Monthly Archives: September 2009

Preview Newly Redesigned PubMed!

PubMed is redesigning their website, and you can preview it here:
preview website
We will post updates in the news, but in the mean time, stop by and let us know what you think.

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JBI COnNECT Update

There are two new nodes that you can search through in JBI COnNECT:

Burns Care
Mental Health

Access is also available for Psych Evidence Matters, an evidence-based tool.  This new tool can be found by clicking on the JBI COnNECT + link on the left side of the screen.

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Preview PubMed’s New Look!

There will be a new version of PubMed coming soon! Go to the preview website to see the new look.  Please keep an eye on the UIC Library blog for further updates.

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Celebrate freedom to read during Banned Books Week

Librarians and readers celebrate Banned Books Week (BBW) September 26 – October 3, 2009. Observed since 1982, this event reminds Americans not to take for granted our First Amendment right to free expression. BBW celebrates the freedom to choose and the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox [...]

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New MEDLINEplus Feature

HealthDay TV is a new feature available on MEDLINEplus.  A new HealthDay TV news video will be displayed each weekday in a “consumer-friendly format.”  A Saturday summary video will also be available which will be a wrap-up of the previous week’s headlines.  These videos are available in English only.

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New ANA Patient Handling Website

ANA Safe Patient Handling has background information about safe patient handling, ANA’s history on SPH, and SPH solution documents and toolkits.  There is also information about what ANA is doing about SPH such as federal and state legislation information.

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UIC Special Collections and University Archives Welcomes Chicago Metro History Fair Students & Teachers

More than 20,000 students in grades 6-12 discover their local history through the Chicago Metro History Fair each year.  Working individually or in small groups, History Fair students explore libraries, archives, historical institutions, and their communities in search of sources that will help them answer their own historical questions and explain their topic’s historical significance.
The Special [...]

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New Center for Transforming Healthcare

Last week, the Joint Commission launched the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare.  Its goal is to team up with hospitals and health systems to find the causes of breakdowns in healthcare and work together to find a solution.  The first initiative that will be addressed is hand washing failures.  The following hospitals have [...]

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Upcoming M1 exams

The Library will open at 7:00 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 18 and Monday, Sept. 21 to accomodate the M1 exams.

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Medscape Mobile

Medscape Mobile is a free application that is available for iPhones and iPod touch. Although it is geared towards physicians, nurses may find some of its features useful.  Later this year, Medscape Mobile will be available on other devices such as Blackberry.  Here is some of its features:

Continually updated Drug Database of over 6,000 brands [...]

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