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Research and Teaching Support

NEWS :

1) The UT site license for Endnote will be available Summer 2008 (probably June).

2) People in the UT CVM depts.who can help you pull and copy articles have been added under Journals (5/08)

 

Writing and grant seeking

• Writing assistance with grants and manuscripts: Misty Bailey  4-7446/mmcginn2 
  
• Grants: looking for a grant, fellowship, or prize? Community of Science (www.cos.com), is a comprehensive database for all types of grants and agencies.  Broad searches work better than narrow searches.   Direct questions about searching COS to Misty Bailey  4-7446/mmcginn2. To gain access to Community of Science, send email to cos@tennessee.edu or contact the Office of Research Administration. 
  
• UT Libraries guide to grants and other funding sources
    

• Medical illustrations, including copyright          Deb Haines   4-0989/  dhaines
  
• Power Point   Anik Vasington 4-8231/ anik
  
• Power Point Tutorials, part of Computer-Based Training modulels from UT OIT   (Search course list for Power Point)
  
• Audio/Visual and Classroom Technology Assistance
  
  

  Communication Tips from PLoS (Public Library of Science)

  Ten Simple Rules by TC Erren and PC Bourne (PLoS Computational Biology):
  

  .....for Making Good Oral Presentations"
  .....for a Good Poster Presentation
  

  .....for Selecting a Postdoctoral Position"

  .... for Getting Published "

  ....for Getting Grants"
  .... for Reviewers"

  .....for a Successful Collaboration"
  
  Email Communication Primer
  
  
  A Primer on Electronic Communication by Eszter Hargittai Nov. 2006 Inside Higher Ed
  
  
  Statistics
  
  Ann Reed 865-974-1576 or ann reed at utk dot edu (remove spaces and add @ symbol before sending email) provides statistical support to the UTIA.

• Statistical Consulting Center
  
• Books on statistics & research design
  
• Michael Festing's Isogenic.info Web site on the Design of Experiments, Isogenic strains, Ethics and Genetics and Toxicity Testing
  

Searching databases: PubMed, CAB ABSTRACTS, Web of Science, etc.

• Thinking of counting citations to your articles for promotion/tenure? Please read:
  
  Measuring Productivity and Impact Using Citation-Based Metrics: Suggestions and Caveats
  
  
• List of databases at UT to search for veterinary medicine/biomedical topics
  
• Instruction and tutorials on database searching:
  
  • For a search appointment or to schedule group instruction
    contact Ann Viera 865-974-9015/annviera
    
  • Tutorials available from your desktop:
    
    Dissecting a Database: Teaching Yourself How to Search an Unfamiliar Database (UCLA)
    
    PubMed has very good tutorials
    
    Web of Science Recorded Training in several languages
    
    OvidSP Tutorials by Lei Wang for CAB ABSTRACTS and Agricola databases
    
    CAB ABSTRACTS training from Chris Ison, CABI International
    
    
    Alternatives to laboratory animals from the Animal Welfare Center:
    Literature Searching and Databases from the Animal Welfare Information Center/NAL:
    information on the best practices in searching for alternatives.
    
  Managing files of references

• EndNote: to collect, organize and format references
  
  * EndNoteWeb is free. Take the Recorded Training to learn to use it.
  
  * EndNote -- Desktop -- 3/7/08: UT site license will be available Summer 2008.
  Use EndNote Web until then.
  
  Questions about EndNote or EndNoteWeb?
  
  1 ) Web-based: EndNote/EndNote web-based forum for both EndNote and EndNote Web
  
  2) By phone: EndNote Technical Support (6 a.m. 5 p.m. M-F PST) 408-987-5609  
  
  3) Ann Viera is the EndNote first responder at AG-VET MED
  
  4) UT Libraries' EndNote Support Pages

Copyright:

• Need to protect your copyright to a manuscript you are writing?
  Use Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine (in May '07 it replaced the SPARC Author's Addendum)
  
• Need to make decisions about copy right in your teaching?
  Use Know Your Copy Rights from ARL http://knowyourcopyrights.org/resourcesfac/kycrbrochure.shtml

 

• New 4/08/08: Electronic Resource Use Guidelines: In accordance with the "fair use" provisions of Copyright Law, authorized users may make single copies of articles, print or electronic. Please read the Electronic Resource Use Guidelines to ensure you know the difference between fair and prohibited use and the consequences for the latter.
  
• YouTube Video: Librarian's Guide to Understanding Academic Copyright :"Prof Weasel struggles to understand the problems with the traditional journal publication system (he'd be better off going open access but he'd never understand it). All while the fat Mr G.Ratt publishers makes the big cheese... "
  
• Copyright Information from the UT Libraries--look here if the two links above don't answer your question or call Ann Viera at 974-9015.
  
• Copyright questions regarding medical illustrations should be addressed to Deb Haines
  at 974-0989 or dhaines at utk.edu.

Journals:

• Instructions to authors from 3,500 journals courtesty Mulford Library/ U. Toledo
• Selecting keywords for authors from NIH/National Library of Medicine
• Journal title abbreviations online (PubMed Journals list)
• Veterinary Journals at AG-VET MED--if the journal you seek isn't on this list, check E-Journals, then the Catalog.
• Photocopy services by department:
  SACS: Norma Jean Miller 4-8441
  Comparative Medicine: Tressie Brown 4-5574
  LACS: Linda Beets 4-5704
  

Request Purchase of a Book, DVD, or Other Material:

Requests for new books, and other materials are welcome throughout the fiscal year.

Send requests to Ann Viera via email (annviera at utk.edu), Campus Mail (A-113 VTH/Pendergrass Library) or drop them by the library or stop me in the hallway.

Every book in English on veterinary medicine is automatically added to the collection, usually very soon after publication, so check the online catalog before forwarding an order for a veterinary book. It is probably already in the collection. However, if additional copies are needed please let me know.

I need the most help selecting human biomedical books, and books that support new areas of teaching and research, and specialized/obscure materials, including ebooks and DVDs. An example of a specialized/obscure material that I found out about while eating a bagel in the foyer is the Glass Horse DVD from UGA CVM.

 

UT Research web sites:

• UT CVM Office of Research
• Knoxville Campus Office of Research
• UT Institutional Animal Care and Concerns Committee (IACUC)

UT CVM Help Page on VetNet

• Other sources of Help:
  Comprehensive Lists for: Faculty, Staff, New Employees, Training, Computer Resources, etc.

 

Ann Viera, CVM Reference Librarian

865.974.9015, or annviera at utk .edu (remove spaces and add @ symbol before sending email)

Updated May 1, 2008