Taubman News

New Ovid Interface Now Online

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:04:22 -0500

UM-MEDSEARCH looks a bit different. If you need any help with it, please call the Taubman Reference Desk, 763 3071.

Access to Scopus is being discontinued at UM

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:41:57 -0500

Due to budget constraints, University of Michigan access to the Scopus
database will be discontinued as of January 1, 2008.

Resources similar to Scopus that remain available to U-M Ann Arbor
students, faculty and staff include:

ISI Web of Science
http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?func=native-link&resource=UMI01738

Engineering Index (Compendex) & INSPEC [Engineering Village]
http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?func=native-link&resource=UMI01165

UM-MEDSEARCH
http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?func=native-link&resource=UMI01451

For information on searching Embase, please contact Taubman Medical Library (medical.library@umich.edu).

Intensive Care Checklist from the "New Yorker"

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:09:34 -0500

If something so simple can transform intensive care, what else can it do? by Atul Gawande
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/10/071210fa_fact_gawande

New OVID (UM-MEDSEARCH) Interface in January!

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:45:47 -0500

Announcing a New Look for UM-Medsearch

In January, UM-MEDSEARCH will have a new look. If you typically search MEDLINE through UM-MEDSEARCH, you will easily adjust to this new interface.

The new version will open to a search mode called “Ovid Syntax”, which works the same as the current advanced search mode. The terms you enter are mapped to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to encourage the use of those terms for a precise search.

We have already begun including the new interface in instructional sessions. Classes to introduce the new look will be held during Winter 2008. We will also feature introductions to some of the enhanced features on our home pages at www.lib.umich.edu/taubman and http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl throughout the Winter semester.

If you would like to take a quick peek now, follow this link.
Further questions may be addressed to The Taubman Medical Library Reference Desk at 763-3071 or medical.library@umich.edu.

Showing of "Remaking American Medicine"

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:56:56 -0500

The UMHS Patient & Family Centered Care Committee is showing the 4-part PBS series, "Remaking American Medicine", which explores the quality crisis and innovative solutions being taken by health care institutions in the 21st century.

"Episode 1: The Silent Killer", profiles individuals committed to
reducing medical errors and implementing rapid response teams. Episode 1 is being shown on Tuesday, December 11 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. in the MCHC Auditorium in Mott Children's Hospital - all are encouraged to attend!

The episode will be followed by an expert panel discussion by:

Pat Warner - Assoc. Director and Chief Administrative Officer, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Women's Hospital

Dr. Valerie Castle - Chair, Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Chris Dickinson - Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases

Karen Adkins-Bley - UMHS Risk Management

Annette Scott - Peds. ICU CNS and Rapid Response Team member

Kelly Parent - Parent of Mott child/Family Centered Care Lead

Upcoming episodes: Jan. 8, Feb. 12 and March 11
Free Admission and Popcorn!

A Toolkit for Trainers from NIHSeniorHealth

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:37:06 -0500

http://nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit/toolkit.html

Deep Blue and PubMed--a Higher Profile for UM Research

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:50:41 -0500

Researchers who find articles by U-M authors in PubMed can now link
directly to their full text in Deep Blue by clicking "Links" and choosing
"LinkOut" to see the full text article for free. There are over 8800
articles linked this way with monthly updates. UM's Deep Blue is the first
institutional repository to have such links. For questions, contact the
Health Sciences Libraries at medical.library@umich.edu.
Web site: http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/index.jsp

PubMed and the Expansion of Pharmacological Action Terms

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:55:37 -0500

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd07/nd07_pa_update.html

Database on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:14:21 -0500

Now available:

The PILOTS bibliographic database, covering the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress, is produced at the headquarters of the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The PILOTS database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Subject Coverage
post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder (with or without reference to the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
the assessment, description, prevention, or treatment of any psychiatric disorder, especially dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder), other dissociative disorders, or borderline personality disorder, associated etiologically or epidemiologically with exposure to a traumatic event, or to an event experienced as traumatic by the population under discussion
the preparation or provision of mental health services to a traumatized population or a population at risk of experiencing traumatic events
issues of professional ethics, scientific methodology, or public policy relating to traumatized populations.

Dates of Coverage
1871-current

Update Frequency
Monthly.

http://http://www-mi9.csa.com/ids70/quick_search.php?SID=39cf9cbcbef1d2a2b997eaace4aff920

Many Americans Dissatisfied with Their Medical Care

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:38:51 -0500

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_56998.html

UM/UMHS Food Drive--Michigan Harvest Gathering

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:08:47 -0500

Michigan Harvest Gathering is a one-of-a-kind emergency food program benefiting the food bank council of Michigan’s 9 member food banks (food collected locally stays locally - for us that is Food Gatherers). Dates are Oct. 29-Nov. 11. See boxes near front doors of Taubman Medical Library.
Facts About Michigan Harvest Gathering are available at: http://www.med.umich.edu/fooddrive/

New style guide for citing references in the Health Sciences

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:31:48 -0500

Available free online:

Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 2nd edition
Patrias, Karen, author; Wendling, Dan, editor
Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US), NCBI; 2007

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=Books&itool=toolbar

Collecting warm clothes and nonperishable food...

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:06:33 -0500

The Detroit Project, partnering with West Outer Drive United Methodist
Church and UM students, is collecting clothes, winter gear, and
non-perishable clothing. A collection box is located just inside the front
inner doors of Taubman Medical Library. Collection date is through November
20th. For further information see: www.thedp.org

3 Win Nobel in Medicine for Gene Technology

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:21:11 -0500

Two Americans and a Briton won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday for developing the immensely powerful “knockout” technology, which allows scientists to create animal models of human disease in mice.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/science/09nobel.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

MLibrary Web Survey - Fall 2007

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:35:01 -0500

MLibrary Web Survey - Fall 2007
Help us improve the University Library's web presence!

In order to assess how well the Library’s current web presence and other resources serve our patrons, the Library Web Systems staff has created a survey. This survey may be accessed at the following URL:

http://www.lib.umich.edu/survey/index.html

The survey may be taken anonymously. Three $50 gift certificates will be awarded randomly to participants in the survey (University Library employees not eligible).