Monday, August 29, 2005

EbscoHost is down for several hours - now has returned

EbscoHost is down temporarily. More news when available.......stay tuned -- UPDATE ::: down at noon and back at 2:30pm.

EBSCOhost is a research database vendor which provides the UConn Libraries access to:
* Academic Search Premier
* CINAHL
* Computer Source Collection
* ERIC
* GLBT Life with Full Text
* NTIS
* Pre-CINAHL
* Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
* PsycINFO

Thursday, August 25, 2005

American Journal of Kidney Diseases changes URL

American Journal of Kidney Diseases published by WBSaunders/Elsevier has changed its URL for institutional subscribers only.

Formerly at : www.ajkd.org -- this URL persists for personal subscribers

Users of the UCHC library subscription should now bookmark this URL.
http://www2.us.elsevierhealth.com/inst/serve?db=home&id=ajkd

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Adobe Reader upgrades to version 7.0.3

Adobe Reader, on August 16, 2005, has issued an upgrade to version 7.0.3 for both the PC and MAC platforms.
Upgrading your computers version of Adobe Reader is highly recommended as publishers continually upgrade
when publishing new issues of electronic journals.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html

Release notes for PC platforms :
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2986

Release notes for MAC platform :

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2987

Monday, August 22, 2005

R2Library : Electronic book library purchased for UCONN

R2Library , an online electronic book library has been purchased and is operational for all of UCONN.
Three titles have been purchased so far, 1 user seat for each.
Users will be warned when seats are in use, and should try again later.

When you click into R2library, click on Reserved Shelf for the listing of purchased titles.

http://www.r2library.com/


For your convenience:

Andrew Armour
BASIC AND CLINICAL NEUROCARDIOLOGY
1st ed.;ISBN 0195141296; Oxford University Press; 01/01/2004; R2 OnLine Library.
http://www.R2Library.com/marc_frame.aspx?ResourceID=35


Richard LeBlond, M.D., Richard DeGowin, M.D., Donald Brown, M.D.;
DEOWIN'S DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION;
8th ed.;ISBN 0071409238; McGraw-Hill; 01/01/2004; R2 OnLine Library.
http://www.R2Library.com/marc_frame.aspx?ResourceID=10

Liane Reif-Lehrer, PhD;
GRANT APPLICATION WRITER'S HANDBOOK;
4thed.; ISBN 0763716421; Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 01/01/2005; R2 OnLine Library.
http://www.R2Library.com/marc_frame.aspx?ResourceID=86




Some notes on using the R2Library......

1.....Advanced search works significantly better than the simple google type search.

2.....Users may register and set up MY R2 in order to create bookmarks and save searches.

3... Currently, only the table of contents of NON PURCHASED titles in R2 may be viewed.
You will be denied access to full text of non purchased titles.
Should this create a significant problem for users, R2Library may be reset to search and view only purchased titles.
Please e-mail Arta Dobbs at the UCHC library with your concerns.

4....Downloads of the complete full text content is prohibited.
The use of robots or other automated downloading programs is prohibited.



5...Users may print individual pages/chapters for personal use.

6.. R2Library links out to PubMed when references are included with individual books.

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Information Technology Update - Scheduled Internet Outage For Health Center - Aug 18 and Aug 19

Information Technology Update - Scheduled Internet Outage

Internet Downtime:
Storrs will be conducting additional maintenance on the Health Center Internet circuit on Thursday, Aug. 18th from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.
(and potentially Friday, Aug. 19th from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.)
.
As a result, there will be NO internet access during this timeframe.
This outage affects email, VPN access as well as browser access.

If there are any questions, please contact the IT Help Desk at x4400.

Monday, August 15, 2005

Wiley Interscience changes policy for personalized features ......Today - August 15

Wiley-Interscience changes policy for personalized features....
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/home

If you choose to register for any of the personalized features of the site—such as table of contents alerts, search alerts, saved articles or purchase single Pay-Per-View articles—you will need to update your login. New users registering on the site for the first time will be guided through a similar procedure to enter and validate their e-mail logins.

Complete text of the new policy is entered below

-----Original Message-----
From: Wiley InterScience [mailto:wiscience@wiley.com]
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 3:24 PM
To: Dobbs,Arta M.
Subject: Notice of Wiley InterScience Registration Policy Change



NOTICE OF POLICY CHANGE
E-mail Address Now Required for
Wiley InterScience User Logins



Beginning August 15th 2005, Wiley InterScience will require individual users of the site, who access online subscriptions via a username and password, to update their registration information with a valid e-mail address in place of a self-selected username.

This new policy is designed to help improve security and reduce account duplication. Requiring an e-mail address as a login has become widely standard practice among many high-profile commercial websites.

Now, when a registered user comes to the Wiley InterScience site, and enters their existing login, the following will occur:

User enters current login and password.
User is prompted to enter name, country, and an area of interest, along with a single valid e-mail address.
User receives a one-time confirmation e-mail, then clicks on the authentication link in the message. The verification process is complete.
Afterward, users can login to the site with just their e-mail and password. (NOTE: confirmation links expire after 24 hours; after that, users can re-submit their info, if necessary)

This is a one-time process. Aside from the confirmation e-mail, users will not be sent any further e-mail alerts from Wiley InterScience unless they explicitly opt-in to receive such messages.

If you no longer use your Wiley InterScience login, or access online content only via institutional IP-based subscriptions, then you do not need update your account. Only individuals who access personal, member, or complimentary subscriptions via a login will have to do this.

Similarly, if you choose to register for any of the personalized features of the site—such as table of contents alerts or purchase single Pay-Per-View articles—you will need to update your login. New users registering on the site for the first time will be guided through a similar procedure to enter and validate their e-mail logins.





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This notice of policy change is being sent to all Wiley InterScience registrants. No further notices will be sent. For additional information, see Wiley InterScience's Validation Policy.




Wiley InterScience is a division of:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 111 River Street | Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone: 800-225-5945 | Fax: 800-605-2665 | www.wiley.com

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Animals Warn of Human Health Hazards in New “Canary Database”

Animals Warn of Human Health Hazards in New “Canary Database”
Peter Rabinowitz, M.D.

http://canarydatabase.org

New Haven, Conn. — Yale School of Medicine has launched a state-of-the-art database funded in part by the National Library of Medicine, called the Canary Database, containing scientific evidence about how animal disease events can be an early warning system for emerging human diseases.

There have long been reports of animals succumbing to environmental hazards before humans show signs of illness, according to the project’s leader, Peter Rabinowitz, M.D., associate professor of medicine in The Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program at Yale University School of Medicine.

“This concept of a ‘canary in a coal mine’ suggests that animals may be useful sentinels for human environmental health hazards,” said Rabinowitz. He points to the practice in the United States and Britain where coal miners would bring canaries into coal mines as an early warning signal for carbon monoxide and other poisonous gases. The birds, being more sensitive, would become sick before the miners, who would then have a chance to escape or put on protective respirators.

Rabinowitz said several episodes of illness in animals have been clearly linked to human health threats, including cats and mercury poisoning, and more recently wild bird mortality and West Nile Virus infection.

Rabinowitz said non-human animals could be more sensitive to many of the agents that are potential biological or chemical weapons and could therefore serve as “sentinels” for a terrorist attack. At the same time, the public health system has been slow to use animal sentinel data to detect and reduce human environmental health hazards. Rabinowitz said there is a lack of ongoing scientific communication between animal health and human health professionals about emerging disease threats. This has made it difficult to assemble the evidence about linkages between animal diseases and human health.

To address this need, Rabinowitz and his team developed The Canary Database of Animals as Sentinels of Human Environmental Health Hazards, a web-based collection of animal sentinel studies that have been collected and curated in terms of their relevance to human health. The project represents a collaborative effort between the Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, the Yale Center for Medical Informatics and the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center.

The database team is currently developing a series of evidence-based reviews focusing on the use of animal sentinel data in human health decision-making. “To do this,” Rabinowitz said, “we have to apply the principles of evidence-based medicine to a whole new field: the interface of animal and human health.”

Meanwhile, experts at the Yale Center for Medical Informatics are creating state-of-the-art knowledge integration software and information visualization tools allowing users to explore the rich database. Animal health experts at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center, the nation’s primary wildlife disease research facility, provided background on potential disease transmission between humans and wildlife for emerging diseases such as monkey pox, SARS, Avian influenza, West Nile Virus and Chronic Wasting Disease.

To access the database, please visit http://canarydatabase.org


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 11, 2005

Monday, August 08, 2005

Cell Affiliated Subscription Program

Cell Affiliated Subscription Program

Are you interested in getting a free print subscription to Cell? As a
benefit of the library's license to Cell Online, Cell Press is offering
University of Connecticut Health Center faculty, students, and staff the opportunity to
subscribe to Cell print at no charge.

Why order your own print subscription when you already have online access to
Cell? There are several reasons:
*Convenience - you can read the print version whenever and wherever you
want; no computer or printer necessary!
*Image Quality - the graphics are better than what you typically see online
or when printing out a PDF
*Browsing - the print version is easier to flip thru and find material that
is interesting and relevant to your work that you may not have been
searching for...
*Advertising - stay informed about new products and services, conference
announcements, and job opportunities found in the print version ads that are
not available online

To order your free subscription, please visit this site and fill out our
brief order form:

www.Cell.com/freesub

The print subscription is for 26 biweekly issues (1 year) and the first
issue of your subscription should arrive 4-6 weeks from the time of
ordering.

Please contact Mike at : x4287 or Arta at : x2432 with any questions.

Friday, August 05, 2005

medal.org : the medical algorithms project

medal.org : the medical algorithms project

http://www.medal.org/visitor/


http://www.MedicalAlgorithms.com


A Medical Algorithm is any computation, formula, survey, or look-up table, useful in healthcare. More than 7000 algorithms, organized into 45 chapters,
are available as spreadsheets which can be opened in your browser (IE4.1+, Netscape 7.1+ ).
To make this site work correctly both pop-ups and cookies must be enabled .

In addition to the online spreadsheets 40 algorithms are now available online as web-based forms.
Registered users have access to 249 such algorithms. Registration is free.

Developed by the Institute for Algorithmic Medicine , a non-profit Texas Corporation.

This web site is currently designed for Internet Explorer and Netscape on computers running Windows98 and later versions.

The material at this website is intended only for the educational and personal use of health care students and professionals.
It is not intended for persons who have not received appropriate medical training, and should not be used for making clinical decisions
pertaining to patient diagnosis, care, or management.
Algorithms predicting outcomes use data based on the original articles.
Outcomes may vary between institutions and are impacted by newer developments in diagnostics and therapeutics.
These should be validated prior to use

The software at this web site may be freely downloaded and used for non-commercial purposes.
Due acknowledgement is required if results using the software are published in any form.
Comments and questions are welcome.
Any commercial use or re-distribution requires prior written consent from the Institute for Algorithmic Medicine, a non-profit Texas corporation.

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Content update to MD Consult

Content update to MD Consult Products

BOOKS:


Mason: Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 4/e (2005 Saunders) has been added to MDC Core Edition and MDC Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine Edition. It replaces Murray & Nadel: Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 3/e (2000 Saunders).

http://home.mdconsult.com/das/book/view/1288

Book Description: Completely revised, the 4th Edition of this authoritative reference delivers a wealth of new information that enables readers to identify, treat, and manage a full range of respiratory disorders more easily than ever. Edited and written by leaders in the field, the book covers the scientific principles of respiratory medicine; its foundations in basic anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pathology, and immunology; and its clinical applications. It features a wealth of new chapters and covers new modalities in biotechnologic, genomic, and informational sciences.

Henry: Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, 20/e (2001 Saunders) has been added to MDC Core Edition. It replaces Ferri: Ferri's Best Test: A Practical Guide to Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, 1/e (2004 Mosby).

http://home.mdconsult.com/das/book/view/1292


Book Description:
This well-established text in its twentieth edition is a leading, comprehensive resource. The latest revision to this classic authority includes the work of three new associate editors, and many new chapters and authors. It features the latest laboratory technology including gestation management, polymerase chain reaction, oligonucleotide arrays and cell biology, and early tumor detection. This book is the most comprehensive resource in the field and provides current, authoritative information for physicians and lab technicians.

Ferri: Ferri's Best Test: A Practical Guide to Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, 1/e (2004 Mosby) will become an A La Carte book in August.



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Clinical Image Search Now Available
Recently we have added Clinical Images to the Current Practice, Clinical Insights area on MD Consult. These images are now searchable - results will appear in the global search results and they will be labelled "Clinical Images". You are also able to search images as a separate category in the Search Within drop-down box.

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Online Continuing Education Series

http://nccam.nih.gov/videolectures/

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has developed the CAM Online Continuing Education Series for
health care providers and the public to learn more about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
The Continuing Education Series is presented in six chapters:

1. Overview of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2. Herbs and Other Dietary Supplements
3. Mind-Body Medicine
4. Acupuncture: An Evidence-Based Assessment
5. Manipulative and Body-Based Therapies: Chiropractic and Spinal Manipulation
6. Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Aging

Each chapter includes:

* A video lecture by one author, including the transcript
* A question and answer transcript
* An online test that can be taken to receive Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits
* Additional resource links

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Natural Standard - new e-text in CAM - Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Natural Standard e-text has been purchased for UCONN Libraries.

http://www.naturalstandard.com/


Natural Standard provides evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. It contains three sub-databases: Herbs & supplements, condition center, and alternative modalities. For each therapy covered by Natural Standard, a research team gathers scientific data and expert opinions. Validated rating scales are used to evaluate the quality of available evidence. Information is incorporated into comprehensive monographs which are designed to facilitate clinical decision making. All monographs undergo blinded editorial and peer review prior to inclusion.

Cambridge University Press to launch NEW Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) web site : August 6- 8, 2005

Cambridge University Press to launch NEW Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) web site : August 6- 8, 2005

The following UCHC titles may be affected by this e-journal platform upgrade and outage from Saturday August 6 to Monday August 8, 2005.


Behavioral and brain sciences [online journal].
Biological reviews [online journal].
Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics [online journal].
Developmental medicine and child neurology [online journal].
Epidemiology and infection [online journal].
Expert reviews in molecular medicine [online journal].
Experimental physiology [online journal].
International journal of neuropsychopharmacology [online journal].
Journal of anatomy [online journal].
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry and allied disciplines [online journal].
Psychophysiology [online journal].
Zygote [online journal].




Press Release :

2nd August 2005, Cambridge, England, UK and New York, NY, USA

A completely new Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) will be launched on 8th
August 2005

In keeping with our ongoing commitment to provide the highest standards of
service to the academic community, Cambridge University Press is pleased
to announce a completely new journal hosting platform. The new site will
provide increased capacity and improved performance compared to the
previous version, supporting our provision of the best and latest research
to all users worldwide.

The new site provides powerful new features for both content-users and
librarians:

● High capacity and performance
● Flexibility to enable rapid development in response to your needs
● Clear, clean look and feel
● New information displays
● New account management and administration features
● New, powerful search functions
● New IP management functions
● New FAQs and Help
● Full ATHENS compliance
● OAI PMH compatibility
● Atom and RSS feeds
● Article citation downloads
● Next issue publication dates
● Open URL enabled
● Greater range of trial samples and free offers

All existing URL links into CJO will be maintained and will be fully
operational


All users please note:
To perform this upgrade we will be temporarily interrupting our service to
all CJO users. We will be taking the site offline at 12.00 midnight BST
(British Summer Time) on the 7th August 2005 until 9.00am BST on the 8th
August. In U.S. EDT (Eastern Daylight Savings Time) the site will be
offline from 7pm on the 6th August until 4 am on the 7th August. We will
make every effort to complete the upgrade as quickly as possible and we
will bring the new site online as soon as the migration of content and
related data is completed. We apologize for the loss of service during
this process and we hope that the new platform will more than compensate
for any inconvenience caused.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the migration process or
the new platform please contact: journals@cambridge.org