Library Hours - Summer session

Our Summer Session hours begin next week.
Mondays - Thursdays: 8am - 8pm
Fridays: 8am - 6pm
Saturdays & Sundays: 10am - 6pm

Please note: July 4 is a holiday and all UCSD libraries will be CLOSED.
On Monday, July 3rd, we will be having only one Annex delivery, at 4pm, like
on Saturdays.

PubMed’s Abstract display

PubMed has created a new “AbstractPlus” display format and they appear to be experimenting with it, sometimes making it the default when you click through to an abstract, while other times showing the normal Abstract display. The AbstractPlus has a nice feature of showing you the top related articles in a panel to the right, but it also shoves the UC E-Links button down below the article’s abstract. If the abstract is long, you might have to scroll down to see the UC E-Links button.

New journals for the collection

The Biomedical Library has recently added a significant number of new journals to the collection (see below). These journals were added based on faculty requests and/or an analysis of factors including price, license terms, and interlibrary loan requests. You may suggest a journal be added to the collection at http://biomed.ucsd.edu/services/purchase.htm Most of the journals listed below are available now, or should be available in the near future.

Alternative Therapies in Health And Medicine - Print
American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias - Print
American Journal of Health Behavior - Electronic
Audiology & Neuro-Otology - Electronic & Print
British Journal of Nutrition - Electronic
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology - Electronic
Cell Transplantation - Print
CNS Spectrums - Electronic
Critical Care (London England) - Electronic
Current Drug Targets - CNS & Neurological Disorders - Electronic
Current Molecular Medicine - Electronic
Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs - Electronic
Current Opinion in Molecular Therapeutics - Electronic
Current Protein and Peptide Science - Electronic
Current Psychiatry Reports - Electronic
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry - Electronic
Developmental Neuropsychology - Electronic
Endocrine - Electronic
Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs - Electronic
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy - Electronic
Frontiers in Bioscience - Electronic
Genome Biology - Electronic
Human Genomics - Electronic
Human Heredity - Electronic
International Journal of STD & AIDS - Electronic
Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease - Print
Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries - Electronic
Journal of The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Electronic & Print
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics : MCP - Print (Working On Electronic)
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.); Obesity - Electronic & Print
Science’s STKE [Electronic Resource] : Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - Electronic
Sociobiology - Print

Neurons Grown from Embryonic Stem Cells Restore Function in Paralyzed Rats

[As reported in NIHPRESS Digest - 15 Jun 2006 to 20 Jun 2006 (#2006-92)]

For the first time, researchers have enticed transplants of embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons in the spinal cord to connect with muscles and partially restore function in paralyzed animals. The study suggests that similar techniques may be useful for treating such disorders as spinal cord injury, transverse myelitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and spinal muscular atrophy. The study was funded in part by the NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
Continue reading Neurons Grown from Embryonic Stem Cells Restore Function in Paralyzed Rats…

New building photos up

Some new pictures of the new Biomedical Library are up on our website. Included in this latest set are some fun pictures of the tests we performed on potential public furniture to ensure we are getting durable, well-made items that will stand up to heavy use.

Summer Reading

Ahh, summer. Time to catch up on your reading. Here’s just a few of some of the more eye-catching books on our New Book Shelf:

- The ABCs Of Gene Cloning / Dominic W.S. Wong. New York, NY : Springer, c2006 [QH 442.2 W872a]
- The Biomedical Scientist As Expert Witness / Paul D. Ellner. Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2006 [W 725 E47b 2006]
- Cellulite : Pathophysiology And Treatment / edited by Mitchel P. Goldman … [Et Al.] New York : Taylor & Francis, c2006 [WD 210 C393 2006]
- The Heads-Up On Sport Concussion / Gary S. Solomon, Karen M. Johnston, Mark R. Lovell. Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2006 [WL 354 S689h 2006]

These and many more can be found online using the New Books Lists, located on our home page right below our blog headlines at the bottom of the right column.

If you’d rather take a break from the professional reading, you might want to take a peek at this month’s offerings from the CLICS Popular Reading Collection - you can request that items be brought over to the Geisel Library if walking to CLICS is not convenient.

If you’d like a little structure to your reading, consider signing up for the Social Sciences and Humanities Library’s third annual “Worship A Good Book” summer reading/reviewing contest. Anyone with a UCSD library card can enter, and reviews can be submitted for any book at the UCSD Libraries. This year, teams can also sign up.

Libraries on campus closed June 17-18

Just a reminder, the libraries on the main UCSD campus will be closed this Saturday and Sunday, June 17-18th due to graduation events on campus. No Annex deliveries will occur.

The Medical Center Library (Hillcrest) will be open 1-5 pm, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library will be open from 12 - 5 pm both days.

Ovid journals, database access: clear your cookies!

Late last week we experienced problems with access to databases and journals provided by Ovid. Access is now restored, BUT for some reason Ovid sometimes is still asking for a username/password. Try clearing your browser “cookies,” and then restarting your browser. You can either clear all your cookies, or look for one with ovid.com in the name.

BML Hours During Finals

Special hours begin June 10:

Saturday, June 10: 10am - 2am
Sunday, June 11: 10 am - 2 am
Monday-Thursday, June 12-15: 8am - 2am
Friday, June 16: 8am - 6pm.

June 17-18: the Geisel Library building will be CLOSED due to graduation-related events on campus. Libraries at SIO and the Medical Center (Hillcrest) will be open.

Science Journals Artfully Try to Boost Their Rankings

Science Journals Artfully Try to Boost Their Rankings, in the June 5 issue of the Wall Street Journal. This time, it’s the WSJ weighing in on the “cult of the impact factor,” focusing on journal self-citing as a way to boost the ISI numbers. Includes quotes from School of Medicine faculty member John B. West.

Hat Tip: UCSD S&E Library