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December 19, 2006
Access to the Cochrane Library of EBM Databases
The Health Sciences Libraries (Taubman Medical, Dentistry, Public Health) have provided two methods of access to the Cochrane Library for a number of years. Due to budgetary constraints, the Wiley Interscience version will no longer be available after December 31, 2006.
The Cochrane Library will continue to be available via the EBM Reviews databases in UM-Medsearch (http://www.lib.umich.edu/medsearch).
The staff of the Health Sciences Libraries can provide personalized consultation on searching Cochrane as well as offer assistance at the Information Desk, by phone (734)763-5109, or via email to sph.reference@umich.edu.
We appreciate your understanding as we continually review and make difficult decisions about our electronic resources.
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December 16, 2006
UM Health Sciences Libraries Presents a NIH Grant Symposium Series
NIH Electronic Grant Submission and How Deep Blue Can Help You
The UM Health Sciences Libraries are offering a symposium series to assist grant applicants with the electronic submission of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants. The series will be at the Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB) Auditorium, 109 Zina Pitcher Place on the Medical School Campus.
NIH Electronic Submission and Deep Blue
Symposium will cover a brief overview of the grants process on the Medical Campus and how Deep Blue, the University of Michigan's permanent open access archive, fits into the electronic grants process.
January 11, 2007 from 9 - 11 am
Merle Rosenzweig, Health Sciences Libraries & Department of Human Genetics
Jim Ottaviani, Coordinator, Deep Blue
Deep Blue and Intellectual Property (Copyright)
Symposium will cover copyright issues relating to Deep Blue.
January 18, 2007 from 9 Ð 11 am
Paul Newman, University Library Intellectual Property Office
NIH Electronic Submission Process
Symposium will cover the National Institutes of Health (NIH) electronic submission of grants via Grants.gov
January 25, 2007 from 9 Ð 11 am
Bob Beattie, Managing Senior Project Representative, Division of Research Development & Administration (DRDA)
Map to Biomedical Science Research Building
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December 12, 2006
Update on the University Library's Newspaper Collection
The University Library is pleased to announce two enhancements to our newspaper collection – Library PressDisplay which provides online view-on-demand access and ND Press which is a library-mediated print-on-demand service. These options provide timely access to a great number of US and international newspapers online as is preferred by patrons. For some titles, Library PressDisplay also allows printing of individual articles as well as the ability to listen to newspapers in the original language.
Due to the results of an internal study indicating an ongoing decline in the use of print newspapers, the Graduate Library will be canceling subscriptions to those print newspapers that receive little or no use. Please see the Graduate Library's Newspapers web page for additional information about both of these developments.
Should you need current issues of newspapers for your research or for your classes, please contact Marija Freeland (mfreelan@umich.edu).
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December 05, 2006
WISER 2.3 for first responders in hazardous material incidents
A new version of WISER (2.3) is now available for download from
http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov
The key updates in this release include:
* Data updated to reflect the latest content of NLM's Hazardous Substance
Data Bank(HSDB)
* New data item: Ionization Potential (see Physical Properties data menu)
* New data item: EPA's Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGL) (see Medical
data menu)
* New substances requested by users: Acrylic Acid and Ethyl Methyl Ether
* Improved presentation of ERG 2004 guide pages (not yet on Palm OS)
* Updated and improved NFPA 704 data
* Improved NFPA 704 presentation, including placard displays (not yet on
Palm OS)
* Searching and grouping by NFPA 704 hazards in "Help Identify" is now
available on the Pocket PC (as well as WISER for Windows and WebWISER)
* Support for non-standard Pocket PC screen sizes and orientations
* Event Tracking (logging) added to WISER for Windows and Pocket PC (see
the User's Guide)
* And more! See the README files in the respective downloads.
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December 03, 2006
Collection of International AIDS Posters Available Online
The online collection of over 619 AIDS posters from 44 countries has been digitized from the History and Special Collections division of the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. The browseable and searchable collection is available at http://digital.library.ucla.edu/aidsposters/
"The collection provides a fascinating insight into the many approaches that have been used to try to modify risk behaviors," said Roger Detels, MD, MS, UCLA professor of epidemiology and infectious diseases. "The posters range from terrifying to amusing and reflect the many cultures from which they have been drawn, which include national cultures and risk group cultures. The collection should be of interest to anyone interested in the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and attempts to control it."
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December 01, 2006
NLM: MEDLINE/PubMed Resource Guide
The National Library of Medicine's new MEDLINE/PubMed Resource Guide is available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pmresources.html
"A guide linking users to a wide range of MEDLINE/PubMed resources on the NLM Web site is now available. This helpful guide includes sources for news, overviews, data structure and variables, statistics, help and training resources, and more."
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