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Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana

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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Illinois Hospital Report Card Website Debuts

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 [...]

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Fall Break Hours at LHSU

The Library of the Health Sciences – Urbana will have different operating hours during Fall Break.
Friday November 20, 2009 The Library will open early for an M1 test and close early due to the start of Fall Break. 7:00am – 5:00pm.
Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd = Closed.
Monday November 23, 2009 and Tuesday November [...]

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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 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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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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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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Preview PubMed’s New Look!

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.

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