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January 1, 2013 changes to NCBI Web Pages Browser Support

By
Sarah Andrews
– November 17, 2012Posted in: Uncategorized

The National Institute of Biotechnology Information (NCBI) will no longer support Internet Explorer version 7 and Firebox version 3 browsers as of January 1, 2013.  NCBI will also no longer be able to guarantee the browser’s  functionality, as they are no longer going to do any further testing of the web applications.  This means that if you are currently using one of these browsers, some  NCBI web pages might not display correctly.

These changes could affect how you are able to view web pages in PubMed (www.pubmed.gov) or in any of the NCBI genetic databases, such as the Taxonomy database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy/) All of the NCBI databases can be found at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

For a complete listing of all the browser support changes starting in 2013 and trick and tips to resolve web page errors, go to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/guide/browsers

Please contact your technology administrator for assistance with upgrading your browser(s).

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Web of Knowledge enhancements

By
Sarah Andrews
– November 7, 2012Posted in: Library Resource

Do you use Web of Knowledge or Web of Science? Some new enhancements were added to the abstract and citation database this week, including improvements to the Author Search (previously known as Author Finder), editing results sets, ReseacherID, Citation Alerts and the new Data Citation Index.

The Data Citation Index allows cross-disciplinary searching and easier connections to data sets.

To learn more, view this short video or read the Web of Knowledge upgrade announcement.

If you need additional help with Web of Science, please contact your librarian.

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2011 Impact Factors now available

By
Sarah Andrews
– July 14, 2012Posted in: Library Resource
The 2011 journal citation reports (impact factors) are now available in Web of Knowledge.
.  The 2011 JCR includes:
  • More than 10,500 of the world’s most highly cited, peer reviewed journals in 232 disciplines
  • Nearly 2,500 publishers and 82 countries represented
  • Over 1,400 regional journals
  • 526 journals receiving their first Journal Impact Factor

Access journal citation reports by going to Web of Knowledge (http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/wok), then select the additional resources tab.

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VisualDx beta available for Droids

By
Sarah Andrews
– February 7, 2011Posted in: Uncategorized

visual dxVisualDx visual diagnostic decision support system links health care professionals to superior-quality medical images and information.  The University of Iowa Libraries subscribes to VisualDX, and it can be accessed on campus, with an iPhone/iPad/iTouch or now with a Droid phone.

The download and instructions for installing the Droid version are available online (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.visualdx.android/).

If you need help installing VisualDX on your smartphone, we have drop in hours on Fridays from 10am-3pm.