The UI Libraries recently obtained a license to InCites, a citation-based evaluation tool for academic and government administrators to analyze institutional productivity and benchmark output against peers in a national or international context. This resource enables rapid generation of reports, as it utilizes data from the Web of Science indexes already part of the UIContinue reading “New Resource: InCites”
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New Journal Metric: CiteScore
Scopus, a multi-disciplinary literature database, has recently launched CiteScore metrics for titles that publish on a regular basis, such as journals and other serial publications. The CiteScore was developed as another tool for analyzing the importance of journals, similar to the Journal Impact Factor originally developed by the Institute for Scientific Information and now availableContinue reading “New Journal Metric: CiteScore”
Google Scholar | Change settings to find full-text articles
In order to find full-text articles, please change some settings in Google Scholar. This change is necessary due to the libraries moving to a new electronic management system called UILink. Please use the library link to Google Scholar, so you can be identified as a University of Iowa affiliate. http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/GoogleSch Click on Settings in GoogleContinue reading “Google Scholar | Change settings to find full-text articles”
Change EndNote Desktop Settings to Find Full-text
The UI Libraries migrated to a new library catalog in July. This change means you need to change your EndNote settings in order to find full-text articles. Below are instructions on how to make the changes on a PC. For more instructions on using EndNote, visit the website (EndNote Desktop tip sheet for PCs | EndNote DesktopContinue reading “Change EndNote Desktop Settings to Find Full-text”
BrowZine: Changes and New Features
BrowZine is a library-subscribed resource that makes it easier to read your favorite scholarly journal articles. Almost all the scholarly journals subscribed by the Libraries are available in BrowZine. Think of it as your virtual newsstand for scholarly journals. You can watch a 3-minute video to know more: https://vimeo.com/52663192 BrowZine started as a mobile app,Continue reading “BrowZine: Changes and New Features”
New Resource: The Medical Letter (site license) and its Mobile App
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences now has a site license for the Medical Letter at http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/MedLetter. Medical Letter can also be found on the Health Sciences Resources A-Z http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/az.php . The Medical Letter’s home page shows the current issue of The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics. To view full text articles and to findContinue reading “New Resource: The Medical Letter (site license) and its Mobile App”
ClinicalKey available for iOS and Android mobile devices
ClinicalKey provides access to more than 1100 medical texts published by Elsevier, articles from more than 500 journals, practice guidelines, drug information, and patient education handouts. Users must log in to (free for UI affiliates) personal accounts to download PDFs. 1. Open the App Store on your mobile device. 2. Search for “ClinicalKey” and install at noContinue reading “ClinicalKey available for iOS and Android mobile devices”
2 Minute Medicine now available
2 Minute Medicine is now available from Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Go to AccessMedicine, and look under Readings. 2 Minute Medicine® provides concise, curated, and authoritative medical reports of breaking medical literature as well as seminal studies in medicine. Practicing healthcare professionals write these reports. Topics include chronic disease, emergency, imaging and intervention,Continue reading “2 Minute Medicine now available”
New journals in Emergency Medicine, Urology, Psychiatry available in ClinicalKey
13 journals were added to ClinicalKey in January. These titles are new to The University of Iowa: Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging new, 2016- https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/journalIssue/24519022 Diagnostics in Neuropsychiatry 2015 – https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/journalIssue/24058017 European Urology Focus 2015-https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/journalIssue/24054569 Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015-https://www.clinicalkey.com/dura/browse/journalIssue/24054690
DynaMed Upgraded to DynaMed Plus
Hardin Library recently upgraded to DynaMed Plus (http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/ebsco/dynamed). DynaMed Plus features a new, cleaner interface, an improved search engine, and an easier-to-use navigation panel on the left side of each topic. Topics now (or will soon) feature a section called Overview and Recommendations at the beginning, providing quick background information and graded, evidence-based management recommendations. Longer,Continue reading “DynaMed Upgraded to DynaMed Plus”