News, features, and items of interest from the Bernard Becker Medical Library at Washington University School of Medicine. http://becker.wustl.edu/index.php http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 13 May 2008 12:25:14 -0500 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:24:51 -0500 FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.2.0) On May 7, 2008, MedlinePlus introduced a multilingual feature, providing access to high quality health information in languages other than English and Spanish. This new service benefits people who prefer to read health information in their native language. It also helps the information professionals and health care providers who serve them. The collection contains over 2,500 links to information in more than 40 languages and covers nearly 250 Health Topics. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj08/mj08_medlineplus_languages.html Tue, 13 May 2008 06:00:00 -0500 Trial access to Gold Standard's ToxED is now available through the Becker Medical Library's subscription to the drug database Clinical Pharmacology. ToxED is a reliable, online toxicology information reference that brings together leading experts in medicine, pharmacology and toxicology from the staff and faculty of the California Poison Control System to produce an online resource for the diagnosis and treatment of poisoning and drug overdose. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/toxed.html Thu, 8 May 2008 10:47:39 -0500 To provide WUSM researchers and their staff with access to specialized software tools and resources the Becker Library introduced in April 2008 a new computing resource called "The Research Pod." The Research Pod is a cluster of customized iMacs and PCs equipped with a core set of statistical, research, and presentation software packages. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/researchpod.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:55:26 -0500 One of the most effective ways to stay up-to-date with the latest medical literature is to use RSS feeds. The Becker Library now provides easy access to the RSS feeds of many prominent scientific journals through the library's web site and catalog. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/rss.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:51:06 -0500 Ensuring that the elderly have access to transportation while preventing age-related driving impairments will be the focus of the eighth annual Friedman Conference on Aging, "Are We Licensed for Life? Transportation and Driving Issues in an Aging Society." The conference, sponsored by the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging, will be held on May 13 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center, 320 S. Euclid, on the campus of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11667.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Washington University's Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) will mark two milestones May 1-2: its 35th anniversary and the graduation of its 1,000th student. http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11583.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:01:00 -0500 The Association of Women Faculty and the Academic Women’s Network are hosting a discussion about the gender divide in academia on Monday, April 28th. http://medofa.wustl.edu/MEDOFA/ofa.nsf/0/6DEC16D661CD8C218625741E006352E9?OpenDocument Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:18:22 -0500 National DNA Day is today, April 25. The day celebrates a most remarkable molecule, one that holds the instructions for life: DNA. DNA Day was created in 2003 to commemorate the completion of the Human Genome Project and the 50th anniversary of James Watson's and Francis Crick's discovery of DNA's double helical structure. http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11582.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:16:14 -0500 A new Web resource providing consumers with the latest information on significant topics in women's health research from scientific journals and other peer-reviewed sources is now available through the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The NLM, of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its Division of Specialized Information Services, Office of Outreach and Special Populations has partnered with the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) to create this one-stop resource. http://www.nih.gov/news/health/mar2008/od-10.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0500 Washington University School of Medicine is rated No. 3 in the nation among research-based medical schools, according to the newly released U.S. News & World Report rankings of graduate and professional programs. Individual programs at the School of Medicine also received top rankings: The Program in Occupational Therapy tied for the No. 1 rating, the Program in Physical Therapy tied for the No. 2 spot, and the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences is No. 5. http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11432.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:00:00 -0500 On April 17, 2008 at 5 PM the Becker Medical Library will offer its 14th Historia Medica Lecture in the Library's King Center (7th floor). Lecturer Caroline Hillard will present "Realdo Colombo and Michelangelo: Anatomy Lessons from Renaissance Rome." An exhibition of rare books will complement the lecture; a small reception will follow. http://becker.wustl.edu/libdept/arb/lecture.html Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:00:00 -0500 Help a bioinformatics investigator understand how researchers use online resources. Tell the investigator what you need from online resources available from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and your perceptions of library-based bioinformatics services. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/bioinfo-study.html Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:13:34 -0500 Becker Medical Library now provides subscriber access to NCME-TV, a series of professionally produced CME video programs on contemporary topics of interest to primary care physicians, hospitalists, and other specialists. NCME TV programs provide updates on important topics, including state-mandated CME topics, which are rarely covered by other CME providers. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/ncme.html Fri, 4 Apr 2008 12:30:52 -0500 Becker Medical Library's subscription to UpToDate now includes version 16.1. New features include updates to 45% of the topics, calculators relevant to clinical practice, and enhanced patient education. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/uptodate16-1.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:58:30 -0500 New features and functionality will be added to OvidSP on March 31, 2008. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/ovidspupdate.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:47:53 -0500 Becker Medical Library now publishes several blogs for the Washington University School of Medicine community. Blogging provides another way we communicate with our users to promote library services and programs, publish news items of interest to segments of our user community, add librarian commentary, and provide a forum for discussion and comments from our users. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/blogs.html Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:00:00 -0500 What does former Washington University biochemist Gerty Cori, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Medicine, have in common with chemist Linus Pauling, astronomer Edwin Hubble and physicist John Bardeen? The four American scientists have been honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a set of postage stamps recognizing their achievements. http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11275.html Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:55:26 -0500 SciFinder Scholar is available via the web as SciFinder Web. Providing access to Chemical Abstracts and other databases covering journals in chemistry and related fields, SciFinder Web requires only a web browser and individual login. Because there is no need to download and install software, the web version can be accessed from any computer with a compatible browser. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/scifinder.html Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:31:11 -0500 The Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University School of Medicine has purchased a site license to Partek Genomics Suite (Partek GS). This software package is now freely available for download to the entire Washington University community. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/partek.html Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:23:08 -0500 Becker Library provides access to a number of new electronic journal titles. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/neweresources.html Fri, 8 Feb 2008 06:00:00 -0500 Web 2.0 becomes Research 2.0 in 2collab, a new social bookmarking site aimed at the research community. 2collab is a free service from Elsevier, initiated in collaboration with Scopus and ScienceDirect. Like other social bookmarking tools (such as del.icio.us), 2collab allows users to store bookmarks on a platform that is open to other users. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/collab.html Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:00:00 -0500 Scopus is in the process of loading pre-1996 article records to the SCOPUS database. Last week several glitches related to this project were discovered. Scopus expects to resolve the problem by Feb. 8, 2008. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/scopus.html Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:42:26 -0500 Ovid's new interface, OvidSP (Ovid SilverPlatter) will completely replace Ovid Web Gateway on February 4, 2008. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/ovidsp.html Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:00:00 -0500 Becker Library has developed links to tutorials and tips for the major databases that it subscribes to. http://becker.wustl.edu/services/news/tutorials.html Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:21:35 -0500