Hello all! Here is this month's reference challenge, based on what Martha showed us about Google U.S. Government Search and Google Patents at today's meeting:
1. What is the name of the bill recently introduced in Congress to address shortages of resident physicians in the U. S. due to Medicare caps? What are the House and Senate bill numbers?
2. What is the name of the device for which Samuel M. Kellum filed a patent in 1895? What it the patent number?
Give your answers to Del, and let Martha know if you have any questions about either of these resources. We'll go over these at our next meeting.
Enjoy!
Liz
If you didn't get a copy at the reference training meeting, here are this month's reference challenge questions. Remember, these are most easily answered using SciFinder Scholar. Clarify these cites, and figure out if they're held on campus. Give your answers to Del, and we'll go over the questions at the April Reference Training meeting. If you need help with SciFinder, see Liz or Del. Enjoy!
1. "Improvement of Blood Compatibility of Membranes by Discharge Polymerization," H. K. Yasuda, M. O. Bumgarner, R. G. Mason: ACS ORPL Prepar. 34(1) 574-677 (1974)
2. "Parylene Coated Polypropylene Microfibers as Cell Seeding Substrates," F. R. Tittmann, W. F. Beach, CA: 94(10)71420p
This month's reference challenge involves two old citations. Clarify the citation, and figure out if we have the material. Give your answers to Del. Have fun!
1) Carnegie Institution, Jennings, H. S, 1904, # 16
2) Tenchini (autor), Un Casa Asenza Completa Del Setto Lunido in un Bambino di Anni due e Mezzo Colla Integritta Delle Funcione Inteletualli. Boll. Scient, 2: 6, 1881.
This month's reference challenge concerns finding meeting abstracts. A patron approaches you at the desk with the three citations listed below. Do we have the abstract books for these meetings? What are the complete citations?
Give your answers to Del, and remember how you found them so that we can discuss at our February training meeting. Enjoy!
1. Rosendorf C. Catecholamine-induced coronary spasm in hypercholesterolemia. Proc. Florence Int. Meeting on Myocard. Infarction: Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, 1979; 217.
2. Rogers GG. et al, Tiapamil – hemodynamics and myocardial salvage in primates. Abstracts, 1st International Symposium on Tiapamil, Lausanne, April 8-10, 1981.
3. Klugman KP et al, Intracerebral noradrenergic pathway and hypothalamic blood flow. Abstracts, Int Symp. On Neural Mechanisms in Cereb. Blood flow, Iowa City, 1981.
Those of you who were at the Reference Training meeting on 11/22/06 got a copy of this month's Reference Challenge question. At every reference training meeting, we'd like to hand out a real-life tricky question that we received from a patron, and give everyone a chance to try and answer it. This is a great opportunity to flex your reference muscles, and see how your colleagues approached a tough question. And, let's admit it people, stuff like this is ridiculously fun.
So, without further ado, here is this month's Reference Challenge:
A patron wants to cite this reference. Verify the citation, and determine if the item is held at the University of Minnesota.
Bielschowsky, A. "Die Innervation des musculi recti interni als Seitenwender," Ber Dtsch ophthalmol Ges 1903; 30: 164-71 (as cited in Van Vliet, A. G. M.: "Posttraumatic Ocular Imbalance." In Vinken, P. J. Bruyn, G. W., (eds) Handbook of Clinical Neurology. vol. 24, Amsterdam: North Holland, 1976; 75.)
Give your answer to Del, and keep track of your strategy so we can compare at the next meeting! Also, if you've worked on a question you'd like to nominate for the next Reference Challenge, let Del or Liz know. Have fun!
Liz