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September 28, 2005
UpToDate Access Update
Remote access to UpToDate ends on Sept. 30th. UpToDate will remain accessible from computers on the UCHC campus. We’re sorry we are unable to continue providing remote access to this one database. However, we are hopeful you will find our other full text databases and e-journals as useful. We recommend you try FirstConsult, eMedicine, or InfoRetriever. We’ll provide an overview of these databases either by phone or in person - just call us at (860) 679-2942 or email us at ref@nso.uchc.edu for more details.
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September 23, 2005
MP3 Files from Harrison's
The library's subscription to AccessMedicine texts will now allow you to download a weekly .mp3 file known as a Podcast. Each weekly podcast may include one of the following:
Harrison’s Grand Rounds are audio lectures, from world-renowned academic physicians, addressing key medical topics in internal medicine.
Harrison’s Updates are the latest, most important advances in medicine written by highly regarded academicians in the medical field.
Hurst’s the Heart Updates are examinations and reviews of the most recent cardiology news from medical journals written by distinguished medical physicians.
Extensive help is available to get you started in either listening to these files as .mp3 files on your computer or downloading them for listening on your ipod or portable .mp3 player.
Search in the library catalog for "AccessMedicine" or go to
http://www.accessmedicine.com/home.aspx and look for podcast on the main site.
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September 20, 2005
Health Education Assets Library
http://www.healcentral.org/index.jsp
Health Education Assets Library (HEAL), a national multimedia digital repository, was established in 2000 as a joint effort between three U.S. academic institutions: the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of Utah and the University of Oklahoma.
HEAL provides the following definition on its' homepage: "Health Education Assets Library is a digital library of freely accessible, web-based multimedia teaching materials that meet the needs of today's health sciences educators and learners. The HEAL collection currently contains a number of collections of multimedia resources for health sciences undergraduate and professional education, as well as resources for patient and consumer health."
Access to HEAL is freely available to anyone in the world. There are about 21,400 indexed medical images, videoclips, audioclips, web page links, animations or PDF documents in this peer-reviewed resource.
HEAL is a part of The National Science Digital Library initiative.
Contributed by Kathleen Crea, MLS, 6th Year, AHIP
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September 14, 2005
Re-Registration for InfoRetriever
Users of InfoRetriever on their Pocket PC, Palm OS, and Windows PC should re-register by next week or the application will freeze when our subscription rolls into a new account. Registering for InfoRetriever is an annual event that is associated with our institution's expiration date. Registration directions are available on the library homepage (if you are off campus please make sure you are logged in with your proxy number).
· Visit: http://library.uchc.edu/
· Click on PDA Resources (menu on the left)
· Click on Medical Databases
· Find InfoRetriever (look to the right of the InfoRetriever link and click on “Discount and Installation”
For Registration Instructions: Click on Pocket PC and Palm Registration Instructions
For the Registration Page: Click on Registration Page
Please contact the library's Reference Desk at 679-2942 or the Computer Education Center at 679-8872 if you have any questions.
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September 13, 2005
2006 Version of SciFinder Scholar Available Now
SciFinder Scholar provides you with quick and easy access to a wide diversity of research from many scientific disciplines. The 2006 version is now available from the library. For those who use the Chemical Abstracts database, please replace the old version to take advantage of the new features. To download the new version, go to the library's Home page at http://library.uchc.edu/ Under the "Databases" link, click on the letter "S" and look for the SciFinder "download" link. Follow the instructions for either the Mac version or the PC windows version.
Some of the new, powerful features are:
* Structure Similarity Searching
* New structure and reaction query tools: Variable Attachment Position tool and Repeating Group tool
* Easy access to additional reaction information
* Enhanced multi-step reaction display
* New quick look-up of research references
* Duplicate detection/removal...and much more!
Please call us at 679-2942 or send us an email ref@nso.uchc.edu if you have any questions.
Hongjie Wang, Dept Head
Information and Education Services
Library
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September 09, 2005
Discovering InfoRetriever
Two streaming videos are available on how to use the InfoRetriever system. Please go to http://library.uchc.edu/ and click "Databases". Look for InfoRetriever and click "how to use it."
Please use Netscape 6.x or IE. Call 679-2942 if you have any questions. Happy surfing!
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L.M. Stowe Library Exhibits September 2005
The exhibit cases outside the library now display "The September Project".
The first phase of the display is a commemoration of 9/11 using privately owned photographs, books, and newspapers. These items are not a part of the L.M. Stowe Library Collection.
After the anniversary, the exhibit will be expanded. The September Project is a grassroots effort to encourage public events on freedom, democracy, and citizenship on or around September 11. Worldwide, September Project events are activities of reflection, discussion, and dialogue about the meaning of freedom, the role of information in promoting active citizenship, and the importance of literacy in making sense of the world around us. Libraries around the world are organizing public and campus events. Go to the following URL to read more about what other libraries are planning. There are maps at this site pinpointing the libraries participating in 2005.
http://www.theseptemberproject.org/
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