UIC Library News

Journal Citation Reports on the Web recently released 2006 citation measurements, including new rankings based on impact factors.
The JCR is an online quantitative database, published by ISI Thomson Scientific, for comparing and evaluating the impact and influence of journals in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences.
If you need help learning to use the […]

The UIC Library would like to thank everyone who participated in the LibQual+ survey last October. The results have been compiled and the Library has already taken steps in response to some of the opinions and comments expressed.
Results Summary
Results showed that users are very happy with the electronic collections but wish we had […]

Two journals published by the Radiological Society of North America have been added to the Library’s online journal collection.
Radiology is a monthly journal devoted to clinical radiology and allied sciences. It includes original research, reviews, commentary and expert opinion on new techniques and technology in radiology. Its impact factor of 5.377 […]

With the end of classes and exams, both Daley Library and the Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago will reduce their hours of service.
Daley Library
Intersession: Saturday May 12-Sunday May 27
Monday - Friday ………… 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday ……….. Closed
Daley Library summer hours will begin on Tuesday May 29th.
Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago
Summer Hours: Saturday […]

The Library is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of ResearchNow from bepress.
ResearchNow is a database of scholarly information drawing its content from several primary sources:
The roster of peer-reviewed, Berkeley Electronic Press journals in social sciences, law, medicine, engineering, computer science, etc.
All working papers, preprints and other “grey literature” content from institutional repositories hosted […]

Searching Google Scholar for access to full text articles and books is growing in popularity as online availability of scholarly materials increases; however, there is a barrier when some publishers try to charge for downloaded articles and chapters. All current UIC students, faculty and staff have the right to get articles for free by […]

The UIC Library is pleased to provide access to the electronic products published by The Medical Letter, Inc., of New Rochelle, New York. Readers can sign up to receive the E-table of contents on a regular basis.
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics (1988-present) provides critical evaluations of drugs for physicians and other members […]

The Library is pleased to make AccessSurgery available for UIC users. This electronic resource provides surgery textbooks (CURRENT Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment, CURRENT Consult Surgery, Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, Zollinger’s Atlas of Surgical Operations, and Skandalakis’ Surgical Anatomy) and chapterized, narrated videos of surgical procedures to UIC users. AccessSurgery also contains Board Review exams after […]

The Library is pleased to introduce Global Health, a new resource for UIC users on EBSCOhost. Global Health is a public health database that provides information on international health, biomedical life sciences, non-communicable diseases, public health nutrition, food safety and hygiene, and much more. This database contains records dating back to 1973.
Global […]

UIC users can now access the online journals of the American Physiological Society. These include:

American Journal of Physiology (AJP) Consolidated
AJP Cell Physiology
AJP Endocrinology and Metabolism
AJP Gastroinestinal and Liver Physiology
AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology
AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
AJP Renal Physiology
Physiological Genomics
Journal of Applied Physiology
Journal of Neurophysiology
The Physiologist
Physiological Reviews

To access these titles, especially from […]