Volume 26 no.3                                                                                                                  Fall 2003

Look What You’ve Been Doing!

At the suggestion of Dr. Stephanos Kyrkanides, the library will be using its bulletin board to showcase Dentistry’s research publications. Please contact us if you have a recent paper that you would like posted or if you would like a copy of any of the papers. In addition, we will also post a bibliography of articles and books published within the last year. Stop up and take a look at what you and your colleagues have been doing! The bulletin board is located just outside the entrance to the library.

Online Insights into Early Dentistry

The Miner Digital Library is typically seen as an essential resource for accessing recent publications, but the Digital Library now also links to a piece of dental history: the journal Dental Cosmos. The following was reprinted with permission from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, which developed the project to bring the journal online.

Ann Arbor, MI -- October 15, 2003 -- A wealth of information that showcases the birth and evolution of the dental profession in the U.S. from just prior to the beginning of the Civil War to the years leading up to the start of the 20th Century is now available online.

The first 33 volumes of Dental Cosmos, from the premier issue of August 1859 through December 1891, have been transferred from a print publication that, in recent years, was seen and read by only a few, to an electronic publication that is now accessible to anyone with a computer and a connection to the Internet.

Dental Cosmos was considered the source of information for practitioners for more than 70 years. In 1936, the publication merged with the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA).

The online issues contain articles about the origins of some of the clinical techniques that are still used today, what kinds of interventions were used at the time to treat various conditions, discussions about herbal remedies that did and did not work, the importance of the fluoridation of water, and other interesting and fun things about the profession.

For the complete press release, see: http://www.dent.umich.edu/about/news/news2003/news101503.html. To access Dental Cosmos, see: http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/hslt/miner/digital_library/.

More New Journals and New Formats

Over the past year, there have been a few changes to Bibby’s journal collection.

• At the request of some of the dental residents, Bibby began subscribing to The Journal of Adhesive Dentistry in 2003. This quarterly journal includes clinical articles, original research, and review articles on topics related to adhesive dentistry.
  
• Beginning in 2004, new issues of the Journal of Dental Research will only be available online. Cost increases prohibit maintaining both print and online subscriptions. A survey of the dental faculty indicated that keeping the online subscription would be more useful, so Bibby Library will drop the print subscription after December. Back issues will still be available in the bound journals.

Current Awareness Service

Would you like to receive the table of contents for current issues of your favorite dentistry publications? The library can send you a copy from any of our subscribed journals. For those who prefer to “go digital,” many publishers offer a Table of Contents service via email. Please contact Pam or Beth if you are interested and would like more information. There is no fee for this service and the registration process is straightforward.

Student Assistants

Statistical Software Available at Bibby

Small Stata is a software program used for manipulating and analyzing data using statistical and graphical methods. This application is available on all four of the public computers in the library. The Users' Manual is available at the Learning Center in Miner Library. Online support is available at http://www.stata.com/support/.

New Acquisitions

The following are shelved in our New Books/Closed Reserve area. New books circulate for two weeks and reserve books can go out for one day.

American Cancer Society Atlas of Clinical Oncology / Oral Cancer Sol Silverman. 5th ed. Hamilton: B.C. Decker, Closed Reserve WU 280 S587o 2003.

Atlas of tooth and implant supported prosthodontics / Lawrence A. Weinberg. Chicago: Quintessence Publishing Co., WU 507 W423a 2003.

Clinical endodontics: A textbook / Leif Tronstad. 2nd ed. New York: Georg Thieme Verlag, WU 230 T854c 2003.

Clinical periodontology and implant dentistry / Jan Lindhe, Thorkild Karring, Niklaus P. Lang, editors. 4th ed. Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, WU 240 C641 2003.

Color atlas of oral diseases / George Laskaris. 3rd ed. New York: Thieme, WU 17 L345c 2003.

Craniofacial development, growth and evolution / Murray C. Meikle. Bressingham : Bateson, Closed Reserve WE 705 M512c 2002.

Dental biomechanics / Arturo N. Natali. New York : Taylor & Francis, WU 640 D4146 2003.

Dental caries: The disease and its clinical management / edited by Ole Fejerskov and Edwina A.M. Kidd. Malden, MA : Blackwell, WU 270 D4145 2003.

Dental materials in vivo: Aging and related phenomena / edited by George Eliades et al. Chicago: Quintessence Publishing Co., WU 190 D4145 2003.

Drug information handbook for dentistry: oral medicine for medically-compromised patients / Richard L. Wynn. 9th ed. Hudson, Ohio : Lexi-Comp, Reference QV 50 W988 2004.

Handbook of nitrous oxide and oxygen sedation / Morris Clark, Ann Brunick. 2nd ed. St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby, WO 460 C594h 2003.

Handbook of pediatric dentistry / Angus. C. Cameron and Richard P. Widmer. 2nd ed. Philadelphia : Mosby, WU 480 H236 2003.

Manual of periodontal diseases : diagnosis, treatment and maintenance / Hans R. Preus and Lars Laurell. London: Quintessence, WU 242 P943m 2003.

Mosby's dental drug reference / Tommy Gage. 6th ed. St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby, Reference QV 50 M894 2003.

Oral cells and tissues / Philias R. Garant. Chicago: Quintessence Publishing Co., WU 101 G212o 2003.

Oral health in America: a report of the surgeon general. Bethesda, Md.: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, WU 113 O63 2000.

Orthodontic management of agenesis and other complexities: An interdisciplinary approach to functional esthetics / Michael Arvystas. London : Martin Dunitz, WU 400 A795o 2003.

Phillips science of dental materials / Kenneth Anusavice. 11th ed. St. Louis, Mo.: Saunders, WU 190 P5625 2003.

Prevention of oral disease / edited by John J. Murray, June H. Nunn and James G. Steele. 4th ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, WU 113 P94415 2003.

Primary preventive dentistry / Norman O. Harris, Franklin Garcia-Godoy. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, WU 113 P9522 2004.

Reconstructive aesthetic implant surgery / Abd El Salam El Askary. Ames, Iowa : Iowa State Press, WU 640 E37r 2003.

Science and art of porcelain laminate veneers / Galip Gurel. Chicago: Quintessence Publishing Co., Closed Reserve WU 515 S416 2003

Ten Cate's oral histology: development, structure, and function / [edited by] Antonio Nanci. 6th ed. St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby, Closed Reserve WU 101 T289 2003.

Traumatic dental injuries: A manual / J.O. Andreasen et. al. 2nded. Malden, MA : Blackwell Munksgaard, WU 49 T777 2003.

Tyldesley's oral medicine / Anne Field. 5th ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, WU 140 T981o 2003.

The Bibby Library Gazette is also available on the Web at: http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/dentistry/bibby/gazette/.  
If you would like to help us save paper by reading the Web version, please call Beth Lange at 275-5010 or email Elizabeth_Lange@urmc.rochester.edu. Beth will notify you when new issues are posted on the Web.

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