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SCOPUS Maintenance

Posted March 8th, 2010 by Cathy · No Comments

SCOPUS will be unavailable from 11:30 PM on Saturday 13 March to 7:00 AM on Sunday 14 March.

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SpringerImages subscription changes

Posted February 24th, 2010 by Will · No Comments

Becker Library’s subscription to SpringerImages has changed to include only the Medical collection of images, which includes images from the Biomedicine, Life Sciences, Medicine and Public Health, and Pharmacy collections.  Access is only available to the School of Medicine.

SpringerImages is a continually updated data bank of over 1 million images.

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BMJ Clinical Evidence updated

Posted February 24th, 2010 by Will · No Comments

BMJ Clinical Evidence has updated systematic reviews on the following topics:

  • Cluster headache
  • Colic in infants
  • Fracture prevention in postmenopausal women
  • Hepatitis C (chronic)

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Review of ISI Web of Science

Posted February 19th, 2010 by Cathy · No Comments

Interested in learning more about ISI Web of Science? Read Péter’s Digital Reference Shelf review of the ISI Web of Science database.

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BMJ Clinical Evidence updated

Posted January 27th, 2010 by Will · No Comments

BMJ Clinical Evidence has updated systematic reviews on the following topics:

  • Autism
  • Candidiasis
  • Hypothyroidism (primary)
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Measles, mumps and rubella
  • Premenstrual syndrome

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Review of SCOPUS

Posted January 26th, 2010 by Cathy · No Comments

Interested in learning more about SCOPUS? Read Péter’s Digital Reference Shelf  review of the SCOPUS database.

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Ovid: content+tools+services update

Posted January 22nd, 2010 by Carol · No Comments

http://www.ovid.com/site/products/cts_update.jsp?top=2

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Cochrane Library: Highlights of new and updated Reviews

Posted January 22nd, 2010 by Kim · No Comments

What’s New in January 2010?

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SCOPUS Maintenance

Posted January 21st, 2010 by Cathy · No Comments

SCOPUS will be unavailable on Saturday 23 January 2010 from 7AM to 7PM for maintenance.

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Databases for Tracking Publications by NIH Grant Award Numbers

Posted December 29th, 2009 by Cathy · No Comments

PubMed (freely available database) and Web of Science (subscription database) allow for searching of publications by NIH grant award numbers.

PubMed: Go to “Advanced Search.” In the “Search by Author, Journal, Publication Date, and more box,” select “Grant Number” from the drop down menu search box to search by grant award number.

Web of Science: Go to “Advanced Search.” In the search box, use “FG=” to search by grant award number.

Searches in PubMed and WoS can be saved as email alerts. Registration is required to set up alerts.

Another resource to use is RePORTER. There are a number of options for searching of NIH grant awards including by “Principal Investigator.” On the Project Information page, select the “Results” tab to view publications affiliated with a grant award.

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