (206/543-3394) for other services. Fax numbers are 206/685-4710 for Document Services and 206/543-8066 for reference assistance.
Internet Resources in Reference
HSLIC's Reference Collection has just acquired a new practical guide to global computer networks, The Online User's Encyclopedia: Bulletin Boards and Beyond (QA76.9 B84 A26 1993). This guide includes a wide range of information about the Internet, including guides to email, USENET, mail servers, and online libraries; information on Internet file locator tools such as Gopher and Veronica; tips on creating your own Internet resources; guide to TCP/IP software for the IBM PC and Macintosh; "how to" information on modems, cables and accessories; chapters on file transfer, conversion, and compression; and bulletin boards, including chapters on the FidoNet, RIME, ILink, and OneNet Member networks, as well as guides to graphical bulletin board software.
In addition to this new Online User's Encyclopedia, two other basic sources on the Internet are also located in Reference. The Whole Internet: User's Guide & Catalog (TK5105.875 I57 K86 1992) is a complete user's guide to the Internet, covering topics such as what the Internet is and how it works, basic Internet utilities (telnet, ftp), email and USENET, how to find the resources you want using tools like Archie, Gopher, WAIS and World Wide Web, and a catalog of over 300 available resources. The Internet Passport: NorthWestNet's Guide to our World Online, 4th ed., (TK5105.5 .K62 1993) is available in a multitude of locations (HSLIC Reference and in the Book Stacks, among others) as well as in an electronic version through UWIN. Simply follow the path NET (Internet Resources) -> Passprt (The Internet Passport.)
Health Care Reform Act
A printed copy of President Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposal and Health Security Act as presented to Congress on October 17, 1993, is now available in the book stacks (KF 3605 A25 1993). This document is also available online at gopher sunsite.unc.edu. Follow the path worlds of sunsite-> us and world politics -> national health security plan.
Newly Received Faculty Publications
The following publications by UW Health Sciences faculty have recently been added to the Health Sciences Library collections.
Adimora, Adaora, Holmes, King K., et. al. Sexually transmitted diseases, companion handbook. 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1994. WC140 S5192 1990 Suppl. 1994.
Gates, George A. Current therapy in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. 5th ed. Mosby,1994. WV100 C976 1994.
Hazzard, William R.; Bierman, Edwin L., et al, ed. Principles of geriatric medicine and gerontology. 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, 1994. WT100 P9575 1994.
Kane, Robert L.; Ouslander, Joseph G.; and Abrass, Itamar B. Essentials of clinical geriatrics. 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, 1994. WT100 K16e 1994.
Phillips, Mark H., ed. Physical aspects of stereotactic radiosurgery. Plenum, 1993. WL368 P578 1993.
Stamatoyannopoulos, George, et al, ed. The molecular basis of blood diseases. 2nd ed. Saunders, 1993. WH100 M718 1993.
Strandness, Donald Eugene, Jr. Duplex scanning in vascular disorders. 2nd ed. Raven, 1993. WG500 S897d 1993.
Strandness, Donald Eugene, Jr. and Van Breda, Arina, ed. Vascular diseases; surgical and interventional therapy. 2 vols. Churchill Livingstone, 1994. WG500 V33145 1994.
Turner, Joan; McDonald, Gwendolyn J.; and Larter, Nanci L., eds. Handbook of adult and pediatric respiratory home care. Mosby, 1993. WF39 H23b 1993.
Worthington, Philip, and Evans, John R. eds. Controversies in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Saunders, 1994. WU600 C764 1994.
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:
Prof. Alfred O. Berg; Dr. James C. Detter; Dr. Giselle Falkenberg; Mr. Martin Falsberg; Dr. John P. Geyman; Dr. Harold I. Goldberg; Dr. Allen M. Gown; Ms. Robin Kroll; Dr. Arno G. Motulsky; Mrs. Blanche Norodick; Dr. Cornelius Rosse; Prof. Craig S. Scott; Dr. Jack M. Snyder; Dr. R.M. Stalzheise; Dr. Morton A. Stenchever; Dr. Doris J. Stiefel; Dr. Francis J. Vonfeldt; Dr. W. Douglas Weaver; Department of Biochemistry; Department of Medicine; Nursing Education Library; Office of Medical Education; School of Medicine; School of Nursing.
Contribution of Equipment:
Dr. Mayer Yashar and Mrs. Sara Yashar.
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