By Rebecca | Published:
November 3, 2009
Need help with using RefWorks or EndNote? Sandy DeGroote, the Scholarly Communications Librarian & Associate Professor, has created a RefWorks, EndNote, & Reference Manager Guide. This guide has a summary of each bibliographic management program and links to helpful guides and websites for each one. It also has links to websites which will explain [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
October 16, 2009
Need a brief overview of evidence based practice? A set of tutorials created by the Learning Information Seeking and Technology for Evidence-based Nursing practice (LISTEN) project would be a good place to start. The tutorials are called BOLTs (Brief Online Learning Tutorials) and are between 3-5 minutes a piece. In addition to evidence based practice, [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
October 16, 2009
The 2009 edition of the ICIRN Essential Nursing Resources list is now available. It is available as a website or as a pdf document. A new section on cultural competencies has been added.
By Rebecca | Published:
October 16, 2009
Peter Hepburn, the Digitization Librarian and Associate Professor at Daley Library, has created a Digital Images and Resources Research Guide. This guide has links to mostly UIC-based collections of images related to UIC and Chicago. There is also a medical images section that has links to databases which contain images. A rights/permissions section details how [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
October 14, 2009
The ANA has partnered with the Physicians for Social Responsibility to release the report, Hazardous Chemicals In Health Care: a snapshot of chemicals found in doctors and nurses. This is the first investigation done ever about chemicals found in health care professionals. Twelve doctors and six nurses from ten states were tested for [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
October 12, 2009
The National Library of Medicine has released a beta version of a new website called the Pillbox. This website can serve as a means of identifying drugs and a reference system for solid dosage medications. Pillbox Beta has two versions: the Adobe Flex version is designed for rapid identification of an unknown medication; the Pillbox [...]
By Rebecca | Published:
October 7, 2009
Corrections to the APA Style Manual, 6th edition, are available online as a PDF document. This has been posted to the Nursing Research Guide in the Tutorials & Videos section.
By Rebecca | Published:
October 6, 2009
New and updated sections on the RefWorks Quick Start Guide include:
Exporting References into Cochrane and EMBASE
Using RefGrab-It with PubMed
Updated Write-N-Cite section and more!
By Rebecca | Published:
October 2, 2009
Printed versions of the CINAHL Tutorials have been posted to the Nursing Research Guide’s Tutorials & Video’s page. The files are Word documents which can either be opened directly from the guide or saved onto your computer. Since these files have images, they may take a little while to download onto your computer.
By Rebecca | Published:
September 30, 2009
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.