Survey drawing winners!

Congratulations to the following winners of the library survey drawing:

Grand prize – Amazon Kindle
Elizabeth Habell, Nursing Research & Education

Other prizes – Starbucks gift cards
Jeffrey Rawson, Research – Diabetes, Endocrinology
Kelly Lit, BMT
Krist Azizian, Graduate student
Mayra Serrano, CCARE
Min Guan, Molecular Pharmacology

Congratulations!  And many thanks to all who completed the survey.   We’ll analyze the responses in the next few weeks and share the results here.

December and January Classes

Join us in the Graff Library for the educational sessions listed below. All sessions will be held in the Graff Library computer lab. Sign up online using the links below.

Not able to make it to the session you’re interested in? Contact Andrea Lynch, Scholarly Communication Librarian (x60520; alynch@coh.org; leave a comment below), to schedule a one-on-one or group consultation.

• December 28th from 2-3:30pm: Introduction to EndNote
  EndNote is a powerful citation management tool that helps you organize information and streamline the publication process. With EndNote you can create in-text citations and bibliographies in multiple formats; store, categorize and index citations and full-text articles; and capture relevant data from your PubMed, Science Citation Index, and other database searches.
• December 29th from 10-11:30am: Advanced EndNote
  Learn to modify output styles, create bibliographies, edit journal terms lists, and use EndNote Web. At the end of this class, participants will be able to: 1) Understand and edit journal output styles; 2) Create a bibliography not linked to a manuscript/creating a subject bibliography; 3) Modify citations in a manuscript; 4) Switch between full journal names & journal title abbreviations – editing journal terms lists; and 5) Use basic features of EndNote Web.
• December 29th from 1-2:30pm: Tips, Tricks, and Strategies for Troubleshooting EndNote
  Comfortable with EndNote, but sometimes issues come up and you’d like to know how to make EndNote just do what it is supposed to? This session will include frequently asked questions, tips, tricks, and strategies for troubleshooting EndNote.
• January 4th from 9-10am: Complying with the NIH Public Access Policy
  The session will include a 45-minute presentation with 15 minutes for questions and/or discussion, and cover the following four steps for complying with the policy: 
  • Determine applicability – determine which papers fall under the policy
  • Retain copyright – read the journal publisher’s copyright transfer agreement to make sure you’re able to comply with the policy and deposit the paper to PubMed Central
  • Submit your paper to PubMed Central – there are a number of methods to do this; when the publisher doesn’t do this for free, the library can do it for you
  • Cite using PMCIDs – in biosketches, progress reports, and applications, incorporate the PubMed Central ID into the citations of applicable papers authored by you or that come from your NIH-funded project

• January 5th from 9-10:30am: Introduction to EndNote
  EndNote is a powerful citation management tool that helps you organize information and streamline the publication process. With EndNote you can create in-text citations and bibliographies in multiple formats; store, categorize and index citations and full-text articles; and capture relevant data from your PubMed, Science Citation Index, and other database searches.
• January 6th from 11am-12:30am: Advanced EndNote
  Learn to modify output styles, create bibliographies, edit journal terms lists, and use EndNote Web. At the end of this class, participants will be able to: 1) Understand and edit journal output styles; 2) Create a bibliography not linked to a manuscript/creating a subject bibliography; 3) Modify citations in a manuscript; 4) Switch between full journal names & journal title abbreviations – editing journal terms lists; and 5) Use basic features of EndNote Web.
• January 11th from 8-9:30am: Tips, Tricks, and Strategies for Troubleshooting EndNote
  Comfortable with EndNote, but sometimes issues come up and you’d like to know how to make EndNote just do what it is supposed to? This session will include frequently asked questions, tips, tricks, and strategies for troubleshooting EndNote.

• January 11th from 3-4pm: Complying with the NIH Public Access Policy
  The session will include a 45-minute presentation with 15 minutes for questions and/or discussion, and cover the following four steps for complying with the policy: 
  • Determine applicability – determine which papers fall under the policy
  • Retain copyright – read the journal publisher’s copyright transfer agreement to make sure you’re able to comply with the policy and deposit the paper to PubMed Central
  • Submit your paper to PubMed Central – there are a number of methods to do this; when the publisher doesn’t do this for free, the library can do it for you
  • Cite using PMCIDs – in biosketches, progress reports, and applications, incorporate the PubMed Central ID into the citations of applicable papers authored by you or that come from your NIH-funded project

• January 19th from 10-11:30am: Looking for the Perfect Journal to Publish Your Research? Tools and Resources to Help You Decide
  Are you looking for the perfect journal to publish your research? Use some free and library-purchased tools to help you identify journals to consider submitting your article manuscript to. Have your own method? Have a favorite tool? Share your method, tools, and comments with your colleagues and peers and learn some new tools and resources too.

New recreational reading

We’ve added a few more books to our recreational reading collection.  When you’re ready to take a break, come by and check one out!

Blaine, Gerald.
The Kennedy detail : JFK’s secret service agents break their silence.
New York : Gallery Books, c2010.

Brown, Mike, 1965-
How I killed Pluto and why it had it coming.
New York : Spiegel & Grau, c2010.

Clancy, Tom, 1947-
Dead or alive.
New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons c2010.

Connelly, Michael, 1956-
The reversal : a novel.
New York : Little, Brown, c2010.

Franzen, Jonathan.
Freedom.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2010.

Le Carre, John, 1931-
Our kind of traitor.
New York : Viking, c2010.

Lehane, Dennis.
Moonlight mile.
New York : William Morrow, c2010.

Meredith, Denise.
Devoured : a Hatton and Roumonde mystery.
New York : Minotaur, c2010.

Moore, Graham, 1981-
The Sherlockian.
New York : Twelve, c2010.

Orringer, Julie.
The invisible bridge.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010.

Ruiz, Derek.
The alchemist : a graphic novel.
[written by] Paulo Coelho ; [adapted by Derek Ruiz ; artwork by Daniel Sampere and others].
New York : HarperOne, c2010.

Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks.
New York : Crown Publishers, c2010.

Straight, Susan.
Take one candle, light a room.
New York : Pantheon Books, c2010.

Important changes to the library’s interlibrary loan and document delivery service

The library is making two important changes to our interlibrary loan and document delivery service.

Standard requests are free!

Effective immediately, standard requests are free.  Standard requests for articles are typically filled in 4-5 working  days, while standard requests for books require 7-10 working days.  If you need a book or article sooner, you can submit a rush request for a $20 fee.  Rush requests for articles are typically filled in 1-2 working days, while rush requests for books typically take 7 working days.

New request form, new system for managing requests

Beginning in early January, the library will start using a new system called ILLiad for managing interlibrary loan and document delivery requests.  With ILLiad, you enter your personal information only once—when you register for an account.  Once you’ve registered, you can log in to submit requests, view the status of requests, and retrieve articles delivered electronically.  We will launch ILLiad on January 4, January 11 (launch postponed due to staffing issues) but you can sign up for an account now.  Just visit http://cityofhope.illiad.oclc.org/illiad/logon.html and click on the First Time Users link at the bottom of the login form.  Then you’ll be ready to use the new system.

If you have any questions about the new system, please contact the library: library@coh.org or ext. 68497.

Library Workshop: Finding the Best Evidence

Below are links for the Finding the Best Evidence educational session held today, December 10th, from 10:15 am – noon in Conference Room B.

• Evidence-based Practice resource guide — This guide links you to resources that support your evidence-based practice.

• EndNote Web — Access EndNote from wherever you are with this Web-based version. EndNote Web allows you to online search, Cite While You Write, create groups to organize your references, and share your groups with your collaborators. A handout is available that outlines and displays the basic features and functionality. There is also an online tutorial on basic EndNote Web.

Using your assigned resource, please address the below questions using the comments area. Be prepared to talk about your resource with the group.

1. What keywords did you use? Did you use limits? If so, which ones?
2. Why and how would you use this resource to identify evidence to support your practice?
3. Why and how would you use this resource to identify evidence to support your EBN project?
4. Can you get the items full-text or online?
5. Is there a feature that you particularly liked or disliked?
6. Can you think of other uses outside of the development of guidelines and protocols?

Not registered, but interested in learning about resources to find evidence to support your practice? Check here for future offerings of this workshop as well as how to register for all the educational opportunities available through the Lee Graff Medical & Scientific Library.