Rowland Medical Library

The library has renewed its group subscription to Essential Evidence Plus. As a result, if you are currently using Essential Evidence Plus on your handheld device, the application registration must be updated with your extended expiration date.

If you have installed the Essential Evidence Plus Updater application on the desktop PC to which you sync their handheld, your Essential Evidence Plus application registration will be automatically updated on the first sync after the current registration expires. You will receive a message such as “Registration information was set” on this sync.

If you have not installed the Essential Evidence Plus Updater application, or if automatic registration through the Updater is not successful, you will need to re-register your Essential Evidence Plus application manually. Here are the instructions (pdf) for manual registration (http://www.library.umc.edu/IR_How2Re-Reg.pdf)

Resources Database, Essential Evidence Plus, Resources

Check out the new light weight and efficient HP Mini Netbook computer that the library has just purchased for in-library use. With a 10.1″ diagonal antiglare, widescreen LED display, a sleek design that is 0.9″ thick, a near full size (92%) keyboard and weighing in at only 2.69 lb. plus built-in Wi-Fi, this is an handy computer you can conveniently carry and use anywhere in the library. Come by the Circulation Desk and try it out today.

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The University of Mississippi Medical Center has now teamed up with Pubget to give you fast access to millions of biomedical articles. Instead of search results linking to papers, like you find with typical tools, with Pubget, the results are the papers. You can save, manage, and share them—all online.

Pubget was created in 2007 by a research scientist at Harvard, who was frustrated with how long it took to get to journal PDFs. Now this free tool serves over 100,000 scientists at over 150 schools around the world –including this one!

Here are a few cool features to try:

• Perform advanced searches using any Pubmed or Google Scholar tag, learn how here: http://pubget.com/site/help/use
• Turn any search into an RSS feed and keep updated via your favorite reader, just click on the RSS icon
• Customize your “Latest Issues” and keep up on the latest issues every time you log in
• Keep your lab’s published works up to date! Search with your name add the Pubget Widget to your lab page or blog:  http://pubget.com/widgetizer/create
• Download our Firefox Plugin so you can download papers in bulk:  http://pubget.com/site/help/firefox_extension
• Use our new tool PaperPlane to get access to PDFs even when search in PubMed.
• To get a list of PMIDs, separate them with commas and paste them in the search bar.

Pubget is free of charge to users at University of Mississippi Medical Center. Start searching now at:

http://umsmed.pubget.com

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Resources E-Resource, Nursing, Trial

Patient Safety Tips can be  found through the library web page in MedInfoNow, located under Quicklinks. Call the library Reference service X4-1231 to subscribe to the Weekly Literature Update from MedInfoNow and  then read
helpful Patient Safety tips in your mailbox.

A Patient Safety project was recently selected  a finalist project in the UMC wide QEP campaign. NIH has identified Patient Safety  concerns  an important national initiative.

Resources E-Resource, MedInfoNow, Patient Safety

Have Rowland fines? Starting Tuesday, December 1, 2009, bring in cans or boxes of food to help clear your fines.

• 1 can or box of food per $1.00 fine.
• Up to $20.00 off on your fines.
• Cash donations accepted.
• Even if you don’t have fines, you can bring in food to help out.

This project will go on until December 31, 2009. So, plan to start bringing in cans this week! Help someone have a happier holiday!

Food collected will go to benefit the Stewpot’s Food Pantry. Some food items, such as sugar, canned fruit, cereal, and peanut butter, are in constant demand and must occasionally be purchased by Stewpot.

Facts about Stewpot’s Food Pantry

• Approximately 1,000 individuals benefit from Stewpot’s Food Pantry each month.
• Over a hundred thousand cans of food are donated each year.
• The Food Pantry gives away 600+ turkeys each year during the holiday season.
• The Food Pantry is open from 9 to 11 a.m. each Monday through Friday.Rowland’s Food for Fines applies to fines only. Fees for missing or damaged materials will not be waived. Food items should be in good condition, not expired, rusted or badly dented. Labels must be attached.

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EBSCOhost Mobile features basic searching, emailing, and multi-database searching from your BlackBerry, iPhone, and most other mobile devices. Log-in the same way you log-in to the EZProxy from off campus at http://tinyurl.com/ykjg5gv

Resources Database, E-Resource, EBM, Nursing

From Exam Master:

For your convenience and ease of logging in, Exam Master OnLine will be switching to your email address as your primary login. This change will be effective Monday, November 16 (one week from today). You will be able to access your account using the email address where you are receiving this message and your normal password.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact customer_service@exammaster.com for assistance.

We hope that this change will make accessing Exam Master OnLine an easier experience.

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The Library is currently offering a trial to the EBSCO database Nursing Reference Center. NRC seeks to enhance patient care by providing a point-of-care tool for nurses designed to provide relevant evidence-based medical information. NRC is the first truly point-of-care tool for nurses providing an array of vital non-journal content which can be integrated into any electronic health record (EHR) system in order to streamline nursing efficiency and reduce medical errors.

NRC features the CINAHL Nursing Guide, including 3,600 evidence-based lessons on procedures including Quick Lessons; clinically-organized nursing overviews that are designed to map the nursing work flow, and Evidence-Based Care Sheets; evidence-based summaries on key topics incorporating the best available evidence through rigorous systematic surveillance. The point-of-care tool also includes unique nursing reference books, lab & diagnostic test overviews, legal cases, point-of-care drug information for nurses and customizable patient education information.

Nursing Reference Center enables nurses to quickly access the best available evidence on conditions or diseases and to review the leading nursing reference books at the point-of-care which can be integrated into their nurses’ workflow. By infusing evidence-based content into the workflow, NRC is designed to improve the consistency of care and ensure that the latest guidelines and medical alerts are known by the entire nursing staff. NRC allows nursing administrators to compile pertinent information on nursing standards, common conditions & treatment, diagnostic tests, research instruments, questionnaires and drug information on a floor by floor or department by department basis.

Use your library login & password to access the NRC trial here: http://www.library.umc.edu/umc (a vendor required login & password are provided). Also be sure and take the survey.

Resources Database, Nursing, Resources, Trial

The library has added the USP-NF Online to its Electronic Reference Resources Pages. USP-NF online format provides the same quality content found in print, along with viewable chemical structures for more than 700 impurities; extensive search capabilities; a glossary of frequently asked questions; and quick search, bookmarking, printing, and copy/paste functions. It also includes “My USP–NF”, a special online tool that lets you save frequent searches, bookmark important pages, and create a custom table of contents.

Beginning in FY10 the online edition can be printed in PDF format and will include 3-D molecular images and pronunciations.

Resources E-Resource, Resources, USP