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The Biomedical Library has a new website optimized for mobile devices available at http://bl.southalabama.edu/m. The mobile website includes information about our locations and hours and features links to library resources optimized for small screens. One can also use the mobile site to call, email, text, chat, or map a visit to a reference librarian, or to read the library’s news blog. While the site was designed with touch screen devices in mind, it has been tested and can easily be used on most phones with internet capabilities.

If you have any questions about or suggestions for the Biomedical Library’s mobile website, please contact Technology Librarian Andrea Wright at awright@bbl.usouthal.edu or (251) 461-1424.

The new Biofeedback has arrived! The highlights are listed below and you can choose to flip through at the bottom or this post or view the PDF.

In this issue of the Biofeedback:

• The library’s new mobile website is up and provides quick access to the features you use most.
• Skyscape is a free app that works with Dynamed on iPhone and gives you access to free medical resources.
• Learn about PubMed for handhelds and NCBI Bookshelf: two mobile applications you need to learn.
• More than forty new titles for all disciplines now in SOUTHCat.
• Epocrates RX – a free comprehensive handheld drug guide for Palm, Windows Mobile, iPhone, and Blackberry … with Android compatibility promised soon.
• Dynamed has recently added over 500 clinical calculators to aid health care practitioners in all aspects of clinical decision making. You can read about them in this issue.
• Test Prep electronic resources include Lange Case Files; ExamMaster’s First Aid series, USMLE Step 1 2009: A Student to Student Guide, supplemental texts Cases for the USMLE Step 1 and Q&A for the USMLE Step 1; Davis’s NCLEX-RN Success. Print review material also consists of several titles. Link to a list of all test preparatory materials.

Hover your cursor over the Biofeedback below, then click "View in Full Screen" for a better reading experience.

This issue is the first Biofeedback Newsletter published exclusively online. If you would prefer to receive a paper copy of the Biofeedback via campus mail in the future or would like to be notified by email when new Biofeedbacks are published, please contact the editor Beverly Rossini at brossini@bbl.usouthal.edu.

Scopus Presentation
Friday, January 29, 2010
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
College of Medicine Conference Room
Snacks and door prizes will be provided
Chance to win an iPod

This session will provide a thorough overview of the unique features that make Scopus different from other available tools, including the Author and Affiliation Identifiers and the Journal Analyzer. It will also include an overview of the new features included in the January 2010 release.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. The Scopus database does for faculty that others don't -- faculty can search to determine number of times their articles have been cited, number of times a journal has been cited, etc.

Please RSVP to medlib@bbl.usouthal.edu Thursday, January 28, by 5PM.

The Biomedical Library on campus will be closed this Saturday, January 9 & Sunday, January 10, 2010. We will be opening at 7:15 AM on Monday as usual.

HIRC will continue to provide after-hours access for those in the colleges of medicine, nursing and allied health and pharmacy students. Entry can be gained by presenting an ID and signing out a key card at the desk in the hospital lobby. For information about the library's schedule, view the hours page.

Special holiday hours have begun at the Biomedical Library on campus.

• Monday 12/14/09-Thursday 12/17/09: 8AM-7:45PM
• Friday 12/18/09: 8AM-4:45 PM
• Saturday 12/19/09-Sunday 12/20/09: Closed
• Monday 12/21/09-Wednesday 12/23/09: 8AM-4:45PM
• Thursday 12/24/09-Sunday 1/03/10: Closed
• Monday 1/4/10: Open. Begin Spring Schedule.

The Health Information Resource Center at UMC and the Children's and Women's Hospital Library will be closed from Thursday 12/24/09 to Sunday 12/27/09, as well as on Thursday 12/31/09 and Friday 1/1/10. HIRC will continue to provide after-hours access for hospital staff and residents, as well as faculty and students in the colleges of medicine, nursing and allied health and pharmacy students throughout the holidays. Entry can be gained by presenting an ID and signing out a key card at the desk in the hospital lobby. For information about the library's schedule, view the hours page.

Happy holidays, and have a great semester break!

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The Biomedical Library will be observing extended hours this weekend, December 4-5, 2009 to allow for extra exam study time.  The library will be open on Friday, December 4 from 7:15 AM to 9:45 PM and on Saturday, December 5 from 9:00 AM to 9:45 PM.

Twenty-four hour access to the Health Information Resource Center at UMC is available for students in the colleges of medicine, nursing and allied health and pharmacy students. Entry can be gained by presenting an ID and signing out a key card at the desk in the hospital lobby.

We wish everyone good luck on exams and a safe and happy holiday break!

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The new PubMed interface that we mentioned over the summer has finally arrived. There are many exciting new features with which to experiment, but for those growing accustomed to searching with the new interface, the most important thing to note is that most of the functions that were once located in the tabs area (i.e. Limits, Details, Preview, History) are now located in the Advanced Search screen.

To learn more about the changes, you can read the NLM's post about the new design and features. You can also view the PubMed Quick Start page for information about searching using the new interface. If you need help or would like to know more, please feel free to contact the Biomedical Library reference desk at 251-460-7044 or medlib@bbl.usouthal.edu.

USA's Biomedical Library will be celebrating National Medical Librarians Month during the entire month of October with librarian mediated exhibits, resource demonstrations and technology tips at all campus and hospital locations. Come and meet your medical librarians and learn about the resources your Biomedical Library provides.

Weekly exhibits begin Monday, October 5, 2009 at the Health, Allied Health and Nursing (HAHN) Building every Monday from 1 – 4; at Children's and Women's Hospital lobby (Tuesdays, October 6 and 20, 2009); on to the College of Medicine on campus from noon to 1 PM every Wednesday throughout the month; in the USAMC Cafeteria Lobby (Thursdays October 8 and 22, 2009). The Library will also visit the College of Nursing on the Baldwin County campus on Mondays October 5 and 19, 2009.

Webinars are scheduled for the following resources:

• Monday, October 19, 2009 - The Cochrane Library webinar Baugh Biomedical Library & Baldwin County Campus 1 - 2 PM
• Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - EXAM Master webinar at Baugh Biomedical Library and UMC Third Floor South Conference Room 1:30 -2:30 PM
• Thursday, October 22, 2009 - Dynamed at Baugh Biomedical Library and UMC Third Floor South Conference Room 1:30 – 2:30 PM
• Friday, October 30, 2009 - CINAHL webinar at Baugh Biomedical Library

The Medical Library Association created the National Medical Librarians Month observance to raise awareness of the important role of the health information professional. Patients and those in the health care community need the specialized services that medical librarians provide now more than ever before.

We encourage everyone in the University health care communities and in the University colleges to take a moment and stop by the Biomedical Library locations and exhibits. @sk Your Medical Librarian and learn how to "hook" the quality health information you need. Your medical librarians' expertise and professional training are vital to ensuring you use the best health information available.

Please contact the Library at medlib@bbl.usouthal.edu or (251) 460-7044 for more information.

A new issue of the Biofeedback Newsletter is available with information about Evidence-Based Healthcare, Exam Master, Primal Pictures, Puget, new books, and much more! View the pdf or flip through below.

Based on usage data, the hours of the Health Information Resource Center on the third floor of UMC are being adjusted.  Effective beginning September 12, 2009, the HIRC will be open 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday.

After hours and weekend access is available for hospital staff and residents, as well as for faculty and students in the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health, and  Pharmacy students. Entry can be gained by presenting an ID and signing out a key card at the desk in the hospital lobby.

Librarians at the Biomedical Library on campus are available during open hours on nights and weekends by phone, chat, and email to help those using the Health Information Resource Center.

To find out more about services and availability, visit our Hours and Ask-A-Librarian pages.

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