christyjarvis – EHSLibrary http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library Blog Tue, 31 May 2016 21:38:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.1 UNLIMITED Users on AccessMedicine Arrives April 1st http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2016/03/28/unlimited-users-on-accessmedicine-arrives-april-1st/ Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:00:18 +0000 http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=4811 AccessMedicine logo

The Eccles Library is pleased to announce that beginning on April 1, 2016 AccessMedicine will allow simultaneous access for an unlimited number of users.

Through careful negotiation the Eccles Library has secured an expanded site license for McGraw-Hill’s AccessMedicine database. Previously, only 3 people could access the database at one time, but as of April 1st, that limit will be lifted and there will be no restriction on the number of concurrent users who can access the database!

A robust educational tool, the AccessMedicine collection contains over 95 e-books including standard texts such as  CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and TreatmentHarrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, and Sherris Medical Microbiology.

In addition to e-books the database also includes 250 examination and procedural videos, quick reference tools, and more.  This valuable resource is available both on and off campus through the Eccles Library’s Databases A-Z List. Individual books can also be found via the Library catalog . A mobile app version will also soon become available.

This unlimited access is right around the corner!  It will be here before you know it! Contact the Library for additional information or to request assistance in using AccessMedicine.

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NEW at the U: Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2016/01/11/new-at-the-u-bates-visual-guide-to-physical-examination/ Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:00:15 +0000 http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=4680 Bates

Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination, the online version of the classic textbook on physical examination and history taking, is now available.

The Eccles Library is pleased to offer access to this collection of streaming videos consisting of lessons organized by body systems. Each lesson provides detailed explanations of examination procedures and video demonstrations of specific techniques for basic and advanced patient assessment.

Also included are the OSCE Clinical Skills videos for testing your clinical reasoning skills. Each OSCE video includes a clinical encounter and provides an opportunity to develop an assessment, or differential diagnosis, and generate an appropriate diagnostic workup.

]]> Available NOW!! Amirsys IMAGING and PATHOLOGY Reference Center Databases http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2015/12/03/available-now-amirsys-imaging-and-pathology-reference-center-databases/ Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:39:29 +0000 http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=4596 Looking for high-quality medical images for teaching, presenting, or providing patient care? The Eccles Library is pleased to announce online access to 2 new robust collections:

Imaging Reference Center1Amirsys Imaging Reference Center

Medical image library offering a combination of high-quality images and evidence-based clinical text on a wide range of diagnoses and conditions. Designed for use by non-radiologists, the Reference Center includes:

**Imaging recommendations for thousands of diagnoses

**Over 4,000 classic, image-rich diagnoses written by experts and supported by over 40,000 journal references

**Over 72,000 “best-of” images, including x-ray, CT, MR, ultrasound, and full-color graphics across many organ systems and specialty areas

 

 

Pathology Reference Center3Amirsys Pathology Reference Center

Pathology image library designed for use by pathologists and non-pathologists. The collection covers common tests such as biopsies, blood tests, urine tests, Pap smears, liver function tests, bacterial cultures, and infectious disease testing. It includes:

**Over 2,100 diagnoses in all areas of diagnostic pathology

**40,000 gross pathology, H&E, IHC stains, correlative images, and colored graphics

**Explanations written by pathology experts, supported by thousands of journal references

 

Both databases support text and image searching, and content can be emailed, printed, or downloaded to PowerPoint for presentations or teaching.

If you have any questions regarding the Reference Center collections, please contact us at: ehsl-reference@lists.utah.edu

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Available NOW!! Online Full-Text Access to Science Translational Medicine http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2015/09/29/available-now-online-full-text-access-to-science-translational-medicine/ Tue, 29 Sep 2015 23:51:52 +0000 http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=4350 The Eccles Library has added a subscription to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) journal: Science Translational Medicine. This journal offers original, peer-reviewed, science-based research that successfully advances clinical medicine toward the goal of improving patients’ lives.  Its mission is “to promote human health by providing a forum for communication and cross-fertilization among basic, translational, and clinical research practitioners and trainees from all relevant established and emerging disciplines.”

Science Translational Medicine is a high-demand, high-use title at the University of Utah with numerous faculty and staff contributing important research to the journal. The Eccles Library is pleased to be able to provide full-text access to the university community.

If you have any questions regarding Science Translational Medicine, please contact us at: ehsl-reference@lists.utah.edu

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Available NOW!! EMBASE Searching for the UU Community http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2015/08/03/available-now-embase-searching-for-the-uu-community/ Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:26:22 +0000 http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=4192 You asked for it. We got it!! The Eccles Library is excited to announce that Embase is now available to University of Utah faculty, staff, and students.

Are you searching for reliable, peer-reviewed information on topics such as …

  • Drug development or use
  • Toxicology
  • Drug safety / adverse reactions
  • Clinical trials
  • Evidence-based medicine
  • Medical devices
  • Pharmacoeconomics
  • Preclinical reports
  • Biomedical science
  • Regulatory affairs

… then Embase is the database you’re looking for!!  Widely recognized as an authoritative source for generating systematic reviews, Embase’s comprehensive indexing of trial and study types, reviews and meta analyses, enables maximum searchability.  Full text indexing with Emtree, the detailed life science thesaurus, ensures that you locate trade, generic and chemical designations for drugs, medical device trade and manufacturer names, disease names and more.

Want to learn more? Check out this brief video tutorial: Getting Started with Embase.   If you would like one-on-one assistance with designing searches or planning a systematic review search strategy, please contact the Library to schedule a consultation with one of our information experts.

 

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Citations Galore!! EMBASE Arrives at UU on Aug. 1st! http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2015/07/21/citations-galore-embase-arrives-at-uu-on-aug-1st/ Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:39:54 +0000 http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=4185 The Eccles Library is pleased to announce that Embase will soon join the growing list of online resources available to University of Utah faculty, staff, and students.

With extensive international journal and conference coverage, Embase is a key resource for generating systemic reviews, supporting effective evidence-based medicine and drug and medical device tracking. Embase includes over 25 million citations from 8,400 journals and offers particularly strong coverage of European literature and titles in the area of drugs, pharmacology, and toxicology.

Why use Embase?

  • For thorough preparation of systematic reviews
  • To complement your Medline searches
  • For guided Emtree subject searching (including MeSH)
  • For basic natural language searching
  • For drug/pharmacy topics including pharmacovigilance and adverse effects
  • To find recent articles, conference papers, and EU journals
  • For extensive search limiting options

Embase access is right around the corner! It will be here before you know it! Contact the Library for additional information or to request assistance in using Embase.

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New!! Lancet Backfiles Available Online http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2015/06/16/new-lancet-backfiles-available-online/ Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:18:59 +0000 http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=4153 The Eccles Library is pleased to report that the University of Utah community now has online access in PDF format to every issue of The Lancet. The Lancet has been published weekly since its foundation in 1823; our new backfile includes 390,000 articles written prior to 1995, all enhanced with HTML abstracts and reference linking.

The Lancet is one of the world’s most highly cited medical journals, and it is noted in particular for a philosophy of reform that dates to its foundation. The Lancet backfile will support the university’s ongoing research programs through its reports of clinical findings and investigational methods in landmark studies, and it will enrich current reviews by offering historical context to new findings and trends in medical practice.

Among the classic articles which can now be retrieved online are Joseph Lister’s “On the antiseptic principle in the practice of surgery” (1867), “An address on the repression of war experience” by W H R Rivers (1918), and “Penicillin as a chemotherapeutic agent” by E Chain and H W Florey (1940).

The Library’s full-text searchable backfile begins with the first issue in 1823, offering over 180 years of excellent coverage of advances in health and medicine.

These journal backfiles can all be accessed from the Library’s e-Journals list. You’ll also find links to this archival content from within the Library catalog.

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Withdrawal of Informa Healthcare Titles from “Get It Now” Service http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2015/05/07/withdrawal-of-informa-healthcare-titles-from-get-it-now-service/ Thu, 07 May 2015 19:39:27 +0000 http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=4126 In January 2015, the publisher Informa Healthcare announced that its portfolio of 180 journals would be taken over by the academic publishing division of Taylor & Francis.

As part of that transition, Taylor & Francis re-evaluated the cost-per-article fee charged for all Informa Healthcare titles, including those made available through the Library’s Get It Now article delivery service.

As of May 2015, Taylor & Francis implemented new, significantly higher, costs for all articles purchased from Informa Healthcare journals.  In many instances the cost rose by 145%. This has resulted in Informa Healthcare journals now charging between $61 and $98 per individual article.

The Library has evaluated the impact of the cost increase on our overall budget for Get It Now services and has determined that the 145% escalation in price is unsustainable and cannot be supported.

Effective immediately, the Library is withdrawing its current suite of 19 Informa Healthcare titles from Get It Now. Those titles are:

Acta oto-laryngologica *
Brain injury: BI *
Cell communication & adhesion *
Clinical toxicology *
Critical reviews in microbiology *
Current eye research *
Current medical research and opinion
Expert opinion on biological therapy
Expert opinion on investigational drugs
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy
Journal of dermatological treatment *
Journal of immunotoxicology
Journal of interprofessional care *
Leukemia & lymphoma *
Medical teacher *
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology *
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases *
Ultrastructural pathology
Xenobiotica

Starred titles are those to which the Library maintains either an active subscription (in which case it was only the backfile content that was available via Get It Now) or has access via an aggregator such as EBSCOhost (in which case it was only the embargoed content that was available via Get It Now).

It is regrettable that the Library had to withdraw these journal titles from Get It Now, but the drastic publisher price increase made such an action unavoidable. For questions or concerns, please contact Christy Jarvis 801-581-3031.

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Newly Published Paper Details Rapid Transformation of Eccles Library Collection http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2014/07/11/newly-published-paper-details-rapid-transformation-of-eccles-library-collection/ Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:23:01 +0000 http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=3798 In 2013, the Spencer S. Eccles Library massively downsized its collection of print books and journals, ultimately removing over 90% of these resources. HOW did they do it? WHY did they do it? Three Eccles librarians – Christy Jarvis, Joan Gregory, and Jean Shipman- published an article in the June 2014 issue of Collection Management explaining the rationale for the project as well as the details of how it was executed.

Curious about how the Library pulled it off? You can download and read a complimentary copy of the paper, titled “Books to Bytes at the Speed of Light: A Rapid Health Sciences Library Transformation” from the publisher’s website.

We’d love to get your feedback and hear what you think about the Library’s move away from maintaining seldom used print books in favor of expanding access to online content. Please contact Christy Jarvis at 801-581-3031 with comments or questions.

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No Subscription? No Problem! Try “Get It Now” http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2013/08/08/no-subscription-no-problem-try-get-it-now/ http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2013/08/08/no-subscription-no-problem-try-get-it-now/#comments Thu, 08 Aug 2013 15:58:29 +0000 http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=3304 Jeanne's Get It Now image

The Spencer S. Eccles Library is experimenting with an exciting new method for delivering articles from selected unsubscribed journals.  Using Copyright Clearance Center‘s Get It Now service, patrons can have full-text, high-quality, color PDFs of articles sent directly to them via email. Average turnaround time for Get It Now articles is less than five minutes.

During our initial trial phase, you can use Get It Now to obtain rapid access to articles from the following journals:

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Cell Communication & Adhesion
Clinical and Translational Science
Clinical Toxicology
Current Atherosclerosis Reports
Current Medical Research and Opinion
Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy
Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
Expert Reviews of Molecular Diagnostics
Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Heart Rhythm
International Archives of Occupational & Environmental Health
Journal of Cancer Survivorship
Journal of Hospital Medicine
Journal of Immunotoxicology
Journal of Neuro-Oncology
Leukemia & Lymphoma
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
Obesity Surgery
Pediatric Radiology
Personalized Medicine
Pharmacogenomics
Rheumatology International
Science Translational Medicine

Throughout the pilot program all fees associated with Get It Now, including article costs and copyright fees, will be paid by the Library; there is no cost to the patron to use this service.

To request delivery of an article via Get It Now, use the CitationLinker tab on the Library’s eJournals page. Enter the citation information of the article you want to order. (Hint: For easiest access, use the article’s PMID [PubMed ID] if you have it). After submitting the citation information, click on the Get It Now service link. Next, enter your University ID and the email address where the article will be delivered. A confirmation email confirms your order and a few minutes later you will receive an email with your article attached.

The Eccles Library is actively seeking creative and cost-effective solutions, such as Get It Now that provide access to unsubscribed journal content. Library staff encourages you to give the service a try and welcomes your feedback. Please contact Christy Jarvis at 801-581-3031 with questions or comments.

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Library Adds uCentral and Unbound MEDLINE with Grapherence http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2013/01/16/library-adds-ucentral-and-unbound-medline-with-grapherence/ Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:29:00 +0000 http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=2528 ucentral - logo
In August 2012 the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library initiated a site license for Unbound Medicine’s uCentral. uCentral brings together clinical references and journal literature where you need it – on your smartphone, tablet, and on the web.

The University of Utah’s subscription to uCentral gives you access to:

Trusted Clinical References

  • Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines
  • Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests

 

Literature Support for Evidence-Based Practice

  • Unbound MEDLINE
  • Links to full-text articles that are available via University of Utah journal subscriptions
  • Clinical Search provides a filtered search of the MEDLINE database so you can choose to see only results having to do with therapy, diagnosis, etiology or prognosis

 

Grapherence – A Visual Journal Exploration Tool

  • Interactive search capability that visually represents the influence and interrelationships of journal articles

 

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uCentral is available to all University of Utah faculty, staff and students via the web without registration. You may also register for a free personal uCentral account that allows you to personalize the interface and download content onto your mobile device.

Read more about uCentral or watch this brief demo and learn how to get started using this exciting new tool!

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For more information about accessing and using uCentral contact Christy Jarvis; 801-581-3031.

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