Science Direct Scheduled Downtime Alert: August 25th-26th

ScienceDirect is expected to be offline and unavailable for approximately 19 hours beginning Saturday, August 25th, 2012 for scheduled maintenance for a new release.

Anticipated downtime: 5:30 AM Saturday, August 25th – 12:30 AM, Sunday, August 26th

New Look and Content for ClinicalTrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov, the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Web-based registry and results database of clinical research studies, has a new look and new content. Launched in 2000, the site has not had a major redesign since 2007.

Visitors to the beta site will find new style and content from the homepage, to conducting a search, to general navigation of the site.

The redesigned homepage features a new menu bar and users can access trends, charts and maps for statistical information, as well as information on clinical alerts and advisories. Site visitors can use the new menu bar from any page on the site to access five areas of content on the site. For researchers there is a section for managing study records with information on how to register and submit results.

Figure 1: New ClinicalTrials.gov homepage.

Search results have more features for identifying study and participant details, study identifiers, and study dates.

Figure 2: The search results list display options.

Even the study record has been updated and enhanced. Study sponsor and collaborator information plus prominent dates regarding the history of the study record are summarized at the top of the page.

Figure 3: Full text view of a study record.

For complete coverage of the changes please visit the NLM Technical Bulletin.

Stay current with all updates and enhancements to your favorite NLM tools and resources at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/stay_current.html.

[Dana Abbey, Health Information Literacy Coordinator]

FYI: Reading Less: A 5 x 5 Video on how to Put Yourself on an Information Diet

Reading Less: A 5 x 5 Video on how to Put Yourself on an Information Diet

This and more informatics (and bioinformatics) learning tools (including longer videos and podcasts) located here: http://cctsi.ucdenver.edu/RIIC/

[Addie Fletcher, Online Educational Services Librarian]

Library Budget Challenges

Many people are cancelling cable or satellite service these days because they either don’t watch much TV or have discovered they can view their favorite shows online for free or less cost.  When you no longer are getting good value for your money it just makes good financial sense to re-evaluate and stop paying for resources you don’t need or use.

The Health Sciences Library also re-evaluates our resources periodically and adjusts when we find low use.  Even if we had limitless funding, libraries would still want to make sure our collections were relevant. Recently we discontinued three resources:  ACP PIER, Clinical Evidence, and Essential Evidence Plus.  We found that use was low for these resources and other Clinical Tools were more popular.

We took this step because, like many households with stagnant or shrinking budgets, we have received the same or less for our resource budget over the last few years.  Costs for resources increase 5-10% each year, so each year we have to decide which resources can continue to be licensed.

All research universities, from Harvard to the University of California system face the same budget challenges.  American Public Media’s Marketplace business report discussed these challenges in a recent piece.

If you have questions or comments about Library resources, feel free to use the News blog comment feature, leave us a post on our Facebook page, or Tell Us via email.

 

[Lynne M. Fox, Education Librarian]

Call for Submissions – Art from the University of Colorado Denver Community

The Exhibits Committee of the Health Sciences Library will be curating an exhibit of artwork created by faculty, staff and students of the University of Colorado Denver.  There are many talented artists on our campuses!  This juried exhibition is an opportunity for us to learn about our talented co-workers, teachers, and students.

This exhibit will be on display November 6, 2012 – January 29, 2013 in the Gallery of the Health Sciences Library.  An Opening Reception will be held on November 15, 2012 from 3:00-5:00 pm.

The Exhibits Committee is looking for submissions of all types of art created by members of either the Anschutz Medical Campus or the Denver Campus.  To submit artwork to be considered for inclusion in the show please visit the library’s homepage to download a submission form.  The submission deadline is September 21, 2011.

New Look, New Name for PubMed Central (PMC)

PMC, formerly known as PubMed Central has been updated for improved viewing and navigation. PMC is the National Institutes of Health’s repository for peer-reviewed primary research reports in the life sciences. This free archive houses journal literature and author manuscripts, and currently contains 2.4 million articles.

Updates to PMC include:

A more compact, uniform presentation of article information allowing for easier navigation:

Improved linking to PubMed search results:

Enhanced viewing capability for tables and figures:

“Go to” links to quickly navigate through articles:

More PMC enhancements are coming! Are you a frequent PubMed, PMC, or NCBI user? Stay up to date by subscribing to news on all the updates and enhancements.

NLM Technical Bulletin

PMC Mailing List

[Dana Abbey, Health Information Literacy Coordinator]

New CCTSI TIES Podcast Available

Episode #13 includes:

• Come learn something - Datapalooza 2012
• Do you want to help? - Colorado Translational Informatics Community
• A resource you can use - SeDLAC
• What’s new in informatics - Hospitals go Wireless
• About us - Robert Dellavalle

The Transcript includes links to more info on topics

[Addie Fletcher, CCTSI Librarian]

New Resource Guide: Information about the Aurora Tragedy

The Health Sciences Library has created a Resource Guide with tools and information about the recent Aurora tragedy.  The Guide contains sections such as “Campus Resources”, “Ways you can help”, “Counseling” and more.  The Guide also contains a link to sign up for the campus’ RAVE system for emergency alerts.

If you have suggestions for additional information to be added to the Guide, please let us know.  You can comment on this blog post or send an e-mail to AskHSL@lists.ucdenver.edu.

FYI: Google Doodle Hurdles

I know, I know!  The Library is not supposed to encourage you to waste time.  But today’s Google Doodle (August 7) in celebration of the Olympic Hurdle competition, is not to be missed.  Google gives you a chance to jump hurdles virtually.  Enjoy!

(For best viewing, use a desktop or laptop – you’ll need a keyboard.)

Open House for Faculty & Staff – Sept 13

Join us for an Open House on Thursday, September 13, 2012 from 8:30 – 10:30 am in Teaching Lab 3 of the Health Sciences Library.  Learn about a variety of departments on campus that can make your life easier!  All Faculty and Staff are invited to attend this event, but most especially those that are relatively new to the Anschutz Medical Campus.

Presentations will be provided by:

• Health Sciences Library
• Educational Support Services (ESS)
• Academic Technology & Extended Learning (Blackboard)
• Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (OIRE)
• IT Services (ITS)
• Office of Research Development & Education (ORDE)

A light breakfast will be provided!  Registration is not required, but will help with catering planning.  You can register at:  http://hslstream.ucdenver.edu/classes/#29

Hope you can join us!