Ann Koopman: In Memoriam
We sadly note that former JEFFLINE Editor Ann Koopman passed away on Friday, December 20th, 2013 from complications relating to pulmonary hypertension.
Ann came to Scott Memorial Library in 1995 as a Reference Librarian and served as the principal architect and longtime editor of JEFFLINE, the library’s website. She performed those roles with exceptional energy and enthusiasm even in the face of the escalating health challenges that eventually caused her to take disability leave from Jefferson in 2012. Ann also served Jefferson as a Health Mentor.
Ann is survived by her husband, Eric Pumroy, and her two daughters, Ra...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - January 2, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Register for RefWorks Workshops in January
Need to brush up on your RefWorks skills, or just want a quick introduction to the software? Sign up now for a webinar tutorial, conducted by RefWorks trainers. Please note that registration is limited and enrollment is required.
Beyond Direct Export: Five Other Ways to Import Information to RefWorks (40 minutes)
Direct export is but one method for adding references; In this webinar we will review these other methods, which are: Importing from a text file; searching online catalogs or databases from within RefWorks; using a web browser tool called RefGrab-It to capture references from a web page; importing records from RSS...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - January 2, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Who Says Laughter’s the Best Medicine?
Just in time to protect patients from the dangers of holiday cheer, a new scholarly review from a British medical journal describes many harmful effects wrought by laughter. Enjoy this post from the New York Times.
View the BMJ article: Laughter and MIRTH (Methodical Investigation of Risibility, Therapeutic and Harmful): narrative synthesis
Happy Holidays! (Source: What's New on JEFFLINE)
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - December 20, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
12 E-Books New to JEFFLINE in November and December
Scott Library added these 12 e-books in November and December to the growing collection:
Biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals: transforming proteins and genes into drugs (2nd ed.)
Epidemiology (5th ed.)
Fundamentals of musculoskeletal ultrasound (2nd ed.)
Healthcare quality book: vision, strategy, and tools (2nd ed.)
Informatics in medical imaging
Making scientists: six principles for effective college teaching
Measuring health care: using data for operational, financial, and clinical improvement
Molecular diagnostics: fundamentals, methods, and clinical applications (2nd ed.)
Proposal writing for nursing capstones and cl...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - December 17, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Gary Kaplan Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Milestone: Over 100 MPH Capstones Archived in the Jefferson Digital Commons
Since 2009 the Jefferson School of Population Health (JSPH) has archived all capstone presentations in the Jefferson Digital Commons.
The latest round of presentations brought the total inventory to over 100 capstone presentations in the MPH degree track. In addition, JSPH is also archiving capstone presentations from the Master of Science in Health Policy, and Healthcare Quality and Safety (MS-HQS) capstone presentations.
Currently, the three most popular capstones in the MPH degree track include:
Assessing Nutrition Knowledge, Skill and Attitudes in Adolescent Girls
The Need for a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in Philade...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - December 16, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
F1000Research now visible on PubMed and PubMed Central
The Open Access life-sciences journal F1000Research was launched earlier this year and more than 300 articles have been published using their innovative model. They post articles within a week of submission and then subject them to an open peer-review process.
Now, articles that receive at least 2 ‘Approved’ statuses from the referees, or 1 ‘Approved’ status plus 2 ‘Approved with Reservations’ statuses will appear in PubMed and PubMed Central. For more details, see this F1000Research blog post.
(Source: What's New on JEFFLINE)
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - December 16, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Digitised Diseases: 3D Bone Resource
New from Jisc in the UK:
Digitised Diseases is an open access resource featuring human bones which have been digitised using 3D laser scanning, CT, and radiography. The resource focuses on a wide range of pathological type specimens from archaeological and historical medical collections, specifically examples of chronic diseases which affect the human skeleton for which many of the physical changes are often not directly observable within clinical practice. Of major interest to many will be high fidelity photo-realistic digital representations of 3D bones that can be viewed, downloaded and manipulated on their computer, ta...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - December 11, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Jefferson Book Club Selection for March: The Yellow Birds
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers is the March 2014 selection for the Jefferson Book Club.
Join your colleagues for the next Jefferson Book Club discussion Thursday, March 6th from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm in room 200A Scott .
All students, faculty, and staff welcome. Lunch will be provided. Copies available now at the Jeff Bookstore at a 30% discount and by mid-January at Scott Library. If you’re not already a member, please take a moment to join!
Please RSVP to: book.club@jefferson.edu
The One Book, One Philadelphia Selection Committee chose the recent National Book Award finalist, The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers for ...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - December 10, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
RefWorks Group Code Eliminated for Off-Campus Logins
As of December 11th, 2013, RefWorks users will no longer be required to enter a group code when logging in to their RefWorks account off-campus or outside of the Thomas Jefferson University IP range.
New RefWorks Accounts
You must be on-campus (within a registered IP range for Thomas Jefferson University) or accessing RefWorks through our proxy server (via JEFFLINE web site) when initially creating a RefWorks account. Once the new account is set up you’ll be able to log in from any location, with or without proxy authentication, using only your login name and password.
Write N Cite: Group Codes Still Needed for Now
J...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - December 9, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Research Career Support from Elsevier
Elsevier’s Early Career Resources site can help new (and experienced) researchers navigate the relevant issues and resources to achieve their career goals. The site includes audio, video, guides, training resources, and recommended readings in the following topic areas:
Career and funding
Ethics in research and publishing
Search and discovery
Writing and publishing
Networking
Guides and recommended reading
Training and workshops
Need help finding resources or funding opportunities? Request a consultation with a Scott Memorial librarian. (Source: What's New on JEFFLINE)
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - December 3, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Researchers Source Type: news
PubMed Central (PMC) Releases New ID Converter
PMC has just released an upgrade to the ID converter, now dubbed the PMCID – PMID -Manuscript ID – DOI Converter (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/pmctopmid/). This utility allows you to start with the unique identifier for an article that is in PMC, and find additional unique identifiers that may apply to the article.
Improvements include support for DOIs, auto-detection of the ID type based on its format, and enhanced output. It also provides output in any of several different formats: HTML, XML, JSON, or CSV.
This tool uses an underlying web service that is also publicly available for those needing programmat...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - November 26, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
UpToDate: Practice Changing Updates
Practice Changing UpDates highlight new changes that the UpToDate® editorial staff anticipates may have a significant or broad impact on usual clinical practice.
Two methods for finding practice changing updates:
Search for ‘practice changing updates’ and select the topic with that name
Or, select What’s new from the tool bar and click the first topic: Practice Changing Updates. Practice Changing Updates are presented chronologically and discussed in greater detail in the identified topic reviews.
Questions?
Call: 215.503.6994 (ask for a librarian)
Chat: http://jeffline.jefferson.edu/Ask/
In person: Visit th...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - November 26, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Register for RefWorks Workshops in December
Need to brush up on your RefWorks skills, or just want a quick introduction to the software? Sign up now for a webinar tutorial, conducted by RefWorks trainers. Please note that registration is limited and enrollment is required.
Beyond Direct Export: Five Other Ways to Import Information to RefWorks (40 minutes)
Direct export is but one method for adding references; In this webinar we will review these other methods, which are: Importing from a text file; searching online catalogs or databases from within RefWorks; using a web browser tool called RefGrab-It to capture references from a web page; importing records from RSS...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - November 25, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Chinese Medicinal Diet: Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds, December 3rd
Please join us for Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 in 925 Chestnut Street, 2nd floor conference room from 8:00-9:00 am. Please note the venue for this exciting program. Jingduan Yang, M.D. is presenting and the title of his presentation is: Chinese Medicinal Diet.
Dr. Yang is a leading physician at the Myrna Brind Center where he is Director of the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Program. He is an international expert on classic forms of Chinese Medicine, and he has developed a patient care approach that uniquely incorporates acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, neuro-emotional tec...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - November 22, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Color Printing Now Available From Scott 2nd Floor Computers
Color printing is now an option if you’re using one of the Library’s PCs or Macs on 2nd floor of Scott. The black & white printer (named SML 2nd Floor Xerox) is still the default, so you’ll need to select the new color printer (named HP_Color_LaserJet_SML2…) from the Print Dialog Box (see below) to print your document in color:
Color printing costs 25 cents per page. If your document also contains black & white pages, those will only be charged at the black & white rate of 10 cents per page.
The new color printer is located by the East stairwell (near the magazine collection) and you can re...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - November 12, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
