Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library Blog

Yesterday, MedlinePlus released a new version of the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia that includes approximately 400 new Patient Instruction pages, covering pre-operative information and instructions, discharge instructions, self-care instructions, and questions to ask your doctor.

The Patient Instruction pages are available in both English and Spanish, and you will be able to find them in the MedlinePlus search engine and A-Z index pages for the encyclopedia. Additionally, you will see links to related Patient Instructions in the side-bar of many encyclopedia articles.

This change may not be apparent at first glance. For a good example of this feature and the new look of the Encyclopedia pages, take a look at the entry for knee joint replacement. If there are such pages related to a topic, they will be clearly marked as Patient Instructions on the right side of the Encyclopedia page. To see how these pages are listed, go to the Encyclopedia in MedlinePlus.gov, and choose one of the letters in the A-Z list. Scroll down, and take note of the topics. Now you will see topics that include new wording such as “what to ask your doctor”, “self-care” and “discharge”.

<submitted by Kelli Ham>

Having a hard time remembering whether the journal name is italicized or the volume number is printed in bold face?  You can now reference the AMA Manual of Style online. The 10th edition of the manual is browseable by table of content or index and includes a full text search in the upper right hand corner of the Web site. Also included is a Word of the Month and Tip of the Month feature on the manual’s homepage.  This month’s word, “how to uses ellipses properly.” Also included on the manual’s Web Site are SI Conversion Tables and Quick Links to glossaries of statistical terms, publishing terms and correct and preferred usage.

<submitted by Rikke Ogawa>

The CRISP database which provided a searchable database of biomedical research projects funded by NIH was retired on October 31, 2009. For many years, CRISP was one of the most common ways for the public, faculty, and researchers to find information on NIH research programs. The CRISP system has been replaced by the RePORT Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) tool.

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SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) was founded in 2002 at the Centre for Research Communications in an effort to support the establishment of open access repositories in UK universities. Since then, it has expanded to facilitate the rapid and efficient worldwide dissemination of research.
Their RoMEO service is a definitive color-coded listing of over 600 publisher’s copyright agreements and retained author rights.  The major upgrade gives:

• an extra category for the self-archiving of the publisher’s version/pdf

• expanded journal coverage

• extra search options for journal abbreviations and electronic ISSNs

• new tabular browse view for publishers

• selective display of publishers’ compliance with funding agencies’ mandates

<submitted by Cathy Brown>

On Tuesday of this week, PubMed at UCLA released a new interface.  If you still have not checked out PubMed’s new look and feel, the Biomedical Library would like to suggest a few Halloween related readings (linked to the new PubMed, of course) that you may enjoy:

Stewart RM, Durnian JM, Briggs MC. “Here’s egg in your eye”: a prospective study of blunt ocular trauma resulting from thrown eggs. Emerg Med J. 2006 Oct;23(10):756-8.

Sandvik H, Baerheim A. [Does garlic protect against vampires? An experimental study]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1994 Dec 10;114(30):3583-6.

Breitenbach RA. ‘Halloween diarrhea’. An unexpected trick of sorbitol-containing candy. Postgrad Med. 1992 Oct;92(5):63-6.

Happy Halloween!

<submitted by Rikke Ogawa>

The Cochrane Library, published quarterly, is accessible via the Biomedical Library web site. It is now approaching 20,000 volunteer medical reviewers and has earned a global reputation as the “gold standard” of evidence-based medicine. Every issue includes podcasts on select key Cochrane reviews. The Issue 4, 2009 Cochrane reviews cover studies— including rheumatoid arthritis, bell’s palsy, vitamin B for heart disease, and Chinese herbal medicines for diabetes prevention. 

<submitted by Tania Bardyn>

The Louise M. Darling Committee in the Biomedical Library invites UCLA students, staff, and faculty to attend the Medical Library Association (MLA) fall educational webcast.

Cut the Cord: Connecting to our Mobile Users
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Biomedical Library Classroom, 12-077X CHS

Program Goals:
The goal of this webcast is to familiarize information professionals with current and emerging mobile technologies, innovative initiatives using mobile devices, useful mobile software applications, and funding options for projects using mobile devices.

Program Objectives:

• describe mobile technology and its value for librarians and health care professionals
• demonstrate mobile technology devices and innovative applications
• explore programs that illustrate the potential of mobile technology for health professionals
• discuss funding opportunities to create and sustain mobile technology programs

Space is limited. RSVP to Amy Chatfield, librarian at the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, by November 2, 2009.

<Submitted by Amy Chatfield>

Open-Access Week focuses attention on the growing global movement toward open public online access to scholarly research results. This year, organizers expect that more than 120 academic and public libraries in more than thirty countries will host events for their constituencies.

All of UCLA’s events are free, and no reservations are required. For further information on open-access publishing options and activities at UCLA, go to http://guides.library.ucla.edu/openaccess.

CDL’s eScholarship for Librarians
Monday, October 19; 10-11 a.m.
Charles E. Young Research Library West Electronic Classroom

Elise Proulx, outreach and marketing coordinator for the eScholarship publishing program, will unveil the new eScholarship interface and services available to scholars and departments. Bonnie Tijerina, UCLA’s eScholarship liaison, will present several recent campus eScholarship projects.

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In celebration of Open Access Week, October 19-24, 2009, the Electronic Green Journal, which recently published its 28th issue, will debut a new interface on the California Digital Library’s eScholarship.

The new interface helps readers discover related content on the eScholarship platform and includes Web 2.0 functionality like creating RSS feeds for articles or journals. Readers will be able to fully take advantage of this new interface when the next issue of the Electronic Green Journal (EGJ) is published in December 2009.

The EGJ is academically sponsored and published semiannually by the UCLA Library and is one of the first peer-reviewed international journals promoting an open access publishing model as presented in Peter Suber’s Open-Access Timeline. Since its inception in July of 1994, the main goal of the Electronic Green Journal has been to assist in international scholarly environmental communication by providing a quality, unbiased, and freely accessible forum for the exchange of environmental information as an alternative to costly, commercially produced scientific journals.

For more information contact:
Maria Anna Jankowska, General Editor, UCLA, Charles E. Young Research Library, Los Angeles, CA, majankowska@library.ucla.edu
Amy J. Chatfield, Book Review Editor, UCLA, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, Los Angeles, California, achatfie@library.ucla.edu

<originally posted to the blog, Open Access Week by Amy Chatfield>

“Who pays for Open Access?” is a key question faced by libraries and authors as interest to scholarly research increases. The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Coalition (SPARC) examines the issue of sustainability for current and prospective open-access publishers in a new guide. “Income models for Open Access: An overview of current practice,” invites community discussion on models described as well as contributions related to new and other models. For information on Open Access attend programs sponsored by the UCLA Library during Open Access Week - October 19-23, 2009. Stay tuned for information about the Open Access Week events and program on the Biomedical Library blog.

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