Summer EndNote courses

The library is offering basic EndNote X2 training for beginners in July and August.

When: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 2pm or Wednesday, August 19th 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.

Both classes are currently full, so please email me if you’d like to be placed on the waiting list.

NIH access policy update

Get an overview of policy basics and how the Library can help.
Learn how to obtain required numbers (like PMCIDs) to demonstrate compliance.
Get all of your questions answered and learn about upcoming policy changes.
For questions or if the class is filled, contact Karen Albert — Phone: x2711

Two Sessions:

Library Training Room, 22 July 2009:
2-3 PM Session full

Library Training Room, 28 July 2009
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Oxford University Press’ Medicine Collection

We have been granted a 90 day free trial to Oxford University Press’ Medicine Collection. Below is a sampling of some of the titles included in this free trial:

Health Promotion International
International Journal of Epidemiology
International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Journal of Electron Microscopy
Molecular Biology and Evolution
Nicotene and Tobacco Research
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Click here to access the website and then click on the Medicine Collection under Journals by Subject. In a few days a link will be placed on the library’s webpage under What’s New and will be added to to the Journals Holdings list.

New book list for July 10th

• HF5415.5 .A778 2008
  Excellence every day : make the daily choice–inspire your employees and amaze your customers
  Arussy, Lior.
  Medford, NJ : CyberAge Books, 2008.
• LC5800 .N45 2006
  Teach beyond your reach : an instructor’s guide to developing and running successful distance learning classes, workshops, training sessions, and more
  Neidorf, Robin.
  Medford, N.J. : CyberAge Books, c2006.
• R723.7 .H69 2008
  How to write a guideline from start to finish : a handbook for healthcare professionals
  Bowker, Richard, MA.
  Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone, 2008.
• RA645 .C3 T485 2008
  Textbook of cancer epidemiology
  Adami, Hans-Olov.
  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
• RC266 .C338 2008
  Cancer caregiving A to Z : an at-home guide for patients and families
  American Cancer Society.
  Atlanta, GA : American Cancer Society/Health Promotions, c2008.
• ZA4230 .H63 2007
  The extreme searcher’s Internet handbook : a guide for the serious searcher
  Hock, Randolph, 1944-
  Medford, N.J. : CyberAge Books, c2007.

New edition of Journal Citation Report (JCR) available

The latest edition (2008) of Journal Citation Reports is now available. This is the tool that configures journal impact factors. To access it, go to the Talbot Research Library’s A to Z list and click on Journal Citation Reports or click here.

The latest edition delivers:

• 350+ titles with a Journal Impact Factor for the first time
• First ever update to new metrics: Five Year Impact Factors and Eigenfactor™ Metrics (available only in JCR® Web)
• Over 400 new titles in the Science and Social Sciences Editions
• More than 8,000 of the world’s most highly cited, peer-reviewed journals
• Journals from 3,300 publishers in approximately 227 disciplines, from 60 countries
• The largest time-trend analyses ever available