January/February 2002 volume 11, issue 1 In this issue: Where Have All the Databases Gone?   Announcing ILL Web Delivery from the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library!   What is Web Delivery Anyway?   Announcing the New Savitt Medical Library Facility   We'll Meet You There!   Medical Subject Headings Home Page   Late Night Reading: Medical Subject Headings 2002   Systematic Reviews   NLM Funds Three Internet Connection Grants in the Pacific Southwest Region   Membership Renewal Update   NLM Technical Bulletin Highlights   In every issue: Table of Contents for the NLM Technical Bulletin   Upcoming Events - 2002   Publication Information

Where Have All the Databases Gone? NLM's Bibliographic Services Division provides a tabular summary Have you ever wondered about the final outcomes of the NLM databases that used to be included in Internet Grateful Med? NLM's Bibliographic Services Division has solved these mysteries for AIDSLINE, BIOETHICSLINE, HISTLINE, HSTAR & HSTAR75 Backfile, POPLINE, and SPACELINE. In the table, Status of the Reorganization of National Library of Medicine (NLM) Bibliographic Databases, you will find for each of these databases: the number of unique monographs that were moved to LOCATORplus the number of unique journal article citations that were moved to MEDLINE/PubMed the percent of MEDLINE overlap whether or not there is a subset that corresponds to the former database meeting abstracts in the NLM Gateway, and a brief description of the future and how this subject matter will be included in the enhanced MEDLINE.  JKK

Announcing ILL Web Delivery from the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library!

By Robert B. Freel, Head, Access Delivery Services,
UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library

The UCLA Biomedical Library (CAUCLA) now provides Web Delivery for interlibrary loan requests. Links to journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters are now delivered via the web directly to your email address or to your patron's email address. Here's how it works:

1. Articles are scanned, converted into Acrobat PDF format, and stored temporarily on a library web server at the Biomedical Library.
2. You (or your patron) are notified by email when your article is available.
3. Simply click on the link provided in the body of the email to read, print, and/or download your document. You will be able to access the article from the server for 30 days.

All that is required to view PDF documents is the Acrobat Reader (4.0 or better). Acrobat Reader is available at no charge on the web at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html.

The fee charged for Web Delivery provided by the UCLA Biomedical Library is the same as for photocopies. No additional charges apply. Most requests are filled within two working days.

DOCLINE REQUESTS

If you are placing your request for the Web Delivery service through DOCLINE, select "Web (PDF)" which is listed in the Network Delivery pull-down menu on the Routing Instructions screen and include the delivery email address. Alternatively, you can type "WEB PDF" in the Comments field.

OCLC or ALA FORM REQUESTS

If you are placing your ILL request outside of DOCLINE, enter "WEB PDF" in the "ship via" or "borrowing notes" fields and specify the delivery email address.

If you have further questions regarding UCLA Biomedical Library's Web Delivery contact Access Services staff at biomed-access@library.ucla.edu or (310) 825-4055.

[Editor's Note: If you select Web(PDF) or Web(TIFF) as the Network Delivery option on the DOCLINE Routing Instructions screen, your request will route ONLY to those libraries that indicate that they will send via these methods. If you want to route to lenders in your routing table regardless of whether they offer web delivery, select "Mail" as the Network Delivery option, and enter "Prefer Web(PDF)" or "Prefer Web(TIFF)" in the comments field.]

What is Web Delivery Anyway?

According to NLM's DOCLINE -- Document Delivery via the Web page, web delivery means "that the document is posted to a web server at the lending institution in either PDF or TIFF format." The borrower — whether an individual or an institution — does not need a web server. The lending library has the web server and uses Relais Express, Relais, Ariel version 3, or another interlibrary loan system that has the capability of posting a document to the Web. The borrower receives an email message that includes the Unique Resource Location (URL) or web address of the document. The email also provides a password, if one is needed, and indicates how long the document will remain on the web server. To retrieve the document, the recipient enters the URL in any browser. A PDF document is viewed with Acrobat Reader software. A TIFF document is viewed with the TIFF viewer included with Windows '98 and later versions. You can also convert a TIFF document into PDF using NLM's DOCMORPH.

Email delivery is a bit different — the actual PDF or TIFF file is included as an email attachment to an email message. The advantages of email delivery are that you do not need a web server to lend an article nor do you need software to post the document to the web. The disadvantages are that your email inboxes (and those of your users) can get clogged with large messages. In either case, as a borrowing library, you can decide if you want the message delivered to yourself or if you want the message to go directly to the patron.

Electronic delivery — whether by the web or by email — results in a number of savings. A lot of steps are eliminated: stapling the article, stuffing it into an envelope, labeling the envelope, affixing postage, placing the package in the outgoing mail, etc. This can mean savings in both staff time and supplies. With web delivery, it can take a few minutes to actually post the article, so lending libraries usually caution eager readers to wait ten minutes after the email delivery message was sent before clicking on the URL. Now, that sounds like an improvement, doesn't it!

For more information about electronic delivery, including email electronic delivery, visit PSRML's Electronic Document Delivery page (PSRML Home Page -> Services for Network Members -> Document Delivery -> Electronic Document Delivery).  AL & JKK

[Editor's Note: You can now search DOCLINE for libraries that offer Email or Web Delivery. On the Search/View screen, you can select "DOCLINE Email PDF Service", "DOCLINE Email TIFF Service", "DOCLINE Web PDF Service", or "DOCLINE Web TIFF Service". We are asking libraries to update this information during Membership Renewal.]

Congratulations Are In Order!

Announcing the New Savitt Medical Library Facility

By Joan S. Zenan, MLS, AHIP
Director
Savitt Medical Library/306
University of Nevada School of Medicine

The new Savitt Medical Library, located at the University of Nevada School of Medicine Reno campus, opened its doors on Friday, December 28, 2001. The new library has more than 21,000 square feet, three times the size of the old library. And, for the first time ever, all materials are in the same building. All staff have spacious offices with plenty of room to work or meet with other staff.

Our new facility has seating for 125 users in 7 different functional areas: the electronic information center, print reference collection, leisure reading, individual study carrels, computer lab, group tables, and an along-the-wall study counter. We also have a spectacular view of Reno and the surrounding mountains from the leisure reading area.

The look is "understated elegance" in cherry wood finishes with black trim, jewel tones in the leisure reading area furniture, and lots of light everywhere. It is an understatement to say we really like our new library!!

For a peek at various parts of our new library, go to the Savitt Medical Library's web site - http://www.med.unr.edu/medlib - click on the lower right hand area, then click on the blue arrow, and finally, click on the 7 listings under December 2001. The last 3 listings have captions and all will have captions shortly.

We'll Meet You There! — Scottsdale, Arizona

If you're attending the 2002 MLGSCA/NCNMLG Joint Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, http://www.mlgsca.mlanet.org/jtmtg2002/, we'll see you there! This year's PSRML Update will be held on Thursday, January 31, 2002, at 3:15 p.m. We'll cover PubMed's LinkOut for Libraries, announce upcoming outreach funding opportunities, and explore medical library participation in 24/7 digital reference projects. Also visit us in the Joint Meeting exhibit area — bring your questions on DOCLINE, PubMed, and other NLM online resources, and pick up samples of our latest instructional guides and promotional items.  EG

Featured Web Site

Medical Subject Headings Home Page

Despite all the cool mapping techniques in PubMed, we should never underestimate or forget the power of MeSH, and the Medical Subject Headings Home Page is a great place to polish up our knowledge of its features and strengths. A gold mine for the subject classifier, the MeSH Home Page includes:

• a searchable MeSH Browser (and this is a different MeSH Browser than the one in PubMed),
• the complete Introduction to the Annotated Alphabetic MeSH for 2002 with complete lists of new headings arranged both alphabetically and by category, plus scope notes for publication types and topical subheadings and other goodies
• biographies and photos of the MeSH team plus a list of MeSH team publications and presentations

Refresh your knowledge and visit this site!  JKK

Late Night Reading: Medical Subject Headings 2002

The MeSH team has made some big changes to MeSH for 2002, more so than other years.

• Viruses: all virus names were reviewed and updated to conform to the 7^th Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Some of these changes may seem trivial (having to do with capitalization) but many new virus names are now included. Example: Ebola-like Viruses
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine: MeSH terms in this area have been restructured into the following sub-groups: physical, sensory, mind-body, spiritual and an unclassified group to provide a space for everything that did not fit in the other categories! Example: Laughter Therapy
• Plants and Phytotherapy: Major changes occurred for plant names. More Latin binomials are used and fewer common names appear. Changes also involved indexing policy. Plants used for therapy will now use the term Phytotherapy as well as the most specific plant name available. In addition, coordinate indexing will now use specific Plant Components because of the importance of what part of the plant is being used. Example: Mentha
• Bioethics: A cooperative project with the Kennedy Institute of Ethics has resulted in an expansion of terms in this discipline. This project was a prelude to migrating the Bioethicsline database to PubMed and LOCATORplus. Example: Moral Obligations
• Transport and Carrier Proteins: This area has been enhanced considerably with new headings that follow very recent nomenclature guidelines. The resultant indexing rules were a coordinated effort on the part of the MeSH team and NCBI staff. Example: Organic Anion Transport Polypeptide C

Finally, there are new terms just because they are new. These include Bystander Effect, Exercise Movement Techniques, and Animals, Genetically Modified. Be careful, however, and read the scope notes. Sometimes we assume a term means something that it does not. Most librarians would get very excited with the new term, Access to Information, since that's what we're all about. However, the scope note for this new term is "Individual's rights to obtain and use information collected or generated by others" and one of the Entry Terms is "Freedom of Information Act Requests". Who would guess!  JKK

A New PubMed Tool for Clinical Searches

Systematic Reviews

Ever striving to make PubMed better for clinical searches, NLM recently announced a new feature, Systematic Reviews. Because this was developed for clinicians, you will find it through Clinical Queries on the PubMed sidebar. Systematic Reviews uses a customized search strategy that retrieves citations identified as systematic reviews, meta-analyses, reviews of clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, consensus development conferences, guidelines, and citations to articles from journals specializing in review studies of value to clinicians. This filter is not available on the Limits screen, but you can add it directly to the search box by ANDing in "systematic [sb]". Consequently, you can include it in a stored search in your Cubby. Try this feature at your next opportunity!  JKK

NLM Funds Three Internet Connection Grants in the Pacific Southwest Region

NLM's Internet Connection program was created in recognition that many health-related organizations, particularly smaller ones and those in rural or underserved urban areas lack resources to initiate Internet access or to enhance low-bandwidth dial-up connectivity. The NLM Internet Connection grant supports the purchase and installation of equipment and services for connectivity to the Internet for one year. Awardees may use the grant to initiate Internet service, to extend service to other centers or field locations, or to expand the bandwidth of their existing service.

Congratulations to the following award winners in our region!

Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

• Project Title: Internet Connectivity for Oncology Research in Rural Arizona Communities
• Performance Sites: Greater Phoenix Community Clinical Oncology Program, Phoenix, AZ
• Project Summary: Outreach to rural communities. Wireless access to be used by traveling health professionals offering cancer prevention education.

Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, Oka Tamuning, GU

• Project Title: Guam's Hospital and Nursing Facility Internet Connectivity
• Performance Sites: Guam Memorial Hospital; Skilled Nursing Facility, Oka Tamuning and Barrigada Heights, GU
• Project Summary: Secure Internet connections for 2 public medical facilities, the only civilian hospital, and a long-term care skilled nursing facility. University Library provides training and support.

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI on behalf of Internet Access Consortium

• Project Title: Internet Access in the Republic of Marshall Islands
• Performance Sites: PeaceSAT Emergency Management Office (2 sites); Ministry of Health and Environment, Alele National Library, College of Marshall Islands, Majuro, Rep of Marshall Islands, and Honolulu, HI
• Project Summary: Internet link to authorized health care personnel in Republic of Marshall Islands. Shared use of the link by government and health agencies, using the PEACESAT satellite network to establish Telehealth connections through the State of Hawaii Telehealth Access Network.

Please share information about Internet Connection opportunities with others. Funding deadlines are February 1, June 1, and October 1 of every year. Complete program descriptions and application instructions are available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/connect.html.  JKK

[Editor's Note: From NLM Announcement dated November 14, 2001]

Membership Renewal Update

Special thanks to everyone who responded to our request and renewed membership in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine! For those who have renewed, we are preparing 2002-2006 certificates for distribution early in the New Year.

If you have not yet renewed your membership, you can still do so by going to Membership Renewal on the PSRML web site.  JKK

Highlights from the November - December 2001 issue of the NLM Technical Bulletin:

Here are brief highlights of gems from the Tech Bulletin. You will find more detail in the Bulletin itself!

Changes in the Treatment of Chemical Data in MEDLINE: MEDLINE citations back through 1966 with a Category D (chemical) MeSH term now have an associated Registry Number (RN) field with the number and the name of the substance (NM). Hurrah for chemical searchers!

Sending NLM Gateway Results via Email: Does this new feature for the NLM Gateway mean that emailing results from PubMed may not be far behind? But until that happens, check out this new functionality on the Gateway!

Indexing the Events of September 11, 2001 and Bioterrorism for MEDLINE: Technical Memorandum 432 provides explicit instructions to indexers - and hence serves as an aid to searchers - for handling articles about the terrorist attacks on September 11 and about bioterrorism. We will not lose what we have learned no matter how much we wish it had not happened.

Revising PubMed Cubby Stored Searches: Do you have stored searches saved in your Cubby? Have you taught your library users to do the same? You need to examine the 2002 MeSH to see if changes are needed to the searches you have stored in your Cubby. Cubby Stored Searches cannot be edited, but this article explains how to revise a strategy, re-store it, and also how to delete the old strategy.

Name Changes for PubMed Fields: NCBI has standardized the names of fields for the Entrez databases, including PubMed. The following changes have been made on the pull-down menu on the Preview/Index screen and also the Fields pull-down menu on the Limits screen.

The new field names have been added as search tags, and the old search tags remain in use. No changes have been made to the display tags used in the MEDLINE and XML formats. PubMed's Help has been updated.  JKK

Table of Contents for the NLM Technical Bulletin

Table of Contents for the November - December 2001 issue:

In this issue:

MEDLINE^®/PubMed^® End-of-Year Activities - e2
Hands On: Sending NLM Gateway Results via Email - e3
Indexing the Events of September 11, 2001 and Bioterrorism for MEDLINE^® - e4
History of Medicine - New PubMed^® Subset - e5
Searchable Online Books Linked to PubMed^® - e6
Changes in the Treatment of Chemical Data in MEDLINE^® - e7
Smallpox Preparedness - e8
What's New for 2002 MeSH^® - e9
Hands-On: Revising PubMed^® Cubby Stored Searches - e10
MEDLINE^® Data Changes - 2002 - e11
Cataloging News - e12

Technical Notes: - e1:

Status of the Reorganization of National Library of Medicine Bibliographic Databases
NLM Creates Web Site for Arctic Health
New Clinical Advisory Issued
New Version of NLM Gateway Released - November 15, 2001
MeSH 2002 Files Available for Downloading - [Tree Number Change Made on December 10, 2001.]
NHLBI Issues New Clinical Advisory
Name Changes for PubMed Fields
New Version of NLM Gateway Released - December 17, 2001
Five-Times Weekly Release of MEDLINE Records to PubMed and Licensees

Upcoming Events - 2002*

*Please visit the PSRML Library Professional Development Award web page to apply for an award to attend educational events. PSRML will make available awards up to $1,000 to individuals in Primary Access Libraries in Region 7. Applications may be made at any time.

Publication Information

Please send items and contributed articles for Latitudes to Julie Kwan, Editor, at jkkwan@library.ucla.edu.

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