Swine Flu Info on PubMed

PubMed is offering up-to-date Swine Flu information on their main page. They also link to several credible sources: Center for Disease Control (CDC), the World Health Organization, and PandemicFlu.gov.

CurrentProtocols.com returns

From Wiley-Blackwell:

Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced the relaunch of Current Protocols.com, a website for scientists engaged in experimental research in the life sciences. The new site will offer users the capability to: upload personal protocols to share with the research community, access scientific tools and calculators, participate in troubleshooting forums, get expert advice on specific scientific questions related to protocols, read and comment on postings on the Editors blog “Beyond the Bench,” access peer-reviewed video protocols, and search or browse through all Current Protocol abstracts.

The Current Protocols website can be found here.

We also have paid subscriptions to the Current Protocols series, which can be found on our Database A-Z list.

New books for April

The first installment of this month’s new books include a couple of children’s books, such as Our dad is getting better by Alex Silver. Our new kid’s books are decent tools for helping children in support groups–hi, I’m looking at you Social Workers!

• PZ7 .S966747 MOM 2007
  Mom and the polka-dot boo-boo : a gentle story explaining breast cancer to a young child
  Sutherland, Eileen.
  Atlanta, Ga. : American Cancer Society, c2007.
• R726.8 .L96 2008
  Improving care for the end of life : a sourcebook for health care managers and clinicians
  Lynn, Joanne, 1951-
  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
• RC262 .C34 2008
  Cancer in the twentieth century
  Cantor, David, 1957-
  Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
• RC262 .P6875 2008
  Prognosis in advanced cancer
  Glare, Paul.
  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
• RC271 .C5 S52 2007
  Our dad is getting better
  Silver, Alex.
  Atlanta, Ga. : American Cancer Society, c2007.
• RC280 .B8 A783 2007
  Unnatural history : breast cancer and American society
  Aronowitz, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1953-
  Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Basic EndNote training scheduled for April

The library is offering another basic EndNote X2 training for beginners.

When: Wednesday, April 22nd at 2pm
Where: The Library Training room

We’ll be covering several topics, such as:

navigating through the new patched version
importing PDFs into records automatically
searching online databases
creating smart groups

Space is limited, so please register for this course by emailing Liz Duff.