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New Look for PubMed Central; STAT!Ref Releases New Interface Vol.9 (7)

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The Insider Express A monthly e-newsletter of the HAM-TMC Library Vol. 9 (7) 2011  Insider Express Blog: http://insiderexpress.wordpress.com/  New Look for PubMed Central (PMC) PubMed Central (PMC) the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature, has a new look. The PMC update provides design consistent with the PubMed and Bookshelf appearance navigation features.  PMC currently includes 2.2 million archived articles. For a list of journals included in PMC, visit: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/  Improved features include:   A revamped homepage, which offers better navigation through the site as well as direct access to resources such as the Users’ Guide and NIH Public Access information  Redesigned Advanced Search and Limits pages  An updated search results format  Direct access to images in PMC articles  A new organization and updated appearance for PMC’s informational pages, including drop-down menus for navigation links  For more information about the redesign, including screenshots of the various improvements, please see the NLM Technical Bulletin article at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja11/ja11_pmc.html  STAT!Ref Releases New User Interface STAT!Ref will launch a new interface on August 1, 2011. The new interface has been optimized to make an easier navigation of the database.  Improved features include:   More user preference options that enable enhanced customization   A powerful search engine that keeps historical track of your research, enabling you to return to your “favorites” for fast retrieval     Enhanced access to bibliographic citations, including Refworks and Endnote   Re-designed layout making it easier to locate resources and find relevant, authoritative, and evidence-based information   Easily return to nearly anywhere in STAT!Ref by saving a link with a new "Link to page" feature   New aesthetic design – clean, crisp and easily navigable  Enhanced access to tools that make research easier, such as Stedman’s Medical Dictionary and the STAT!Ref medical calculator, MedCalc 3000   For more information on the new STAT!Ref interface, go to the Library website databases list at:  http://www.library.tmc.edu/core/databases.cfm Click on “S” and select STAT!Ref, or enter “stat” in the search box.  When you access the database, a message will display asking if you want to try the new interface.  The  STAT!Ref title list  brought to us via a State-wide subscription will change on August 1. Some  new titles will be added, and some will be removed. The following titles will be removed from STAT!Ref. These titles will be available to our users via Access Medicine. http://www.accessmedicine.com/features.aspx.  Among those are the following familiar McGraw-Hill texts, which will remain accessible to our users via Access Medicine:  Adam’s and Victor’s Principles of Neurology Basic & Clinical Pharmacology Current Diagnosis & Treatment (all titles) DeGowin’s Diagnosis Examination Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine Hurst’s The Heart Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies William’s Obstetrics  Some of the new titles added to our Texas State Library program STAT!Ref collection:  AAOS Comprehensive Orthopaedic Review Ballenger’s Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Evidence-Based Emergency Care Manual of Molecular and Clinical Laboratory Immunology Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia Oxford Textbook of Public Health Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology Textbook of Gastroenterology Textbook of Pediatric Care  Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management CHEMM is produced by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and Office of Planning and Emergency Operations, in cooperation with the National Library of Medicine, Division of Specialized Information Services, with the help of  many medical, emergency response and toxicology experts. The goal of this web site is to help planners, first responders, and other healthcare providers plan for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of mass-casualty incidents involving chemicals. This is a comprehensive, user-friendly “self-contained” resource can be downloaded any time  ensuring that it can be available if the Internet is inaccessible. To download CHEMM to your computer, go to: http://chemm.nlm.nih.gov/about.htm#download Other links from CHEMM include: Types and Categories of Hazardous Chemicals: http://chemm.nlm.nih.gov/agentcategories.htm Acute Patient Care Guidelines: http://chemm.nlm.nih.gov/mmghome.htm CHEMM Intelligent Syndromes Tool: http://chemm.nlm.nih.gov/chemmist.htm a prototype decision support tool developed as an aid for identifying the chemical a patient was exposed to in a mass casualty incident. For more information on CHEMM, visit the website at: http://chemm.nlm.nih.gov/index.html August 2011 Library Classes  WISER Wednesday, August 10 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.  Nursing Research Resources Thursday, August 18 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  Healthy Aging at Your Library: Connecting Older Adults to Health Information  Monday, August 22 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Register for this class at: http://tinyurl.com/scrclasses  RefWorks Tuesday, August 23 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  PubMed – Basic Tuesday, August 23 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.  PubMed – Basic Wednesday, August 24 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.  Classes are free and are offered in the Library classroom.   To view the complete schedule and to register, check the Library web site: http://resource.library.tmc.edu/cls/  The Insider Express communicates Library news to our users and the Texas Medical Center community. To subscribe or to be removed from this list, please send a message to: liblines@exch.library.tmc.edu    

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