Last week, McGraw-Hill released new versions of AccessMedicine and AccessPharmacy. Because of this, some of the links to electronic books in the InfoHawk and Smart Search catalogs no longer work. We are aware of this and are working to fix it. In the meantime, if you are looking for a book whose link no longerContinue reading “AccessMedicine and AccessPharmacy Changes”
Category Archives: Uncategorized
ClinicalKey Now Available!
(We originally announced that ClinicalKey was available yesterday, but discovered some issues with it. It seems to be running fine now, both on-campus and off, but if you have any problems, do not hesitate to contact us at 319-335-9151.) Elsevier’s ClinicalKey is now available through the Health Sciences Resources A-Z list, as well as through the All Databases A-Z list. Continue reading “ClinicalKey Now Available!”
PubMed’s Secret Ingredient: Explosions
By Eric Rumsey, Janna Lawrence, and guest author Chris Shaffer, former Hardin librarian, now University Librarian, Oregon Health & Science Univ Explosions are a powerful, built-in feature of PubMed that make it easy to search for clusters of related subjects. Because they’re so seamlessly incorporated into PubMed, it’s possible to search the database without havingContinue reading “PubMed’s Secret Ingredient: Explosions”
Plant-Based Foods – A Tricky PubMed Search
This article has been superseded by the following: Plant-Based Foods – A Tricky PubMed Search – Revised 2016 ********************** By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence As discussed in an earlier article, searching for Food-Diet-Nutrition in PubMed is difficult because the subject is spread around in several different places in the MeSH classification system. In another article,Continue reading “Plant-Based Foods – A Tricky PubMed Search”
Food, Diet & Nutrition – An Inclusive PubMed Search
[March, 2016 – With NLM’s recent introduction of an inclusive diet, food and nutrition explosion, in most cases we recommend using the new explosion instead of the hedge described below. Please see our article on the new explosion.] By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence As discussed in a previous article, searching for Food, Diet, andContinue reading “Food, Diet & Nutrition – An Inclusive PubMed Search”
UpToDate Mobile App now available!
UpToDate is one of the leading evidence-based clinical practice tools available, and has long been provided for University of Iowa students, faculty, and clinicians. Written by a recognized faculty of experts who each address a specific clinical issue, the contents synthesize the latest evidence and best practices. Now, access to this resource has become evenContinue reading “UpToDate Mobile App now available!”
Searching for Food, Diet & Nutrition in PubMed
This article has been superseded by the following: Diet, Food, and Nutrition – How To Search in PubMed ********************** By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence Much of the power of PubMed searching is due to the elegant Medical Subject Heading [MeSH] system used to index articles. When you type words into the PubMed search box, itContinue reading “Searching for Food, Diet & Nutrition in PubMed”
Getting to know and Keeping up with Health Sciences Apps
Mobile devices are getting more useful every day. You might be one of the folks that just bought the new iPhone 4S or you might have an iPad, Blackberry or Android. It’s possible you’ve never owned a mobile device but are thinking about it now that they are becoming more affordable. Either way, you mightContinue reading “Getting to know and Keeping up with Health Sciences Apps”