Nurses’ Ethics Resource Page

The Nursing Center recently compiled a new nurses’ ethics resource page. The resources are grouped by type, such as End-of-Life issues, Specific Areas of Practice, Case Studies, and so on. The articles are presented in a blog-like style and viewers are allowed to comment and res

More swine flu info

Tufts University has updated their SPIRAL (Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages) to include new information about the swine flu in several Asian languages. Check out their website!

Free e-books available through MDConsult

For a limited time period, MD Consult is providing free access to additional e-book titles published by Elsevier. Check out the entire list here.

Specific titles include:

• Apgar: Colposcopy
• Bassett: Diagnosis of Diseases in the Breast
• Bostwick : Urologic Surgical Pathology
• Eisele: Complications in Head and Neck Surgery
• Fletcher: Diagnostic Histopathology of Tumors
• Myers : Cancer of the Head and Neck
• Rigel: Cancer of the Skin
• Tartar: Breast Cancer Imaging
• Weiss: Enzinger and Weiss’s Soft Tissue Tumors

Ebsco/DynaMed resources on the Swine Flu

From Ebsco:

Due to the recent global outbreak of Swine Influenza, EBSCO Publishing and the DynaMed Editors have made DynaMed’s information about Swine Influenza free to health care providers and institutions throughout the world. The DynaMed topic on Swine Influenza consolidates information from multiple sources for health care providers to stay current with recommendations for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating patients with flu-like illnesses during this outbreak. DynaMed Editors will continue to monitor information and update this topic as needed throughout this global crisis.

If you’re interested in even more free Swine Flu information, visit Ebsco’s DynaMed website.

Impact factors for 2007 now available

Journal Citation Reports data for 2007 is now available. This resource allows you to compare and evaluate journals with tools such as impact factors. To search JCR Web, click on the Web of Knowledge link on the left side of the library’s webpage then choose the Select a Database tab.

If you have any questions, please stop by the library, call us at x2711, or email us at lib_reference@fccc.edu.