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Resource Spotlight: Henry Stewart Talks
Becker Library subscribes to the Biomedical and Life Science Collection from Henry Stewart Talks (HS Talks).
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Frequently asked questions about managing citations with EndNote
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Embase Drug Search: Fast, Advanced and Clinically Focused
Embase’s Drug Search tool features unique filters specific to drugs and their effects. This tool uses a guided format to support drug information questions and clinical searching at the point of care by providing single-click advanced filters specific to drug behavior and route of administration. The Drug Search form includes drug names and manufacturers as well as [Read more]
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New PubMed Feature: Best Match
Earlier this year PubMed released a new way of sorting search results: Best Match. It replaces the Relevance Sort feature that was previously available. You can use Best Match by clicking on the “Sort by” link on the top of a PubMed results screen and selecting “Best Match.”
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5-Minute Clinical Consult Now Available on the uCentral App and Website
More than 450 members of the medical center community have downloaded the Unbound Medicine uCentral mobile app and gained anytime, anywhere access to The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics and the Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide. Now we are pleased to announce that a third trusted medical title is available, 5-Minute Clinical Consult. If you currently use the uCentral app [Read more]
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Read by QxMD Institutional Version Now Available
We are happy to announce that the institutional version of the Read by QxMD app is now available through Becker Medical Library. During March 2017, we hosted a trial of the journal reading app which was a great success, and we received positive feedback from many users. The Read by QxMD app allows you to [Read more]
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Happy and Healthy New Year
It’s that time of year again! As we merge into 2017, many Americans will start to think about new directions for the upcoming year. New Year’s Resolutions are more well-known for their short lives rather than for their success. An oft-quoted study from 2002 found that only 8% of the study participants were successful in achieving their resolutions.1
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Check Out the 2016 BMJ Christmas Issue
Every year the British Medical Journal (BMJ) includes a series of witty, light-hearted, or simply thought-provoking articles and editorials in their holiday issue.
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Information Literacy: What Is It, Why Now, and How Can We Teach It?
Information Literacy Is…
"…the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information and is the basis for lifelong learning. …