Monday, April 26, 2010

Help the Library and Win a Kindle

The library is redesigning its website. We’re asking the UMMS/UMMHC community to help us make our website better. You’re invited to attend an hour-long session to discuss library resources and the library website. All attendees will be eligible to win a 6-inch Amazon Kindle. Lunch/dinner will be provided.
Here are the available dates:

o Thursday, April 29 (12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
o Tuesday, May 4 (5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.)
o Friday, May 7 (12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.)

If you would like to attend, please respond to Robert Vander Hart (robert.vanderhart AT umassmed.edu), indicating your preferred date(s). If you would like to participate but can’t make any of the available dates, please let us know and we will try to include you in the website evaluation process.

Monday, April 12, 2010

PubGet

The library now has access to PubGet, a life science search engine. PubGet is free of charge to users at UMass Medical School and it allows you the freedom to search through biomedical journals with much quicker access to the full-text PDF when available. With PubGet, you can view, share, and bookmark PDFs. PubGet also provides tools like PaperPlane, which allows you to search PubMed and still get the PDF through PubGet from the abstract page.  To try it, visit the Lamar Soutter Library homepage and try the link from the “Library News and Events” blog on the right.