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Brown Bag Webinars At Sph And Tmc Libraries, Beatriz Varman 2021 Texas Medical Center Library

Brown Bag Webinars At Sph And Tmc Libraries, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

This virtual webinar is hosted by the UTHealth School of Public Health (SPH) Library. RefWorks, Monday, April 26, 2021 from noon - 1:00 pm. The webinar will cover the basic features in ProQuest RefWorks such as setting up an account, importing references, managing projects/folders, modifying citations, and creating bibliographies.


Discursive Power And Resistance In The Information Worlds Maps Of Lgbtqia+ Community Leaders, Vanessa Kitzie, Travis L. Wagner, Alexander N. Vera 2021 University of South Carolina

Discursive Power And Resistance In The Information Worlds Maps Of Lgbtqia+ Community Leaders, Vanessa Kitzie, Travis L. Wagner, Alexander N. Vera

Faculty Publications

Purpose: This qualitative study explores how discursive power shapes South Carolina LGBTQIA+ communities' health information practices and how participants resist this power. Design/methodology/approach: Twenty-eight LGBTQIA+ community leaders from South Carolina engaged in semi-structured interviews and information worlds mapping – a participatory arts-based elicitation technique – to capture the context underlying how they and their communities create, seek, use, and share health information. We focus on the information worlds maps for this paper, employing situational analysis – a discourse analytic method for visual data – to analyze them. Findings: Six themes emerged describing how discursive power operates both within and outside …


Bibliotherapy: A Prototype Model For Academic Libraries., Ravindra Bankar, Sachinkumar B. Patil 2021 Department of Library and Information Science, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India.

Bibliotherapy: A Prototype Model For Academic Libraries., Ravindra Bankar, Sachinkumar B. Patil

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Recent years have witnessed an upsurge in the therapeutic use of books generally Bibliotherapy refers to the use of books (literary works in particular) to help people cope with problems such as emotional conflict, mental illness, or changes in their lives. The article focuses on how Bibliotherapy can provide information and enhance personal insight, suggest alternatives, diminish isolation, clarify emerging values, stimulate discussion and extend the counselling process outside of traditional settings. Particular attention is given to how Bibliotherapy, expressive activities and counselling facilitate young minds to find solutions to personal problems, develop life skills and enhanced self-image.


Introduction To Graphic Medicine, Brittany Heer 2021 Butler University

Introduction To Graphic Medicine, Brittany Heer

Scholarship and Professional Work

Materials from a presentation given at the Food for Thought Series at Butler University on March 17, 2021.


Prostate Cancer Research: A Bibliometric Study Of India And Iran, Rabiya Mushtaq, Fayaz Ahmad Loan 2021 University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India

Prostate Cancer Research: A Bibliometric Study Of India And Iran, Rabiya Mushtaq, Fayaz Ahmad Loan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study aims to provide an insight into the global research productivity in prostate cancer with an in-depth analysis of the growth & development of India and Iran. The study focuses on the authorship collaborative patterns among Indian and Iranian medical scientists as well. The study was commenced with the selection of terms on “Prostate cancer”. Three terms- Prostate Cancer, Prostate Neoplasm, and Prostatic Neoplasm were selected from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to retrieve the data from the Web of Science (WoS). The Boolean Operator “OR” was executed to retrieve the records. The data related to prostate cancer research …


Research Metric Analysis Of The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi On Scopus Database 2010-2019, Muhammad Yousuf Ali Mr, Peter Gatiti, Ikram ul Haq 2021 Associate Librarian, Faculty of Health Science Libray, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Research Metric Analysis Of The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi On Scopus Database 2010-2019, Muhammad Yousuf Ali Mr, Peter Gatiti, Ikram Ul Haq

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper analysis the research output of the faculty, staff and researchers affiliated to the Aga Khan University (AKU) Medical College, Pakistan from 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2019. The paper maps AKU research by analyzing publications by authors with Aga Khan University institutional affiliation that are indexed in Scopus, a citation database of the peer-reviewed literature. Researchers rely on data from Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar to assess scholarly communication. However, this study choose Scopus as it is one of largest multidisciplinary databases covering over 23000 journal titles in comparison to Web of Science which covers …


"We Can Be Our Best Alliance": Resilient Health Information Practices Of Lgbtqia+ Individuals As A Buffering Response To Minority Stress, Valerie Lookingbill, A. Nick Vera, Travis L. Wagner, Vanessa L. Kitzie 2021 University of South Carolina - Columbia

"We Can Be Our Best Alliance": Resilient Health Information Practices Of Lgbtqia+ Individuals As A Buffering Response To Minority Stress, Valerie Lookingbill, A. Nick Vera, Travis L. Wagner, Vanessa L. Kitzie

Student Publications

This article examines the resilient health information practices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) individuals as agentic forms of buffering against minority stressors. Informed by semi- structured interviews with 30 LGBTQIA+ community leaders from South Carolina, our findings demonstrate how LGBTQIA+ individuals engage in resilient health information practices and community-based resilience. Further, our findings suggest that LGBTQIA+ communities integrate externally produced stressors. These findings have implications for future research on minority stress and resiliency strategies, such as shifting from outreach to engagement and leveraging what communities are doing, rather than assuming they are lacking. Further, as …


New Resource Available, Joanne Romano 2021 Texas Medical Center Library

New Resource Available, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library provides access to Cabell’s Nursing and Health Journal Analytics Reports for over 3,400 Nursing and Health journals, including information on peer review, type of open access provided, and author manuscript submissions.


Welcome Katie Prentice, Beatriz Varman 2021 Texas Medical Center Library

Welcome Katie Prentice, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Katie Prentice is the new TMC Library Executive Director. Katie previously was Associate Director of the Schusterman Library, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa.


Brown Bag Webinars At The Tmc Library, Beatriz Varman 2021 Texas Medical Center Library

Brown Bag Webinars At The Tmc Library, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library is offering the following “brown bag” webinar: Using EndNote,Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from noon - 12:30 pm.
This half-hour session will give an overview of EndNote.


Highly Used Journals In 2020, Joanne Romano 2021 Texas Medical Center Library

Highly Used Journals In 2020, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The most popular journal used in 2020 was Nature, with 12,954 requests, followed by Science and Nature Medicine..


E-Resources Utilisation Pattern Among The Faculty Of Kempegowda Institute Of Medical Sciences, Bangalore: A Study, Subhash Reddy B, Shashikala H M Dr. 2021 PES University

E-Resources Utilisation Pattern Among The Faculty Of Kempegowda Institute Of Medical Sciences, Bangalore: A Study, Subhash Reddy B, Shashikala H M Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper examines the utilisation pattern of e-resources by faculty of the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Bangalore. The purpose of the study is to understand the utilisation pattern of E-resources and frequency of access to the internet by the faculty members of KIMS. The faculty members of health science universities and/or medical colleges are engaged in teaching, research, and their information needs and expectations are diverse and varied. Realising the importance and usefulness of the E-resources, most of the colleges in India and elsewhere generously invested in procuring and create access to e-resources to support information needs, teaching, …


When One Library Door Closes, Another Virtual One Opens: A Team Response To The Remote Library, Terri Gotschall, Shalu Gillum, Pamela Herring, Carly Lambert, Raney Collins, Nadine Dexter 2021 University of Central Florida

When One Library Door Closes, Another Virtual One Opens: A Team Response To The Remote Library, Terri Gotschall, Shalu Gillum, Pamela Herring, Carly Lambert, Raney Collins, Nadine Dexter

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The University of Central Florida Health Sciences Library is a digital library with 98% of resources being electronic and available online. Though almost all aspects of the library’s operations were impacted by the closing of the physical space during the coronavirus pandemic, being a digital library helped the library team transition quickly to remote reference, programming and instruction services.


New Resources Available, Joanne Romano 2021 Texas Medical Center Library

New Resources Available, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

No abstract provided.


Library Renovation Complete: Come And See, Katie Prentice 2021 Texas Medical Center Library

Library Renovation Complete: Come And See, Katie Prentice

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library is proud to announce the completion of an extensive renovation project of our 1954/1975 building. Starting in early 2019 and concluding December 2020, this project modernized Library space for both independent and collaborative study for the entire Texas Medical Center.


Rrh Library Newsletter, February 2021, Libraries at Rochester Regional Health 2021 Rochester Regional Health

Rrh Library Newsletter, February 2021, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health

Rochester Regional Health authored publications and proceedings

Newsletter sections include: Vaccine Hesitancy; Library Services during COVID-19


Brown Bag Webinars At The Tmc Library, Beatriz Varman 2021 Texas Medical Center Library

Brown Bag Webinars At The Tmc Library, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library is offering the following “brown bag” webinars:

Systematic Review Services at the TMC Library, Tuesday, February 23, 2021, noon – 12:30 pm. This half-hour session will give an overview of the Systematic Review services offered by the TMC Library.

APA in 30 Minutes, Thursday, March 4, 2021, noon - 12:30. This class will outline the four elements of a reference according to the American Psychological Association’s 7th edition style.


Covid-19 Pandemic And Its Impact On Cancer Patients: A Bibliometric Analysis Of Recent Studies, Gyanajeet Yumnam, Ibohal Singh Ch 2021 Manipur University, India

Covid-19 Pandemic And Its Impact On Cancer Patients: A Bibliometric Analysis Of Recent Studies, Gyanajeet Yumnam, Ibohal Singh Ch

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Cancer is one of the dreaded diseases for which no drugs have been invented so far for its complete cure. While the world is advancing so fast with the advancement of science and technology, at the same time, new dreaded diseases continue to emerge around the world. One such global pandemic disease currently witnessing is COVID-19. No exact medicine has been developed to control and cure this new pandemic which has a serious impact on aged persons; patients of diabetics, asthma, cancer, pneumonia, etc. Some recent and current studies conducted around the world have shown us many facts about this. …


Applying Comprehensive Model Of Information Seeking To Hepatitis B And C Patients’ Information Seeking In The South African Context: A Scoping Review, Irewole Dorcas. Ibinaiye 2021 University of Zululand

Applying Comprehensive Model Of Information Seeking To Hepatitis B And C Patients’ Information Seeking In The South African Context: A Scoping Review, Irewole Dorcas. Ibinaiye

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The continuous spread of Hepatitis B and C Viral diseases have affected over 248 million people worldwide. Despite the frustrations expressed regarding patients information needs, awareness and knowledge about the mode of contact of the disease, information access and use, studies addressing hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) patients information needs and seeking behaviour are lacking. This paper examines the relevance of comprehensive model of information seeking (CMIS) in addressing hepatitis B and C patients’ information behaviour, to ascertain the trend of use to inform the future applications of the model. Four databases were searched for articles published between 1993 …


Lgbtq Health Research Guides--Data, Gregg A. Stevens, Francisco J. Fajardo 2021 SUNY Stony Brook

Lgbtq Health Research Guides--Data, Gregg A. Stevens, Francisco J. Fajardo

University Libraries Research Data

No abstract provided.


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