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 rraffer2 | Published:
November 2, 2009
You may have noticed PubMed has a new look.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?otool=uiclib
Over the past year (or so) they’ve been working on and refining this new
interface to PubMed. At first glance it may seem as though some features
have disappeared. Fret not, everything is still there, but it might take
some time to find and get used to where [...]
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:
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.
By Rebecca | Published:
September 30, 2009
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.
By Rebecca | Published:
September 10, 2009
UIC Library is offering several online workshops. Here is a list of what is being offered for the next few months:
CINAHL
Discover Your Health Sciences Resources
HaPI-Health & Psychosocial Instruments
Finding Medical Images
Gideon/Global Health
Library 101 for the UIC Nursing Community
Online Consumer Health Information You Can Trust
RefWorks
To sign up, please follow the instructions on creating an e-rooms account and [...]
By lnaru | Published:
September 1, 2009
You can text a UIC librarian at 773-442-2757 to ask where to find facts, how to start your research, which resources will help you in a particular course, and get answers to your other information needs.
Text a Librarian is a new way to contact the UIC Library, in addition to instant messaging, email, telephone, in-person [...]
By lnaru | Published:
August 21, 2009
The UIC Library upgraded records for more than 50,000 electronic journals in its library catalog (UICCAT).
All titles listed in the Journals page now have records in the library catalog.
By lnaru | Published:
June 29, 2009
The UIC Library will launch its newly redesigned Web site on July 4, 2009.
The Library utilized patron surveys and usability testing to design a site with easily scanned pages, simplified terminology, clear navigation, and a clean graphic appearance.
Beginning on July 4, users will be redirected to pages on the new site from several pages on [...]