VITALS: The Latest News And Events


Scopus Training Offered

Do you want to know how many times your article has been cited? Who is citing your work? Do you need to perform a topic search that includes a large number of journal titles (more titles than PubMed anyway)? Have you wondered about the relative prestige of scholarly sources? If so, Scopus is the database […]

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New eBooks!

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We have recently purchased ten new eBook titles to add to the collection. The first is Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias: A Practical Guide by Marc E. Agronin. This book is a concise resource on dementia subtypes, assessment, and treatment, as well as the psychiatric conditions often associated with it. As described on Amazon, it […]

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Free distance education resources

The National Library of Medicine has posted more than four hours of video presentations from MLA 2010 on its website — all for free! The MCR News blog offers a short list of the latest additions, and you can find the entire list on the NLM website under “Distance Education Program Resources.” Check it out!

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Reporting from Washington, DC

Several faculty members from the Eccles Health Sciences Library are currently attending the Medical Library Association’s annual meeting in our nation’s capitol this week where they are presenting posters, attending presentations, lobbying our elected representatives, learning from others in our profession, and much more. Check out our slide show!

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Spotlight on NLM resources

Did you know that you can access PubMed resources from your mobile device? Learn how at the monthly “Spotlight! On National Library of Medicine Resources” online workshop on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010, at 8:30 am MDT, 9:30 am CDT. This workshop is free but registration is requested. And in July, learn about using Mobile MedlinePlus […]

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Getting good medical information online

A recent article in the online version of the Southtown Star (Chicago, IL) reads, “Doctors see more cases of ‘Google’-itis.” It goes on to illustrate how every day people are searching the Web trying to diagnose every odd symptom they have. One physician left his daughter’s basketball game at halftime when a panicked parent was […]

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New Library Catalog

As part of the University of Utah Libraries, Eccles Health Sciences Library now has a new catalog! With this new search and discovery tool, you will be able to search all University of Utah Libraries: •  J. Willard Marriott Library •  S. J. Quinney Law Library •  Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library •  Emma […]

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Upcoming workshop: library ethics

The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library will be presenting its monthly staff development workshop next week. Here is the information: What: Staff Development workshop on “library ethics” When: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Time: 2:00 pm. Where: HSEB 5100-C Who: Dr. Jean Preer, Professor of Library and Information Science at the School of Library and […]

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Office for Mac workshops at the library

The Eccles Health Sciences Library offers free workshops on a variety of software tools and services. For people using Microsoft Office on Apple Macintosh computers we will be offering a series of workshops this June: Entourage 2008 for Mac, Wednesday, June 16, 2010; HSEB 2949, 1-2pm. Word 2008 for Mac, Thursday, June 17, 2010; HSEB […]

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