The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library

• Library Renovation Update: New Centralized Service Point
• PubMed: Navigating the New Interface
• New! Photoshop Class: Preparing Images for Publication
• An@tomy.tv: Complete Anatomy Series, including Dental Module
• Human Gene Mutation Database
• JAMAevidence and AccessAnesthesiology: New Clinical Resources

You'll see the changes as soon as you step off the elevator: Levy Library's revamped entryway now opens onto a sleek, new service desk.

But the changes are not just on the surface. Our combined service point is designed to bring Circulation Staff, Reference Librarians, and Help Desk Specialists into one centralized location so that we can welcome you with the best possible service.

PubMed recently unveiled a major redesign of its own. Most of the functionality remains the same, but the streamlined interface relocates or consolidates many tools and services. We're busily updating our guides and tutorials — you'll find a new online search guide here, and more information and links from Levy Library's blog. We're also also offering classes on navigating the new interface, and we'll customize sessions for individuals and groups who can't make the dates we've scheduled. Read more and register from the link to Library Classes on the Levy Library home page.

Levy Library is pleased to begin offering Adobe Photoshop classes, which we've tailored for faculty, researchers and students who need to sharpen and define their images without distorting them. In this one hour, hands-on workshop, learn to apply best practices in editing and preparing images for publications and posters. We'll review resizing, cropping, layers, color adjustment, and more. Read more and register from the link to Library Classes on the Levy Library home page, or directly here.

The Library recently licensed An@tomy.tv, a suite of 3D interactive models of human anatomy. The Complete Human Anatomy Series includes 3D Head & Neck Anatomy for Dentistry among a range of specialized modules (e.g., the Sports Injury Series, Anatomy for Pilates, Podiatric Medicine & Surgery and Anatomy for Acupuncture).

Intuitive controls allow the user to zoom, rotate, and peel away layers. Supporting media include MRIs, X-rays, live-action movies and animations. For those studying for examinations or boards, there are also study guides and a test bank.

An@tomy.tv is on the STAT!Ref e-book platform. Access it from the Library's Databases or E-Books page, or directly here.

Human Gene Mutation Database

The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD), a comprehensive collection of germline mutations associated with human inherited disease, is now available through the Levy Library. HGMD curators comb the literature for reports of inherited, disease-causing mutations and disease-associated polymorphisms in human nuclear DNA. Each gene record contains a list of published mutations organized by type (missense, splicing, regulatory, etc.), a list of diseases it is associated with, Gene Ontology terms and links to OMIM and other information sources. There's also a link to the PubMed record for the publication originally reporting each mutation.

You'll find a synopsis of HGMD searching tips on Levy Library's blog. If you want to learn more, contact us through our Ask-a-Librarian service, and we'll set up individual or group training. Access the HGMD from the Library's Databases page, or directly here.

Levy Library is happy to announce that we recently licensed two resources that should be especially useful for clinicians, teaching faculty and students: JAMAevidence and AccessAnesthesiology

JAMAevidence is based on the popular textbooks Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice and The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis. It includes EBM calculators, education guides, glossaries of evidence based medicine terms and more. JAMAevidence may be the place to start when you need to appraise a research report so you can translate the findings to your patients' care.

AccessAnesthesiology is a companion to Library favorites AccessMedicine, AccessEmergencyMedicine and AccessSurgery.

With AccessAnesthesiology, you will quickly find important anesthesia guidelines and access 10 core textbooks, including Longnecker's Anesthesiology, Morgan's Clinical Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology: Examination & Board Review and more. You can also view videos and diagrams of procedures, use the calculator for essential measurements and create a self-assessment quiz to study for the boards.

Both JAMAevidence and AccessAnesthesiology are available on Library's Databases page, among the top group of "Frequently Used Databases". Or, link to JAMAevidence and AccessAnesthesiology directly.