The Resources in Medicine guide has recently been updated and moved to a new platform! UCLA Library is streamlining the look and feel of our subject guides. You will notice a few changes to the layout and more content available.
<submitted by Andrea Lynch>
The UCLA Library’s subscription to PsychiatryOnline now includes access from your PDA or smartphone. You can search or browse:
You can also download three books onto your mobile device for offline browsing:
To access these materials on your mobile device, you must create a free personal account with PsychiatryOnline using a desktop or laptop computer (it is not possible to create an account using a mobile device). Access UCLA’s subscription to PsychiatryOnline, and click on the “MyPsychiatryOnline” link. Follow the instructions for creating an account and you will receive a username and password. You can then access PsychiatryOnline from your mobile device, and sign in with your username and password to access materials. Once created, you can also use your PsychiatryOnline account to have Table of Content notices sent to your mobile device.
<submitted by Amy Chatfield>
The Biomedical Library has created a LibGuide on East-West Medicine Resources. This guide, created by visiting librarian Weiyu Fan, is part of a pilot project between the Biomedical Library and the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine. The goal of this project is to build a model to provide evidence-based East-West clinical information services and strengthen clinicians’ ability to effectively access, evaluate, and use Chinese and Western medical information at UCLA.
<submitted by Tania Bardyn>
“Special” Collections aren’t always rare, old, or expensive. Sometimes now-common but ephemeral items are acquired in mint condition to be preserved for future generations.
History & Special Collections for the Sciences is showing its pair of “Geffy” bears in the display case just outside the Biomedical Library entrance, as part of its ongoing “New on Nine: Recent Acquisitions” series (which is named for finding the division office off the 9th level of the Biomedical Library Stacks). The soft, shaggy mascots of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA are available from the Student Affairs Office [Adobe PDF document], with 100% of proceeds benefiting UCLA medical students via the Class of 2009 Scholarship Fund. The Biomedical Library’s bears, permanently forming Collection 507, were purchased through the Franklin E. Murphy, M.D. fund.
Beginning in February 2009, California Digital Library Collections, eScholarship, and the University of California Scholarly Communications Officers are piloting a ground-breaking open access publishing arrangement with Springer.
During this pilot project, articles by UCLA affiliated authors accepted for publication in a Springer journal will be published using Springer Open Choice with full and immediate access. This means that UC authors will pay no additional publication fees in order for their articles to be immediately accessible full-text to the public. Under this agreement, articles will be published under a license in which authors retain the right to distribute and re-use their articles freely.
In addition to access via the Springer platform, final published articles will also be deposited in the California Digital Library’s eScholarship Repository.
Authors must take some action to ensure that their article is published as an Open Choice article. After a manuscript has been submitted, reviewed, and accepted for publication into a Springer journal, the corresponding author is notified and asked to complete a Web-based acceptance form. This form provides an option to identify author’s institutions. Select “University of California, Los Angeles” from the drop-down list of institutions (see first thumbnail image below).
At the end of the acceptance process, review the notification that your article will be published via Springer Open Choice (see second thumbnail image above).
Articles with multiple authors are eligible for this publishing arrangement as long as one author is a UCLA faculty member. If you publish with faculty from other institutions, and they serve as the corresponding author, let them know about this new Open Access pilot and the steps they must take to ensure that your article is published with full open access rights.
If you have questions about the UC/Springer Open Choice pilot program, or need help exercising this option while accepting your article, contact Janet Carter, Collection Coordinator, UCLA Biomedical Library.
UCLA Library reference service is now available twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.
The Library is partnering with other UC campuses and librarians around the world to provide this newly enhanced service. Because it is staffed by external as well as UCLA librarians, your question may be referred for follow up to the UCLA Library, in which case a UCLA Library staff member will contact you within twenty-four hours.
Online reference can be accessed from all library Web pages through the “Questions? Ask Us!” graphic on the right-hand side of the banner.
To add a link to this service to a course Web site or department homepage, copy and paste this HTML code: <http://www2.library.ucla.edu/questions/qwidget_code.html>. This will produce a live chat box (Qwidget).
If you have questions about the new expanded hours of online reference or any other Library services, please contact us.
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:
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.
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
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.
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.
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