HSLIC News

We'd love to see you at our virtual workshops this semester! We have workshops on

• Bias in the Research Process
• Database Questions (come with any and all  your questions about searching databases!)
• Health Literacy
• Implicit Bias
• Moving Beyond Impostor Syndrome
• PubMed Like a Pro
• Zotero
• And more!

You can find all our workshops on our Events calendar. Review all the info on each session, find options for the afternoon and the evening, and RSVP! Have questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out to your Student Success and Engagement Librarian, Kelleen Maluski.

Starting on Thursday, January 27th you'll be able to find your roaming librarian at different locations around campus and at Rio Rancho! We know how busy all our learners are and want to make sure you have opportunities to ask questions even when you don't have time to come into the library. Don't even have time to wait for a response? We can take your email address and respond that way!

We'll be announcing the locations on our Twitter but the schedule is also listed here (which can be subject to change so be sure to check out our Twitter page for the most up to date information). Have question or comments? Feel free to email your Student Success & Engagement Librarian, Kelleen Maluski.

• January 27, 2022: College of Nursing/College of Pharmacy building, 12-1pm
• February 3, 2022: Rio Rancho Campus, 11am-1pm
• February 8, 2022: Domenici NW, 12-1pm
• February 17, 2022: College of Nursing/College of Pharmacy building, 12-1pm
• February 24, 2022: Domenici NW, 12-1pm
• March 3, 2022: Rio Rancho Campus, 11am-1pm
• March 9, 2022: Domenici NW, 12-1pm
• March 23, 2022: College of Nursing/College of Pharmacy building, 12-1pm
• March 31, 2022: Domenici NW, 12-1pm
• April 14, 2022: Rio Rancho Campus, 11am-1pm
• May 5, 2022: Rio Rancho Campus, 11am-1pm

Your librarians will be reviewing the use of this service and the schedule to add more dates if they are deemed necessary.

You are invited to join us on Thursday, February 3rd from 10 to 11 AM, for a virtual seminar by Kristopher Jackson, PhD, MSN, AGACNP-BC

Topic: Web Scraping: Implications for Contemporary Health-Sciences Research

Description: While much of the data we generate through our interactions with the Internet have well-established e-commerce applications, Internet data may also provide useful data in academic research. To date, researchers from the health sciences have yet to fully embrace this practice. The purpose of this seminar is to provide a brief overview of web scraping as a data collection method and provide an example of how this practice could be implemented in a health research context.

Learning objectives:

1. Identify various tools used by researchers when designing and executing projects using web-scraping as a data collection technique
2. Name several principles of “ethical web-scraping”
3. List at least one hidden or stigmatized community that may not be reachable using conventional survey research methods, but could be accessible via web-scraping

Please email Davelucero@salud.unm.edu to request Zoom info.

What does the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday mean to you? Are you happy that you have a day off from work? Do you take time to reflect on the work Dr. King did in his lifetime to advance the Civil Rights of African-Americans as well as other people of color? Perhaps you are trying to figure out how the teachings of Dr. King apply to what is happening in our world today. 

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most inclusive legislation passed which prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. In addition, this act also outlawed discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs. It also strengthened the enforcement of voting rights and the desegregation of schools. Dr. King was extremely instrumental in getting this vital piece of legislation passed. 

In 1965 The Voting Rights Act was passed which removed barriers for Black voters in the South. It banned polling taxes, literacy tests, as well as other restrictions. Although we have made strides with civil rights, we still have a ways to go. In 2013, the Supreme Court effectively struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which freed nine states (mostly Southern) to change their election laws without advance federal approval.

Currently, numerous states within this country are in the process of revising their voter laws. Some states have looked to expand their voting process by making it easier for eligible voters. However, numerous states have enacted legislation to make it more difficult for people of color to vote. The belief as to why these changes should be made are rooted in racism around voter turn-out. 

At the time of writing, Congress is proposing The Freedom to Vote Act, which is considered the most comprehensive democracy reform act enacted in decades. The primary focus of this bill is to have a national standard for how states conduct their federal elections and to ensure all Americans have equal access to the ballot box.  

As we can see, there still is plenty of work to be done. What lessons can we take away from Dr. King? How can we work on some small level to protect a fundamental American right?  Please take some time today to reflect on what Martin Luther King Jr. Day represents, the work that still needs to be done, and what we can do to honor his legacy.

Need to get work done this weekend?

The HSLIC building will be available via badge access to UNM HSC students, residents, fellows, faculty, and staff during the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. Remember to wear your mask in the library at all times.

Course reserves at HSLIC are now available for the Spring semester! You can find materials on reserve for your course in the Course Reserves module in Discovery—search by your course name (e.g. Dental Public Health), abbreviation (e.g. DEHY 422), department (e.g. Dental Hygiene), or instructor (e.g. Smith). Simply click on your course for easy access to electronic material and to see the status of print books.

Print reserves are now available 24/7 by badge access! They are located on the 2nd floor to the left of the elevators and can be checked out at the front desk during library hours (M-F/8am-5pm) or used within the building any time after hours. We also have an overhead scanner available near Course Reserves to scan any material needed. 

Contact our Course Reserves manager if you have any questions or need help accessing your course materials!
 

We just changed the ILLiad logon process for interlibrary loan so HSC users can log on using their HSC Net ID and password--just like you do for other library services. This simplifies the process long term because you won't have to remember to use different usernames for different library services.

Here is an example of the new logon screen.

If your HSC Net ID and UNM Net ID are the same, all your current and previous requests will be available as soon as you log on.

If your HSC Net ID is different from the UNM Net ID that you have used with ILLiad in the past, you may be asked to register as a new user. If this happens to you, please follow the registration prompts, and library staff will merge your new username with your previous account information when we receive your registration. Feel free to make requests as usual, and you will see your current and previous requests after we merge your accounts.

For our community users with no active UNM affiliation, you will log on with the same username and password as before.

Please let us know if you have questions or if any issues arise as you use the new log on process. The best way to contact interlibrary loan staff directly is by email.

HSLIC in partnership with UNM Libraries has recently licensed Covidence, a powerful tool for researchers and clinicians doing systematic reviews and other types of knowledge synthesis. 

Covidence is a tool for title/abstract screening, full-text screening, data abstraction, and quality assessment. Covidence was designed by researchers familiar with the systematic review process in order to make conducting reviews more efficient.

Covidence will allow users to –

• Import citations seamlessly from most reference managers such as Mendeley, Zotero or EndNote.
• Screen titles and abstracts quickly using keyboard highlighting and an intuitive interface. Covidence keeps full records of who voted and also supports single or dual screeners.
• Bulk upload full-text articles for second-stage screening and decide quickly on studies for inclusion. Covidence will also capture reasons for exclusion and any notes so you can resolve any issues. 
• Create custom templates to extract your data however you need it.
• Reduce the risk of bias in your study using predefined quality assessment templates, including Cochrane’s Risk of Bias tool.
• Export single, machine-readable files that easily integrate into all common statistical software packages.

HSLIC’s director, Melissa Rethlefsen, recommends using Covidence for any research project that involves sorting through citations, whether for a systematic review or a cross-sectional study of the literature. “It’s a huge time-saver,” she says. “I screened almost 4,000 citations in two days for one of my projects! Covidence continues to improve their product based on user feedback, too, including recently adding a useful ‘undo’ tool if you’ve screened an item too quickly.”

To create a Covidence account and learn more about this tool, visit the HSLIC Covidence research guide. Click on the UNM Covidence Sign-Up page, enter your name and UNM or HSC email. You will then receive an email inviting you to Covidence. Follow the link in the email and click on "Create an Account."  Once you have signed up under our institutional subscription, you will be able to create unlimited reviews.

To learn more about systematic reviews and other resources available at HSLIC, visit our Systematic Reviews research guide.