PubMed Filters Sidebar Replaces the Limits Page
Changes to PubMed interface to be aware of.
Read ArticleSpencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
@EcclesLibrary - Here to Help
VITALS: The Latest News And Events
Search engines and usability for finding medical information online: a new study
Search engines may be good places for people with adequate or better information literacy skills, but what of the majority of the population that has low health literacy?
Read ArticleBlood glucose peripheral for iPhone/iPod touch
Summary of review of new blood glucose monitoring app using iPhone.
Read ArticleTesting interpretation accuracy of ECG readings sent via cellphone camera
Turkish researchers find the accuracy of ECG interpretations from images sent by cellphone camera show no statistical difference from those read in person by the ER physician. This could enhance medical services in remote areas at low cost.
Read ArticleJAMA moves to new publishing platform May 15, 2012
Filed:
Links to the new JAMA Network should be working. Citation level links from within PubMed and eJournals’ CitationLinker as well as Journal title links with eJournals and the Library Catalog are functioning properly. Contact us if you experience difficulties accessing JAMA or its speciality journals via Ask A Question or by phone, 801-581-5534.
Read ArticleLow health literacy may predict likelihood of being uninsured
Filed:
Low health literacy may predict likelihood of being uninsured, even when employed full-time with health insurance benefits. Knowing this poses significant challenges for policy makers and librarians alike as we move to implement the Affordable Care Act.
Read ArticleAn example of health literacy and reduction of perceived post-operative pain
Viewing a pre-op video of what to do and expect may result in less pain and more patient involvement.
Read ArticleSpring remodeling project: beginning to look like offices!
Filed:
Slideshow of library remodeling project, with spaces looking more like offices every day.
Read ArticleFather and son dabbling in landscape: first Eccles Library gallery exhibit
Eccles Library opens the library gallery with its first exhibit: “Mauger: a father and son dabbling in landscape.”
Read ArticleResearchers and information literacy
Filed:
Discussion of the SCONUL 7 Pillars of Information literacy as applied to research, and how the research process would benefit from librarian input at the beginning, prior to gathering information.
Read Article