» Resource News http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml BML Blog Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:27:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Integrative Medicine Webinars http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/25/integrative-medicine-webinars/ http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/25/integrative-medicine-webinars/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:48:37 +0000 awitkowski http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/25/integrative-medicine-webinars/ Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies. It is provided to UCSD faculty, students and staff by the Biomedical Library. In addition to a comprehensive database, Natural Standard provides free webinars to keep clinicians up to date on alternative options for treatment:

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]]> http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/25/integrative-medicine-webinars/feed/ ScienceDirect + Safari combo having problems http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/19/sciencedirect-safari-problems/ http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/19/sciencedirect-safari-problems/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:22:38 +0000 jreiswig http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/19/sciencedirect-safari-problems/ There’s a problem happening with the Safari browser for Macs with the ScienceDirect e-journal platform, although there aren’t any specifics listed with ScienceDirect or with the California Digital Library’s helpline. ScienceDirect recommends Internet Explorer or Firefox and does not list Safari as a supported browser, although we know it has worked with ScienceDirect in the past.   Update: this issue may relate to updates to the ScienceDirect site that happened earlier in August, and if you had used it before, you may have lingering cookies or temporary files that are causing a problem. If you are experiencing problems, try clearing your browser cookies and cache.  You may also wish to move to a different browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox temporarily.

]]> http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/19/sciencedirect-safari-problems/feed/ New PMID-PMCID Converter http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/18/pmid-pmcid-converter/ http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/18/pmid-pmcid-converter/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:18:53 +0000 nstimson http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/18/pmid-pmcid-converter/ As of May 25, 2008, NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports must include the PubMed Central ID number (PMCID) when citing a paper that falls under the NIH public access policy that is authored or co-authored by the investigator, or arose from the investigator’s NIH award.

You can get find individual PMCID numbers in PubMed but now the PMID-PMCID converter enables you to identify a bunch of PubMed ID numbers (PMID) and then automatically get their associated PMCID numbers all at once, as a batch process. Give it a try!

]]> http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/18/pmid-pmcid-converter/feed/ AHRQ Patient Quality Handbook for Nurses http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/10/ahrq-patient-quality-handbook-for-nurses/ http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/10/ahrq-patient-quality-handbook-for-nurses/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:27:53 +0000 nstimson http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/10/ahrq-patient-quality-handbook-for-nurses/ The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a comprehensive handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality, Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses.

The wide-ranging topics in this report include clinical reasoning, decisionmaking, and action; the evidence for evidence-based practice implementation; fall and injury prevention; reducing functional decline in hospitalized elderly; pediatric safety and quality; care models; nurse staffing and patient care quality and safety; work stress and burnout among nurses; nursing workload and patient safety; the impact of facility design on patient safety; handoffs - implications for nurses; wrong-site surgery; the effects of fatigue and sleepiness on nurse performance and patient safety; magnet environments for professional nursing practice — and many more.

Download the entire report, or PDFs of individual chapters, or, if you prefer, order a free print copy.

]]> http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/10/ahrq-patient-quality-handbook-for-nurses/feed/ Next Generation Melvyl - Try It! http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/08/next-generation-melvyl-try-it/ http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/08/next-generation-melvyl-try-it/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:44:12 +0000 nstimson http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/08/next-generation-melvyl-try-it/ If you search Melvyl, don’t forget that we’re piloting a potential Melvyl 2.0 called Next Generation Melvyl. It includes most of what you’d get in Melvyl (with UCSD holdings at the top), plus books and other materials held at other libraries, plus citations to millions of articles. (More about NextGen Melvyl).

Please test NGM vigorously and often, and let us know what you think–what worked and what needs improvement. We already have a list of “known issues.” Your feedback will help shape the future functionality of NGM, and help us when we assess the pilot.

Hat tip: UCSD Science & Engineering Library

]]> http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/08/08/next-generation-melvyl-try-it/feed/ Web of Science has new Citation Map feature http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/07/22/web-of-science-has-new-citation-map-feature/ http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/07/22/web-of-science-has-new-citation-map-feature/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:26:32 +0000 jreiswig http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/07/22/web-of-science-has-new-citation-map-feature/  

Citation Map is a new feature now available in Web of Science. When you view a full record for an individual article you will see a link labelled “Citation Map (beta)” that will let you generate visual maps looking backward, forward or both, beginning with your original article. Requires Java, and the displays may not work perfectly with Firefox.

]]> http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/07/22/web-of-science-has-new-citation-map-feature/feed/ Free EndNote X2 Upgrade for Recent X1 Purchasers http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/07/09/free-endnote-x2-upgrade-for-recent-x1-purchasers/ http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/07/09/free-endnote-x2-upgrade-for-recent-x1-purchasers/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:25:35 +0000 nstimson http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/07/09/free-endnote-x2-upgrade-for-recent-x1-purchasers/ Anyone who purchased EndNote X1 on or after April 1, 2008 is eligible for a free upgrade to X2 which was just released.  All you need to do is fax your proof of purchase and contact information (email address, mailing address and phone number) to (760) 438-5573.  The upgrade will then be sent to you electronically.

The UCSD Biomedical Library currently teaches EndNote X1 and EndNote Web classes.  More information about using EndNote is located on the library’s EndNote website, or you can just ask us!

]]> http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/07/09/free-endnote-x2-upgrade-for-recent-x1-purchasers/feed/ New resources - Karger Journals Online http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/06/26/new-resources-karger-journals-online/ http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/06/26/new-resources-karger-journals-online/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:10:53 +0000 j12williams http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/06/26/new-resources-karger-journals-online/ The Biomedical Library is pleased to announce that we, along with the other UC Libraries, have successfully negotiated online access to more than 70 journals in the biomedical fields available from Karger Publishers. These journals join the extensive collection of online journals the Library pays for on behalf of UCSD biomedical faculty, clinicians, students and staff.

]]> http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/06/26/new-resources-karger-journals-online/feed/ How Doctors Think http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/06/20/how-doctors-think/ http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/06/20/how-doctors-think/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:58:48 +0000 awitkowski http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/06/20/how-doctors-think/ How Doctors Think, written by Jerome E. Groopman, M.D., is a painfully honest and an excellent book that examines the cognitive errors that physicians can make. This book is now available in the library’s popular reading section. Read the reviews and then request the book through the Library’s online catalog.

]]> http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/06/20/how-doctors-think/feed/ Teaching about Tuberculosis: Help for Educators http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/06/02/teaching-about-tuberculosis-help-for-educators/ http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/06/02/teaching-about-tuberculosis-help-for-educators/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:13:02 +0000 awitkowski http://blog.ucsd.edu/bml/2008/06/02/teaching-about-tuberculosis-help-for-educators/ Tuberculosis is still occurring in the United States with approximately 15,000 reported cases each year. The National Tuberculosis Curriculum Consortium (NTCC) was established in 2003 under a 5 year contract from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes of the NIH to raise awareness of tuberculosis among health care professionals.

The NTCC website http://ntcc.ucsd.edu provides health educators with freely available educational materials such as core competencies and associated objectives, computerized cases, resource banks, and standardized patient cases. This excellent and well organized website is a searchable and browsable archive that contains 22 clinical cases, 111 radiographic studies, histologic & pathologic images & video clips, 94 multiple choice questions, teaching materials and handouts.

NTCC consortia members continually review and add materials to the site. The NTCC website was developed by the University of San Diego School of Medicine with input from 24 US schools of medicine and public health. The editors and developers can be reached at ntcc@ucsd.edu.

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