Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library Blog

Bruins now have a choice when accessing SciFinder Scholar: use the new Web version or continue using downloaded client software. You must register using an email address including “@ucla.edu” (e.g., “@mednet.ucla.edu”) prior to using the Web version of SciFinder Scholar. Get instructions on registration, or go directly to SciFinder if you are already registered. You may also continue using the downloaded client if you prefer, but the Web version includes new features that are unavailable in the client.

New features included in the Web version:

• Save and access your search history across sessions
• Export search results in PDF format
• Use the “Keep Me Posted” feature to have search results emailed to you
• Index terms are hyperlinks, permitting faster searching for concepts

SciFinder Scholar can be used to locate journal articles, patents, conference proceedings, and other literature in chemistry, medicine, and related areas, and information on chemical substances and reactions. SciFinder Scholar also analyzes information about citations, so you can find related information, discover prominent individuals in a specific field, or determine which journals publish information in a specific area.

Note that all of the University of California campuses share access to this resource, and we have a limited number of concurrent users. Once you have completed your searches, please remember to “Sign Out” of SciFinder to make sure it is available for other users.

A new funding opportunity for our undergraduate researchers is available through the UCLA Library. The inspiration for the UCLA Library Prize for Undergraduate Research came from Ruth Simon, lover of books and libraries. This new prize has been established:

• to encourage undergraduate students to reflect on the research process in the pursuit of excellence in their academic course work;
• to recognize the significance of information literacy as it relates to academic learning; and
• to reward undergraduate students who incorporate the collections of the UCLA Library into their research.

All applications are due by 4 p.m. on Monday, April 6, 2009. Two awards will be given: first place receives an award of $750, and honorable mention receives an award of $300.

For complete details, such as eligibility and the application process, visit the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research web page.  If you have questions, please contact Alison Armstrong, director of Undergraduate Initiatives.

Have you ever wondered about the quality of health information you’ve found on the Internet? Have you been overwhelmed by getting hundreds or thousands of results from a search for health information? When health-related questions arise, quality information resources help you be an active participant in your own healthcare. This workshop will provide some of the best starting points for health information. Instructors will give tips for evaluating online information and provide resources to help attendees communicate with healthcare professionals.

Instructors are Kelli Ham, Consumer Health Librarian, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region, and Rikke Ogawa, Emergent Technologies Coordinator for the Biomedical Library.

The workshop, Taking Charge of Your Health: Finding Health Resources on the Web, will occur on Tuesday, January 27th from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Charles E. Young Research Library Presentation Room.

Admission is free; space is limited. For more information or to RSVP, contact the Library Development office by phone at 310.206.8526 or by email.

PubMed is constantly improved by teams at the National Library of Medicine and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). These improvements are based on user feedback and information on how the system is used. Over the last several months, PubMed has undergone a variety of changes. Below you will find a list of some of those changes. There may be some updates that you may have noticed recently while you’ve been using PubMed for your research and practice. We thought it was important to cover both the highly visible and the more hidden changes.

Recent PubMed Changes

• The order of the article title and authors has been switched in the Summary display, which is the default display once a search has been performed in PubMed. The title is now first followed by the list of authors.
• A link to the Clipboard has been added to the right of the PubMed search box. This link appears once you’ve added items to the Clipboard for easier access to those items. If you don’t currently use the Clipboard, find out more about how to use the Clipboard and the benefits of doing so.
• The Related Articles box now includes a special red “Review” tag for review articles. This displays when looking at the AbstractPlus view.
• Recent Activity box, containing recent searches and applied limits, can be maximized, minimized, turned on and turned off.
• My NCBI Collection amount increased to 5,000 from 500. Collections are a way for My NCBI users to keep track of important items found in PubMed and other NCBI databases. If you don’t currently use My NCBI to customize and personalize PubMed and other NCBI databases, find out more about the benefits for doing so here.
• Advanced Search has been added to the right of the PubMed search box. The advanced search includes the same options currently available on the limits and history tabs.

Additional Information 

If you have questions, comments, and/or other thoughts about the recent and future changes in PubMed, please leave us a comment. We’d like to hear what you think of this resource and the ways you are using it.

The Biomedical Library announces trial access to PsychiatryOnline. Published by American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., the site includes reference books (including an electronic version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-IV-TR), journals, textbooks, practice guidelines from the American Psychiatric Association, self-assessment tools, handouts for patients, and clinical and research news. Use the integrated search tool to search all materials on the site, and read or download chapters, articles, or images. Bibliographic citations throughout the site are hyperlinked to assist you in researching a topic thoroughly. The PsychiatryOnline trial will end on March 1, 2009.

Please send your comments about the PsychiatryOnline product by March 1, 2009, to Janet Carter, Collections Coordinator, or leave a comment on this blog post.

Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library’s History and Special Collections for the Sciences will be open Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, and by appointment effective Monday, January 12, 2009.  Users may contact History and Special Collection for the Sciences at 310.825.6940, or via email to Teresa Johnson, Library Assistant or Russell Johnson, Librarian and Archivist.

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce (PHPartners.org), a collaborative online effort of many national public health and related organizations and agencies (i.e. APHA, ASPH, AHRQ, NLM, NACCHO, etc.), contains a compilation of funding opportunities to improve the public’s health. And this is just one of the areas it covers extensively. The other areas include linking users to resources in: health promotion; journal literature, data tools, and statistics; health policy and legislation; career opportunities and professional development; education & training; and current public health news. The Web site also includes links to published literature related to the Healthy People 2010 focus areas.

The mission of the collaboration, according to their website and sponsoring agencies, is to “help the public health workforce find and use information effectively to improve and protect the public’s health.”

Consider adding PHPartners.org to your favorite bookmarks, or making it the page that opens when you launch your Web browser.

If you have questions, comments, and/or other thoughts about PHPartners.org, please leave us a comment. We’d love to hear what you think of this resource and ways you are using it.

Recent improvements to UC-eLinks makes it even easier for you to locate articles at UCLA. In many cases, when you click on the orange UC-eLinks button, and UCLA subscribes to the article online, the article will display in the UC-eLinks window, with no further clicks required. Read more about this change to UC-eLinks on the California Digital Library News blog.

UCLA affiliates who have installed Essential Evidence Plus (EEP) on Pocket PC or Palm OS need to renew their registration for 2009. If you use the Essential Evidence Plus Updater application to sync your handheld device to a desktop PC, your registration will automatically be updated when you sync for the first time in 2009. If you do not use the Updater application, or your sync fails, download and read How to re-register EEP (Adobe PDF document) to obtain step-by-step instructions for requesting a new serial number or updating your current serial number. Please be aware that you must use an email address including “ucla.edu”  (such as @mednet.ucla.edu, or @ucla.edu) in order to successfully register your handheld device with EEP.

Essential Evidence Plus is a decision support tool provided to all UCLA affiliates by the UCLA Library, and can be used online or downloaded onto your PDA. Browse or search for a variety of conditions or therapies to locate peer-reviewed evidence to support clinical decisions.