UIC Library News

The Library is pleased to announce the new availability of Business ABI/INFORM Global, a business and management resource produced by Proquest Inc. The new subscription to ABI/INFORM Global replaces ABI/INFORM, formerly hosted by OCLC First Search, with even more extensive full text articles, reports, tables and images.
If you have questions, please Ask A UIC […]

Due to infrastructure upgrades service for the following ProQuest products will be temporarily interrupted, starting at 6:00PM EDT, Friday, July 20:

PapersInvited
Ulrichsweb.com
Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System
Ulrich’s Resource Linker
CSA Illumina Administrative Module and Personal Profiles

Access to CSA Illumina, CSA MultiSearch, and CSA Illustrata will still be available; however, response times may be slower […]

If you want to see the National Library of Medicine’s exhibit Visible Proofs in person, you’ll need to get to Bethesda, Maryland before February of 2008. The good news is you can view the electronic version of the exhibit from your computer!
Visible Proofs showcases the history of forensic medicine through photographs, illustrations, and text. […]

Alt-HealthWatch is a comprehensive database of alternative health resources. Available through EBSCO, it offers all the search features of the EBSCO interface, such as keyword searching, advanced searching, and a searchable online thesaurus.
What is meant by “alternative”?
In the case of medicine, “alternative” encompasses holistic and integrative approaches to healing. These are perspectives which […]

Associate Professor John Shuler, Bibliographer for Government Information and Urban Planning/ Documents Librarian has been appointed to the Public Printer’s Depository Library Council. This Council is composed of 15 members, each of whom serves a three year term and is responsible for advising the Public Printer on policy matters relating to the Federal Depository […]

UPDATE:  As of August 1, the Library has purchased the ABI/INFORM Global database. Access is now available.
FORMERLY:  ABI/INFORM, the business and management database, has been cancelled as of July 1, 2007 for all libraries across Illinois. The action was a result of a budgetary reallocation by the Illinois State Library, which formerly subsidized […]