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NIH public access policy as explained by the MLA

There has been a fair amount of confusion concerning the National Institute of Health public access policy law. Thankfully, the Medical Library Association recently created a document explaining the finer aspects of the policy. Once a recommendation, the policy was made into a law during the signing of the the 2009 Federal budget bill. The slides are geared towards librarians, but are free of library jargon, so they can be useful to most everyone.

It’s that new book smell.

Come and check out our new books!

• QD415 .L44 2008
  Lehninger principles of biochemistry
  Lehninger, Albert L.
  New York : W.H. Freeman, c2008.
• QH430 .S68 2009
  Principles of genetics
  Snustad, D. Peter.
  Hoboken : Wiley, c2009.
• QP551 .B265 2009
  Basic methods in protein purification and analysis : a laboratory manual
  Simpson, Richard J.
  Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2009.
• RA971.6 .T36 2010
  Adaptive health management information systems : concepts, cases, and practical applications
  Tan, Joseph K. H.
  Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2010.
• RC271 .C5 B49 2008
  Beyond apoptosis : cellular outcomes of cancer therapy
  Roninson, Igor B.
  New York : Informa Healthcare, c2008.
• REF25
  RC 271 .C5 P49 2009
  Physicians’ cancer chemotherapy drug manual 2009
  Chu, Edward, M.D.
  Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones & Bartlett Pub., c2009.
• RC280 .G5 H42 2008
  Hereditary gynecologic cancer : risk, prevention, and management
  Lu, Karen H.
  New York : Informa Healthcare, c2008.
• RC280.L5 L5838 2009
  Liver metastases
  Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas.
  London : Springer, c2009.
• RM735.4 .O225 2009
  An occupational perspective on leadership : theoretical and practical dimensions
  Dunbar, Sandra Barker, 1960-
  Thorofare, NJ : SLACK, c2009.

New journals for a new year

Fox Chase staff can now access over 1700 titles published by Springer and 800 titles published by Wiley, two major scientific publishers. These opportunities are possible through our library’s membership in the NorthEast Research Libraries Consortium (NERL).

The Springer offering includes most titles published by Springer. The Wiley offering includes, in addition to our 32 core Wiley titles (like Cancer, Journal of Pathology, etc), access to Wiley’s Scientific, Technical, and Medicine (STM) Collection of approximately 800 titles. Both offerings greatly extend the library’s holdings in basic science, oncology, medicine, nursing, chemistry, statistics, and computing.

You may access these titles from our Journal Holdings list on the Talbot Research Library’s webpage.

New e-books!

We have new e-books! Check them out instantly:

• VOL. 612
  Natural killer cell protocols [electronic resource]: cellular and molecular methods
  Campbell, Kerry S.
  New York : Springer, 2009.
  Electronic access
• QP518 J35 2009
  Biochemistry Online [electronic resource] : An Approach Based on Chemical Logic
  Jakubowski, Henry.
  Wilmington, N.C. : iLumina, 2009.
  Electronic access
• QP551 .N487 2009
  Neuroproteomics [electronic resource]: methods and protocols
  Ottens, Andrew K.
  New York, NY : Humana Press, c2009.
  Electronic access
• RC55 .M4 2006
  The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy
  Beers, Mark H.
  Rahway, N.J. : Merck Research Laboratories, 2006.
  Electronic access
• RC86.7 .A85 2010
  Atlas of emergency medicine [electronic resource]
  Knoop, Kevin J.
  New York : McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, c2010.
  Electronic access
• RC633 .A2 A44A
  Hematology [electronic resource]
  American Society of Hematology. Education Program.
  Washington, DC : American Society of Hematology
  Electronic access
• RD31 .P88 2005
  Schwartz’s principles of surgery
  Brunicardi, F. Charles
  New York : McGraw-Hill, Health Pub. Division, 2005.
  Electronic access

Staff Publications – week of 1-4-2010

Here’s the weekly staff publications list!

1. Bellacosa A, Godwin AK, Peri S, Devarajan K, Caretti E, Vanderveer L, Bove B, Slater C, Zhou Y, Daly M, Howard S, Campbell KS, Nicolas E, Yeung AT, Clapper ML, Crowell JA, Lynch HT, Ross E, Kopelovich L, Knudson AG. Altered gene expression in morphologically normal epithelial cells from heterozygous carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Cancer Prev Res (Phila Pa).3(1):48-61, 2010.

2. Bischoff K, Ballew AC, Simon MA, O’Reilly AM. Wing Defects in Drosophila xenicid Mutant Clones Are Caused by C-Terminal Deletion of Additional Sex Combs (Asx). PLoS One.4(12), 2009.

3. Blumberg BS. Primary and secondary prevention of liver cancer caused by HBV. Front Biosci (Schol Ed).2:756-63, 2010.

4. Fang M, Sigal L. Studying NK cell responses to ectromelia virus infections in mice. Methods Mol Biol.612:411-28, 2010.

5. Hu W, Ding WJ, Yang HH, Shao MH, Wang BY, Wang JH, Wu SF, Wu SX, Jin LH, Ma CCM. Weekly paclitaxel with concurrent radiotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Radiotherapy and Oncology.93(3):488-91, 2009.

6. MacFarlane AWt, Oesterling JF, Campbell KS. Measuring intracellular calcium signaling in murine NK cells by flow cytometry. Methods Mol Biol.612:149-57, 2010 PMCID: 2798144.

7. Martinez E, Tatum KL, Glass M, Bernath A, Ferris D, Reynolds P, Schnoll RA. Correlates of smoking cessation self-efficacy in a community sample of smokers. Addictive Behaviors.35(2):175-8, 2010.

8. Miah SM, Campbell KS. Expression of cDNAs in human Natural Killer cell lines by retroviral transduction. Methods Mol Biol.612:199-208, 2010 PMCID: 2798139.

9. Peng J, Jordan VC. Expression of estrogen receptor alpha with a Tet-off adenoviral system induces G0/G1 cell cycle arrest in SKBr3 breast cancer cells. Int J Oncol.36(2):451-8, 2010.

10. Poeta ML, Manola J, Goldenberg D, Forastiere A, Califano JA, Ridge JA, Goodwin J, Kenady D, Saunders J, Westra W, Sidransky D, Koch WM. The Ligamp TP53 Assay for Detection of Minimal Residual Disease in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Surgical Margins. Clinical Cancer Research.15(24):7658-65, 2009.

11. Poleshko A, Einarson MB, Shalginskikh N, Zhang RG, Adams PD, Skalka AM, Katz RA. Identification of a Functional Network of Human Epigenetic Silencing Factors. Journal of Biological Chemistry.285(1):422-33, 2010.

12. Purdy AK, Campbell KS. Introduction of shRNAs into human NK-like cell lines with retrovirus. Methods Mol Biol.612:223-31, 2010 PMCID: 2798137.

13. Quinn BA, Brake T, Hua X, Baxter-Jones K, Litwin S, Ellenson LH, Connolly DC. Induction of ovarian leiomyosarcomas in mice by conditional inactivation of Brca1 and p53. PLoS One.4(12):e8404, 2009 PMCID: 2796165.

14. Simon GR. Treatment of Older Patients With Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Walking the Therapeutic Tightrope. J Clin Oncol, 2009.

15. Viaud J, Peterson JR. An allosteric kinase inhibitor binds the p21-activated kinase autoregulatory domain covalently. Mol Cancer Ther.8(9):2559-65, 2009 PMCID: 2782767.

16. Xu J, Watts JA, Pope SD, Gadue P, Kamps M, Plath K, Zaret KS, Smale ST. Transcriptional competence and the active marking of tissue-specific enhancers by defined transcription factors in embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. Genes & Development.23(24):2824-38, 2009.

Newest EndNote patch fixes 2010 date issue

EndNote X2 (EndNote 12) apparently has a problem importing 2010 dates properly. They’ve finally released a patch that remedies this issue. Please click here to update EndNote with the latest patch.

Long holiday new book list!

Happy holidays! Here’s this week’s new book list.

• HV41.2 .G58 2008
  Successful grant writing : strategies for health and human service professionals
  Gitlin, Laura N., 1952-
  New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2008.
• QH437 .S348 2009
  The stuff of life : a graphic guide to genetics and DNA
  Schultz, Mark, 1955-
  New York : Hill and Wang, 2009.
• R118 .M375 2009
  Mastering communication with seriously ill patients : balancing honesty with empathy and hope
  Back, Anthony, MD.
  Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
• R153 .M45 2010
  Characteristics of compassion : portraits of exemplary physicians
  Meldrum, Helen.
  Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2010.
• R724 .B36 2009
  Principles of biomedical ethics
  Beauchamp, Tom L.
  New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
• R726.8 .P3437 2009
  Palliative medicine
  Walsh, T. Declan, 1947-
  Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, c2009.
• R726.8 .P794 2008
  Psychosocial issues in palliative care
  Lloyd-Williams, Mari.
  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
• R733 .A27 2009
  The ACP evidence-based guide to complementary and alternative medicine
  Jacobs, Bradly.
  Philadelphia : American College of Physicians, c2009.
• R864 .F56 2009
  Digital communication in medical practice
  Finn, Nancy B.
  New York : Springer, 2009.
• RB113 .P668 2007
  Essentials of pathophysiology : concepts of altered health states
  Porth, Carol.
  Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.
• RC265.5 .W48 2009
  What helped get me through : cancer survivors share wisdom and hope
  Silver, J. K. (Julie K.), 1965-
  Atlanta, GA : American Cancer Society/Health Promotions, c2009.
• RC276. M36 2009
  Cancer mortality and morbidity patterns in the U.S. population : an interdisciplinary approach
  Manton, Kenneth G.
  New York : Springer, c2009.
• RF51.L88 2007
  Practical guide to neck dissection
  Lucioni, Marco.
  New York : Springer, 2007.
• RG104.7 .L34 2009
  Laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic oncology
  Covens, Allan.
  New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
• RM146.O84 2009
  Improving medication use and outcomes with clinical decision support : a step-by-step guide
  Osheroff, Jerome A., 1959-
  Chicago, IL : Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, c2009.

New book list – December 4, 2009

• Q182.7 .S36 2008
  Scientific collaboration on the Internet
  Olson, Gary M.
  Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
• R692 .L44 2008
  Legends and legacies
  Travis, Elizabeth Latorre.
  Houston, Tex. : Women Faculty Programs, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, c2008.
• RB155 .M314 2008
  DNA : promise and peril
  McCabe, Linda L.
  Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
• RB155 .S55 2008
  Translational research in genetics and genomics
  Smith, Moyra.
  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
• RC261.A2 O53 2007
  Oncology roundtable teleconference : inside the mind of the cancer patient, uncovering patient preferences guide cancer program investment
  Washington D.C. : The Advisory Board Company, c2007.
• RC261 .B622 2009
  Neoplasms : principles of development and diversity
  Berman, Jules J.
  Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2009.
• RC271 .P33 C365 2008
  Cancer supportive care : advances in therapeutic strategies
  Lyman, Gary H., M.D.
  New York : Informa Healthcare, c2008.
• RF58 .E88 2008
  Essential otolaryngology : head & neck surgery
  Lee, K. J. (Keat Jin), 1940-
  New York : McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, c2008.

New PubMed interface to roll out… today!

Apparently the new PubMed interface went live just a couple of hours ago. I used PubMed this morning and they hadn’t transitioned the site. So, check out the video tutorial I posted earlier to get a handle on the new redesign.