Category Archives: CLHS-Rockford

Library of the Health Sciences-Rockford

New RefWorks, EndNote, & Reference Manager Guide

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 [...]

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New Look to PubMed

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 [...]

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Extended hours for Progressional Exams

Crawford library will be open extended hours in order to help with your exam preparation  Hours will be:   Thursday and Friday, October 15 and 16, 8:00 am to 11:30 pm.  Saturday  October 17 and Sunday  October 18 from 10:30 am to 11:30 pm.  Monday and Tuesday, October 19 and 20 from 8:00 am to 11:30 [...]

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Corrections to 6th Edition of APA Manual

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.

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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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Preview Newly Redesigned PubMed!

PubMed is redesigning their website, and you can preview it here:
preview website
We will post updates in the news, but in the mean time, stop by and let us know what you think.

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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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Text a Librarian at 773-442-ASKS

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 [...]

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Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology

Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 23rd ed., is now available electronically in Access Medicine.   Ganong’s review has been updated to reflect the latest research and now has full color illustrations. You can also take an interactive self-assessment, which includes 241 questions. It will be a great study tool for med students no matter what their [...]

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