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APA 6th Edition Output Style Available in RefWorks

Rebecca — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:40:22 +0000

RefWorks has added the APA 6th edition output style to RefWorks. To make this available on your own RefWorks account and in your Write N Cite account, do the following:

Log into your RefWorks account.
Click on the Bibliography tab.
Click on the pull down menu for the Output Style field.
From the Pull-down menu – select Output Style Manager.
Look for APA on the list and you will see several options for APA 6th ed.
Select the one you want and click on Add to Favorites (repeat as necessary)

This post was written by Sandy DeGroote, Scholarly Communications Librarian and Associate Professor

Illinois Hospital Report Card Website Debuts

Rebecca — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:36:05 +0000

Today the Illinois Hospital Report Card Website has made its debut. This website will assist consumers in making better health care choices. Here is some of the data that is available:

volume and cost of services in hospitals and ambulatory surgery treatment centers,
quality and safety data,
nurse staffing data,
patient satisfaction surveys,
summaries and links to Illinois laws that ensure consumer protection.

Search boxes on the side of the page allow consumers to search by zipcode, the facility’s name, or by county. More information will be added to the website during the course of the year which will include the number of hospital-acquired infections for each facility.

New CAM Database: Natural Standard

Rebecca — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:25:08 +0000

Do you need to find evidence-based information on CAM treatments? Try using UIC Library’s latest resource, Natural Standard. This database can be found on the Health Sciences Research Guide or the CAM guide. This database has a grading scale which it uses for evaluating CAM therapies for particular conditions, herbs and supplements, and diet therapies. It also has a section on patient education and a nutrition database.

The following features are also included:

blog
calculators
dictionary
directory for finding a CAM practitioner
podcasts
symptom checker
webinars

Open Media Collection is on the Move

Rebecca — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:44:18 +0000

The “Open Media” collection at LHS-Chicago, which is mostly made up of videos, is being relocated from the first floor to the third floor. The collection will be located on 3rd Floor West near the sorting area.

Need help finding what you need? Please stop by the circulation or reference desks for assistance.

What is PACEsetterS?

Rebecca — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:28:26 +0000

PACEsetterS is a quarterly publication from the Joanna Briggs Institute. It covers the global practice of evidence based practice in topics such as nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, aged care, acute care, podiatry, medical radiation, dietetics and more. Back issues and the most current issues are now available for free.

Two New MedlinePlus Features

Rebecca — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:48:05 +0000

Last week, MedlinePlus released a new version of the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia which now has 400 new Patient Instruction pages. These pages have pre-operative information and instructions, discharge instructions, self-care instructions, and questions to ask your doctor. These pages are available in both English and Spanish and can be found by searching MedlinePlus and the A-Z index pages for the encyclopedia. They will also show up on the related encyclopedia articles’ pages.

The Dictionary section of the MedlinePlus has a tutorial titled Understanding Medical Words. The tutorial now has sound available. There are controls on the bottom left of each page to turn sound on or off or adjust the volume.

New RefWorks, EndNote, & Reference Manager Guide

Rebecca — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:06:57 +0000

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 the differences between RefWorks, EndNote, and Reference Manager.

Tutorials That Will Save You Time

Rebecca — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:35:41 +0000

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, topics covered include evaluating information and knowing which database to use. CEU’s can be obtained from this website but you will need to create a username and password and follow the steps listed on the participate in the LISTEN project page. A link to the tutorials has been posted on the Nursing Research Guide’s Tutorials & Videos and the CE sections.

Updated ICIRN Essential Nursing Resources List

Rebecca — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:21:43 +0000

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.

New Digital Images Guide

Rebecca — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:43:38 +0000

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 to acquire permissions for using images from these collections.