Many other countries spend a much larger proportion of their research time and resources on plant-based foods than the United States does. By Xiaomei Gu, Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence In our explorations of plant-base foods (PBFs) in PubMed, it’s often striking that there are many excellent articles from non-US countries. So we did aContinue reading “US Lags Behind The World In Plant-Based Food Research”
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Nuts as a Healthy Food: How to Search in PubMed
By Eric Rumsey, Janna Lawrence and Xiaomei Gu This article is based on a poster presented at the Medical Library Association annual meeting, Toronto, May 2016. Introduction Searching for nuts as food is difficult. As with most plant-based foods, MeSH terms for specific types of nuts are in the Plants explosion instead of in theContinue reading “Nuts as a Healthy Food: How to Search in PubMed”
EndNote X7 for MAC now works with Microsoft Word 2016
Good news! EndNote X7 for the Mac now works with Microsoft Word 2016. When you open the desktop version of EndNote, it should tell you that that there is an update available, but you can also select Check for Updates in the EndNote X7 dropdown menu. EndNote Basic (the online only version) will also promptContinue reading “EndNote X7 for MAC now works with Microsoft Word 2016”
ClinicalKey, Other Elsevier Resources Undergoing Maintenance, Saturday, August 1
All Elsevier products will be undergoing maintenance on Saturday, August 1, beginning at 5:00 pm central time, until approximately 10:30 pm. ClinicalKey will still be available, but individual log-ins, used to view PDFs and save content within ClinicalKey, will be unavailable. HTML views of chapters and articles will still be available. All other Elsevier resources, including journalsContinue reading “ClinicalKey, Other Elsevier Resources Undergoing Maintenance, Saturday, August 1”
Embase: Tips For Navigating A Powerful & Tricky Resource
By Eric Rumsey Embase, which we described in an earlier article, is a powerful biomedical database which is comparable to PubMed. Unfortunately, the interface for Embase is rather difficult to navigate, especially for new users. We have created two resources for beginning users: A 2-page handout: Basic Searching in EMBASE A slide set that shows theContinue reading “Embase: Tips For Navigating A Powerful & Tricky Resource”
CINAHL, DynaMed and Other EBSCO Databases Available Off-Campus
EBSCO databases including CINAHL and DynaMed should now be working from off-campus. If you have questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Searching Nutrition In PubMed & Embase: The Winner Is…
By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence As we’ve discussed, the big problem in searching for food-diet-nutrition subjects in PubMed is that the subjects are not together in a convenient bundle, as most subject groupings are in PubMed. To get a list of articles that includes food, diet and nutrition, it’s necessary to search each ofContinue reading “Searching Nutrition In PubMed & Embase: The Winner Is…”
Plant-Based Foods – An Inclusive PubMed Search
This article has been superseded by the following: Plant-Based Foods – An Inclusive PubMed Search – Revised 2016 ********************** By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence In our earlier article on searching for plant-based foods (PBF) in PubMed, we suggested that a quick way to search the subject is to combine MeSH plant-related explosions AND ourContinue reading “Plant-Based Foods – An Inclusive PubMed Search”
Twitter Redesigns Profiles, Adds Engagement Features
Twitter has rolled out a new design for users’ profile pages. The important changes are: Graphics are emphasized, with much larger header images Tweets that are getting more “engagement” are in a larger font. The algorithm used to measure a tweet’s engagement is not revealed by Twitter. Engagement appears to be based on the numberContinue reading “Twitter Redesigns Profiles, Adds Engagement Features”
PubMed Food Problem: Cranberry & Cranberries
By Eric Rumsey and Janna Lawrence Part of the problem in searching for food in PubMed is that it’s often the case that there’s a fuzzy border between between food and medicine. A food that is enjoyed for its taste and general nutritional benefits may have properties that make it therapeutic for specific health conditions.Continue reading “PubMed Food Problem: Cranberry & Cranberries”