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The Spring 2013 issue of eSynapse, the newsletter of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, is available online. The Spring issue highlights two special people: Joyce A. Mitchell, recently retired Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics and this issue’s Library Champion Blake Plumb, Computer Technician and recent addition to the Eccles Library Systems […]
Read ArticleIn August 2012 the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library initiated a site license for Unbound Medicine’s uCentral. uCentral brings together clinical references and journal literature where you need it – on your smartphone, tablet, and on the web.
Read ArticlePubReader: a new way to read PMC articles on your tablet. PMC has introduced PubReader, an easier way to read PMC articles on the web. The text is displayed as two columns which mimics the pages of a book. The navigation is simplified and all the figures are accessible from anywhere within article. Designed […]
Read ArticleUpToDate is now available both on and off campus. Health practitioners are encouraged to register to gain continuing education (CME/CE/CPD ) credit and other benefits. However, users can skip registration and use UpToDate anonymously. NOTE: uptodate.com/online continues to work from devices connected to the university network and does not prompt for user registration. NOTE to Mobile […]
Read Article“A free source of evidence-based information for health care professionals and for researchers studying liver injury associated with prescription and over-the-counter drugs, herbals, and dietary supplements … LIVERTOX also includes a case registry that will enable scientific analysis and better characterization of the clinical patterns of liver injury.” NIH news release.
Read ArticleCheck Marriott Library’s Remote Software Access before purchasing expensive software for your own computer. Students, staff and faculty can log in with their uNID and access selected software for MAC, Windows and Linux operating systems. From Adobe Illustrator to Xcode for Macs, there are 40 programs available remotely. Read more at fyi news article.
Read ArticleThe Health Literacy Advisor evaluation software is now available for in-library use on a laptop computer at Eccles Library. Use this software to evaluate the literacy level of your patient education documents or other materials. The software helps you rework document text for easier reading by patients. Available in English and Spanish. For more information, […]
Read ArticleEccles Health Sciences Library has expanded its subscription to the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) to include: General Neuroscience Immunology and Infection Clinical and Translational Medicine JoVE is a peer-reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to the publication of biological, medical, chemical and physical research in video format. If you are not familiar with JoVE […]
Read Article“PeerJ is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal. Initially, it will be publishing Research Articles in the Biological and Medical Sciences. It will aim for rapid decision making and will publish articles as soon as they are ready… PeerJ operates a ‘Lifetime Membership’ model. Unlike many Open Access publications which charge authors per publication, PeerJ […]
Read ArticleThe plastic sheeting no longer hangs from the ceiling, and visitors can see clearly into the new offices on the second floor. Once HVAC adjustments and the final inspection are completed, library faculty can finally move into new offices! While we have referred to this as a recent remodeling project, it actually began in the […]
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