Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library Blog

Do you have a UCLA Logon I.D.? Did you know that you can access library online resources from off-campus using your UCLA Logon I.D.? Find out what you can do with the UCLA Logon I.D. and how to get one at an upcoming UCLA BruinTech seminar:

“The UCLA Logon I.D.:  Your Electronic Passport to the Campus and Beyond”
Wednesday, May 14, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Jules Stein Eye Institute RPB Auditorium, 100 Stein Plaza

Perhaps you used to think of the UCLA Logon I.D. as the BOL (Bruin OnLine) I.D. — something for students — but the UCLA Logon I.D. is much more!  It has more capabilities, it’s available to more people, and it’s the future of online access at UCLA.  Do you have one?  Do you protect it?  Why is it so important?  What applications will it enable you to request access to?  How can you get one?

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.:  Presentation on the UCLA Logon I.D. and the UCLA Identity and Access Management (IAM) project and how they affect you, plus a demonstration of the request process.

3:30 – 3:30 p.m.:  Q & A.

4:00 – 4:30 p.m.:  Refreshments and meet the panel.

Admission is free!  There will be a gift for all attendees plus a raffle for prizes, so bring your business card. Space is limited so click here to RSVP today.

Evidence-based practice is a hot topic in health care. While not everyone can attend the Research and Evidence-Based Practice Conference on April 30^th, 2008 (hosted by the UCLA Health System and the UCLA School of Nursing), all health care professionals can benefit from adding more evidence-based practice resources to their toolkit. The UCLA Library subscribes to The Cochrane Library, which provides systematic reviews on many health care topics. Cochrane Reviews are written by experts in the field and updated as new evidence becomes available. The National Guideline Clearinghouse is a free public resource providing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.  Search for guidelines by condition, intervention, measures, or publisher, and use the “compare” feature to view multiple guidelines at the same time. PubMed Clinical Queries is a special search feature in PubMed@UCLA which allows you to easily limit your search of biomedical literature to locate clinical studies or systematic reviews. To learn more about using these resources, set up a consultation with a librarian.

Pundits say that the future lies in the “information economy,” and university faculty, administrators, librarians, researchers, and publishers all engage in “information valuation.”  What is the value of information resources to a researcher, and how is this different from the way librarians and administrators determine the value of those resources?  How do publishers make decisions on what to publish and in what formats?  From the administrator’s perspective, what is the return on investment in information resources?

The UCLA Library invites faculty and administrators to attend a colloquium and discussion on this topic on May 5th, 2008, in the UCLA Faculty Center. Advance registration is required. View the Assessing Research Performance and Value web page to see a list of speakers and to register for the event.

Interested in knowing more about how to help patients make healthier meals?

On NPR this morning, there was a segment on healthy eating and strategies to assist health professionals provide their patients with concrete advice on eating healthier. Menus were shared and specific advice on portions and cooking four meals all in one were provided. Missed it? Read or listen to it here.

Now that you’ve heard or read the segment…do you need to know more about the evidence before you can apply it to your practice? If so, take a look at AGRICOLA, a database which includes articles on nutrition research.

What about patient education, you ask? Well, there’s a resource for that too! MedlinePlus, a free online resource for health information geared to patients and their families created and maintained by the National Library of Medicine, might be one good place to refer your patients. It has a specific page, the MedlinePlus: Nutrition Health Topic page, connecting your patients with easy-to-read handouts, tutorials, and current news and research.

Need more information or help with using these resources? Come by the Biomedical Library’s reference desk, email us (biomed-ref@library.ucla.edu), or call us at 310.825.4904.

There is currently an intermittent problem with access with one of our electronic journal providers. The journals affected are on the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) via Journals@Ovid platform, which includes about 200 e-journals in the health and life sciences. The problem seems to be limited to off-campus users.

The problem has been reported to the appropriate staff and they are working to resolve the issue quickly. If you experience access problems with LWW via Journals@Ovid or other resources, please contact the Biomedical Library at biomed-ref@library.ucla.edu or 310-825-4904.

Interested in gerontology and the politics of aging? UCLA’s Social Welfare Gerontology Caucus and the Graduate Students Association have partnered to conduct a free panel discussion on April 29th, 2008. Panelists include UCLA faculty members, a representative from the Los Angeles Department of Aging, a representative from the AARP, and community members. Download the flyer for Aging in Los Angeles for more information, location, and time.

Have you ever wanted to save your PubMed search and come back to it later? Or how about having the terms you used to search highlighted in the abstract so you can read more quickly? These features and many more are available in MyNCBI, a feature of PubMed at UCLA.

PubMed offers general MyNCBI documentation, but continue reading this post for tips to get your account set up for using UCLA resources. If you have not registered for a MyNCBI account, you will need to do so first before attempting to follow any of the customization recommendations below.

Customization Tips

1. Add the UCeLinks to your MyNCBI Account
   Because your individual MyNCBI preferences overwrite any local institution preferences, you will lose the UC-eLinks icon if you don’t customize your MyNCBI account. After logging in, click on the Outside Tool link from the left hand blue bar. Select the University of California option and you’ll see a UC-eLink icon appear on the abstracts of your citations. Click the thumbnail image on the right for a detailed screen shot of this tip.
2. Add Filters for Commonly Used Limits
   Adding filters allows you to attach your favorite PubMed limits to your search every time you use your MyNCBI. Interested in articles only in English? Or how about only seeing clinical trials or reviews? After logging in, click on the Filters link from the left hand blue bar and select your preferred limits. Click the thumbnail image on the right for a detailed screen shot of this tip.The large image below shows a sample PubMed search using MyNCBI filters.
   Note: do not use the limits for full text on this MyNCBI screen or you will be severely limiting your results and not seeing many of the journals that UCLA has access to through UC-eLinks.
3. Save your Searches & Collections
   After setting up your MyNCBI account, you can save searches and collections through the drop down menus on the main PubMed search screen (see image below for an example). After saving your searches or collections, they persist in MyNCBI’s Search and Collections screen under the name you assigned to them. Click the thumbnail image on the right for a detailed screen shot of this tip.
   
4. Update your User Preferences
   User Preferences is the space in MyNCBI that saves your email address and lets you set highlighting of your search terms. Once your email address is attached to your MyNCBI account, you can set up your searches to run automatically in the Searches and Collections section (see step 3). The searches will send you abstracts only when new items appear in PubMed.
   

Have further questions about using MyNCBI with PubMed at UCLA? Contact the Biomedical Library!

The PsycArticles database on the CSA platform (which is part of the UCLA Library’s PsycInfo subscription) is undergoing a planned system reload. The reload will fix some small problems with the code of the database, but most importantly, it will delay the loading of new content into this database. Currently, PsycArticles includes articles published on March 3, 2008, and earlier. The reload is estimated to be completed by late April, 2008. Once the reload is completed, PsycArticles will return to its usual schedule of adding newly published content once a week.

You can still search PsycArticles during the system maintenance, but be aware that the very newest materials will not be retrieved in your search.

April 7th marked the implementation date for the NIH Public Access Policy. The overall goal of the policy is to “ensure that public has access to the published results of NIH funded research. It requires scientists to submit journal articles that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central . The Policy requires that these articles be accessible to the public on PubMed Central to help advance science and improve human health.”

The UCLA Library, Office of Intellectual Property and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research are working together to address compliance with the NIH policy and to support our researchers and authors. An email giving preliminary guidance on these issues was sent Friday evening to Deans, Directors, Department Chairs and Administrative Officers. The email was jointly issued by the Vice Provost of Intellectual Research and Industrial Relations, the Vice Chancellor for Research and the University Library. From the email: (more…)

WHO: Those who plan to file a thesis or dissertation during Spring Quarter are encouraged to attend.

WHEN:

Masters:

• April 10, Thursday 10:00 AM
• April 11, Friday 10:00 AM
• April 12, Saturday 10:00 AM

Doctoral:

• April 10, Thursday 11:00 AM
• April 11, Friday 11:00 AM
• April 12, Saturday 11:00 AM

WHERE: West Electronic Classroom, Room 23167 Young Research Library (Take elevator or stairs to second floor, turn left and go down the hall to West Electronic Classroom.)

TOPICS: Staff from the University Archives and the Graduate Division will present information on University regulations governing manuscript preparation and completion of degree requirements.

FILING DEADLINE FOR WINTER 2008: June 2, 2008