News@Hardin Table of Contents, February 2005
February 17th, 2005 by UI Libraries
What is an embargo period on a journal?
February 16th, 2005 by UI Libraries
Have you ever been frustrated because you found a link in the Alphabetical List of Electronic Journals only to discover that you cannot access the most recent issues? Often this is because the publisher has put a restriction on access, called an “embargo period,” on the title which allows free access to articles older than three, six, nine or twelve months and sometimes even longer. The benefit to this is that we can offer access to titles for which we don’t have a subscription. The downside is that for some titles you cannot get to the most current issues.
It is important to read the Availability Dates that appear in small print next to the link to a title in order to know if a title has an embargo period. Sometimes you will have more than one option, but the dates will vary, so this is why it is important to read them carefully (and put on your glasses to read the fine print!).
An example (from our A-Z List of Electronic Journals) shows that access to Infection and Immunity is available several ways. The Highwire Press access offers full-text from 1995 on. You can also view full-text in PubMed Central, BUT there is a note that says “Availability: Most recent 6 months not available.”
Hardin House Calls: Your Information Prescription
February 16th, 2005 by UI Libraries
Would you like to brush up on your PubMed search skills? Would your nursing staff benefit from a CINAHL instructional session? Do you need help finding and accessing full-text journal articles? Would you like to learn how to search Google for quality information?
The Hardin Librarians have the right prescription —an information prescription just for you!
Through our Hardin House Calls service, librarians deliver tailored research consultations and instructional sessions to individuals or groups. You may choose from a variety of topics or you may request a new library related topic. Topics include:
- E-books, E-journals, and More: Navigating the Hardin Library Web Site
- PubMed: Tips & Tricks
- CINAHL: Tips & Tricks
- Finding the Best Evidence: EBM Resources
- EndNote: Bibliographies Made Easy
- Effective Internet Searching: Retrieving the Best from Google
- Research in the Palm of Your Hand: PDA Resources
Hardin Librarians love to share library resources and research techniques. So the next time you and your colleagues are suffering from information overload, call a Hardin Librarian. We will be happy to present at your next staff meeting, brown bag lunch, or journal club meeting.
Hardin Librarians love to share library resources and research techniques. So the next time you and your colleagues are suffering from information overload, call a Hardin Librarian. We will be happy to present at your next staff meeting, brown bag lunch, or journal club meeting.
To schedule a Hardin House Call e-mail the education department at hlhsed@uiowa.edu or
visit our House Calls page.
My AccessMedicine Provides Study Aids, PDA Content and More
February 16th, 2005 by UI Libraries
If you use AccessMedicine or are studying for the USMLE Step 1 or 2 exams, consider creating a free personal profile through My AccessMedicine.
Features include:
USMLEasy: This self-assessment tool contains 3,000 practice questions for the Step 1 and Step 2 board exams. These timed tests can be taken in practice mode (with concurrent answers and explanations) or in test mode. Tests can be customized by subject, discipline or organ system and AccessMedicine reading lists are designed from your test results. Find USMLEasy on the AccessMedicine home page under Lange Self-Assessment Tool.
NOTE: This “lite” version contains 50% of the total question bank. The full product is available for individual purchase through McGraw-Hill.
PDA Downloads: Download AccessMedicine entries to your PDA for quick reference. Simply download the reader onto your Palm or PocketPC, select the Save for PDA link on the AccessMedicine content page(s) and sync your PDA. It’s that easy!
Bookmarks: If you find yourself referring to the same chapters or sections over and over again, bookmark them in AccessMedicine and you can quickly retrieve them from any computer.
Recent Searches: Simplify your life and save common topics in your AccessMedicine profile.
To create of personal profile in AccessMedicine go to: http://proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=http://www3.accessmedicine.com/home.aspx and click on: Create your personal profile.
Videos of Note on Health and Social Issues
February 16th, 2005 by UI Libraries
Horse Song
Horse Song is a dramatization of Navajo man, Jack White, who learns he has diabetes. It chronicles his emotional, physical and physical journal with this disease with particular emphasis on the balance of modern and traditional Navajo medicine and philosophy. This video is filmed in Red Valley, Arizona and produced by the Northern Navajo Medical Center. It is an hour in length and is spoken in the Navajo language with English subtitles.
The Angry Heart
The Angry Heart discusses the disproportionate rate African-Americans who die from heart disease through the story of a 45 year-old African American man, Keith Hartgrove. Hartgrove has experienced two heart attacks and quadruple bypass surgery and along with medical experts, analyzes a wide variety of factors affecting his heart disease. It’s clear that many “medical” factors are inseparable from social factors such as discrimination, poverty, segregation, and sub-standard education that are all engendered by racism. Of great importance to Hartgrove’s story is the power of family, church, and community ties that support him through his recovery. The Angry Heart is an hour in length.
The Edge of America: Struggling for Health and Justice
Produced by NACCHO (National Association of County and City Health Officials), The Edge of America: Struggling for Health and Justice depicts the life experiences of people living on the edge of American society in three rural communities. Filmed in rural Arizona, Montana, and North Carolina, viewers observe firsthand the enormous challenges of survival, health, and quality of life faced not only by individuals and families, but also by these communities themselves. Issues presented include the injustices of poverty, inadequate housing, discrimination, ineffective immigration policy, and lack of access to transportation and health care – all of which lead to increased morbidity and mortality. The Edge of America is in DVD format and is an hour in length.
These three videos are currently located in the Reserve area on the 3rd floor. Loan Period: 3 Days
Videotape players (VCRs) are located in the Information Commons West. Headphones are available at the Commons Help Desk.
To search for other videos go to the InfoHawk Library Catalog, click Advanced Search, enter a search term, select Video-All under Format, then click Search .
Most videos are located in the Information Commons West, 2nd Floor
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
February 16th, 2005 by UI Libraries
The Gravid Uterus
William Hunter (1718-1783). Anatomia uteri humani gravidi tabulis illustrate. . . the anatomy of the human gravid uterus exhibited in figures. John Baskerville, Birmingham, 1774.
William Hunter, born in Scotland, was a London physician and obstetrician whose principal interest was in anatomy. Upon becoming professor of anatomy of the Society of Navy Surgeons in 1746, Hunter initiated a series of lectures on anatomy, surgery, and obstetrics which became quite popular and well-attended. In 1768, he constructed an anatomical theater and museum on Great Windmill Street where many of the foremost surgeons and anatomists of the day, including his brother John, were trained. This stunning atlas, containing life-sized steel engravings of the gravid uterus is one of the most elegant and accurate anatomical works in existence. Hunter spent more than twenty-five years preparing the atlas, employed artists to prepare the engravings an enormous expense to himself, and entrusted the printing of the work to John Baskerville, the greatest English printer of the eighteenth century. Portions of the cadavers on which the dissection was made and upon which the engravings were based remain at the University of Glasgow Anatomy Museum where they may be viewed by the public. This important work may be viewed by visiting the John Martin Rare Book Room. In addition to the images displayed here, high resolution scans of all of the plates from this work can be found by consulting Historical Anatomies on the Web, from the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine.
[Above summary adopted from Heirs of Hippocrates]
For more information about the John Martin Rare Book Room please visit the Web site at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/rbr/ or contact Ed Holtum, Assistant Director for Administrative Services and Special Collections, at 319/335-9154 or edwin-holtum@uiowa.edu.
My NCBI Replaces Cubby
February 16th, 2005 by UI Libraries
New! Save searches and receive automatic e-mail updates of new PubMed search results with MyNCBI. To use My NCBI:
Go to PubMed
Perform a search as usual
Select Save Search
Enter your My NCBI User Name & Password*, if you have one, OR click on register for an account
It’s fast and simple!
With My NCBI you can also choose filters that group search results. These filters include: Clinical Trials, English, Humans, Items with Abstracts, Published in the last 5 years, and Review.
Visit My NCBI help page for more information about this new service.
* if you had a Cubby account your User Name & Password may work with My NCBI
PubMed: The Missing (Info)Link
February 16th, 2005 by UI Libraries
If you use PubMed then it is to your advantage to link to PubMed from Hardin’s site or to use this special web address: http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/nlm/pubmed.
Why? By using the University Libraries’ PubMed web address you will have access to InfoLink. InfoLink will take you to the full-text article, if the University Libraries subscribes, and link you directly to the InfoHawk Library Catalog record when a print copy is available.
Many PubMed records already include a publisher icon which links to the article’s full-text if the library subscribes. However, the library has access to additional full-text journals through different vendors than what these PubMed icons indicate.
Some of the databases that currently do not have publisher icons as part of the PubMed record include MD Consult, EBSCOhost, and Health Reference Center. These databases include hundreds of full-text journals not available elsewhere. If you are not using PubMed with InfoLink you may be wasting valuable time tracking down these journals when a simple click on the InfoLink button would tell you everything you need to know.
More New Electronic Journals
February 14th, 2005 by UI Libraries
We have been busy adding electronic access to current print subscriptions as well as adding some entirely new titles with online access only! Many of these titles were faculty requests. You can access these by going to the Alphabetical List of Electronic Journals
- Academic Radiology
- AIDS
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Audiology and NeuroOtology
- Heart : official journal of the British Cardiac Society
- JAIDS
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Journal of Experimental Medicine
- New Zealand Medical Journal
March 1st Change to UpToDate Access
February 14th, 2005 by UI Libraries
Due to changes in the license for the University’s subscription to UpToDate, starting March 1st access will only be available from computers physically on campus and at the UI Family Care Clinics. Despite shared funding between the UI Carver College of Medicine, UIHC, and Hardin Library, the cost of off-campus access is prohibitive. We recognize and regret the inconvenience of this changed access.
[Note: This change will take effect on April 30, 2005]
