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Previous Announcements 2000-2002

August 2002

  • Workshops for Fall
    Register for one of Hardin Library’s Fall Workshops on Ovid, EndNote, Evidence-Based Medicine, Introduction to Electronic Resources and more!
    http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/workshops
  • Personal Digital Assistants Exhibit
    A new exhibit in the browsing area of the Hardin Library highlights the development and current technology of PDA’s. If you have a PDA or are thinking of getting one, the information in this display will be of use to you. Please also visit Hardin Library’s PDA web site which includes not only a vast amount of additional information on PDA’s but also allows you to register for free software and peripherals.
  • African Health Anthology
    AHA is a collection of bibliographic databases on African health issues. AHA offers access to a unique collection of sources including many from Africa and covering all aspects of African health issues.
  • UPCMD: Diagnostic Medical Testing for Healthcare Professionals
    The University of Iowa Libraries is pleased to be able to provide access to UPCMD: Diagnostic Medical Testing for Healthcare Professionals. UPCMD.com’s mission is to provide current, coherent, accessible knowledge regarding human disease and its diagnosis to medical professionals as they do their work. The University Pathology Consortium (UPC) was founded by the following University Medical School Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: Creighton University, University of California at San Francisco, Stanford University, University of Iowa, University of California at Davis, and the University of Southern California. [1/04 UPCMD is no longer available]
  • Electronic journals from the Endocrine Society now available through the University of Iowa Libraries:

July 2002

  • New URLs for Hardin Web.
    The URLs for all Hardin web pages have been shortened from hardin-www to hardin. The home page URL is now officially http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin and all other pages are of the following pattern: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/xxx.html. The old hardin URLs will continue to work indefinitely.

June 2002

May 2002

April 2002

  • Link to UpToDate from Hardin Library’s Website
    UpToDate is a practical clinical information service designed to provide instant access to just the information you need. It is written by a recognized faculty of experts who each address a specific clinical issue. They synthesize the latest evidence and best practices and provide detailed recommendations. Always current, UpToDate can be your one source for fast, reliable clinical information. [from http://www.uptodate.com/].
    UpToDate is funded by the Carver College of Medicine.
  • Information Commons Production Services
    This web site is a showcase for our award-winning multimedia and web production services. For five years we have been creating web sites, instructional titles, CD-ROMs and interactive presentations. Please explore, and if you have any technology consulting or production needs you would like to discuss, contact us!
  • Hardin’s Information Commons makes rare anatomical illustrations on Web more interactive
    The Information Commons Production Services has made online viewing of rare anatomical illustrations more interactive with the Web release of part two of “Anatomia Universa,” a book by noted anatomist Paolo Mascagni.
    Press Release: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/news/releases/anatomia.html

March 2002

  • Visit Hardin Library’s Personal Digital Assistants for the Health Sciences a site focusing on the provision of information about PDAs and other hand-held computing devices.
  • Chronicle of Higher Education
    The University Libraries has signed one-year trial for site-licensed access to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
  • Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
    The University Libraries is pleased to announce the availability of Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, a bibliographic database providing detailed and authoritative information on journals and other serials published throughout the world. Ulrich’s covers all subjects, and includes regularly and irregularly published serials that are available free or by paid subscription. The URL is http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/ulrichs

January 2002

  • University of Iowa Libraries names Jean Sayre director of Hardin Library
  • University of Iowa Libraries provides access to the following Nature titles:Nature
    Nature Biotechnology
    Nature Cell Biology
    Nature Genetics
    Nature Immunology
    Nature Medicine
    Nature Neuroscience
    Nature Reviews: Genetics
    Nature Reviews: Molecular Cell Biology
    Nature Reviews: Neuroscience
    Nature Structural Biology

October 2001

  • Bioterrorism/Anthrax/Smallpox links available at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/bioterrorism.html
  • University of Iowa Libraries provides access to Nature Weekly online
    A few months ago we outlined our reasons for refusing to subscribe to Nature Weekly under the conditions and terms the publisher was offering. We are happy to say that through negotiation with the CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation) and the efforts of many other libraries, the publishers of Nature have altered most of the unacceptable terms. The University of Iowa Libraries has initiated a subscription, effective immediately, through a consortial arrangement with many of the libraries of the CIC. This arrangement includes as well the other Iowa Regent universities.

    Specifically, Nature has eliminated the 12-issue delay for selected sections of Nature and significantly improved the pricing. By joining with CIC and the Iowa Regent libraries, the UI Libraries were able to save over 60% of the earlier list price.

    The license still does not provide permanent access to the licensed content of the journal in electronic form. Other journal publishers with whom the Libraries has license agreements allow permanent ownership and persistent archival rights to the content in digital form. This remains a serious concern, but we felt that the advantages of campuswide access to Nature Weekly outweighed this disadvantage.

    You can access Nature at http://proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=http://www.nature.com/nature/ or from Hardin’s electronic journals page at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/ej.


September 2001

August 2001

  • Titles recently added to StatRefAHFS Drug Information (2001)
    Ccurrent Diagnosis & Treatment in Cardiology - 1st Ed. (1995)
    Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Gastroenterology - 1st Ed. (1996)
    Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Orthopedics - 2nd Ed. (2000)
    Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - Text Revision (DSM-IV-TRT, 2000)
    Family Medicine Principles & Practice - 5th Ed. (1998)
    Geriatric Medicine - 3rd Ed. (1997)
    Griffith’s 5 Minute Clinical Consult - 9th Ed. (2001)
    MEDICODE’S ICD-9, CPT & RVU Coding Resource
    Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy - 17th Ed. (1999) Centennial Edition
    Mosby’s GenRx® - The Complete Reference for Generic and Brand Drugs - 11th Ed. (2001)
    Review of Medical Physiology - 20th Ed. (2001)
    Rudolph’s Pediatrics - 20th Ed. (1996)
    Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders - 2nd Ed. (TPD-II, 1995)

  • Fall Schedule of Courses
    The Fall schedule of Hardin Library courses is now available. Courses on searching and using Ovid, Web of Science, EndNote, PubMed and “Evidence-Based Medicine Resources” will be taught in the Information Commons. Visit our Workshops & Training page for more information or to register.
  • NetLibrary
    The Libraries has recently acquired access to more than 700 electronic books from NetLibrary through a consortial arrangement involving the UI Libraries, Iowa State, and the University of Northern Iowa. We share access among the Regents to one digital copy of these books on information technology and business-related topics, as well as unlimited access to more than 3,000 public domain texts. Users from Iowa’s IP ranges can browse the books in our collection, and can check out and download books for up to 8 hours. Checking books out requires online registration with NetLibrary; once registered, a user can access checked out material from computers at home or otherwise outside the University’s IP range. Only one person at a time from the three Regents Universities can check out a book (unless more than one NetLibrary copy is owned).
  • Journal Citation Reports now available on the web.
    Journal Citation Reports is a comprehensive and unique resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from over 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide. Coverage is both multidisciplinary and international, and incorporates journals from over 3,000 publishers in 60 nations. The JCR is the only source of citation data on journals, and includes virtually all specialties in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences.
    The JCR can show you the:

    • highest impact journals
    • most frequently used journals
    • hottest journals
    • largest journals


    Click here for more information about Journal Citation Reports.

  • Clinical Corner
    The Clinical Corner is a special web site designed by Hardin Library staff for health professionals who need quick and direct access to clinically related material.

July 2001

  • IDIS (Iowa Drug Information Service) is now available campus-wide. Iowa Drug Information Service (IDIS) indexes pharmacy and medical English language journal articles (since 1966) and provides full-text access to articles published since 1997. U.S. Drug Approval Packages (Summary Basis of Approval) are also available in the database. Content areas include drug therapy in humans and clinical pharmaceutics. Indexes for each article identify the drugs and diseases in the journal article and also the study design; descriptors indicate if the article contains information on pharmaceutics, dosage, administration, drug/laboratory test/food interactions, side effects and incompatibilities, toxicity, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics or if the article is approved for pharmacy continuing education. Drug, disease and descriptor terms are cross-referenced to their synonyms and common names in a thesaurus. The database is updated monthly.
    Click “Login” when prompted for Username/Password.

May 2001

March 2001

  • StatRef now available on the web!
    StatRef includes the full text of the following: USP DI(r) Drug Information for the Health Care Professional - 21st Ed. (2001), USP DI(r) Advice for the Patient - 21st Ed. (2001), Current Emergency Diagnosis & Treatment - 4th Ed. (1992), Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment - 39th Ed. (2000), Current Ob & Gyn Diagnosis & Treatment - 8th Ed. (1994), Current Surgical Diagnosis & Treatment - 10th Ed. (1994), Current Pediatric Diagnosis & Treatment - 14th Ed. (1999), Williams Obstetrics - 20th Ed. (1997), Smith’s General Urology - 15th Ed. (2000), Review of General Psychiatry - 5th Ed. (2000), Basic & Clinical Pharmacology - 7th Ed. (1998), and Medical Immunology - 9th Ed. (1997)
  • Scientific American Medicine Online Now Available!

February 2001

  • Healthnet to become Ovid
    On March 12, 2001, Healthnet will become “Ovid” and users will access the service directly from Ovid Technologies rather than a local server at the Hardin Library. Click here for some questions and answers about this change and what you need to know to help make the transition a success.

January 2001

  • Spring Schedule of Courses
    The Spring schedule of Hardin Library courses is now available. Courses on searching and using Healthnet, Web of Science, EndNote, PubMed and “Evidence-Based Medicine Resources” will be taught in the Information Commons. Visit our Workshops & Training page for more information or to register.
  • SciFinder Scholar 2000
    The University Libraries and the Chemistry Department have together purchased access for 5 simultaneous users to SciFinder Scholar 2000. With no special training, you can search Chemical Abstracts & MEDLINE by author, topic, chemical structure or substructure. You can also search reaction information, find commercial sources for compounds, browse the contents of journals, link to the full-text of patents and articles, and much more. SciFinder Scholar 2000 is a desktop client which only University of Iowa students, faculty and staff can download and install on their computers.

September 2000

  • InfoHawk Workshops announced.

August 2000

July 2000

  • Fall Schedule of Courses
    The Fall schedule of Hardin Library courses is now available. Courses on searching and using Healthnet, Web of Science, and EndNote as well as a brand-new course “Evidence-Based Medicine Resources” will be taught in the Information Commons. Visit our Workshops & Training page for more information or to register.

May 2000

  • Lightning Strike!
    A bolt of lightning cut a swath down one of the oldest oak trees in front of Hardin Library last night. The strike caused baseball-sized chunks of bark to explode and land up to 60 feet away, staff members said. The strike is said to have occurred early Wednesday morning, May 31 during a violent thunderstorm.
  • May 17, 2000: Trial Access to Elsevier’s Science Direct.
    The UI Libraries has trial access for the next two months to Science Direct, Elsevier’s electronic journal product. Authorization is by IP range. You can access Science Direct at http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/elsevier/sciencedirect. Select the “group-wide login” button (in green, at top right) to get into the database. Access is limited to those titles for which Iowa has a subscription in paper.
  • Pre-1980 journal titles located on 1st floor of library.
    To make room in the 3rd floor journal stacks, titles dated 1975-1979 have been moved down to the 1st floor of the library. 1980 to the present remain on the 3rd (main) floor.
  • Harrison’s Online now available!
    Harrison’s Online turns the world’s leading textbook of medicine, Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, into an updated medical database that delivers the high-quality information synonymous with the Harrison’s name with the immediacy that only the online environment can provide. (from: http://www.harrisonsonline.com/public/learn_index.htm)

April 2000

  • Technology Open House
    See and try the latest in electronic resources and multimedia technology! — Visit Hardin Library’s Information Commons (2nd floor - HLHS) on Friday, April 21, 2-4 p.m. Click here for more information.
  • Model project will measure impact of laptops, wireless networking in class
    Lynn Johnson, Ph.D., an assistant professor of oral pathology, radiology and medicine at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Jim Duncan, Coordinator of Electronic Services and the Information Commons at the UI Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, have launched a research project that combines laptop computers, wireless networks and problem-based learning. Click here for complete text.
  • The Cochrane Library
    The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences and the University Libraries announce the availability to faculty, clinicians, researchers, nurses, staff, and students in the health colleges and UIHC of a new research tool called The Cochrane Library. The Cochrane Library is an electronic publication designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels. Click here for complete text

March 2000

  • MD Consult
    The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences and the University Libraries announce the availability to faculty, clinicians, researchers, nurses, staff, and students in the health colleges and UIHC of a new research tool called MDConsult. Click here for complete text
  • Hardin MD featured in Money magazine.
    In a list of 15 prominent starter sites for health-related information published by Money magazine, only two are listed for research purposes: Hardin MD and the National Library of Medicine. The Money article, titled “The Internet can save your life,” was published in the March 2000 issue [vol 29(3): 119-125]. As the name “meta directory” implies, Hardin MD is a “list of lists.” Its purpose is to provide easy access to comprehensive resource lists in health-related subjects. You can visit Hardin MD at: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/

February 2000

  • Staff Reorganization
    In January the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences completed a staff reorganization which establishes a Director and four Coordinators to oversee its operational services. These five form an Administrative Committee which reviews Hardin Library policies, procedures and resources. Click here for complete text

    View the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences Staff Directory.

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