Audiovisual materials: 7 days, 2 renewals.

Books; 2 weeks, 2 renewals.

Bound journals: Same day, non-renewable.

Nursing journals: In-house use only.

Unbound journals: 2 hours.

Renewals:
(713) 799-7147

Overdue charges are $1.00 per item per day. Unpaid fines result in the suspension of borrowing privileges.

Location and Hours:
795-4200

Administrative Offices:
799-7110

Circulation Desk (renewals, fines):
799-7147

KnowledgeNetwork Services:
799-7161

Health Informatics Education Ctr:
799-7128

Education and Training:
799-7169

McGovern Historical Center:
799-7139

Photocopy/Interlibrary Loan:
799-7179

Computer Access:
790-7042

TexSearch HELP:
799-7198

Administration:
790-7052

KnowledgeNetwork Services:
797-0163

Photocopy/Interlibrary Loan:
790-7056

Regional Medical Library:
790-7030

The Library's Second Annual Computers in Health Care Conference will be held in the Sammons Auditorium of the Jesse Jones Library Building on June 22 from 9am until Noon. Following the Conference, lunch will be served in the Library, and there will be tours, gifts, and prizes for everyone.

Presentations:

Telemedicine in the Solar System, Dr. Joseph Kerwin, Senior Vice President of Wyle Laboratories, SkyLab astronaut, and first U.S. physician in space.

Medical Informatics in the Cyberspace Age: Preparing Students and Researchers, Dr. Jack Smith, UT-Houston School of Allied Health Sciences

Patient, Heal Thyself: Surf the Net, Dr. Robert J. Beck, Baylor College of Medicine

The Electronic Medical Record Imperative, Dr. Stephen J. Spann, Baylor College of Medicine

Database searching, editing services, web pages, faxes, document delivery, consumer health information--these are just a few of the Library's new, and some not-so-new services.

DATABASE SEARCHING
The Library has the expertise to search thoroughly and efficiently, and has access to a world of databases not available on the Internet. If you're having trouble finding what you need, or if you need to be sure the search is as comprehensive as possible, call Knowledge Network Services at 713/799-7161. Special fees for non-cardholders apply.

EDITING
The Library's Publication Service (slated for August 1) will provide editing, citation verification and other technical services. The Library will also offer classes in various software applications, and teach writing and organization strategies with regard to publishing papers and writing grants. Contact Thomas Gegeny (713/799-7803; thomasg@library.tmc.edu).

WEBPAGES
The Library's Web Service will provide you with a Home Page that includes design and layout of your WWW pages from a choice of styles, HTML markup of the pages, a choice of buttons and icons and links from your Home Page to your own documents, or to other WWW sites you select. Contact Donald Barclay (713/799-7120; donaldb@library.tmc.edu).

FAXES
The Library will send it for you, anywhere in the world, or have a fax sent to you here! Fees apply. Contact the Resource Access desk for information (713/799-7147).

DOCUMENT DEI.IVERY
Get your hands on the document you need. We'll find it, copy it and get it delivered to you. Special fees for non-cardholders apply. Contact Geanene Fenske (713/799-7179; geanenef@library.tmc.edu).

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION
Up-to-date, understandable, authoritative information - the Library has it. Contact Elizabeth Williams (713/799-7183; elizaw@library.tmc.edu).

The following full-text electronic journals are available through the Electronic Biomedical Journals webpage on the Library's web site: 

• Aerospace Medicine and Biology
• American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
• American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
• Biology of the Neonate
• BMJ - British Medical Journal
• Disease Prevention News
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Gastroenterology
• Genetics
• Hormone Research
• Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry
• JBC Online
• Nephron
• Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing

The list of electronic (e-) journal titles is growing daily! Publishers are offering temporary FREE trial access to limited full-text titles with paid print subscriptions. We are taking advantage of these trial offers, and also taking steps to expand our number of paid e-subscriptions based on the needs of our users.

Funding and ongoing support of e-journals is a major challenge for the Library. The Library will need to pay for print and non-print e-subscriptions. Because users still want print titles, the budget is stretched. There are also copyright and archiving issues that need to be resolved. In the meantime, the Library is exploring various funding strategies, including consortial arrangements, for cost-effective e-subscriptions.

Acquiring and implementing e-subscriptions is a complex process. Over fifty different pricing models have been identified for subscriptions to electronic full-text journals. These models include site license agreements for groups of titles from the same publisher; in other cases, a title-by-title approach is required. Database vendors also provide fee-for-service arrangements.

Common modes of access to e-journals include IP address verification and password/PIN. The IP mode is easy, but restricts access to campus IP addresses only. Remote access (from home, work, etc.) requires an additional authorization process. Password/PIN access, while straightforward for individual subscribers, raises site license costs for the Library because we have thousands of users.

This is an exciting time in the evolution of health sciences literature. We plan to engage in future pilot testing and will ask users to participate. Questions? Contact Dawn Bick (dbick@library.tmc.edu or 713-799-7126).

Health Reference Center (HRC) is now available from the Library's Home Page. HRC provides bibliographic references, abstracts and fall text for excerpts and articles from a variety of health publications. Material includes a medical dictionary; medical directories and reference books; consumer and professional health periodicals; and pamphlets issued by leading health organizations. The periodical material is augmented by spe6aHy selected health articles from general-interest, business and specialty publications. It is updated weekly, and includes four years of material, plus entries from the current year.

A photo exhibit featuring historical pictures of famed heart surgeon Dr. Michael E. DeBakey will be on display June 14 - July 11 in the Library. The display, in honor of Dr. DeBakey's 50th anniversary at the Baylor College of Medicine showcases various stages in his career as a surgeon, educator and medical statesman. Among the photos are Dr. DeBakey creating the first artificial artery on a sewing machine, meetings with former U. S. Presidents Bush and Reagan, Russian President Yeltsin, and Britain's Duke of Windsor. Also pictured is the 1965 Time magazine with Dr. DeBakey on the cover.

The Library now offers several databases from FirstSearch. Access is available to computers in the TMC.EDU domain. No password is required.

ArticleFirst Covers 12,500joumals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities and popular culture. Coverage begins in 1990, with daily updates.

ContentsFirst
Covers 12,500 journals and provides complete table of contents page and holdings information. Coverage begins in 1990 and the database is updated daily.

Electronic Collections Online
Includes over 700 journals in many subject areas, all with online full-text articles. Adobe's free Acrobat PDF viewer and Catch Word's free Real Page viewer are required to view full-text articles. Coverage begins in 1995, with daily updates.

NetFirst
Provides bibliographic citations including abstracts, subject headings, and classification codes for a variety of Internet resources including WWW pages and Listservs.

PapersFirst
Papers included in every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received at the British Library. Coverage begins in 1993, updated 24 x per year.

ProceedingsFirst
Citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library. Coverage begins in 1993, and is updated 24 x per year.

Union Lists of Periodicals
This database locates specific journal issues at other libraries.

WorldCat
Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century. Updated Daily.