More on the new PubMed

Have you tried the new version of PubMed yet? As mentioned in the Library Corner back in October, the look has changed but the functionality and power of the database have remained. One of the new features added with the PubMed redesign is the “auto-suggest” feature. Type in the search box, for example, “low back pain” and you will see searches that other users of PubMed have recently done on this topic and associated therapies and conditions. Choose the search you would like to copy (e.g. low back pain exercise) and PubMed will automatically launch that search and will map the search to best relevant subject terms as it always has. More tips and tricks on the new PubMed coming in the weeks ahead.

Micromedex Point-of-Care

The home screen in Micromedex was changed to the “Point of Care” interface as of Tuesday, November 17th. The Point-of-Care view is easier to navigate and contains many user-friendly tools to assist you finding and managing pharmaceutical data. Drug information is displayed in short bullet points for quick access to drug information, Evidence-Based health and disease management tools, dosing calculators, JCAHO compliant patient education information and IV compatibility checks. The familiar “in-depth” interface containing full drug monographs is still easily available from links within Point-of-Care entries as well as the “Switch to In-Depth Interface” link at the top right-hand corner of the page.

WorldCat Local

WorldCat Local, now at the top of the Lamar Soutter Library “Quick Links” list, allows you to search the Lamar Soutter collection, the Boston Library Consortium's collections, and the collections of many other libraries worldwide at one time. Most importantly, WorldCat Local will allow you to order books from the Boston Library Consortium Libraries (BLC) or from Interlibrary Loan (ILL) through one seamless interface. Faculty and staff who are registered (i.e., who have an active LSL barcode) with the library are eligible to order material through WorldCat Local. Books from the 19 Boston Library Consortium members (including Brown, Boston University, Boston College, UNH and U Conn) are free! Watch this space for information about training sessions coming up before the end of the year.

Online Journals – More Available Than Ever

The Lamar Soutter Library recently broke the 5,000 mark of biomedical journals available on our online journal list.  If you haven’t looked at the list recently (especially by subject), take a fresh look and you will find many new titles.  Many of the links also have direct access (look for the orange “Current Issue” button) to the current Table of Contents.  The online journal list is near the top of the “Quick Links” index on the left-hand side of the Lamar Soutter Library home page.

DynaMed Now Includes Drug Information

DynaMed, the Evidence-Based Point-of-Care resource tool, now offers information on drugs from the AHFS (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) in addition to its 3,000 plus clinical topic summaries.  The drug summaries include dosage and administration, adverse effects, interactions, pharmacokinetic and stability and compatibility information in addition to patient information and a robust bibliography.  To access the drug entries in DynaMed, use either the A-Z browse tool or the search feature that will map brand names to generic and vice-versa.  DynaMed is located on the “Quick Link” left-side tool bar of the Lamar Soutter Library’s home page.

PubMed Changes - Continued

As mentioned in last week’s Memo, big changes are in store for PubMed, the MEDLINE interface hosted by the National Library of Medicine.  The preview of the new PubMed is now available at http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez.  This will work along the old PubMed for about two weeks and then, by the end of the month, this will be the only way to search PubMed.  The good news is that while many of the screens look different, ALL of the functionality of old PubMed will remain intact.  This includes Related Articles, My NCBI, Clinical Queries and Single Citation Matcher.  Granted, there may be some frustration at first in having to learn how to use the new interface but once you get the hang of it, you will probably find it easier, especially in display format.  Library Corner will continue to provide tips in searching the new PubMed over the next few weeks.  If you have any questions, please contact Len Levin or Judy Nordberg (Lamar Soutter Library faculty members) at X6-6028 or X6-2921.

Changes coming to PubMed

Beginning next week, the National Library of Medicine will be rolling out a new look for its MEDLINE interface PubMed.  PubMed was last redesigned in the late 1990’s and this new redesign will not only make the site more user friendly but will also expand some value-added components to results screens such as “Also Try”, “Titles With Your Search Terms” and links to free full-text articles from PubMed Central (some of these are already being “previewed” in the old PubMed).  And while the redesign is meant to make an easier-to-use, more pleasing interface, all of the powerful functionality of PubMed will remain as is.  Look for more information in this space with more details about the new PubMed interface once it becomes available. 

Library Corner Returns

After a summer hiatus, “Library Corner” will now return as a regular feature in the Monday Memo (as well as in its blog format). There will be exciting things to report from the library this fall, including a new look (with added features) for PubMed that will be released soon, a new and easier way to connect to free book lending from our 19 Boston Library Consortium partners and many new initiatives aimed at increasing library services and training on the Memorial campus. Don’t forget that all Library Corner postings from the Monday Memo going back to April 2008 are always available on the Library Corner blog at http://familymedlibrarycorner.blogspot.com

PsycARTICLES® Now Available on Ovid

Library users now have access to the American Psychological Association's PsycARTICLES® journal collection on the Ovid platform. PsycARTICLES® is a database of full-text articles from 66 journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group. This collection significantly expands access to full text resources in psychology and behavioral health. These journals are incorporated into search results of Ovid's PsycINFO database.

News @ Nature

New to the Lamar Soutter Library web page is News @ Nature. Located on the right sidebar under the current MedPage Headlines, News @ Nature is a link to up-to-date science news from the premier science journal Nature. View current science news or search the archives back to 1998. You can also subscribe to content via RSS or e-mail alerts.

Libraries, Medicine and Worcester – and historical medical images

Long before U Mass Medical School came to Worcester, there was another connection between libraries and medicine here in town. It was John Green MD (the same Green family as in Green Hill Park) that in 1859 founded the Worcester Public Library with a bequest of books and funding. And his picture is available online through the National Library of Medicine’s Images from the History of Medicine database. Do you need historic medical images to use in a presentation? This collection is the most comprehensive of its kind found online. Not only are there images of people in medicine, you will also find photos of instruments, procedures, buildings, etc. Not all of the images are copyright free but many can be freely used simply by citing the National Library of Medicine in your slide.

Cite Right

There are minimum requirements recognized throughout academia on the proper use of citations in the classroom setting. This is especially true for many of the non-traditional resources found today such as web pages, wikis, blogs, e-mails and other faculty presentations. Use the resources on the new Faculty Attribution Page, created by the Lamar Soutter Library, as a guide when citing materials used in PowerPoint presentations, BLS Vista learning modules and class handouts. Cite right – your colleagues will thank you and your students will thank you.

Dr. Lamar Soutter Centennial

Today, March 9, 2009, marks the 100th birthday of UMMS founding dean and library namesake Dr. Lamar Soutter. Visit the Lamar Soutter Library homepage soon where you will find a prominent link to an online exhibit of Dr. Soutter’s life. Also, be certain to pick up a copy of our print publication “The SoutteReview” which contains a more lengthy tribute to this man that was instrumental in creating the medical school.

Find Resources By Subject

Back by popular demand is a link on the library’s quick link left navigation bar that opens our “Find Resources By Subject” tool. Use this link if you are not certain which of the Lamar Soutter Library’s resources will best answer your question. Find Resources By Subject displays databases, online journals and online textbooks all on one page based on the topic of your choice – one stop shopping!

Delicious - Managing Bookmarks Online

Have you ever had difficulty keeping all of your bookmarks organized? Do you have a different list of favorites on your desktop, your laptop and on your home computer and are always at the wrong place to access what you need? If so, you need Delicious. Delicious is a web-based bookmark tool and more. Accounts are free and you can download a very simple tool that helps you capture and upload bookmarks. Then, these bookmarks are available from any Internet-connected computer you happen to be using. Plus, Delicious lets you “tag” your bookmarks for better organization and, if you choose to, allows other users to search your tags (and you can search theirs as well) to find sites that they might wish to visit. If you would like to try it out, visit www.delicious.com. If you would like further assistance in setting up a Delicious account of have questions, contact Len Levin (X6-6028 or len.levin@umassmed.edu) in the Lamar Soutter Library.

New “Ask a Librarian” Phone Number

Beginning on January 5th, the Reference Desk and Circulation Desk in the Lamar Soutter Library will combine to become a single “Library Service Point”. You can continue to visit the library with questions but if you wish to contact us by phone, please note that there is a NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER to call – 508-856-6099. Happy New Year to all.