Prairie View A & M University Volume I Issue 2 Winter/Spring 2011 -2012 U M A L IBRARY N EWS
INSIDE THIS BINDING WOUNDS, PUSHING BOUNDARIES: A FRICAN A MERICANS IN C IVIL W AR M EDICINE Binding Wounds 1 The Undergraduate nurses consisted of both From the 2 Medical Academy will men and women and Librarian host another exhibit their service was to all who were wounded. Journal Profile 2 during the Spring Se- mester, 2012. The new African American doc- exhibit is “BINDING tors and nurses served in 3 Black Women in WOUNDS, PUSHING both Confederate and American History BOUNDARIES”. Union hospitals.
This exhibit takes a Some of the hospitals that were mentioned are look at an era and Susie King Taylor Library Classes 4 group of people that Contraband Hospital in history has given little Army. Washington, DC and attention. The exhibit Chimborazo Hospital in 4 Nurses Susie King Tay- Library Hours looks at the role of lor and Ann Bradford Richmond Virginia. African American doc- Stokes were born slaves. The exhibit will be on tors and nurses during King served in the army display in the Under- Special points of inter- the Civil War. while Bradford served on graduate Medical Acade- est: The images and docu- the “Union hospital ship, my beginning January ments highlight four 23, 2012 until March 03, • Civil War Exhibit USS Red Rover”. African Americans and Susie King Taylor, 2012 from 8:30AM until • African American their role during the summed up the men and 5:00PM, Monday History Month Civil War. They are women who served with • Library Classes surgeons Alexander T. these words, “” . . . Augusta and Anderson there were loyal women, R. Abbott, and nurses as well as men, in those Susie King Taylor and days who did not fear the Ann Stokes. shell or the shot, who Dr. Augusta was the “. cared for the sick and . .highest ranking black dying . . .””, according to officer during the Civil the exhibit. The men and Anderson R. Abbott War . . .”, and the first women who served in- African American field cluded slaves and fami- through Friday. surgeon. Dr. Abbott lies that consisted of hus- The exhibits comes from was an African- bands, wives and chil- the National Library of Canadian; he was one dren. Medicine Traveling Ex- of eight black surgeons According to the infor- hibition. OCR serving in the Union mation in the exhibit, the Page 2 Volume I Issue 2
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Welcome back all to this est in searching strategies. Thirdly, Coleman Li- Spring Semester 2012. Kindles will be available brary has a new database There are several exciting for usage soon. There will that makes creating a events for students in the be training on usage and bibliography much easi- UMA’s library to become guidelines for checking er. This new databases is involved with this semes- Kindles out along with called RefWork. ter. Included in the list availability of resources. Upper classman especial- are Kindles to stimulate There will be several oppor- ly need to see a demon- reading, an exhibit, new tunities for you to hear stration of RefWork. database for those who book talks or poetry reading Stay tune, there is more want help with creating a that relates to the exhibit to come. bibliography and the lat- and Black History Month. OCR
“Let us always bear JAMA: A J OURNAL PROFILE in mind that the thing that shall comfort us The Journal of the Ameri- countries”, according to ONLY who are paid sub- when we step down can Medical Association JAMA. scribers to JAMA. Read- into the valley of the (JAMA), an international There are many standard ing the article and taking shadow will not be scholarly medical journal, topics that appear in JAMA the quiz will earn help the the size of our estate is the most widely circulat- each week. Among them physician earn credit. ed medical journal in the we shall leave are “Humanities”, “Poetry From JAMA’s online ac- world. JAMA began its and Medicine” “JAMA 100 behind . . . But cess and hard copies, the publication in 1883 as a Years Ago”, “Books and journal’s “Key and Criti- rather . . . That we weekly publication and Medical Reviews” and cal Objectives” are enu- have been able to continues to publish week- “The Cover” to name a merated. These objec- relieve some poor ly until this day. few. “ tives are 1) “To promote suffer of his mortal JAMA is available online at On the cover of each issue, the science and art of pain , . . .” www.jama.com; The web- JAMA has a work of art. medicine and the better- site is called “JAMA Be- The reader can find out ment of public health”. Louis W. Flanders, yond Print”. The users can more about the art from 2) “. . . maintain the M . D . J A M A find archival journals and “The Cover” which is highest standard of edito- some free full-text articles 1909;5:629-631. listed on the “Table of rial integrity independent that are accessible to all Content”. It is from this of any special interest”; viewers. Membership al- page the reader learn the and 3) “. . . improve lows access to all articles artist name, dates, national- health and health care in- using an access code. ity, and much more from a ternationally by elevating JAMA makes exception to full page discussion about the quality of medical its article access and there- the “The Cover”. care, disease prevention, by make the quote made by Another weekly topic in and research.” There are Dr. Flanders a reality by JAMA is Continuing Medi- advertisements ranging offering “The online ver- from drugs to job offers. cal Education (CME) arti- OCR sion . . . freely available to cle. These articles are de- institution in developing signed for Physicians UMA Library News Page 3
BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICAN H ISTORY AND C ULTURE : A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH The theme for African people without regard to could be considered ‘one of American History Month gender, ethnicity or nationali- a kind’ in the African Amer- 2012 spotlights women ty. Dr. Angelou is an author, ican community as well as in American. Many poet, educator, producer, ac- in America. She is a televi- women come to mind for tor, and activist. sion pioneer, producer/ all of us. There are par- Maya Angelou is best known actress, a philanthropist, tel- ents, grandparents, teach- for her autobiography I Know evision programming crea- ers, mentors and possibly Why the Caged Bird Sings, tor, to name a few. your own name. her poems “Phenomenal Oprah begin her career as All of these persons de- Woman” and “On the Pulse talk show host in 1984. serve recognition; howev- of the Morning” the latter she The ratings of her show er, there is a sphere of recited at President Clinton surpassed many established influence that possible inauguration, 1993. talk shows. Winfrey became prohibits some of these Michelle Obama is the cur- the third woman in Ameri- from being mentioned in rent First Lady of the United can entertainment industry a large scale. Neverthe- States of America. Mrs. to own her own studio. less, there are many Obama and her husband, Oprah Winfrey has many “Black women “Black Women in Ameri- President Barrack Obama is honors among them is 100 whose ancestors ca” that we know who the first African American Most Influential People in were brought to the deserves acknowledging couple to hold the Office of the World and Kennedy United State . . . as having contributed tre- United States President. Center Honors. Have lived through mendously in the lives of Mrs. Obama was born in Finally, Condoleezza Rice conditions . . . , numerous people. From Chicago and reared on Chi- brings to American History so bizarre, the a distant, these women cago’s South Side. She is and Culture her own firsts. women had to reinforces mother’s ideas, an accomplished lawyer and Ms. Rice was not the only reinvent grandmother’s steadfast- public servant with degrees the first African American ness, or some aspect of themselves”. from Princeton and Harvard. woman to become a provost your teachers or mentors. Mrs. Obama claims as her at Stanford University but —Maya Angelou The women mentioned in most important role is being the first woman to serve as this article, when you mom and calls herself provost. She was educated know their story, will re- “Mother-in Chief”. at the University of Denver mind you of those men- and University of Notre tioned above, that is a As the First Lady, Mrs. Obama has launched Joining Dame. sister, mother, teacher, or Although Rice served both yourself. Their contribu- Forces, a national initiative to recognize honor and serve Presidents George Bush and tions to American George W. Bush, she is best History and Culture’ and America’s troops. ‘She has secured more than 100,000 known for her services with African Americans are George W. Bush. She phenomenal. jobs commitments for veter- ans and spouses. served as National Security Maya Angelou is one of Another African American Advisor and Secretary of America’s most beloved State under President women. Her talent and woman whose contribution to George W. Bush. OCR wisdom speaks to many our history and culture is Oprah Winfrey. Ms. Winfrey Prairie View A & M The mission of the Undergraduate Medical Academy Library is to support the educational and research mission of the Undergraduate Medical Academy and Undergraduate Medical Academy Undergraduate Medical Academy Library P O Box 519 MS# 2900 the Prairie View A & M University. The “Library” will implement its mission Prairie View, TX 77446 by providing access to biomedical resources in print and in electronic formats, Phone: 936-261-3075 offering instructional classes and providing consultation to the users. Fax: 936-261-3089 E-mail: [email protected] R EFERENCE & R ESEARCH C LASSES S PRING 2012
February 2012 “What a school thinks Online Searching about its library is a measure of what it thinks February 1, 2012 about education.” Room 102 @ 11:00 am -Harold Howe, former U. S. Commission of Online Searching Education February 9, 2012 Room 102 @ 3:15pm
Book Talk February 7, 8. 10, 21, & 23, 2012 Ola Carter Riley, Editor Time: TBA Biomedical Librarian
Prairie View A & M University March 2012 Undergraduate Medical Academy [email protected] Finding Medical Information March 20 & 21, 2012 Time: 10:00am & 1:00pm
April 2012 Introduction to RefWork Students must sign up for RefWork
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