Finally!
Dynamed, the point-of-care reference designed to provide the best available evidence to support clinical decision-making, is now available for iPhone and BlackBerry. Interested LSUHSC users with these mobile devices should contact MKNAPP@LSUHSC.EDU for a Dynamed serial number & detailed directions.
Here’s the press release from EbscoHost:
We are pleased to announce that accessing DynaMed is more convenient than ever, now that we have expanded the list of PDAs supported by DynaMed, to include:
Palms
Pocket PC
Windows Smartphone
BlackBerry
iPhone
For details on the compatible PDAs, such as models and technical specifications, please review this information:
http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/technical.php.
Yay!
MedlinePlus.gov debuted a multilingual feature, providing access to high quality health information in languages other than English and Spanish today (Wednesday, May 7th).
“The new collection contains over 2,500 links to information in more than 40 languages and covers nearly 250 Health Topics. Continuous growth is expected.”
MedlinePlus.gov is a consumer-oriented, free website from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Mosby’s Nursing Consult updated over 8,000 patient handouts over the weekend. These handouts are written at between a 6th & 8th grade reading level and LSUHSC “Authorized Users have permission to print copies of patient education handouts for personal, non-commercial use in educating patients.”
Natural Standard provides evidence-based information on herbs & supplements, health & wellness, allergies & immunology, interactions, and conditions. Now LSUHSC members can access this database on their mobile device!
To get your free download & serial number, send an email Maureen “Molly” Knapp at the LSUHSC Library. Please use your LSUHSC account if you can, so we can verify your eligibility.
If you want more information on Natural Standard read this review from the Journal of the Medical Library Association.
Screen shots of Natural Standard:
Are you the new owner of a shiny new iPhone or other handheld device? Before you chuck your old phone or PDA in the garbage consider Palm’s Take Back and Recycling Program.
The Palm Take Back and Recycling Program strives to keep Palm Handhelds and Treo smartphones out of landfills- and they gladly take other companies’ devices and all related accessories.
Just place your handhelds, mobile phones and related accessories (chargers, headsets, memory cards) into a box large enough for you to safely send in all your retired mobile devices, apply the postage-paid mailing label, and put it in a mailbox or bring it to the post office. It’s free and a great way to reduce your carbon footprint.
LINK TO: Palm site & postage free mailing label
The American Cancer Society has announced the release of Cancer Facts & Figures 2008. Annual editions back to 2000 can be found online at their website.
Ever click on a link to a full text journal article & run into this error message?
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Aggravating, right? Well fret no more, a solution is here!
Turns out, this error message is related to settings in Adobe Acrobat (the program that lets you read PDFs). Try these simple steps to fix the full text from our online journal providers.
1. Close your browser.
2. Open Adobe Reader.
3. Go to the Edit menu and select Preferences
4. In the left column select Internet
5. Uncheck Allow fast web view
6. Uncheck Display PDF in browser
7. Click OK, and try again
The PDFs will display in a separate window rather than in your browser window.
STILL NOT WORKING?
Check to see if you have pop ups disabled in your browser. Internet Explorer does this automatically, and this will also cause the full text not to display.
As always, if you still can’t get the PDF full text, PLEASE LET US KNOW! Email reference@lsuhsc.edu or call 504 568 6100 with the article information, and we will get the article for you. If we don’t know its broke, we can’t fix it!
InfoPOEMs will know be known as Essential Evidence Plus, although the web address will remain the same for now. EEP will continue to offer the same tools and content as InfoPOEMs. And a PDA version is still available.
On Monday 4 February 2008 (Lundi Gras to us) the Ovid screen that you’re used to seeing changed.
Do not be alarmed. LSUHSC Librarians have looked at the new interface and our implementation of it should not cause you too many problems. Several functions have been moved to different positions on the Ovid screen, but the functionality you need remains.
One reason for the change is a new “enhanced” Basic Search screen, which facilitates natural language searching. LSUHSC users will see a screen similar to the one in old Ovid-also known as the Advanced Ovid Search. If you want to try the new Basic Search there is a tab for you to use.
Other new features include a ‘Find Citation” tab, an easy way to connect to Books@Ovid, and a new name. “OvidSP” refers to the new Ovid interface.
Want the basics? Spend ten minutes watching this OvidSP tutorial from the Whitney Medical Library at Yale University School of Medicine and you’re on your way to becoming an OvidSP expert.
As always, if you need help with the new Ovid, you can call us at 504 568 6100.
“NATURE! We are surrounded and embraced by her: powerless to separate ourselves from her, and powerless to penetrate beyond her.” – JW Goethe
So opened one of the foremost science journals in history. Even back in 1869, Nature: the international weekly journal of science was pondering topics like science education in schools, the impact of environmental projects such as the Suez Canal, and recent solar eclipses.
Now that LSUHSC library has online full-text access to Nature from 1869 – present, you yourself can trace historic scientific events as they unfold in the biomedical literature, all from the comfort of your office or home computer!
Link: NATURE JOURNALS, 1869 – PRESENT: ONLINE FROM THE LSUHSC LIBRARY.
We mentioned back in December that Web of Knowledge (the database which, among other things, allows you to see how many times an article has been cited) is changing. The switch is now only 13 days away!
Curious about how YOU can use the new ISI Web of Knowledge? Whether you’re a student, professor, vice provost, or librarian, Web of Knowledge can serve your needs. Check out this quick tour to see how the new face of knowledge can work for you.
Starting on January 1, 2008, InfoRetriever with InfoPOEMs will be renamed Essential Evidence Plus.
Essential Evidence Plus will continue to feature InfoPOEMs (the daily EBM content alerting service), and the robust EBM search application formerly known as InfoRetriever. Plus, two new resources will become available:
EBM Guidelines – 1000 practice guidelines, 3000+ Evidence-Graded Summaries and 950+ high quality photographs
e-Essential Evidence (available Spring 2008) – 800 brand new topics designed to provide evidence-based answers to your most important clinical questions
Complete list of the tools and resources that will be included in Essential Evidence Plus.
Product access rights and core functionality for our existing subscription should remain the same and we do not anticipate that this update will result in a service interruption. Questions? Please contact us.
Web of Knowledge, the online resource that provides you with cited reference searching (Web of Science), a journal table of contents awareness service (Current Contents Connect), and journal performance metrics like impact factors (Journal Citation Reports) is changing it’s look in January.
WHAT YOU SEE NOW
Here’s our current start screen for Web of Knowledge. Note that you can try out the new version at the top of the screen.
WHAT YOU’LL SEE AFTER JANUARY 27TH
The new version offers a search form that searches all databases on the very first page.
Looking for Current Contents or Journal Citation Reports? Check under ‘Select a database’ or ‘additional resources’.
A NEW LOOK FOR SEARCH RESULTS
Look on the right side of the search results screen to view references, who’s citing the article, and other useful information.
IMPROVED TOPIC SEARCH
Easily refine your search results by subject, author and more.
The library plans to offer a class on the new Web of Knowledge in February of 2008. For more info, email mknapp@lsuhsc.edu
If you have an iPhone you’ll be pleased to know that Epocrates Online has released a free web-based drug reference that’s optimized for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Just point your Safari browser to the following url to access over 3300 drug monographs (Note: you may be prompted to register with Epocrates):
http://m.epocrates.com/iphone
Currently there’s not much medical software available for iPhone/iTouch. In fact, Apple only recently announced that they would allow developers to create iPhone software in early 2008. However, you can always use the Safari browser on your iPhone to access the many medical databases we have available online, just like on a computer.
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