A few weeks ago, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a new database of workplace injury and illness data. The data is available from 1996-2007. Searches can be done by the establishment, city, state, or zipcode. There are also other searches that can be done by the Total Case Rate (TCR), Days Away, Restricted, and Transfer (DART) case rate, and the Days Away From Work (DAFWII) case rate.
Picture Chicago is an online collection of images published in books about Chicago during the early 1900s. The collection includes subjects such as Chicago gangsters, politicians, the first taxicab in the city, the devastating 1904 fire at the Iroquois Theater, the reference room of the Chicago Public Library in 1911, stately North Shore residences, and draft plans to straighten the Chicago River.
The photographs and drawings in Picture Chicago are linked to the digitized texts in which the graphic materials were published.
Picture Chicago is a joint project of the libraries of the Chicago and Urbana campuses of the University of Illinois and is hosted on the UIUC Library Web site. Funding to support building this image collection was provided by a 2009 Collections Enhancement and Access Award from the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI).
GIDEON, the infectious disease database, has released a free e-book for health professionals, The Infectious Diseases of Haiti.
The Disaster Information Management Research Center has links to Haiti Earthquake webpages, multi-language resources, social media tools, and more.
The Health Sciences Research Guide has a new name and new look! The Health Sciences Gateway has been revised with new content that will help you locate library resources more effectively. The name change was done to distinguish between the Health Sciences research guides category and the Health Sciences guide itself. The link for the guide has not changed: http://researchguides.uic.edu/healthsciences
The Monthly Health Observances Guide has been updated with February’s observances. Here are February’’s observances:
A widget in the center of the guide links to a collection of UIC Library books on LibraryThing. These library books have been tagged with where a circulating copy of the book is located and which observance it applies to. Each book also has a link to the catalog record so you can view the book through the catalog.
See a book you like? Request it by going through your library account.
LHS Chicago will rotate a monthly display of health observances’ books on the first floor of the library near the circulation desk.
Here is a familiar scenario: You have found the perfect website for your paper but the link has died. You cannot find the information anywhere else and you are crunched for time.
If this happens to you, try the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive is also referred to as The Wayback Machine. The Internet Archive is a digital library of over 15o billion Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. To look for the website you need, copy and paste the URL into the search box and click the Take Me Back button. Hopefully, the website will come up. It’s worth a shot!
UIC students, faculty, and staff now have access to Safari Books Online, a library of 200 digital books on computer science and programming and help manuals for programs including Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, C++, iPhone and Android app development, Java, and MySQL. Publishers represented include O’Reilly Media, Peachpit Press, Que, and Adobe Press.
From the library home page, click on the Databases A-Z link and select Safari Tech Books.
The Library can select the titles available through Safari Books Online. To suggest titles or subjects for inclusion go to the online recommendation form.
This resource was acquired with funds from the Library/IT assessment.
Do you need help with a project but cannot make it to the library? Sign up for a Library Online Office Hours session through E-Rooms. Health Sciences Librarians will assist you with locating library resources, give you research tips, and more. Here is when the sessions are being offered:
Tuesdays, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Feb 2-Mar 15 & Mar 29-Apr 27
Tuesdays, 2:00PM – 3:00 PM Feb 2-Apr 27
Thursdays, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Feb 4-Apr 29
Fridays, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Feb 5-Apr 30
Interested? Log into E-Rooms and select the Library folder. Look for the Library Online Office Hours you would like to attend.
Don’t know much about E-Rooms? Take a look at the information below:
If you have questions regarding e-rooms, please review the Instructional Technology Lab’s Getting Started page.
Register for online workshops by enrolling in the class in ACCC e-rooms.
The library will open at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 1 due to M1 testing.
The American Periodicals Series (APS Online) contains more than 1,100 American periodicals originating between 1741-1941, covering two centuries of American history and culture. Full article and page images with searchable text. This resource was acquired with funding from the Library/IT assessment.