Suggestion boxes have been placed in the Hahneman Library at the Circulation Desk and downstairs in the Microcomputer Center. There’s also one at Queen Lane. We hope you’ll let us know what the Libraries are doing right, what you aren’t happy about and give us ideas for the future. If you want a response to your suggestion, you’ll have to sign your name

Meg Frisbie joins the Hahnemann staff as Circulation Clerk/Shelver. Meg just finished her B.A. at the University of Virginia with a Distinguished Major in Latin American studies. She’ll be pursuing her MSLIS at Drexel in the College of IST.

Started in 1988, the Index of Medieval Medical Images brings together images from medieval manuscripts from North American collections, including the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia. This database contains iImages up to the year 1500 and was created by the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

During the recent ScienceDirect Redesign, the PDF Address URL was extended from under 261 to (in most cases) 266 characters. This has unexpectedly created a conflict with Acrobat Reader 7 or greater.

The error “Could not start print job” is an Adobe Acrobat-generated error which occurs when printing a PDF in which the URL address is longer than 261 characters, from your browser. The problem has been reported to Adobe; Science Direct expects a fix to be implemented by the end of October, 2006.

In the meantime, to print a Science Direct PDF, save the PDF to your computer, and then print it.

The updated Physical Therapy Research Guide has additional directories, journal titles, and electronic textbooks. The new journal titles include Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. The new electronic textbook titles include Pain Management in Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury.

Browse new books added to the Hahnemann and Queen Lane Libraries’ catalog in August 2006. http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/hsbooklist.html

The Libraries have purchased a subscription to UptoDate, an evidence-based clinical information resource. The database is designed to “describe current options for diagnosis, management and therapy of a wide variety of disorders and to identify optimal screening and prevention strategies.” Topic reviews are written by physicians and peer-reviewed.
PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE HIGH COST ASSOCIATED WITH REMOTE ACCESS UPTODATE IS AVAILABLE ON ONE COMPUTER IN THE 24-HOUR ROOM ONLY. There are signs posted in the Library and 24-hour room to help you locate the proper computer–or ask a Library staff member to direct you

Three popular ebooks are now available in new editions:

Drug Facts and Comparisons: Pocket Version 2007
Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Guide, 2007
Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 6th ed.

You can access them through the Health Sciences Ebooks by Subject or by Title pages.

The Physician Assistant Research Guide has been updated. New databases are included in addition to two new sections listing directories and ebooks related to the field. This guide can be found under the Health Sciences section of Research Guides by Subjects page.

Here are selected Health Observances for September with links to the sponsoring organizations. Some organizations provide free promotional materials.

Healthy Aging Month Healthy Aging Campaign

Leukemia Society Month Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Prostate Health Month Prostate Education Council