Monthly Archives: January 2009

Pediatrics Search Engine

Interested in getting peer-reviewed information about pediatrics?  SearchingPediatrics.com is a website that brings up results from resources such as the American Academy of Pediatrics policies and guidelines and from electronic books such as Bright Futures, Merck Manual, and selected sections of the DSM-IV-TR.

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New Way to Access Cochrane

UIC Library has changed its subscription of Cochrane to the Cochrane Library which is available through Wiley.  Now there is no limit to the number of patrons accessing Cochrane at one time.  The Cochrane Library has some new features:

Cochrane Reviews can be browsed by topic.
Overviews of Reviews-This new type of review gives an overview [...]

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Extended hours at LHS-U this weekend

There will be extended hours at LHS-U this weekend because of the upcoming M1 anatomy exam. The hours are as follows:
Friday, January 30th: 8:30am- 8pm
Saturday, January 31st: 9am- 8pm
Sunday, February 1st: 1pm- 10pm
Monday, February 2nd: 7am- 10pm

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Natarus papers document economic development in Chicago

The Burton F. Natarus Papers are processed and available for researchers to use in the Daley Library Special Collections department. A finding aid is available online.
Natarus served as a Chicago alderman for 36 years, representing residents of the Loop, River North, and Streeterville neighborhoods during a time of rapid change and great improvement. [...]

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Free Breast Cancer Risk Databases

Looking for information on breast cancer risk? Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Silent Spring Institute’s Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer Science Review have collaborated on two databases about breast cancer risk.  The first database, Epidemiology Reviews Database, has reviews of approximately 450 articles reporting on human breast cancer studies.  The other database, [...]

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Searching for Electronic Books and Journals?

You can now limit your search in the library catalog for UIC Library’s electronic resources.  Here is how you would use that limit in the catalog:

Click on the UICCAT (UIC catalog) link on the top of the library homepage.
Type in the topic you are searching for in the search box then select Electronic Resources in [...]

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Request books for home delivery through WorldCat Direct

The UIC Library is participating in a pilot program called WorldCat Direct that offers delivery of books directly to your home or office. In this program, you can request any book by completing the online form, including the address to which you want the book sent.
Once you receive the item, you have the [...]

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New Family Health History Tool

This week the Surgeon General launched a free online health history tool, My Family Health Portrait. After the patients enter in their family histories,  their information is organized into a “pedigree” family tree that can be downloaded onto their computer or a flash drive.  This tool can be shared with relatives who can add their [...]

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Free Report About Technology’s Effect on Nursing Care

The California HealthCare Foundation has released a new report, Equipped for Efficiency: Improving Nursing Care Through Technology. This report is a successor to the 2002 publication, The Nursing Shortage: Can Technology Help? This report examines hospitals’ experiences with different types of devices and applications such as wireless communications, delivery robots, workflow management systems, wireless [...]

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Looking for NCLEX Review Books?

Try the library.  Search for the title or the author of the book you want in  UICCAT, the library catalog.  These books will usually be available in the following places in the library:

Book Stacks: These books can be checked out for longer periods of time and can be renewed.
Open Reserve-at LHS Chicago only.  These books [...]

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