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Dentistry and Oral Sciences Source Presentationemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
For those of you who were not able to attend Tuesday's presentation on the new dentistry-specific database 'Dentistry and Oral Sciences Source', I've attached the slides for your convenience! Feel free to comment here or email me directly at markmac[at]umich.edu. Dentistry And Oral Sciences Source (Doss)View more presentations from University of Michigan Health Sciences Libraries. (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - November 6, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: blogs

Publicity for the School of Dentistry's Digitized Videosemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In today's Record, there's a nice write-up about the School of Dentistry's digitized videos and YouTube channel: The dental school’s videos are included on the university’s new YouTube Channel that was launched in September. The university’s portal includes videos focusing on special speakers and events, classroom lectures, and other highlights. The School of Dentistry’s videos are the result of an effort that began several years ago to digitize more than 1,200 videotapes created in the school’s television studios in the 1970s. Read the article and take a look at the School's YouTube channel. (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - September 29, 2009 Category: Dentists Authors: markmac Tags: UM School of Dentistry Source Type: blogs

Losing Dental Insuranceemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A story and entry in the "Well" blog at the New York Times, discuss the problems of lack of dental insurance. The article: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/the-huge-gap-between-a-dentist-and-a-job/ The blog: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/losing-dental-insurance/ (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - August 24, 2009 Category: Dentists Authors: cshannon Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Dental Patent: 1891 - The Eucalyptus Ladyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This is one of the weirdest patents I've ever seen. Yes, it was 1891, but I still have trouble understanding how this patent was ever awarded. Near as I can figure out, Elizabeth Dean said she could imagine all kinds of things people might do with eucalyptus and they gave her a patent! Well, perhaps I exaggerate. Judge for yourself. Since it is so short, it is actually reasonable to transcribe it. Take a look. A New or Improved Manufacture of Eucalyptus Products for Various Useful Purposes I, Elizabeth Dean, of Glenthorne, Worple Road, Epsom, in the County of Surrey, Widow, do hereby declare the nature of this inve...
Source: Dentistry Library - August 17, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Dental Patent Series Source Type: blogs

Jadaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
According to the Special Libraries Association, JADA is one of most influential Biology and Medicine journals over the last 100 years. It was the only dental journal recognized. Here's the list and here's JADA's news release. (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - August 5, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

New Clinical and Research Resourcesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Michigan are excited to offer the following new or returning clinical and research databases for U-M health care professionals, researchers, and students. All of the resources are available both on-campus and off-campus. For those located in the Hospital, the clinical resources will soon be accessible from the Clinical Homepage (http://www.med.umich.edu/clinical/). Dentistry & Oral Science Sources Covers all facets relating to the areas of dentistry including dental public health, endodontics, facial pain & surgery, odontology, oral & maxillofacial pathology/surgery/rad...
Source: Dentistry Library - July 28, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Resources Source Type: blogs

Dental education at UM (exhibit)email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
If you'd like to learn more about the nature of dentistry education at the University of Michigan, be sure to check out this new online exhibit on the HSL homepage! The exhibit features photographs of the Dentistry Library as it evolved on North University Street, before its recent move to the Taubman Medical Library, and a series of images of the "Annual Announcement," describing the School of Dentistry and the dentistry program as they were in the year 1900. (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - July 23, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: History Source Type: blogs

For the Kids: Dental Press from the FDA and NIDCRemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NIDCR: Xylitol Syrup Helps to Prevent Childhood Tooth Decay http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/Research/ResearchResults/ScienceBriefs/CurrentSNIB/July/Xylitol.htm In the July issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, researchers partially funded through NIDCR may have found the answer. It’s a soft capsule filled with 8 milliliters of strawberry-flavored xylitol syrup. Parents can pull it apart and squeeze the syrup directly into their child’s mouth. In a year-long randomized trial of 94 toddlers whose primary teeth were “coming in,” the researchers found that children who received two capsules a day could p...
Source: Dentistry Library - July 23, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Interested in a new kind of journal impact factor? Mendeley's on it!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I've written before about Mendeley, the tool that combines citation management with social networking. It's got a really cool feature that's becoming more important as the number of articles in Mendeley increases (more than 1 million now). Mendeley provides article-level usage statistics in real time, to create a new kind of impact factor. You can see how often the article is downloaded, shared, and the average reading time. Thanks to Cameron Neylon for this image. (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - May 20, 2009 Category: Dentists Authors: cshannon Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Dental Patent: 1886 - Berlin Dentist Works through Claudius Ash to Patent Elevating Chairemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This patent is interesting in that it shows some of the politics of international patent applications at the time. The actual creative individual in this patent is Daniel O'Connell, who sounds Irish but is living in Berlin. At this time, the Germans were the leaders of the dental profession, so if you were serious about dentistry that was a good place to study. To patent in the Britain (what we think of now as the United Kingdom), he worked through an agent. In this case the agent was the Ash firm. Given that the Ash firm marketed dental chairs, there may be an implication that this innovation was something they were inter...
Source: Dentistry Library - May 8, 2009 Category: Dentists Authors: pfa Tags: Dental Patent Series Source Type: blogs

Probable swine flu infection closes Harvard dental clinicemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Classes at all three schools (Dental, Medical, and Public Health) on the Longwood campus were also closed as a precaution. http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/05/01/flu_fear_shuts_harvard_dental/ (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - May 1, 2009 Category: Dentists Authors: cshannon Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

New Options in UM-MEDSEARCHemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Recently, a new version of the UM-MEDSEARCH was released with some useful changes in search history, publication limits, and search fields. Search History When you do a search now, you’ll see a new option under Actions. If you click on More, you’ll get a menu that will let you easily delete, save, or create auto-alerts & RSS feeds directly from that search. If your search returns no results, Delete will automatically appear. Publication Year Limit It’s now possible to limit your search results by “Last Year”, “Last 2 Years” and so on. Click on the Additional Limits button; you’ll find this new limit se...
Source: Dentistry Library - April 15, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Information Skills Source Type: blogs

Making the American Mouthemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Recent UM graduate Alyssa Picard was interviewed by the Boston Globe about her book, Making the American Mouth: Dentists and Pubic Health in the Twentieth Century, published by Rutgers University Press. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/04/12/q__a_with_alyssa_picard/ (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - April 15, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: History Source Type: blogs

Capture Web Page Data for Your RefWorks Account with RefGrab-Itemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
RefWorks now has a web browser bookmarklet that lets you capture web page data easily. RefGrab-It is installed in your browser, so that you can click on the icon while browsing the web to collect information. RefWorks identifies the title and the URL of web page you’re on, then, in a new window, gives you the option to import the record into your RefWorks account. If an ISBN number, PubMed ID or DOI exist on the web page, RefGrab-It will automatically search various web resources (behind the scenes) to get supplemental information that you can also import, including references and RSS feeds. Here’s the RefGrab-It icon ...
Source: Dentistry Library - April 14, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Information Skills Source Type: blogs

RefWorks tipemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Important for everyone who uses RefWorks: with the new version of Write-n-Cite (W-N-C 3) you can no longer use this tool & the "One Line/Cite" method of entering citations & formatting bibliographies in the same document. Very bad things happen! So choose the tool you want to use & use it consistently. Questions? Please contact me or email hslibraries@umich.edu. (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - April 7, 2009 Category: Dentists Authors: cshannon Tags: Information Skills Source Type: blogs

Smile Central Dental. Dental Rescue Unitemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
From the New York Times, a story about a dentist who provides free care in Patterson, NJ, in a mobile dental office housed in an old fire engine. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/nyregion/19towns.html (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - March 20, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: General Source Type: blogs

Dental Patent:: 1892 - A Women Inventoremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
"I, Alice Edith Emily Johnson, of the Terrace Downham Market, Norfolk, Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention ... " In the 1800s and early part of the 20th century the idea of a woman as an inventor was to many incongruous and perhaps even laughable. However, while patents awarded to women were not in the majority, there was a solid presence from "the gentler sex". This is but one example, with others to follow. Because the patent application process required providing your profession, it is interesting to observe the labels people provided for themselves in this context. Here, Miss Alice identifies her...
Source: Dentistry Library - March 15, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Dental Patent Series Source Type: blogs

Dental Patent of the Week #3: 1892 - A Women Inventoremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
"I, Alice Edith Emily Johnson, of the Terrace Downham Market, Norfolk, Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention ... " In the 1800s and early part of the 20th century the idea of a woman as an inventor was to many incongruous and perhaps even laughable. However, while patents awarded to women were not in the majority, there was a solid presence from "the gentler sex". This is but one example, with others to follow. Because the patent application process required providing your profession, it is interesting to observe the labels people provided for themselves in this context. Here, Miss Alice identifies her...
Source: Dentistry Library - March 15, 2009 Category: Dentists Authors: pfa Tags: Dental Patent of the Week Source Type: blogs

ADA's New Evidence Based Dentistry Siteemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Of interest to our entire community, the American Dental Association has just released their new website on evidence-based dentistry. ADA: EBD: http://ebd.ada.org/ The site includes a useful set of resources and tools, including: systematic reviews, clinical synopses of the evidence, recommendations from the ADA, resources and tools, as well as a community space. The community space is not terribly well developed at this point, being a new service, but I am very excited that it was included and eagerly anticipate richer expansion of this section. I sent this and a few other thoughts and suggestions. I hope that you...
Source: Dentistry Library - March 10, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Dental Patent: 1878 - SS White's Elevating Chairemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Because the British patents were often applied for as part of establishing precendent for patent applications in other countries, you can find patents awarded to people from many locations, including patents awarded to prominent people from dentistry in the Americas. In this week's example you see a patent for a dental elevating chair awarded to a representative of SS White - Samuel Stockton White, publisher of Dental Cosmos. Browse more here: Flickr: Patent-UK-1878-109: http://flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/tags/patentuk1878109/ (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - February 18, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Dental Patent Series Source Type: blogs

Dental Patent of the Week #2: 1878 - SS White's Elevating Chairemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Because the British patents were often applied for as part of establishing precendent for patent applications in other countries, you can find patents awarded to people from many locations, including patents awarded to prominent people from dentistry in the Americas. In this week's example you see a patent for a dental elevating chair awarded to a representative of SS White - Samuel Stockton White, publisher of Dental Cosmos. Browse more here: Flickr: Patent-UK-1878-109: http://flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/tags/patentuk1878109/ (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - February 18, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Dental Patent of the Week Source Type: blogs

Dental Patent #1: 1876, Dental Articulatorsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
We are beginning a new series which we hope you will enjoy. Some years ago the Dentistry Library had the opportunity to acquire a collection of historic dental patents covering the late 1800s through the early 1900s. The collection is intriguing for several reasons. Most important, the collection includes copies of patents award to such notables of dental history as Claudius Ash, Samuel S. White, and William Taggart. The collection is of patents from the United Kingdom, but includes a great many American inventors. The reason for this is that it was more difficult to gain patents in the USA, so a common strategy was to f...
Source: Dentistry Library - February 5, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Dental Patent Series Source Type: blogs

Dental Patent of the Week #1: 1876, Dental Articulatorsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
We are beginning a new series which we hope you will enjoy. Some years ago the Dentistry Library had the opportunity to acquire a collection of historic dental patents covering the late 1800s through the early 1900s. The collection is intriguing for several reasons. Most important, the collection includes copies of patents award to such notables of dental history as Claudius Ash, Samuel S. White, and William Taggart. The collection is of patents from the United Kingdom, but includes a great many American inventors. The reason for this is that it was more difficult to gain patents in the USA, so a common strategy was to f...
Source: Dentistry Library - February 5, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Dental Patent of the Week Source Type: blogs

Mendeley--research AND social networkingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Do you have a lot of PDFs that you've never gotten around to organizing? Have you ever wondered which article "014529dk6.pdf" really is? Do you want to share papers with colleagues, without emailing them every time you find something of interest? Mendeley is for you! A relatively new program, still in beta, Mendeley works with Macs, PCs, & the Linux operating system. It lets you manage your papers online, discover research trends, connect with other researchers in your field, and coming soon, learn about the readership of your own publications: how many readers you have, what disciplines they're in, & where they're from. ...
Source: Dentistry Library - February 3, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Technology Source Type: blogs

New Oral Cancer Tests: Crucial or Wasteful?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
From today's New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/health/03cancer.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - February 3, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Garrett Scott on Flossingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
What sort of man is Garrett Scott of Ann Arbor? An eccentric antiquarian bookseller (is there any other sort?) who describes his place of work as "central Washtenaw county's most semi-pleasant conditions for the casual browser of uncommon 19th century material." An exorbitant gourmand of social media and microblogging who shares such pungent observations as "John Evelyn notes that macerating a pine nut three days in a child's urine "is of wonderful Effect" in getting it to sprout." Why do we care? Well, Garrett Scott of Ann Arbor has just begun a one year meditation on oral hygiene, specifically the flossing of teeth...
Source: Dentistry Library - January 8, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Humor Source Type: blogs

Aphthous Stomatitis - is it really this easy?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Vitamin B12 treatment, which is simple, inexpensive, and low-risk, seems to be effective for patients suffering from RAS, regardless of the serum vitamin B12 level. (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - January 7, 2009 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Clinical Source Type: blogs

NYC postpones plan to close free dental clinicsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Here's a follow-up story from the NY Daily News. The city is currently studying ways to make the program more efficient (that is, they still want to cut its budget). This will be discussed at a NYC city council meeting this month. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/ny_local/2006/11/22/2006-11-22_city_yanks_cuts_at_free_dent.html (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - December 11, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

WD Miller: Scientific Pioneer of Dentistryemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Last year we released the online version of Willoughby Dayton Miller's personal pamphlet collection. Broschüren. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?page=browse;c=dentalj;key=title;cc=dentalj;value=b This was done in honor of the 100th anniversary of the death of the great man. Other events around this memorial included exhibits done in both the Sindecuse Museum and the Dentistry Library, as well as presentations. Here are the final slides from one of the presentations that was given. Willoughby D. Miller (1853-1907): Scientific Pioneer of DentistryView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: d &q...
Source: Dentistry Library - December 4, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: History Source Type: blogs

NYC to close free dental clinicsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
From today's New York Times: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to shut down 44 free dental clinics used by poor children in order to save the city $2.5 million, The Daily News reports. Dentists say the clinics are used by some 17,000 kids. And from the Daily News, a response from dentists. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/20/2008-11-20_dentists_attack_mayor_bloombergs_plan_to.html (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - November 21, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

To Treat Properly, First Deal With the Fearemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An interesting article in the New York Times "Cases" series. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/health/views/18case.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - November 19, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Farewell to the Dentistry Library, Hello to the Futureemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In early July, the School of Dentistry had a farewell party for me as I shift to my new position as the Emerging Technologies Librarian, and as the Dentistry Library was closed to the public, permanently. The party was amazing. I was and remain deeply touched. Today we are having a welcoming event for the School of Dentistry at the Health Sciences Library, where the collections of the Dentistry Library were moved, and where the School of Dentistry community will now go for access to collections and for library services and support. I'd like to take just a moment to talk briefly about this sea change in our environment and ...
Source: Dentistry Library - September 29, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Who Remembers Bernie? And Why?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Last week the Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned Bernie Machen. Remember Bernie? He was the Dean here at the School of Dentistry shortly before I arrived in the late 90s. When I was interviewing for position of Dentistry Librarian, my primary cram-for-the-test study source was Dental Education at the Crossroads from the Institute of Medicine and the Committee On The Future Of Dental Education. Dental Education at the Crossroads: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4925 The description of the book starts with this: "Six dental schools have closed in the last decade and others are in jeopardy. Facing this unc...
Source: Dentistry Library - September 18, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: UM School of Dentistry Source Type: blogs

Dentistry Collection @ Taubmanemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
More good news: All dentistry books are now integrated by call number with the collection at Taubman, so you should have no trouble finding them on the 6th floor. Journals are almost done as well--just a few more rows to go. (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - September 10, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Dentistry Collection @ Taubmanemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Great news! The integration of the Dentistry monographs with the Taubman collection continues apace. Almost all books are in their proper places on the shelves on the 6th floor. If the title you’re looking for has a call number beginning with RT through Z though, it will still be in the section behind the copiers. We’ve made progress with integrating the Dentistry journals as well. With the exception of 2 sections, journals have been integrated with the Taubman collection on the 5th and 6th floors. Journals with titles beginning with B through D and P through Z are still on the far left shelves of the 5th floor. As ...
Source: Dentistry Library - August 27, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Dentistry Collection @ Taubmanemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
All books in the Dentistry collection are now back from scanning. They're being integrated into the Taubman collection over the next two months,so for a while, you'll have to check in two places for dental titles. Right now, most dental books are on the shelves on the 6th floor directly behind the photocopiers, so check there first. If you don't find what you're looking for, then check in the main part of the book stacks. Remember, if you can't find something that should be on the shelves, please ask for help! (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - August 13, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Dentistry Collection @ Taubmanemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Great news! Google scanning is back on track, & the first books from the Dentistry collection have now arrived at the Taubman Medical Library. The reserve books for which we had only one copy are now available with the rest of the reserve collection (so all books on reserve can now be checked out). The rest of the book collection, which should be on the shelves by the end of next week, will be located temporarily just behind the photocopiers on the on the 6th floor. When the Taubman books begin to return from scanning, both collections will be merged in call number order, also on the 6th floor. Again, if you urgently nee...
Source: Dentistry Library - July 18, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Dentistry Collection @ Taubmanemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Here’s some more information on the move of the Dentistry collection to the Taubman Medical Library. Reserves are available, except for a small number of items for which we had only one copy (these are being scanned and will be the first books back). Just ask for them by call number at the Circulation Desk. For faculty, if you haven’t received an email regarding reserves for the fall term, please contact Jenny Wu at yhwu@umich.edu. Books will be coming to Taubman in groups over the next month as they are scanned for the Google project. If you need a title urgently, please ask at the Circ Desk & we will recall it f...
Source: Dentistry Library - July 16, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Dentistry Library Journalsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Dentistry Library journals are now accessible at the Taubman Medical Library. Although they are currently being merged with the Taubman journals, a good portion of the collection is still shelved separately. Eventually, the two collections will be shelved together. If you need help finding a journal, please feel free to contact staff at the reference/circulation desk. (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - July 14, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Dentistry Faculty in Ann Arbor Newsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Ann Arbor News has printed a story about the Virtual Reality in Health event at the Duderstadt Center last week. Dr Mark Fitzgerald - who gave an excellent overview of the School of Dentistry's use of simulations to train dental students - is quoted: Last fall, U-M's Dentistry school began training students with simulations using technology similar to the computer animation software used for Pixar's movies, said Mark Fitzgerald. It offers dental students the chance to work on memorizing sequences of teeth and to familiarize themselves with the task at hand before practicing on a mannequin or getting to work on a rea...
Source: Dentistry Library - June 25, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Update on the Consolidation of the Dentistry Libraryemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Earlier this year, the Dean of the School of Dentistry announced, after meeting with Paul Courant, the Dean of Libraries, and Jane Blumenthal, the Director of the Health Sciences Libraries, that the current physical dentistry library space in the Dental Building "would no longer be needed for archiving the print collection". In terms of dates, the Dentistry Library is scheduled to close to the public on June 27. The library's print collection will be subsequently moved to the Taubman Medical Library in July. Some of the collection's duplicates will be withdrawn, but the collection as a whole will remain intact and access...
Source: Dentistry Library - June 9, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

NEWS: New research offers insight into oral cancer, chronic pediatric ear infections, and hearing healthemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In this study by Taiwanese researchers, 59 patients with hearing loss and digital hearing aids were divided into two groups based on age. The study showed that age played no role in the improvement of a patient’s ability to hear, with both groups exhibiting improved performance in the four months following the hearing aid fitting. The authors believe that based on this research, physicians should not view age as a limiting factor as to whether to fit older patients with hearing aids. A third study focuses on pediatric care, looking into the cause and treatment of chronic ear infections where fluid is present behind the ...
Source: Dentistry Library - June 2, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Bootcamp Podcasts Available in Open.Michiganemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I just discovered that selections from the podcast series I've been doing for the School of Dentistry have been released as collection in the Open.Michigan initiative. Here is more information. https://bezak.umms.med.umich.edu/blog/2008/05/20/it-bootcamp-podcasts/ Explore other entries in the above blog for more materials from the School of Dentistry. Some very cool resources being made available! (Source: Dentistry Library)
Source: Dentistry Library - May 25, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Information Skills Source Type: blogs

Tooth Whitening and How to Find Out About Itemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
We received a comment on this blog today. "Found this website, when I was looking for tooth whitening dentists (albeit a cheap one). But my question is really do the tooth whitening thing works. Can get that hollywood smile." This is a very common question these days, one that concerns a lot of folk. Now, since we're librarians and not dentists, I am going to talk mostly about how one could search for this topic of interest, just highlighting a few interesting tools and techniques. Most folks would start with Google. The question is what would you search for? Whiter teeth? Hollywood smile? Teeth whiteners? Tooth whiteni...
Source: Dentistry Library - April 29, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Information Skills Source Type: blogs

Dental History Flickr Collection Gets Blogged!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Earlier this month a couple of notable and interesting blogs highlighted the online dental history image collection hosted by yours truly in Flickr. You might enjoy seeing what they picked out as interesting images, and you might enjoy browsing the collection itself. b00kn3rd: Teeth: http://bookn3rd.com/?p=18 Morbid Anatomy: University of Michigan Dental Library's Flickr Collection: http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2008/03/university-of-michigan-dental-librarys.html Want more? Check here: Flickr: RosefireRising: Collections: Dentistry: http://flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/collections/72157600001949538/ (Sou...
Source: Dentistry Library - March 28, 2008 Category: Dentists Authors: pfa Tags: History Source Type: blogs

Chemical Blog Aggregator ... and More!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A comment on an earlier post brought to my attention this really interesting aggregator for the Chemical Blogspace, appropriately named "Chemical Blogspace". Chemical Blogspace: http://cb.openmolecules.net/ "Chemical blogspace collects data from tens of scientific chemistry blogs and then does useful and interesting things with it. With Chemical blogspace, you can: * Find, read and subscribe to new science blogs * Find out what scientists are saying about the latest books and papers * Read mini-reviews, conference reports or even original research * See the buzz surrounding different websites * Browse different sub...
Source: Dentistry Library - March 5, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Omics Source Type: blogs

Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Dental Informaticsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Center for Dental Informatics (CDI) at the University of Pittsburgh is currently recruiting for a postdoctoral position to help support its growing research initiatives. We are looking for an individual with education and research experience in one or more of the following areas: - HCI - user-centered design/rapid prototyping - cognitive science - computer-supported collaborative work (CSCW) - computer-mediated communication - biomedical informatics Those methodological areas of expertise will support research projects in clinical informatics and/or collaborative systems and computer-supported collaborative work. In ...
Source: Dentistry Library - March 2, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Dentistry Library Transitions Mean Blog Transitions!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Those who watch this blog closely may have noticed that we changed the title of the blog: FROM: Dentistry Library TO: Dental Information & Library Innovation This name reflects some of the exciting transitions we will be undergoing over the next few months. I can't say it better than it was said by the Dean, so I have requested permission to share with our blog readers his message to the School community. ----------------- To the School of Dentistry Community: This communication reflects the announcement and discussions at the faculty meeting today that included Paul Courant, University Librarian & Dean of Libraries,...
Source: Dentistry Library - January 23, 2008 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Highlights: End of December 2007email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Items from the Dentistry Library Twitterstream. Excellent NYT article on the techniques and tech of toothbrushing. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/fashion/20SKIN.html 09:12 AM December 20, 2007 Michigan News: Livingston County raises $$ for low-cost dental clinic http://www.whmi.com/news/ar... 08:51 AM December 20, 2007 William 'Refrigerator' Perry Visits Dentist for First Time in 20 Years, Now Has Full Smile http://tinyurl.com/2x9vzh 08:48 AM December 20, 2007 Prague dentist finds Nazi treasure hoard http://tinyurl.com/2bfau9 08:46 AM December 20, 2007 Canadian college student sues dental school http://tinyurl...
Source: Dentistry Library - December 31, 2007 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs

Highlights: Massages, Laughing Gas, African Children & Iraqi Dentistsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This week's Twitterstream. NEWS: "Air Force dental team cares for Iraqi counterparts" http://tinyurl.com/28c689 NEWS: "ALMOST half of six-year-olds have cavities in their teeth, ... worse that children from parts of Africa." http://tinyurl.com/2y56p6 12:48 PM December 18, 2007 NEWS: Georgette Watson, 46, of Skokie died after going into cardiac arrest during a root canal @ Feldman & Feldman. http://tinyurl.com/yvkafw 12:46 PM December 18, 2007 Local folks: Brown Bag today on intellectual property, Rm. G390. See you there! 10:30 AM December 12, 2007 ScienceDaily: To Keep Mouths Safe, Don't Just Wear A Mouthguard; Keep I...
Source: Dentistry Library - December 19, 2007 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: News and Announcements Source Type: blogs