May 2nd, 2005 by UI Libraries
News@Hardin, Volume 4 #2
Announcements
Services
E-Resources
Collections
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May 2nd, 2005 by UI Libraries
Access to the CINAHL (Nursing) database will be switching from OVID to EBSCO beginning July 1, 2005. EBSCO bought the CINAHL database several years ago and has added some new and neat features and also a Pre-CINAHL database. These new features/files are not available from OVID, which is why we are making this switch.
Our new EBSCO access has recently been established and you can see and use it at: http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/ebsco/cinahl. The Libraries’ offers a variety of databases through the EBSCO interface, so many users may already be familiar with the look and feel of this interface.
Hardin staff is available to provide individual or group assistance in transitioning to EBSCO CINAHL. To arrange a transition session contact the Hardin Library Education Team at 5-9151 or hlhsed@uiowa.edu.
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May 2nd, 2005 by UI Libraries
You can now order articles through Interlibrary Loan without having to type all the information into the request form. When you search for articles in library databases such as PubMed, EBSCO and Web of Science, click the InfoLink icon:
If the library doesn’t have a print or electronic subscription, you can order the article on interlibrary loan. Click go, log in with your Hawk ID, and we’ll do the rest.
Interlibrary loan is fast, free and easy. Many articles are delivered in two business days or less. Choose electronic desktop delivery and we’ll email you when your article is ready to download on the library web server.
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May 2nd, 2005 by UI Libraries
You may have noticed that things look a little different here in "News@Hardin." In an effort to keep our news areas more up to date and accessible, Hardin Library has updated its method of online publishing for announcements and news. In addition to our two newsletters (News@Hardin & Hardin Scholarly Communication News), we have added a new area called Hardin Announcements which will contain more immediate news and announcements happening at Hardin Library.
The new system we’re using is actually a blogging tool called WordPress. In addition to making it easier for Hardin staff to post news items and keep newsletters up to date, it also provides a number of useful other features for reading and organizing news from our site. One new feature that we’ll be playing with in the future is the ability to comment on a news story. If you take a look at the bottom of this post and others throughout our site, you’ll notice there is a comments link. If you would like to comment on a particular story, or read what others have to say about a story, click that link and you’ll be directed to an area where you can read or leave a comment. This is a good way to get discussion started about a particular topic. It is also a good way for us to see how this newsletter it being read and interpreted. Another handy new feature we’ve added is RSS feeds. RSS feeds are available from the bottom of the "Hardin Highlights" area of Hardin’s home page. If you haven’t heard of RSS or all the wonderful things that it can do, take a look at our Information Commons Developer Log post about RSS feeds and how to use them.
We’ve made a lot of changes recently in order to get our information out faster and more conveniently. Please give our new comment areas a try, and let us know what you think.
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May 2nd, 2005 by UI Libraries
A Withering Glance at Foxglove
Withering, William (1741-1799). An Account of the foxglove, and some of its medical uses, Birmingham, 1785.
William Withering was a keen observer of plants and their medicinal uses and had already published a widely respected and comprehensive treatise on “Botanical Arrangement of all the vegetables” when this, his most famous work was printed. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh and later appointed an early physician to General Hospital, he noted the success of a complex herbal folk recipe in the treatment of “dropsy” (cardiac edema). Withering isolated the active component as the dried leaf of the foxglove (Digitalis purpura) which had been used indiscriminately (mostly as a diuretic) for centuries. It was Withering’s careful documentation and analysis of his many cases together with his instructions for preparation and dosage that introduced digitalis as a safe drug for a specific purpose. The book was written not only as a directive but as warning against the over-use of the drug which, of course, remains in use today. The exquisite hand-colored illustration of the foxglove plant included in this copy is in near mint condition.
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May 2nd, 2005 by UI Libraries
Hardin Library proudly presents summer offerings of their popular EndNote workshops. Learn how to use the EndNote software to import references from the University of Iowa’s library databases and then insert them into Microsoft Word, creating instantaneous citations and bibliographies formatted to your assignment or publication specifications. We offer two courses:
Basic EndNote
Learn the fundamentals of EndNote, including:
- Creating a new EndNote library
- Importing references from PubMed, Ovid and other library databases
- Manually entering and editing references
- Inserting in-text citations and bibliographies automatically using Cite While You Write
Wednesday, June 15th: 3:00-4:00pm (Information Commons EAST)
Thursday, July 7th: 4:00-5:00pm (Information Commons EAST)
Extreme EndNote
Once you’ve mastered the EndNote basics, Extreme EndNote explains the advanced features you may not be aware of. Get all your questions answered. Topics covered include:
- Importing term lists for journal abbreviations
- Customizing displays
- Modifying output styles
- Using figures and creating figure lists
Wednesday, June 29th: 3:00-4:00pm (Information Commons EAST)
Thursday, July 21st: 4:00-5:00pm (Information Commons EAST)
Register today!
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May 2nd, 2005 by UI Libraries
The new EBSCO interface of CINAHL isn’t just a pretty color change. It offers new ways of retrieving the searches you’re used to in Ovid and offers new features you may have never considered.
Spend a few minutes browsing the new CINAHL at http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/ebsco/cinahl then try answering these questions:
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/news/cinahl_exercise.html
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May 2nd, 2005 by UI Libraries
As of April 29, access to UpToDate is limited to workstations on campus and at the following UI Family Care facilities: Centerville Medical Clinic; Deer Creek Family Care (Toledo, IA); Marengo Medical Center; UI Family Care, Perry; UI Family Care, Southeast Iowa City; UI Family Care, Sigourney; UI Family Care, Wapello; UI Family Care Center, Belle Plain; UI Family Care Center, North Liberty; Lone Tree Family Practice Center; Lowden Family Medical Clinic; and Medical Oncology Hematology of Ottumwa.
This is a result of changes in pricing and licensing terms for our subscription to UpToDate. The Carver College of Medicine engaged in extensive negotiations to extend UI access to off-campus, but an acceptable agreement could not be reached. Access to UpToDate is co-funded by the Carver College of Medicine, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. We fully recognize and regret the inconvenience caused by the change.
Please contact Kathy Skhal (kathryn-skhal@uiowa.edu) for information related electronic resources.
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May 2nd, 2005 by UI Libraries
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May 2nd, 2005 by UI Libraries
Beginning May 2, 2005, NIH-funded investigators are strongly encouraged to submit an electronic version of the author’s final manuscript completed with partial or full NIH funding, to PubMed Central (PMC) as a means for preserving research findings. NIH makes it clear that the policy is not a requirement, but a request. It is, however, important to note that by choosing to submit the final peer-reviewed manuscript to PMC, the researcher will be:
- Fulfilling grant progress reporting requirements by substituting deposit for submission of paper copies of articles;
- Supporting NIH in its effort to preserve and archive research findings;
- Ensuring that the article is available in PMC to be cross-indexed to other federally supported databases, such as GenBank; and,
- Heightening the visibility of the research and enhancing the likelihood of early and increased citation.
While the policy does not mandate how or where to publish research, NIH does encourage publication in journals that already deposit their articles in PMC, where they can be made freely available. If publishing in other journals, the manuscript of the article can be deposited in PMC with the stipulation that it be posted online immediately upon publication.
Below are directions on how to follow NIH’s request for depositing with PMC:
- Specify (if necessary) in the publisher’s copyright transfer agreement or comparable document that you retain the right to make the article available in PubMed Central. NIH suggests inserting the following language on the publisher’s form:
Journal acknowledges that Author retains the right to provide a copy of the final manuscript to NIH upon acceptance for Journal publication or thereafter, for public archiving in PubMed Central as soon as possible after publication by Journal.*
- Deposit in PMC the manuscript plus any supporting files and indicate the desired public release date. NIH will provide a secure website for depositing the manuscripts and information.
*To obtain broader use of the work, attach the SPARC Author’s Addendum to the publisher’s agreement. This will not only ensure the right to deposit the work in PMC, but also to use it in the classroom and to deposit it in another non-commercial repository.
For more information about the new NIH policy, visit these related web sites:
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