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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
PACEsetterS is a quarterly publication from the Joanna Briggs Institute. It covers the global practice of evidence based practice in topics such as nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, aged care, acute care, podiatry, medical radiation, dietetics and more. Back issues and the most current issues are now available for free.
Last week, MedlinePlus released a new version of the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia which now has 400 new Patient Instruction pages. These pages have pre-operative information and instructions, discharge instructions, self-care instructions, and questions to ask your doctor. These pages are available in both English and Spanish and can be found by searching MedlinePlus and the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The 2009 edition of the ICIRN Essential Nursing Resources list is now available. It is available as a website or as a pdf document. A new section on cultural competencies has been added.
The ANA has partnered with the Physicians for Social Responsibility to release the report, Hazardous Chemicals In Health Care: a snapshot of chemicals found in doctors and nurses. This is the first investigation done ever about chemicals found in health care professionals. Twelve doctors and six nurses from ten states were tested for [...]