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THE VANGUARD

The John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital
of Cook County
Academic Center-Library

July 2006

Welcome New House Staff

The Academic Center / Library staff members wish to extend a warm welcome to this year's incoming House Staff and new hospital employees. Visit the library for tours and demonstrations of our electronic resources. House Staff and new hospital employees unable to attend this introduction, please call the Reference/Research Librarian at 312-864-0505 to set up individual or small group sessions.

National Library Week Celebration

The 2006 National Library Week- the American Library Association’s annual celebration of America’s libraries and librarians - was celebrated on April 2-8, 2006. This year, the Academic Center / Library offered an exciting array of special events.

The Academic Center / Library did a Library Exhibit in the Stroger Hospital cafeteria from 11:30-2:30 p.m. on Wednesday April 5, 2006 to give the Stroger Hospital community the opportunity to learn about the latest services in the library. The Librarian gave out freebies.

Library workshops on "Loansome Doc Article Ordering Service - What is Loansome Doc?" and "Electronic Document Delivery to the Desktop" was presented in The Reading Room of the library throughout the month of April.

The Academic Center / Library ended the week - long celebration with a drawing for prizes provided by Ebsco and OVID.

The winners are:
Helen Hatch
Ludy Bustamante
Decebal Grila
James Stinson

Technology

"Attention UIC Library Users"

Effective immediately

UIC Library patrons will be asked to log on to computers using their UIC Netid and password. Express terminals will be available to Non-UIC patrons for the purpose of health sciences research only.

New Technology

LactMed: A New NLM Database on Drugs and Lactation

LactMed, a free online database with information on drugs and lactation, is one of the newest additions to the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET system, a Web-based collection of resources covering toxicology, chemical safety, and environmental health.

LactMed may be searched at http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT

Geared to the healthcare practitioner and nursing mother, LactMed contains over 450 drug records. It includes information such as maternal levels in breast milk, infant levels in blood, potential effects in breastfeeding infants and on lactation itself, the American Academy of Pediatrics category indicating the level of compatibility of the drug with breastfeeding, and alternate drugs to consider. References are included, as is nomenclature information, such as the drug's Chemical Abstract Service's (CAS) Registry number and its broad drug class.

LactMed was developed by a pharmacist who is an expert in this subject. Three other recognized authorities serve as the database's scientific review panel. Ancillary resources, such as a glossary of terms related to drugs and lactation, and breastfeeding links are also offered.

LactMed can be searched together with TOXNET's other databases in a multi-database environment, to obtain other relevant information about drugs. As a work in progress, LactMed will continue to expand with additional drugs and be enhanced with other substances, such as industrial chemicals and radiation.

Online CME resources

www.acme.org
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

www.aafp.org/x3297.xml
American Academy of Family Physicians CME Center

www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2797.html
American Medical Association Continuing Medical Education

http://nursingworld.org/cehome.cfm
American Nurses Association Continuing Education

www.ashpadvantage.com
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

www.medscape.com/cmecenterdirectory/splash?src=hdr
Medscape CME

Online Grant resources

http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/
GrantsNet is an Internet application tool created by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Grants Management and Policy (OGMP) for finding and exchanging information about HHS and other Federal grant programs. GrantsNet serves the general public, the grantee community, and grant-makers (i.e. state and local governments, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and commercial businesses).

Online Pediatric Resources

www.aacap.org
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

http://aapd.org
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

www.aap.org
American Academy of Pediatrics

www.abp.org
American Board of Pediatrics

www.cpem.org
Center for Pediatric Emergency Medicine

www.pediatriceducation.org
Pediatric Education.org

Technical Services

The library's web page at www.cchaclib.org has been updated to include links to more local health sciences libraries.

Library of the Health Sciences of the University of Illinois at Chicago http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsc

Library of Rush University http://www.lib.rush.edu/library

Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County

Provident Hospital of Cook County

New Acquisitions

  1. Microsoft PowerPoint Beyond Bullet Points, Administration Collection, call # Ref. HF 5718.22 A87 2005.
  2. Adobe Acrobat & PDF Bible, Administration Collection, call # QA 76.9 F48 P337 2005.
  3. MKSAP for Students 2, Medical Collection, call # Ref. WB 18.2 M573 2003 CD-Rom.
  4. Grossman's Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, and Intervention, Medical Collection, call # Ref. WG 141.5 C2 G878 2006 DVD Included.
  5. AHA Hospital Statistics, Medical Collection, call # Ref. WX 16 H8285 2006.
  6. Evidence-Based Medicine Toolkit, Medical Collection, call # Ref. WB 102 H498e 2006.
  7. BMJ Clinical Evidence Concise v. 14, Medical Collection, call # WB 102 C6 2005 c.1, c.2.
  8. Graduate Medical Education Directory 2006-2007, Medical Collection, call # Ref. WX 22 AA1 D595 2006.
  9. Living with Biopolar Disorder: A Guide for patients and their families, Patient Education Collection, call # WM 207 L585 2005 c.1, c.2.
  10. What you should know about Heart Failure, Patient Education Collection, call # WG 113 W43 2003 video & booklet.

Library Hours

Monday-Thursday 7:00-10:00 P.M.
Friday 7:00-7:00 P.M.
Saturday 9:00-5:00 P.M.
Sunday 9:00-5:00 P.M.
Sat. & Sun. Closed for Lunch 1-2 P.M.

Phone Numbers

Library (Main--Circulation Desk): 312-864-0506
Director: 312-864-0502
Technical Services: 312-864-0503 / 312-864-0504
Reference and Research: 312-864-0505
Interlibrary Loan: 312-864-0505

Email: aclib2002@yahoo.com
Home Page: http://www.cchaclib.org/

The Vanguard is a publication of the Academic Center-Library. It is published quarterly each year. The Academic Center-Library, a division of the Department of Planning, Education and Research is located at 1900 W. Polk Street, 2nd Floor, Administration Building, Chicago, IL 60612.