For those of you not on the Science Librarians listserve...
There is now a version of SciFinder Scholar 2007 that runs on Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) without using Rosetta. You can download it at http://sciweb.lib.umn.edu/subject/software/
See previous blog posts:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/staff/biomedref/archives/002139.html
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/staff/biomedref/archives/002135.html
I got a question from a student worker who is doing a project with a faculty member's RefWorks account. The faculty member wants all the records to contain both a full periodical title and an abbreviated periodical title, since she switches between bibliographic styles that use one or the other. The student was wondering if there was a way to find RefWorks records that had one of these fields blank without going through the records one by one, since there are over 3000 records in the faculty member's account.
Hmm, said I. I couldn't figure out a way to search for records in which a certain field had no data. However, Lisa and I put our heads together and figured out that you can sort a list by both of those fields (periodical, full and periodical, abbrev) and if the field you're sorting by in a record is blank, it will appear at the top of the list, before the alphabetical order kicks in. Aha!
So, I recommended that the student view all references, sort by "periodical, abbrev", change the view to "full view" so that she could more quickly confirm that the field was missing, and edit the records that didn't have the field. Once she had added the abbreviation to all the records that didn't have it, she could repeat the process by sorting by "periodical, full" to make sure all the records had a full title.
This will probably be a little faster than going through the records one by one. If anyone else has a better idea, or questions, let me know!
Thanks,
Liz
Hello all,
I got a question from a faculty member today who was confused about the citation format for an article from a BioMed Central (BMC) title. The faculty member's confusion centered around trying to find a page number range for the citation, as well as trying to cite a specific page number for a direct quote.
This is the citation:
Herman, P., Craig, B., & Caspi, O. (2005). Is complementary and alternative medicine(CAM) cost-effective? A systematic review. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 5:11
The article is available at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/5/11. If you look at the PDF version of the article, you'll notice it says, "page number not for citation purposes" at the bottom of each page.
As a reminder, BMC is an open access publisher, and most of their journal titles are published only in online form. Because it never appears in printed form, it's not paginated the way articles normally are. The citation gives a volume number (5) and an article number (11), which is all you need to cite the article. This link gives you further information about citing BMC titles: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/faq?name=citation
My response to the faculty member was that for the reference list, the article would be cited as it appears above. To cite a direct quote from the article (which requires a page number in the in-text citation in APA format), I think it's fine to use the PDF page number. My interpretation is that the "not for citation" designation means that you wouldn't put 1-15 as a page range in the citation in your reference list, but for an in-text citation, the PDF page number seems appropriate.
I hope this is helpful. Let me know if you have any questions, or if you would have given the faculty member a different answer!
Thanks,
Liz
There will be two free hands-on online database classes offered in Minneapolis at the Bio-Medical Library, AHC Learning Commons, Diehl Hall.
The NLM Gateway and ClinicalTrials.gov (3.5 MLA CE Hours) will be on Monday, September 15, 2008 from 1:00 to 4:30pm. (The NLM Gateway & Clinical Trails database is of particular interest to public and consumer health librarians and all health information consumers.)
The PubMed® (7.5 MLA CE Hours) class will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
There have been many recent enhancements to PubMed®, including:
* Additions to “My NCBI� to allow for customize of your display, choosing your own filters, saving citations and generating automatic email alerts from PubMed®.
* Citation “sensors�.
* NEW “Automatic term mapping�.
* NEW Advanced search.
All these classes are intended for health sciences library staff, public librarians, health professionals and anyone interested in using the National Library of Medicine databases which are renowned. Use this on-line registration form for a simplified sign-up: http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/register.html?schedule_id=408
These classes are taught by two trainers from the National Training Center & Clearinghouse, 800-338-7657 (press 2), of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine of the National Library of Medicine. All training materials will be provided free of charge.
Please contact me with questions. Thanks!
Martha
The link on our Web page now correctly refers to the EBSCO interface for CINAHL.
Also, the default interface for all EBSCO databases is now EBSCOhost 2.0. I haven't explored all the features yet, but for more information about the new interface, please go to: http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=969. To register for MINITEX Webinars about the new interface, please go to: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#192
Martha
This is just to make you aware that as of July 2008 the Ovid version of CINAHL is no longer available; however, the links on the HSL Web page still refer to the Ovid interface. An email has been sent to John Barneson to correct this. In the meantime, to get to the EBSCO version of CINAHL, go to the University Libraries A-Z database list, click on E and then click on EBSCO Databases. Scroll down to near the bottom and the CINAHL (EBSCO) is there.
Katherine
Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to send a follow-up to Anne's email about the Blackwell/Wiley Interscience access issues. There are two problems that have occurred as a result of the transfer. The first one if missing content, titles affected by this are listed on the Wiley spreadsheet that Anne referred to. In addition to this we are also experiencing problems in accessing our subscribed content. When you try to access something within the date ranges listed in Find It you will get asked to log in. I just did a spot check of 64 titles for which we should have access from 1997/1998 (if available) to the present and we only access in four titles.
Anne and I are continuing to work on resolving this as soon as possible. In the mean time if you run into problems with Blackwell titles let us know so we can keep track of what the problem is and make sure that it is resolved.
Thanks.
-Nicole
UPDATE: If, like me, your busy-ness prevented you from participating in the PubMed online Search Clinic the other day, the good news is that the Webinar was recorded and is now posted at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/clinics/pmupdate08.html.
PubMed has instituted several changes recently, including to Automatic Term Mapping, Citation Sensor and the beta Advanced Search. The Krafty Librarian has an incredibly handy post that conveniently aggregates several sources you can consult to learn more about these changes. No need to reiterate everything here, since Michelle Kraft has done such a nice job already, so I encourage you to go check out the resources listed in her post.
Also, as Michelle points out, NLM is hosting an online clinic regarding changes to PubMed on July 17 at 1:00 pm Central (2:00 pm Eastern). This clinic is limited to only 300 participants.
Martha
Hello everybody,
As some of you may have already noticed, the Blackwell Synergy/Wiley Interscience merger has caused a few problems with journal access to Blackwell titles, with several titles having “missing content.�
You can find a list of journals with “missing content� on the Wiley-Blackwell Online Content Transition page:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/aboutus/wiley-blackwell/transition.html
You can find the complete list under “what will happen to Blackwell journal content� – just click on the “Blackwell journal content missing from Wiley InterScience� link for the excel file.
According to the spreadsheet content should be added by mid-July, so I am anticipating more questions from patrons regarding access. If you get an access question for a Blackwell title, you may want to check the spreadsheet to see if it is listed there.
Please let Nicole or myself know of any access problems you encounter.
Anne
For those of you who heard about or helped try to answer the question of how salmonella saint paul got its name, Michelle Brasure was able to get an answer from the Minnesota Department of Health Library. The answer to the question is shown below:
From: "Paul Dahl"
To:
Subject: Re: salmonella saintpaul
Billie Juni from the Public Health Lab contacted the CDC and got the following regarding Salmonella SaintPaul.
Matt Mikoleit in the Salmonella Reference Lab (CDC) commented:
Salmonella SaintPaul was first identified in the late 1940s or early 1950s from birds in Litchfield, MN by Dr. B. Pomeroy of the U of M Vet School. Because Salmonella Litchfield already existed, it was named for the location of the vet school.
Just a reminder that if you have any e-resource access issues/problems, you should email bmsers@umn.edu (instead of directly emailing individual tech services staff members). This helps HSL technical services expediently resolve any E-resource access issue/problems. Someone from tech services department will be checking this mail box; however, if it's an emergency feel free to call tech services staff members directly.