Welcome to BiblioBlast, the newsletter of the D. Samuel Gottesman Library of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. BiblioBlast will inform you about new Library resources and keep you up to date with our classes, events and other activities. It will also highlight tips to make our online resources easier and faster to use.
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Library Exhibit
Stop by the lobby outside the Library to see the new exhibit honoring Einstein faculty who have authored, edited or contributed to books published during the past year. This year we honor 44 faculty members who together have authored, edited or contributed to 32 books. The collection includes topics in medical research, clinical medicine, global health, epidemiology, librarianship and psychology.
An online version of the exhibit will be available soon.
The book club selection for April is Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal. "Gulp is structured as a vastly entertaining pilgrimage down the digestive tract, with Ms. Roach as the wittiest, most valuable tour guide imaginable." -- New York Times
The next meeting will be Wednesday, April 13, 2015, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Come join us in the library for discussion and snacks. Weather permitting, we’ll meet outside on the Quad. We welcome all members of the Einstein community to come and offer their thoughts on the theme.
If you have any questions and to RSVP, please contact the Reference Department at askref@einstein.yu.edu or 718.430.3104.
The Book Club has an email list for discussion and announcements. Sign up at https://lists.aecom.yu.edu/mailman/listinfo/bookclub.
DOCs (Dogs on Call) made a house call to the Library on February 25 to help students relieve the stress of studying for exams. Students emerged from the Reading Room to pet and play with the dogs who were stationed in Circulation/Reference desk area. The dogs (Elvis, Britnee, Tango, Molly, Jessi, and Bentley) clearly enjoyed the attention lavished upon them. There was a lot of laughter, many smiles as well as spirited conversations with the dogs’ owners.
DOCs is a dog therapy program based at Jacobi Medical Center. The dogs and their owners are volunteers who are trained and certified by nationwide organizations to provide pet therapy in hospitals, schools, etc. Their regular visits to Jacobi help patients heal and smile.
The dogs’ owners were extremely gracious, standing by proudly as students petted, snuggled and nuzzled their pets. Our students appreciated a few hours of unconditional canine affection and relaxation -- a welcome break from exam prep stress. Several students said were so impressed with the therapy dogs that they plan on incorporating them in patient care in their future careers. Curious faculty and staff also stopped by to see what the hubbub was all about and walked away smiling. The event was a hit! DOCs brought a warm ray of canine sunshine to everybody in attendance on a cold February afternoon.
DOCs will come back for a return engagement!
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently announced plans for establishing its own policy for public access to scientific publications and data. The policy, which will go into effect in October 2015 applies to all scientific publications and data in digital format arising from unclassified research and programs funded in whole or in part by AHRQ. Implementation of the policy will be prospective and will not apply do publications or data arising from AHRQ-sponsored research funded prior to the publication of the final AHRQ Public Access Policy.
The policy will require authors to submit the final peer-reviewed accepted journal manuscripts to PubMed Central (PMC). If the final peer-reviewed manuscript is not available, AHRQ will accept the final published PDF as long as authors can ensure they have the rights to made the PDF available to the public.
Digitally formatted data resulting from unclassified research should be stored and publicly accessible to search, retrieve, and analyze. At the present time, AHRQ does not offer a specified data repository. AHRQ-funded researchers will be required to include a data management plan describing the way their research data will be stored and shared.
More details about AHRQ’s public access policy are available at http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/policies/publicaccess/index.html.
To learn more about submitting manuscripts to PMC, visit: http://libguides.einstein.yu.edu/nih/nih_submit
More information on creating data management plans can be found at: http://libguides.einstein.yu.edu/rdm/dmp
The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), now has apps available for Apple and Android devices. The Library has access to JoVE: Biology, Neurosciences, Immunology & Infection, and Clinical & Translational Medicine.
Download the app from either the Google Play or iTunes Store. After you register with your Einstein email address you will get an email from JoVE to confirm the email address. You do not need to be on the Einstein network to register.
"Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is an online journal publishing visualized (video-based) biological research studies. This publication aims to solve some of the most difficult problems in the contemporary life science research: low transparency and reproducibility of biological experiments, time-consuming learning of experimental techniques ... Video-based visualization of biological techniques and procedures provide an effective solution to the problem described"--About us (Website main page).
For questions contact a Reference Librarian 718.430.3104, askref@einstein.yu.edu.
The AMA Manual of Style is an essential tool for those engaged in medical and scientific publishing. The Library has online access to the AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition).
Features include: Quick Search and Advanced Search options to search the full text of the book. Browse the Table of Contents and the Index and jump quickly to the section that you want. View content on screen, print in print friendly format, or download to PDF. Interactive SI Conversion calculator lets you quickly convert units of measure. Create a personal profile to allow you to save content and searches for future visits.
The AMA Manual of Style is linked on our E-Books and in the Library Catalog.
This resource may be accessed off-campus using your remote access User ID and Password.
Essential Evidence and POEM: EE+ POEMs (Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters from Essential Evidence Plus) delivers new evidence that is especially relevant to patient care. Each new POEM is reviewed for accuracy and graded for relevancy before being released, supporting application of the best research findings to your clinical practice. View new POEMs daily as they are delivered or search the archive by date or title.
Download EE+ POEMs to smart phones and mobile devices, including iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Palm, and Windows Mobile. Connect to Unbound Medicine. Create or log in to your individual account. Click on Download Software, and follow the instructions for your device.
See Reference staff for assistance 718.430.3104, askref@einstein.yu.edu
The tenth edition of A User’s Guide to POPLINE Keywords provides guidance to searchers that allows them to structure both broadly comprehensive and very specific searches of the POPLINE database.
This edition updates the thesaurus to better reflect current scope coverage in POPLINE. The revision process included streamlining certain hierarchies, as well as adding new terms to facilitate searching mHealth concepts.
The new Guide includes both an alphabetical and permuted listing along with a supplement describing the changes made in this edition.
Find the guide in Einstein's Library Catalog. A PDF is available from Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs.
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