Volume 7, Number 1 September 1994
Books & Bytes is produced by the HSLIC Library Staff for Health Sciences Center personnel. Copyright University of Washington.
- Welcome to the Health Sciences Libraries!
- What's New With WILLOW and WILCO?
- UW Libraries Circulation Policies
- Retracted Publications List
- CARL UnCover Reveal Service
- New Acquisitions List Now Online
- Instructional Support From the TLC
- Document Services: Information on Demand
- Self-Service Copying Options
- WHOLIS: Online Access to WHO Publications
- Research Funding Service
- Homer: Alternative to Carson for email
- HSLIC Factsheets
- Nutrition Analysis Software
- Toll-Free Modem Pools for Computer Network Access
- Recent Gifts
Welcome to the Health Sciences Libraries!
The Health Sciences Libraries, which includes the Social Work Library and the K.K. Sherwood Library at Harborview Medical Center as well as the "main" Health Sciences Library and Information Center (HSLIC), welcomes all new and returning students and faculty to UW. This issue of Books & Bytes provides an overview of many library services and programs, as well as news about changes which have occurred over the summer. If you would like additional information about anything in this issue, stop by any of the libraries or send an email message to hsl at u.washington.edu.
One of your best sources of current information about library programs and services, as well as Health Sciences information resources in general, is the Health Sciences Center's HealthTracks gopher, which is available on the campus computer network through UWIN. Simply establish an email account on Homer or another campus computer, and you can easily access library services and Internet resources from any personal computer with a modem or ethernet connection to the network. The Health Sciences Center's HealthLinks World Wide Web server is under construction but is available for Lynx or Mosaic users at the URL: http://healthlinks.washington.edu.
A major HSLIC objective is to make the library as user-friendly as possible. To that end, new signage was introduced over the summer, including directories near both entrances and directional signs at all major intersections. We welcome your feedback on the signs and will be revising them in the next few months to incorporate user suggestions. Again, welcome; and our best wishes for a successful year at UW.
What's New With WILLOW and WILCO?
The WILLOW (graphical) and WILCO (character-based) interfaces to UW's locally mounted databases have undergone a number of changes over the summer. Look for the following options and features introduced as a result of user demand.
A new option in both WILLOW and WILCO allows you to include a copy of your search strategy with the printout or downloaded results of your search. WILLOW users should select Options from the menu bar and then choose Record Format Options. Point and click on the box to Include search strategy in saved/printed results. In WILCO, select O - ptions and then I - Include Query. Change the highlighted option to Yes to include your strategy with the results.
There is now a default citation format for each database. The MEDLINE® default, which is no longer to the full record, now includes only the accession number, authors, title, source, journal title, and abstract (when available) for each record. If the default format does not meet your needs, the display can be tailored to include the specific fields you want. To tailor your display in WILLOW, select Options from the menu bar and then Record Format Options. Point and click on the boxes of the fields you want to include in your output. In WILCO, select O - Options, then F - Select Fields. Move the highlight bar using the arrow keys to choose the field(s) you want to include and then select by pressing the letter X.
If you access UWIN and Wilco via one of the Uniform Access systems (e.g., Homer or Carson), you can save your preferred options so that they are automatically loaded whenever you connect to Wilco through your personal account. Simply save these options to a file. See How to Use UWIN on the UWIN service menu for additional details. Warning: If you use telnet uwin.u to get to the system, you will get a limited version of UWIN, which does not permit personalized options.
The WILCO startup screen for each database has been rearranged, and the C - Compose Search option is now at the top of the screen. Compose Search offers the most flexibility in developing your search strategy and also allows you to use the limits available for each database.
MEDLINE now contains a new field type which let you limit citations from a specific journal subset such as Abridged Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, or Core Cancer journals. In PSYCINFO®, a new field type let you limit to citations which discuss particular age groups. Age groups include Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, or Aged (65 years of age and up.)
Tip sheets are available in the Libraries for using MEDLINE, PSYCINFO, and the other databases accessible through WILLOW and WILCO; call 543-3394 or send an email message to hsl at u.washington.edu for assistance in developing your search strategy.
UW Libraries Circulation Policies
Following is a summary of the UW Libraries general circulation policies. Note that loan periods and circulating status of individual collections (e.g., journals) vary among the Libraries. Inquire at each branch for details.
Borrowing Privileges:
Anyone is welcome to use materials in the library. However, to check out materials, you must present a current UW faculty, staff, or student ID card or a UW Libraries borrower's card. If you are a UW affiliate without an ID card, please request one through your department.
UW ID cards and library borrower's cards are not transferable. You must present your own card in order to check out materials. UW faculty can arrange for a proxy borrower's card by contacting the Suzzallo Library Cashier at 543-1174, Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Loan Periods, Renewals, and Holds
HSLIC books which are not on reserve normally circulate for two weeks, and serials dated 1980 or older circulate for one week. An item may be renewed twice if no one has requested it. Renewal requests may be submitted by email to hsl at u.washington.edu, by phone (543-3390), by mailing a renewal request form, or by bringing in your list of library materials. Your renewal request must include the barcode number from the back of your ID, as well as the barcode number of each item. If you need more than two renewals for an item, you must bring it in to renew it. Other UW Libraries have varying loan periods. Please contact each branch for details.
If an item you want is checked out, you may request that a hold be placed on it. Hold requests may be submitted through the same channels as renewal requests (see above). You will be notified when the item is available.
Reserve materials and certain fragile items must be returned to the desk where they were checked out. All other materials may be returned to any UW Libraries branch or book return, including the K.K. Sherwood Library at Harborview. There is also a drive-up book return in front of the UW Medical Center.
Overdue Penalties
There are no fines for most overdue materials as long as an item is less than 30 days overdue. When an overdue item is requested by someone else, the fine is 30 cents per day starting from the due date. For items more than 30 days overdue, an invoice is sent for the replacement cost of the item plus a $9 fine. If the item is subsequently returned, the replacement charge is canceled, but the $9 fine remains. Fines for Reserve items are significantly higher -- 25 cents per hour, to a maximum of $15. If you believe you have been fined in error, you may appeal the charges. Contact the library where you originally checked out the item for details.
Retracted Publications List
An alert service for retracted publications cited in the MEDLINE® and PSYCINFO® databases is now available on UWIN via the HealthTracks gopher. From the main UWIN menu, follow the path Health Sciences Track -> HealthTracks -> Library Resources -> UW Health Sciences Libraries -> Information guides and bibliographies ->Retracted Publications.
Retracted articles identified in this list which are published in HSLIC-owned serials are stamped with a message indicating that the publication was retracted . The Library assumes no responsibility for identifying retracted publications not cited in MEDLINE or PSYCINFO. This service is updated monthly.
Publications may be retracted for various reasons, including post-publication discovery of errors, contaminated reagents, or scientific fraud. Library users are encouraged to use this service for preparing or revising scientific bibliographies or for identifying retracted articles among their reprints.
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HealthTracks Menu
CARL UnCover Reveal Service
CARL (Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries) has for many years been providing a table of contents service called Uncover CARL's new service, Uncover Reveal, will automatically deliver the tables of contents by email for titles selected by the user. There is no charge for the service, and users can freely share the information with as many others as they wish.
To initiate the Reveal service, you must first access the CARL Uncover service through UWIN to establish a user profile and identify the titles you wish to see. Once the titles have been added to your profile, you will automatically receive the table of contents as an email message within a few days of the publication of each journal title. In addition to the table of contents service, CARL offers document delivery services for a fee. Since HSLIC's Document Services rates are lower for UW Health Sciences faculty, staff, and students, UW users will probably not want to utilize this CARL service.
From the main UWIN menu, follow the path NETLIB: Libraries on the Internet -> CARL. When connected to CARL, identify your terminal type (probably VT100) and select Uncover Ignore the "Access Password" query and proceed as an Open Access user. When asked to supply a profile number, tap Enter/Return to continue. You will then be given the option to set up a new profile. Type new, and supply the information requested. Payment information need not be entered unless you intend to use Carl's document delivery service.
Be sure to write down your Uncover Profile Number and Password. If you lose your Profile Number, you will be unable to change your profile.
To select titles for your profile, type b to browse titles and enter the complete title of the journal you wish to search. When the full record is displayed, follow the prompt on the screen, and type Reveal to add the title to your profile. You may have up to 100 titles per profile, with no limit to the number of profiles you may set up.
For additional information about using CARL Uncover or Reveal, send an email message to hsl at u.washington.edu or call 543-3394.
New Acquisitions List Now Online
The Health Sciences Libraries' New Acquisitions List is now available online through the HealthTracks portion of UWIN. From the main UWIN menu, follow the path Health Sciences Track -> Health Tracks -> Library Resources -> UW Health Sciences Libraries -> New Book Acquisitions List.
The New Acquisitions List shows all of the books (excluding Reference and Reserve) acquired each month by HSLIC and the Social Work and K.K. Sherwood (Harborview) Libraries. The list is arranged by call number to allow easy browsing of new titles by subject. You can also use the gopher 'Search for a word' command (e.g., /nutrition) to move directly to titles containing a specific word.
To have books held for you, just cut and paste the reference(s) into an email message and send it to hsl at u.washington.edu. Include your name and the barcode number from the back of your UW Libraries I.D. card in the message. (Barcode numbers begin with 29352.)
You can also submit purchase recommendations online. Simply complete an electronic Purchase Recommendation form, which is available under . . .-> UW Health Sciences Libraries - > Forms to Request Library Services. Send it to hsl at u.washington.edu. You can also pick up printed Purchase Recommendation forms in any of the Health Sciences Libraries.
|---------------------------------------------------------| | LC4802.5.M6 L36 1993. | | BASIC NEEDS : A YEAR WITH STREET KIDS IN A CITY SCHOOL /| | BY JULIE LANDSMAN. Minneapolis, MN : Milkweed Editions,| | 1993. | | L = SocWk Stacks. | | | | | | QH324 .Th42078. | | CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON OF THE MINI-MENTAL STATE | | EXAMINATION (MMSE) IN PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER'S | | DISEASE / BY MINHUA YANG. 1993. | | L = HSLIC Stacks. | |---------------------------------------------------------|
Typical New Acquisitions List Entries
Instructional Support From the TLC
The Teaching Learning Center (TLC) serves as a resource for Health Sciences faculty by acquiring instructional media supporting the health sciences curriculum. We welcome faculty recommendations for computer software, videotapes, slides, models, and non-print materials to be added to the collection. We can also help you locate such materials in support of the curriculum. Contact Philip Arny at 685-3125 or parny@u.washington.edu to discuss your instructional support needs.
Document Services: Information on Demand
HSLIC's Document Services offers a number of options for quickly obtaining the information you need for research or patient care, regardless of the physical location of the material. The basic "pull and copy" service provides copies of items available in the UW Libraries system and also obtains items not available on campus for you from commercial document vendors or other libraries. Other Document Services include a "You Pull/We Copy" service and the option of having HSLIC staff pull and hold items for you at the Circulation Desk.
Ordering materials
You can place a document order by phone (limit of two items at a time), by fax (685-4710), or by using printed Document Request forms which can be picked up in any Health Sciences library or will be mailed to you upon request. Just send an email message to hsl at u.washington.edu or call 543-3436 to request the forms. Options for requesting items electronically are described below.
- HealthTracks: This is the UW Health Sciences Center's gopher, which is available as an option on the UWIN menu. Electronic forms are available online for requesting most library services. From the main UWIN menu, follow the path HS Health Sciences Track - > HealthTracks -> Library Resources -> UW Health Sciences Libraries -> Forms to Request Various Library Services.
- docser@hslib.washington.edu: An electronic document request form and instructions for completing the form can be obtained by sending an email message to docser@hslib.washington.edu. Leave the subject portion blank. Two reply messages (the form and the instructions) will be sent to your email box. Complete the form and email it back to the address on the form.
- hsl at u.washington.edu: This is the uniform email address for all UW Health Sciences Libraries, including HSLIC, the K.K. Sherwood Library at Harborview Medical Center, and the Social Work Library. Send your requests for materials or other library services to hsl at u.washington.edu. This can be shortened to hsl at u.washington.edu on a campus computer. Your message will be forwarded to the appropriate section for a response. To obtain copies of articles retrieved from a MEDLINE® search, simply download search results to your email account, remove unwanted citations, and then forward the remainder to Document Services via hsl at u.washington.edu. Just attach a signature file entry to identify who you are and how you want the item(s) delivered and billed. For more information on establishing signature files, call 543- 3436 or send an email message to hsl at u.washington.edu.
Document Service Fees
Document Services fees vary depending on the service. Although the base rate for UW affiliates, defined as UW faculty, staff, and students, is the same regardless of method of payment, we are required to collect sales tax and UW overhead for all fees not charged to a UW budget number. Current fees for major services include:
- Pull and Copy or Interlibrary Loan (ILL):
- UW budget ..... $4.00/item
- Cash/Credit card ..... $4.90/item
- You Pull - We Copy
- UW budget ..... $ .12/page
- Cash/Credit card ..... $ .15/page
- Pull and Hold Service
- UW budget ..... $2.24/item
- Cash/Credit card ..... $2.75/item
Fees for all services may be paid by UW budget or deposit account number, cash, or credit card (Visa or Mastercard.) Rates for non-affiliates are substantially higher. Additional charges apply for off-campus or fax delivery, rush service when not for emergency patient care, and Copyright Clearance Center fees when applicable.
How long does it take?
For items available on campus, requests are usually filled within 48 hours. Allow up to two weeks for delivery of items which must be ordered from commercial vendors or other libraries. Rush service is available for an additional fee. There is no rush surcharge for information needed for emergency patient care. In such cases, please note RUSH - CLINICAL EMERGENCY on the request form.
For additional information, call Document Services staff at 543-3436 or send an email message to hsl at u.washington.edu.
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HealthTracks Menu
Self-Service Copying Options
HSLIC provides 12 Konica self-service copiers which accept copicards that may only be used at HSLIC. Eight of these machines, located on the second floor, also accept coins or currency at 10 cents per page. HSLIC Copicards may be purchased at the Circulation Desk in various page multiples of 50 to 1,000 copies. Copicards charged to a UW budget are billed at the rate of 6.5 cents per page (e.g., $6.50 for 100 copies). The cash or credit card rate for UW clients is 8 cents per page, which includes sales tax and UW overhead costs.
HSLIC also houses five Xerox copiers that accept the UW Copy Center (Copy Quickcard) copy cards that can also be used in other campus libraries, including the Social Work Library and the K.K. Sherwood Library at Harborview. Four of these machines are located in the N-Z journal room on the 2nd floor, and one is located on the third floor near the Library entrance.
Library users often wonder why two independent copy card systems are in operation in the same library. HSLIC supports its own copiers to provide optimal service for our clientele. Our unique copicard system, while primarily for financial control, also allows us to sell copicards on site and provide special services (like refunds for damaged cards) that would otherwise require a trip across campus. Although we do provide minimal service for the Xerox machines (loading paper and toner and clearing paper jams), machine maintenance and problems with campus copy cards must be handled by Copy/Duplicating Services.
In addition to self-service copying, HSLIC offers other document services. We will pull and copy journal articles for you as well as obtain materials not owned by HSLIC. See "Document Services: Information on Demand" for more information.
WHOLIS: Online Access to WHO Publications
WHOLIS, the World Health Organization (WHO) Library Information System, is a bibliographic database of WHO headquarters and regional office publications, periodical articles, technical and policy documents, and joint publications of WHO with other publishers and international organizations. Established in 1986, this database contains all WHO headquarters and regional office publications from the inception of the organization, as well as WHO periodicals and newsletters and publications of the Pan American Health Organization (PALO), the International Agency for Research on Cancer (ARC), and the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIO's.) All articles in the following WHO periodicals are covered:
- Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana
- Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
- Education medica y salud
- Weekly epidemiological record
- WHO drug information
- World Health
- World Health Forum
- World Health Statistics Quarterly
- International Digest of Health Legislation
Also cited are all unpublished technical documents issued by WHO for general distribution since 1986; final reports and technical discussions of the World Health Assembly, Executive Board and Regional Committees; annual reports; WHO budgets; WHO press releases since 1989; audiovisual materials; books published by commercial firms for or on behalf of WHO; joint publications with other UN agencies and organizations; books and journal articles not issued as a WHO document or publication which are reports of WHO activities.
To get to WHOLIS from the main UWIN menu, follow the path HealthTracks -> Other Gophers -> WHO -> Major Programmes -> Library and Health Literature Services -> WHOLIS.
A companion file, WHODOC, is a bimonthly update to WHOLIS. It is available for file transfer (ftp) in ASCII-format.
Research Funding Service
Seeking grant information? Faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and staff in the Health Sciences at UW can rely for assistance on the Research Funding Service (RFS), a partnership of the Health Sciences Library and the School of Medicine's Office of Scientific Affairs. RFS offers a range of resources, services, and events to support those who need to identify grant opportunities, understand funding processes, or write better proposals.
RFS offers reference service and individual consultations by appointment to help investigators locate funding information on federal and private grantmakers who support biomedical and health sciences research. Resources include funding directories and grantsmanship guides in the HSLIC Reference collection; electronic files accessible through HealthTracks and the Internet; and printed materials from funding organizations on file in the RFS office. Through the Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN) database of funding opportunities, RFS can also offer investigators individualized fee-based searches.
To keep researchers abreast of grant possibilities and deadlines, RFS publishes a monthly Funding Bulletin announcing selected funding opportunities, as well as guidesheets of essential grantsmanship information for beginning grantseekers. Guidesheet topics cover fundamentals of grantsmanship, the application review process, National Institutes of Health, non-federal funding sources, and selected sources of print and electronic grants information.
Of particular interest to new investigators and postdoctoral scholars is "Grant$ for Lunch," a series of informal presentations and discussions of grantsmanship topics held at noon throughout the academic year. Details of the monthly events, starting in October, will be publicized through the Funding Bulletin and flyers.
The RFS office, located in HSLIC room T-311, is open 1:00-5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The program is directed by Janet Rasey, Ph.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology, and staffed by Patricia Carlson, Coordinator, and Diana Hall, Librarian. For more information, call 685-8036, send email to rfs@u.washington.edu, or write to RFS at Box 3577255, zip code 98195-7155.
Homer: Alternative to Carson for email
Homer (no relation to the Simpsons!) is the new computer which was installed by UW Computing & Communications (C&C) this summer as an alternative to Carson for email access. People setting up new open access accounts should do so on Homer. Individuals with Carson accounts may wish to move to Homer for improved response time, but it is not required at this time.
You can have an open access account on either Homer or Carson, but not both. To move your email account to Homer, type moveme at the Carson shell prompt (e.g., carson% moveme) and the move will automatically take place. You will then be asked which machine you intend to use to read your mail. If you select Homer, your Carson account will be permanently disabled. Your new Homer account will automatically update the mail forwarding commands for any other addresses or accounts which you have.
For more information, send an email message to help@cac.washington.edu or phone C&C at 543-5970.
HSLIC Factsheets
HSLIC Factsheets provide in-depth descriptions of many of the Library's services and programs. You can (1) pick them up from display kiosks in the library; (2) request multiple copies by calling 543-5531 or sending an email message to hsl at u.washington.edu; or (3) access electronic versions via HealthTracks. From the main UWIN menu, follow the path HS Health Sciences Track -> HT HealthTracks -> Library Resources -> UW Health Sciences Libraries -> Information guides and bibliographies. The following Factsheets are currently available:
- 1. Summary of Services
- 2. Purchase Recommendations
- 3. Databases
- 4. Teaching Learning Center
- 5. K.K. Sherwood Library
- 6. Library-Departmental Liaison Program
- 7. Electronic Access to the Library
- 8. Education and Liaison Consultation Services
- 9. Photocopy Services
- 10. Services for Off-Campus UW Faculty, Staff and Students
- 12. Services for Non-Affiliated Health Professionals
- 13. Database Search Service
- 14. Gift Acceptance Policy
- 15. Loansome Doc Document Delivery Service
- 16. Health Sciences Library Statistical Summary
- 18. Document Services (Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan)
- 20. Current Awareness Service
- 21. Social Work Library
- 22. Deposit Account Agreement
- 23. Rare Books and Special Collections
- 24. Services to Users With Disabilities
Nutrition Analysis Software
Diet is an issue in many health sciences areas. The Teaching Learning Center provides two programs supporting diet analysis, which are available for use in the Health Sciences Microlab. Both have extensive databases of foods and nutrient values, and offer various analysis options.
Nutricalc Plus (Macintosh) includes a database of over 3,600 foods, which can be analyzed for 33 nutrients, using Recommended Daily Allowances (tenth edition). You can either enter an existing diet, or use the program to build a meal plan that covers all the requirements. Calorie composition (fat, protein, carbohydrate) can be charted. Food Processor II (Macintosh) provides a recommended nutrient profile and compares a dish, a meal, or a daily intake to the profile. Some 3,000 foods and 30 nutrients are measured.
Both programs are easy to use, and fun to learn. You can, for instance, compare the nutrition you think you are getting from your own diet with the nutrients you are actually getting. These programs can be used for student assignments; please contact Philip Arny at parny@u.washington.edu for more information.
Toll-Free Modem Pools for Computer Network Access
Computing & Communications (C&C) now offers several toll free modem pools for use by faculty, staff, and students who reside outside the Seattle free calling area. The modem pools support transmission speeds up to 14.4 kbs and provide access to C&C uniform access hosts. These modem pools, which have limited capacity, are available on a first come, first served basis. The following numbers are available:
- From Everett area ..... 514-5599
- From East King County(Carnation/Fall City/North Bend) ..... 644-5599
- From Olympia area ..... 923-5599
- From Tacoma area ..... 552-5599
If you are able to reach the Seattle calling area toll free, please continue to use the Seattle modem pools:
- 9600 bps/14.4 kps 685-7796
- 2400 bps 685-7724
- 1200 bps 685-7712
If you experience any problems using the C&C modem pools, please call C&C Network Operations at 543-5128.
Recent Gifts
Acknowledgement and appreciation are extended to the following individuals and organizations who have recently made contributions to the HSLIC collections:
- Prof. Frederick A. Connell;
- Dr. John P. Geyman;
- Mr. Aaron Katz;
- Dr. Thomas Koepsell;
- Dr. George Kraft;
- Prof. Robert F. Labbe;
- Prof. John A. H. Lee;
- Dr. Rene H. Levy;
- Dr. Mart Mannik;
- Dr. George M. Martin;
- rof. Diane P. Martin;
- Dr. Edward B. Perrin;
- Prof. Elmer M. Plein;
- Dr. Meera Ramayya;
- Prof. Thomas H. Shephard;
- Prof. Mary Durand Thomas;
- Dr. William F. Trager;
- Prof. James C. Whorton;
- Community AIDS Services;
- Marymoor Museum;
and the following UWMC departments:
- CSH Training Grant;
- Emergency Center;
- Health Services;
- Health Services Information Center;
- Neonatal Biology;
- Neonatal and Respiratory Diseases;
- Neurological Surgery;
- Neuropathology;
- Ophthalmology;
- Pharmacy;
- Research Funding Service.
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