Words from the Library
Sharon Duffy, MLIS, School of Medicine Liaison Librarian
The Libraries are excited to announce new collection additions for 2026!
Anatomy eBooks:
Based on input from faculty and students, we have added two new anatomy textbooks
to our Thieme MedOne Education subscription. These ebooks include enhanced study features that allow users to turn
labels on and off, save images, and load images into PowerPoint. We now have access
to:
Atlas of Anatomy by Anne Gilroy- Anatomy for Dental Medicine by Eric Baker
- Anatomy: An Essential Textbook and
- Anatomy in Your Pocket - two supplemental Gilroy eBooks have also been added
McGraw Hill Access Suite eBook collections:
We have added AccessAnesthesiology and AccessPediatrics to our subscription. These collections add over 100 new eBooks 
along with study tools such as review questions, clerkship modules, videos, and drug
information. Top added titles include:
- Anesthesiology by David Longnecker, et al.
- Hadzic's Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Anatomy for Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia by Admir Hadzic, et al.
- Rudolph's Pediatrics by Kline, et al.
- Weinberg's Color Atlas of Pediatric Dermatology by Prose, et al.
Visit our News post to learn more about all of these ebook additions!
E-Journals:
Based on requests and feedback from our institutional community, we added several
new journal titles including:
- Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings (a Springer journal)
- Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (a Springer journal)
- Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health (a Taylor & Francis journal) – coming soon!
- BMJ titles including BMJ Military Health and BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care
New titles were also added from publishers including American Chemical Society, ClinicalKey, LWW, Sage, and Wiley. Visit our E-Journal A to Z list to discover our full collection of eJournals and eBooks.
Open Access Agreements:
There are a few updates in our agreements with publishers to waive open access publishing
fees (APCs):
- Elsevier ScienceDirect – Limited to 29 institutional waivers per year: This year, in order to provide the waivers to more authors, a corresponding author will only be eligible to receive one waiver approval per quarter.
- American Chemical Society – Includes unlimited waivers for all ACS journals: They are now publishers of Environmental Health Perspectives.
- Radiological Society of North America– Includes unlimited waivers for RSNA radiology journals for Gold Open Access publishing.
Visit our Open Access Agreements webpage to learn more about the waivers available this year.
Please reach out to the Libraries if you have any questions or would like to learn more about Library resources to support your clinical, educational, or research work. You can email Sharon Duffy at sduffy@lsuhsc.edu or email us at reference@lsuhsc.edu.