By Rebecca | Published:
January 30, 2009
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.
By Rebecca | Published:
January 28, 2009
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 [...]
By jillbarr | Published:
January 28, 2009
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
By lnaru | Published:
January 27, 2009
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. [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
January 26, 2009
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, [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
January 22, 2009
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 [...]
By lnaru | Published:
January 20, 2009
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 [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
January 15, 2009
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 [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
January 14, 2009
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 [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
January 12, 2009
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 [...]