This morning saw the beginning of the annual 1st year Dentistry "Finding the Best Evidence" evidence-based dentistry literature searching tutorials. As a result of this tutorial students will know how to:
The following papers have been added to PubMed in the last 30 days:
Bhutada, MK, Phanachet, I, Whittle, T, Peck, CC & Murray, GM 2007, 'Activity of superior head of human lateral pterygoid increases with increases in contralateral and protrusive jaw displacement', European Journal of Oral Sciences, vol. 115, no. 4, pp. 257-64.
Bryant, RW & Mahler, DB 2007, 'Volumetric contraction in some tooth-coloured restorative materials', Australian Dental Journal, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 112-7.
Curtis, B, Evans, RW, Sbaraini, A & Schwarz, E 2007, 'Recruitment and standardization of a group of Australian dentists for a multipractice study on dental caries prevention', Australian Dental Journal, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 106-11.
Huang, TT, Jones, AS, He, LH, Darendeliler, MA & Swain, MV 2007, 'Characterisation of enamel white spot lesions using X-ray micro-tomography', Journal of Dentistry, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 737-43.
Rohanizadeh, R, Swain, MV & Mason, RS 2007, 'Gelatin sponges (Gelfoam( (R) )) as a scaffold for osteoblasts', Journal of Materials Science. Materials in Medicine [Epub ahead of print]
Educause Review is a useful publication for Faculty interested in IT, and how it can be used to enhance the student learning experience. The September/October issue focuses on Faculty development - giving staff a run-down on the latest developments in IT and Web 2.0.
Articles include:
icon on the EDUCAUSE Review home page to access the XML required to subscribe.
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) is now available online from Volume 126 (1995) and onwards, including the the latest issues. Access should be from both on and off-campus, including Westmead, but if you experience any problems please let me know and I will investigate.
JADA also offers free Table of Contents Alerts via email. Why not sign up for this valuable current awareness tool today?
This morning at Westmead I presented a session to 3rd Year Dentistry on Finding the Best Evidence, which is an update session designed to refresh their Evidence-based Dentistry Literature searching skills. I thought it would be worthwhile posting it here for any postgrad or Faculty member who would be interested in improving their searching skills.
You can view the embedded presentation below or download it in PDF format.
Keeping up to date with what's being published in dentistry is easy if you make the most of RSS feeds. Most publishers now offer RSS feeds for their journals - look for a 
Medworm is a RSS feed aggregator that provides access to over 40 dentistry online journal titles, ranging from the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation to the British Dental Journal. To subscribe to a dentistry journal feed in Medworm:
1. Go to Medworm [http://www.medworm.com/]
2. Choose Publications Directory
3. Select Dentistry [http://www.medworm.com/rss/Dentistry-11.php>
4. Select the title for which you would like to receive a Table of Contents Feed. Example: Journal of Oral Rehabilitation.
5. If you have a Medworm, Bloglines, Google Reader, or My Yahoo account, click on the appropriate icon to add the feed to your account.
6. If you are using a reader that is not listed, click on the 
icon to subscribe in your reader.
7. The Feed will appear in your reader, with posts of articles from the most recent issue. The next time an issue is published you will automatically receive posts in your reader.
The University of Sydney Library does not subscribe to every title appearing on the Medworm Dentistry journals list, so you may not be able to access the full-text of every article. However, you will be able to access at least the abstract, and so keep up to date with research in your discipline
Last thursday I presented at the Faculty's lunchtime research seminar series out at Westmead, which typically involves postgrad students giving updates on their research to their peers, with some Library content in the form of Library lectures thrown in as well. In the past I have presented on using Endnote, making the most of current awareness services, and using Medline, but this time I thought I would take a different tack and focus on on resources that would be of use to the average postgrad or member of Faculty, but may have slipped below their radar. I focused on statistics, images, and reference tools.
You can view the embedded presentation below or download it in PDF format.
New articles added to PubMed in the past 30 days:
Armstrong, D, Shen, G, Petocz, P & Darendeliler, MA 2007, 'A comparison of accuracy in bracket positioning between two techniques localizing the centre of the clinical crown and measuring the distance from the incisal edge', European Journal of Orthodontics. Jul 27; [Epub ahead of print]
He, LH & Swain, MV 2007, 'Influence of environment on the mechanical behaviour of mature human enamel', Biomaterials.Jul 18; [Epub ahead of print]
Lyle, D, Klineberg, I, Taylor, S, Jolly, N, Fuller, J & Canalese, J 2007, 'Harnessing a University to address rural health workforce shortages in Australia', Australian Journal of Rural Health, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 227-33.
Wang, XY, Crowston, JG, Zoellner, H & Healey, PR 2007, 'Interferon-{alpha} and Interferon-{gamma} Sensitize Human Tenon Fibroblasts to Mitomycin-C', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 3655-61.
Xie, ZH, Mahoney, EK, Kilpatrick, NM, Swain, MV & Hoffman, M 2007, 'On the structure-property relationship of sound and hypomineralized enamel', Acta biomaterialia. Jun 26; [Epub ahead of print]
