Changes have been made to the PubMed interface that will make some features more accessible.
The changes include:
For more information, please see the NLM Technical Bulletin.
eMedicine is currently inaccessible via the link in the library’s Quick Links. We are investigating the issue and will update here when more is known.
Alternate access to eMedicine can be obtained via a free registration process at http://emedicine.medscape.com/
We apologize for this inconvenience.
GIDEON, an infectious disease database, has made its ebook, The Infectious Diseases of Haiti available free of charge. Data are based on the GIDEON database, which relies on standard text books, peer-review journals, Health Ministry reports and ProMED, supplemented by an ongoing search of the medical literature.
The book is linked within the Helix Catalog, as well as via the links below:
http://www.gideononline.com/blog/2010/01/28/e-book-the-infectious-diseases-of-haiti-by-gideon/
It is that time of year …. The personal codes used to download updates for Clinical Pharmacology OnHand are expiring. To obtain a new code, please contact the Reference Desk at 559-6221 or askus@unmc.edu. Requests will be responded to between the hours of 8a and 5p, Monday – Friday.
Clinical Pharmacology is an online drug resource that can be downloaded onto Pocket PC and Palm handheld devices. This resource is available to all UNMC faculty, students, and staff and to employees of The Nebraska Medical Center.
Procedures Consult, an online, multimedia procedure reference tool, is now available via the Quick Links on the library’s website. This resource is funded by and has been available through the College of Medicine’s Clinical Skills lab, but now it is open to all UNMC faculty, students, and staff.
The resource includes hundreds of videos, text descriptions, and illustrations of the most common medical procedures in Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, and Internal Medicine.
A big Thank You to the Clinical Skills lab!
PubMed Basics will be offered several times in the coming months. Learn how to:
Classes are being held on:
If you are unable to attend one of these sessions, you can arrange one-on-one or group instruction at a time more convenient to you.
Please email Teri Hartman at thartman@unmc.edu to register.
The Public Health library guide has added a tab which features various government and organization information links regarding the Haiti earthquake and relief efforts. The page can be accessed through this link or through the Public Health page linked in P section of Library Resources A-Z in the Quick Links of the library’s home page.
The USMLE Step 2 Practice Exam now in available in the library’s online subscription to Exam Master. Features include:
To access this practice exam, log into Exam Master, go to NEW EXAMS > Click “Courses” > Click “Select” next to the USMLE Step 2 Practice Exam.
Exam Master is available to all UNMC students, faculty, and staff.
As noted in a previous posting and Today news item, the McGoogan Library forged a partnership with Love Library at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Over 400 of UNL’s ScienceDirect (PDF) subscriptions are now available to all UNMC faculty, staff, and students. These titles, along with McGoogan’s regularly subscribed to ScienceDirect titles, are now accessible through the Online Journal Finder and Helix.
If you use the Firefox browser to access library resources and have installed its latest update, you will encounter a security notice. The latest update does not recognize the library’s proxy server as a safe site, though it is safe. To get past this warning:
