Monday, April 27, 2009

Looking for electronic resources on Swine Flu?

Subject: Swine Flu Information Resources
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The NLM Office of the Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) and the librarians on the Disaster Librarians listserv (List DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB) have been actively exchanging information all weekend. The following resources may be of use during the next several days as we watch how the Swine Flu (H1N1) moves around the world.

Here are some information resources that are frequently updated with Swine Flu outbreak and mitigation developments:

CDC web page on Swine Flu. This site is kept updated with recent facts and status on Swine Flu. There is a link on the page to the facts and figures about the current investigation.
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

A transcript of the April 24 press briefing about the Swine Flu situation is located at:
http://www.cdc.gov/media/transcripts/2009/t090424.htm?s_cid=tw_epr_53

Some recent articles in the MMWR on swine flu in California.

Update: Swine Influena A (H1N1) Infections - - California and Texas, April 2009 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm58d0424a1.htm
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Apr 24; 58(Dispath);1-3.

Swine Influenza A (H1N1) infection in two children--Southern California, March-April 2009 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Apr 24;58(15):400-2.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm58d0421a1.htm

For those of you who follow events on social media sites, CDC has a Twitter feed that contains updates on the Swine Flu:
http://twitter.com/cdcemergency

You can also add the following RSS feed on Swine Flu to your feed reader to get regular updates:
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/rss/?s_cid=tw_epr_54

Latest CDC Health Advisory
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/pdf/HAN_042509.pdf

Information updates from World Health Organization http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html

From NYC Health Dept - Chart: steps required to confirm suspected cases of swine flu <http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2009/pr015-09.shtml>

If you are interested in the view from overseas - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
http://ecdc.europa.eu/

Please contact Stacey Arnesen with questions or comments.

Stacey J. Arnesen
Head, Office of the Disaster Information Management Research Center Specialized Information Services National Library of Medicine
6701 Democracy Blvd, Suite 1040
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-496-2971
arneses@mail.nih.gov


posted by:
Gale A. Dutcher
Deputy Associate Director
Specialized Information Services
National Library of Medicine
6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 510
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301) 496-5082 (voice)
(301) 480-3537 (fax)
dutcherg@mail.nlm.nih.gov

Thursday, April 23, 2009

New titles added to LWW Total Access e-journal platform

The following new titles have been added to LWW Total Access e-journal platform for 2009.

Journal of Nursing Research

1162-3141
March 2004 - Present (Volume 12, Issue 1)

Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association
1945-760X
January/February 2009 - Present (Volume 1, Issue 1)



Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
0012-3706
January 2009-present*

European Journal of Anesthesiology

0265-0215
January 1996-present

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer
1048-891X
January/February 1996-present

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

0888-0395
February 2004-present

Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine

1098-7339
March/April 2000-present