We have received a few coverage questions regarding the Academic Search Premier Alumni Edition. You can find coverage details (in PDF, Excel or HTML format) at Ebsco at: http://www.epnet.com/titleLists.php?topicID=380&tabForward=titleLists&marketID.
The following information is included:
ISSN
Publication Name
Publisher
Indexing and Abstracting (date range)
Full Text (date range) [Full Text refers to text only, and/or text with graphics, and/or full page image coverage.]
Full Text Delay (Months)
Peer-Reviewed
PDF Images (full page)
Searchable Cited
As always with aggregators, "Publications included on this database are subject to change without notice due to contractual agreements with publishers."
Thanks,
Deb
Keep an eye on UpToDate. Our link has intermittently been taking users, to a version (probably the default version) of the home page that demands a username and password, and requires a successful log in to get anywhere, as opposed to the "Click here to log in" page we should see. So essentially it prevents users from getting in.
It's happened on and off a couple times this afternoon so far, in the Bio-Med Library, so if it continues we may want to contact the vendor.
Kevin
Greetings. Christopher has received three Rush Bindery Fax Requests that were not at the bindery (this item had been back since April 2005), nor did they have initials on them. This is a reference mediated service and it would be very useful to Christopher if library staff would include their initials on the form in case he has any follow up questions.
Thanks.
Nicole and Christopher
If patrons are using RefWorks to create a bibliography in APA style, they may notice a common formatting problem. In RefWorks' default APA style, RefWorks formats the title of the article in a citation so that the first letter of the title is capitalized and all the other letters are lower case. This becomes a problem when there are proper nouns in the title that need to stay capitalized.
To solve this problem, you should choose the style "APA - No Title Casing Applied, American Psychological Association, 5th Edition," which is down in the extended list of styles. With this format, the title will appear in the citation with the letter cases exactly as they appears in the RefWorks account. So, the patron should make sure that the title appears in the RefWorks record as he or she wants it to appear in the bibliography.
It's surprising that this isn't the default for APA style, but now you know how to get around it if people ask. Let me know if you have questions!
Liz
ISI is now serving up a version of MEDLINE on its Web of Science website. It is part of the drop down menu on the top. We will not at this time be providing a link on our website or catalog to this link, but we will also not be asking ISI to supress the link either. Initial examination shows some pros and cons of the search interface and in a nut shell, does not offer up anything really new in searching MEDLINE.
Highlights --
There are three different search interfaces (1) a simple search that is a single search box. This appears on the welcome page. (2) General search. This search includes search boxes labeled Topic, MeSH Heading, Author, Source Title, Publication Year, Address, Chemical, Identifying Codes. On this page is also a "restrick search by .." section that includes the limits from the limits section on PubMed, but greatly expands the options within the categories (beyond what PubMed allows on its limits page) -- but fewer limit options than what Ovid has on its limits page. (3) Advanced Search. This is a command line/field tagged search.
Some initial findings --
Discovered that when using the MeSH Heading search box, it does not map to MeSH headings. If you put in an incorrect heading, it just tells you that it doesn't exist, no suggestions about possible headings -- even if you have all the words right, but just in the wrong order.
On the other hand, if you just use the Topic search box, it has a radio button to map to MeSH headings and it does. There is a link to a "thesaurus" on the MeSH Heading search box.
Play around with it and see what you think. Is it worthwhile to let are patrons know about it?
Katherine