Update http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/ 2009-11-18T13:49:23-05:00 Especially for patients and their families… http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/11/especially_for.html The University of Connecticut Health Center Library website now includes four updated resources guides to the health care system, directed to patients and their families. Navigating the Health Care System, Patient Advocacy, Mental Health Resources, and Your Dental Health are Subject Guides “For the Public” on the Library’s website at http://uchc.libguides.com/cat.php?cid=14336 These consumer health Subject Guides incorporate citations to books and brochures, and links to websites, federal and state health agencies, and health organizations that have been selected and described by librarians at Healthnet: Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/ , the Library’s statewide consumer health program.
Additional resource guides and consumer health information appear on Healthnet’s website.

Judith Kronick
Reference Librarian, Healthnet: Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network
Ext. 4047

]]> Robert 2009-11-18T13:49:23-05:00 Exam Master log in change, starting Nov. 16! http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/11/exam_master_log.html Exam Master Online (USMLE Steps 1, 2 and 3) will be switching to your email address as your primary login. This change will be effective Monday, November 16. UCHC users will be able to access their account using the email address as the Username but your normal password will remain unchanged. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Reference Desk at ref@nso.uchc.edu for assistance, or call 679-2942.

]]> Robert 2009-11-11T14:58:34-05:00 Library Open House http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/11/library_open_ho_2.html The LMS library held an Open House on October 22nd from noon to 3pm that included mobile resource vendors, OSRP, FITS, demonstrations about Open Access and consumer health resources and a raffle. The event was a huge success-- we had over 500 students, researchers, faculty, and other community members visit us. Raffle prizes included an iPod Nano, gift certificates from Wiley Publishing, UConn Co-op, and the Health Center Cafeteria. Other prizes included flash drives, UConn cooler, library vendacards, and Lexi-Comp drug reference books. To see pictures from the event, visit the library’s Facebook page.

]]> Jessica Kilham 2009-11-03T12:34:13-05:00 Natural Standard Free Subscription for Mobile Devices http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/10/natural_standar_1.html In partnership with Natural Standard, Skyscape is pleased to offer the UCHC community a complimentary one-year subscription to the mobile version of Natural Standard available only through Skyscape.

Natural Standard Research Collaboration provides high-quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The mission of this collaboration is to provide objective, reliable information that helps clinicians, patients, and healthcare institutions to make more informed and safer therapeutic decisions. More about Natural Standard.

To register for your free subscription please go to the Mobile Computing Software Discounts page. (Proxy required for off-campus access)

Danielle Cummings
x2311

]]> Robert 2009-10-30T09:09:52-05:00 JAMAevidence is now online for library users http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/10/jamaevidence_is.html The American Medical Association has teamed with the publisher McGrawHill to produce: JAMAevidence.

http://www.jamaevidence.com/

“JAMAevidence helps decision makers identify the best available evidence by providing guides to the systematic consideration of the validity, importance, and applicability of claims about the assessment of health problems and the outcomes of health care.”

Continually updated, JAMAevidence consists of the following texts:
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, and The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis.

Users will also find the following helpful tools: education guides, PowerPoint slide sets aimed at instruction and learning of EBM concepts, an extensive glossary of EBM terms, calculators, worksheets and critical appraisal forms, information cycle forms and question wizards. Users may register to create: MyJAMAevidence: and save their work on all the above tools.

Additional content also includes podcasts of key EBM concepts, which have been recorded by subject-matter experts, and an RSS feed with the latest articles from JAMA.
The JAMAevidence mobile view features a portion of the site's content optimized for the unique size and speed constraints of mobile browsers. To that end, the following content is available in this view:
•"Quick Reference" pocket cards from Users' Guides to the Medical Literature
•"Make the Diagnosis" sections from The Rational Clinical Examination
The JAMAevidence mobile view is optimized for the following smartphones: iPhone original and 3G, BlackBerry 8300 series and higher (default browser only), Google's Android platform, and Palm Treo. The mobile site is available at http://m.jamaevidence.com.

Please be sure to let us know how you like this new information resource.

Arta Dobbs
Collection Management Librarian
dobbs@nso.uchc.edu

]]> Jessica Kilham 2009-10-28T11:33:13-05:00 Reminder to Essential Evidence Plus Users http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/10/reminder_to_ess.html IMPORTANT REMINDER

Every user must register/re-register their Essential Evidence Plus application within 30 days of installing it to their device.

Here's why: Any user can access to Essential Evidence Plus simply by going through the first two steps of downloading and installing EE+ on their device; however, the third step in the process of accessing Essential Evidence Plus is then to register their application. Oftentimes, users will neglect this step and assume they have done all they need in order to have full access of Essential Evidence Plus for the year. Essential Evidence Plus can be accessed for 30 days after downloading without performing this third step and without registering; however, if users do not register within those 30 days, then their access to EE+ will stop.

To register/re-register, click on the link: http://www.essentialevidence plus.com/myaccount/inst_register.cfm

If you have any questions, you may call the Computer Education Center at X8872.

]]> Robert 2009-10-26T11:07:51-05:00 NOVEMBER 2009 DATABASE CLASSES http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/10/november_2009_d.html SEARCHING AND ACCESSING HEALTH SCIENCE INFORMATION RESOURCES
Target Audience: Physicians, Researchers, Faculty, Staff and Students
Location: Computer Education Classrooms – Lyman Maynard Stowe Library

These classes will provide hands-on training and demonstrations by UCHC Reference Librarians. Each class will outline quick and efficient means of searching and managing citation information for the three databases listed below. There is no charge for these classes but enrollment is limited to UCHC personnel only. To register in advance for any of these quick courses, go to http://hsecfs1.uchc.net/eventregistration/ , send an email to ref@nso.uchc.edu or call the UCHC Library Information & Education Services Department at x4051

GOOGLE SCHOLAR/What it is/What it isn't
Thursday, November 5 - 1:00 to 2:30
Since 2004, the search engine known as Google Scholar scours the Web for links to scholarly papers, books, abstracts, technical reports and conference proceedings in broad academic disciplines. Google Scholar is a great way to find materials in the "hidden web" but should be searched in conjunction with our UConn subscription databases and journals. Learn more about how and when to use Google in this class.

ENDNOTE
Tuesday, November 10 - 10:30 to 12:00
Bibliographies made easy. Learn how to use this tool to search online bibliographic databases, organize the references and build lists of cited works automatically. It includes additional features such as unlimited storage capacity (number of references), Customized views & displays, Work Offline (anytime/anywhere), Local Personal Files and Documents, and many more.

PUBMED – BEYOND THE BASICS
Friday, November 20 - 1:00 to 2:30
This class focuses on searching PubMed with greater precision. Topics covered include using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), finding information in specific journals, locating systematic reviews or EBM articles with “Clinical Queries”, and storing search strategies on NLM’s server for re-execution at a later date. Attendees are expected to be familiar with the basics of PubMed.

UCHC Library & Information & Education Services Department: 679-4051, ref@nso.uchc.edu

]]> Robert 2009-10-26T09:23:38-05:00 Exam master: USMLE Steps 2 and 3 Medical Subjects Question Banks Revised http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/10/exam_master_usm.html Exam Master, a computer based system designed to provide realistic and effective exam preparation, recently revised the USMLE Step 2 and Step 3 Medical Subjects question banks. They have removed the Basic Sciences topic from both of these question banks, in an effort to ensure that users have a better and more focused study opportunity. This revision aims to make both of these question banks more pertinent to your studies.

Many of the Basic Science questions that were removed from the USMLE Step 2 and Step 3 Medical Subject question banks are available in Exam Master’s Medical Subject Review set of question banks, comprising over 6000 Basic Science questions. Our users will still find these questions useful for general studies or as a Basic Sciences refresher. Both the USMLE and the Medical Subject Review resources are available on our library’s USMLE Step 1, 2 and 3 (ExamMaster) Database page at http://libdatabase.uchc.edu/databases/databases.asp.

Please let us know how you like this important change to our USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 resources; just send an email to ref@nso.uchc.edu or call 679-4053.

]]> Robert 2009-10-23T09:15:09-05:00 Library Open House - Oct 22nd, 12pm to 3pm http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/10/library_open_ho_1.html The Lyman Maynard Stowe Library is hosting an open house on October 22nd from noon to 3pm. Come and see new resources and technologies that the library supports. Demonstrations include Stat!Ref, DynaMed, Essential Evidence, Patient Education Information, and much more! Also enter our free drawing for a chance to win an iPod Nano, gift certificates, and other prizes. Refreshments will be served.

]]> Robert 2009-10-14T11:12:23-05:00 The first issue of Science Translational Medicine is online http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/10/the_first_issue.html .

The first issue of Science Translational Medicine is online. Science Translational Medicine is a weekly journal devoted to original research and other issues of strong interest to the translational medicine community. Translational medicine topics suitable for submission include any original research findings, discussions or analyses that move the field closer to the goal of improving human health, or the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

http://www.sciencetranslationalmedicine.org/ -- watch the YouTube Video!

http://www.sciencetranslationalmedicine.org/content/1/1.toc

Comes with podcasts--
http://www.sciencetranslationalmedicine.org/site/multimedia/index.xhtml


The UCONN Health Library has set up a trial for free access until Dec 31, while all the site license details are worked out with the main UCONN campus library at Storrs.

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]]> Robert 2009-10-14T11:05:11-05:00 ConsumerLab.com http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/10/_consumerlabcom.html ConsumerLab.com provides information and test results to help consumers evaluate vitamins, herbal supplements, and nutritional products as well as prescription products, foods and beverages, and personal care products. Founded in 1999, ConsumerLab.com has tested over 2100 products.

Included in ConsumerLab.com are
• product evaluations
• reviews
• test results
• product recalls
• safety warnings
• encyclopedia of natural and alternative treatments which includes information on herbs/supplements, conditions, drug interactions, alternative therapies, functional foods, and homeopathy .

Access ConsumerLab.com from the catalog or the database page.

Lorna Wright, wright@nso.uchc.edu

]]> Robert 2009-10-13T15:01:15-05:00 E-journal Access , Saturday Night, Oct. 10 http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/10/ejournal_access.html SFX Linking Tool Maintenance Outage Scheduled for Saturday October 10, 2009.

This maintenance will begin at 11pm, Saturday October 10 and run until 5am, Sunday October 11.
The following online library services will be affected, the e-journal A-Z list and the FIND IT @UCHC link to full text buttons located in library databases. All databases are affected except PubMed, which is not connected to the SFX link to full text service.

Library users, who are using library resources during this night time outage, may find links to e-journals using 2 alternative methods. First, search our online catalog, located at the following URL: http://massey.uchc.edu/ to locate working links to journals.
Second, since PubMed uses LINKOUT, a separate link to full text service, all links to full text buttons in PubMed will be operational.

]]> Robert 2009-10-08T12:51:37-05:00 PubMed® Redesign http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/10/pubmeda_redesig.html NLM is pleased to announce a redesign of the PubMed interface. Click on the link below:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_redesign.html

]]> Robert 2009-10-01T11:15:42-05:00 October Database Classes http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/09/october_databas.html SEARCHING AND ACCESSING HEALTH SCIENCE INFORMATION RESOURCES
Target Audience: Physicians, Researchers, Faculty, Staff and Students
Location: Computer Education Classrooms – Lyman Maynard Stowe Library

These classes will provide hands-on training and demonstrations by UCHC Reference Librarians. Each class will outline quick and efficient means of searching and managing citation information for the five databases listed below. There is no charge for these classes but enrollment is limited to UCHC personnel only. To register in advance for any of these quick courses, please call UCHC Library Information & Education Services Department at 679-4051, send an email to ref@nso.uchc.edu or register online at http://hsecfs1.uchc.net/eventregistration/

]]> Jessica Kilham 2009-09-29T10:06:33-05:00 ScienceDirect, Scopus unavailable Saturday, Sept. 19 http://libraryweb.uchc.edu/update/archives/2009/09/sciencedirect_s.html ScienceDirect, Scopus will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 13 hours from 12:00 GMT Saturday, 19 September to 01:00 GMT Sunday, 20 September (08:00 EDT Saturday, September 19 to 21:00 EDT).

We apologize for the inconvenience.

]]> Robert 2009-09-17T15:07:24-05:00