By Rebecca | Published:
May 28, 2009
The goal of Data.gov is “to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.” Datasets can be viewed by categories, agencies, or both. Dataset categories include Health and Nutrition, Income Expenditures, Poverty, and Wealth, and Population. The website is also accepting suggestions for additional [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
May 28, 2009
UIC Library now has subscriptions to AccessAnesthesiology and AccessEmergencyMedicine.
AccessAnesthesiology includes the following features:
Textbooks such as Clinical Anesthesiology by Morgan and Anesthesiology by Longnecker
Calculators
Drug Monographs
Self Assessment Tests with over 1,800 questions
AccessEmergencyMedicine includes the following features:
Textbook such as Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine and Atlas of Emergency Medicine.
CME for completing video library modules.
CORD Cases
Image Index
These resources are available on [...]
By lnaru | Published:
May 26, 2009
The UIC Library will join thousands of book sellers, literacy advocates, authors, and readers at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest on June 6-7. Visit location K1-3 to get information about the Library’s collections and services.
The Library will host two book signings at its booth on Sunday beginning at 12:30 pm. Eileen Tanner, UIC’s [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
May 18, 2009
UIC Library has subscribed to two new resources, one geared towards nursing while the other one is a point-of-care tool. Both resources will be added to the Research Guides.
DynaMed is a clinical tool that provides “clinically organized” summaries for 3,000 disease and condition topics. It is updated daily. It also includes over 800 topic summaries [...]
By Robin | Published:
May 17, 2009
Good luck with finals. Here are the library hours for this week (May 17-May 22)
Sunday – 1:00 pm- Midnight
Monday – Thursday : 7am- Midnight
Friday: 7am- 5pm
By Rebecca | Published:
May 14, 2009
UIC Library has three databases that may help you find the correct citation for a paper or presentation given at a conference:
Conference Papers Index
PapersFirst
ProceedingsFirst
These databases can be found on the Nursing Research Guide in the Additional Databases box.
By lnaru | Published:
May 13, 2009
The UIC Library is changing four frequently-consulted Web pages from lists to research guides. Effective May 15, the Library Web site will be updated with the new links, and redirects will forward users from the older pages to the new pages.
Electronic Resources-alphabetical list will be Databases A-Z
Electronic Resources-subject list will be Research Guides (Home)
Health [...]
Next week is finals week and you know what that means…. extended library hours!
Friday, May 15: 8:30am- 8 pm
Saturday, May 16: 9am- 8pm
Sunday, May 17: 1pm- 12am
Monday, May 18- Thursday, May 21: 7am- 12am
Friday, May 22: 7am- 5pm
Saturday, May 23- Monday, May 25: CLOSED
Good luck!!
By lnaru | Published:
May 12, 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:
May 12, 2009
The Nursing Research Guide has two new pages:
The statistics resources page has links to global statistics resources such as WHO, national stats resources such as the CDC, and local resources such as the Illinois Department of Public Health Statistics. There is also a section of links related to education and job statistics. This page was [...]