Category Archives: Electronic Resources

APA 6th Edition Output Style Available in RefWorks

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 [...]

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Newly acquired HAPI Online: Hispanic American Periodicals Index

The Library acquired HAPI Online – Hispanic American Periodicals Index – with funds from the Library/IT Assessment.
Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) are expanding at UIC. In May 2009, the Board of Trustees approved the establishment of a Master of Arts in Latin American and Latino Studies. HAPI Online is a key source for [...]

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New CAM Database: Natural Standard

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.   [...]

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New medicine journal: Science Translational Medicine

Science Translational Medicine is a new journal first published online Oct. 7, 2009. UIC users have full access rights plus you can create a personal login to save your articles in personal folders, save searches and participate in peer-to-peer networks.
Science and related journals and knowledge environments also include the weekly publication Science, Science [...]

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New Chemistry Database: Reaxys

Reaxys is a new interface that unifies the well-known Beilstein, Gmelin and Patent Chemistry databases. In addition, Reaxys incorporates journal literature (1771 – present) and patent literature (1869 – present) along with search, analysis and workflow tools.

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New! Rock’s Backpages

Rock’s Backpages is a new subscription database.
Reviews, interviews and features on rock music artists, going back several decades, by the world’s best rock writers and the most influential music publications.

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ScienceDirect scheduled downtime for this weekend

Journals and E-books published on Elsevier ScienceDirect platform will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 9 hours from 8:00PM CDT Saturday, October 31 to 4:00AM CST Sunday 1, November.
We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Updated RefWorks Quick Start Guide is Available!

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!

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Register for SciFinder Scholar Web version by November 16

The UIC Library now has access to the latest version of SciFinder Scholar in its new format, SciFinder Scholar Web (SFWeb) version. Users must register for SFWeb with their UIC email accounts by November 16, 2009, to continue to use SciFinder Scholar. SFWeb can be used with the UIC proxy server so it [...]

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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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