FSU Maguire Medical Library Blog

Firefox and Safari Problems in PubMed

If you use Firefox or Safari to access PubMed from the Maguire Medical Library website, you may have noticed that the garnet FSU icon does not always link to the full-text journal articles like it should.  The National Library of Medicine says that they are working vigorously to resolve the problem.

In the meantime, you have two options:

• Use Internet Explorer or Opera (for Macintosh users)
• Change the PubMed display to “abstract” or “citation”

All library links are functional in AbstractPlus with Internet Explorer.

Disaster Information Management Research Center

The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce a new web resource for its Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov. The aim of the DIMRC web site is to provide access to quality disaster health information to the nation at all stages of preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery. The initial phase of this web site focuses on NLM and NLM-supported resources and activities. The web site will expand to include other sources of authoritative disaster health information. http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc.html

ToxTown en español

Tox Town is now available in both English, http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov
and en español, http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/espanol.

Visitors can learn in English or in Spanish about environmental health concerns and over 30 toxic chemicals in these imaginary neighborhoods: a City, Farm, Town, US-Mexico Border, and Port. In either language, Tox Town uses neighborhood scenes along with color, graphics, sounds, and animation to add interest to learning about connections between chemicals, the environment, and the public's health. Tox Town's target audience is high school, college and graduate students, educators, and the interested public.

Library Toolbar

Download the FSU Maguire Medical Library's new toolbar for instant access to library resources from any site on the Web!

This small program works for Internet Explorer and Firefox and allows you to access library resources straight from your browser, from any Web page!

To download the toolbar, go to http://www.med.fsu.edu/library/toolbar.html

What can you do with the library's toolbar?

• Search the Web via Google and Google Scholar. Search library resources such as the Oxford Medical Dictionary, MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, Essential Evidence Plus, ACP PIER, and Drug Facts & Comparisons. Search Pubmed and all journal subscriptions at FSU.
• Highlight a term on a Web page or type it into the search box to begin a search.
• Have the library's Quick Links (Maguire library Resources, E-Journals, Medical E-Journals, All Journal Subscriptions at FSU, PubMed and Medical E-Books) available with the click of a button from any Web page.
• Quickly access resources for finding an article. Direct links to the Catalog, Google Scholar, Medical E-Journals, PubMed's Single Citation Matcher and Interlibrary Loan make it easy to locate articles faster.
• Contact library staff from any Web page.
• Stay current with news from the library and other news services.
• Listen to NPR and other radio channels.
• Access the weather information directly from your browser (optional).

Women's Health Resources from the National Library of Medicine

A new Web resource providing scientists and consumers with the latest information on significant topics in women's health research from scientific journals and other peer-reviewed sources is now available through the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The NLM Division of Specialized Information Services, Office of Outreach and Special Populations has partnered with the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) to create this one-stop resource.

The 2008 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Priorities for Women's Health were used to identify overarching themes, specific health topics, and research initiatives in women's health. Within each section of the Web site are topics with links to relevant and authoritative resources and research initiatives for women's health.

Women's Health Resources from the NLM Web site can be found at: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/womenshealthoverview.html

Neurology E-Books Provided by the University Libraries via New Faculty Development Grants

We now have access to 17 more neurology e-books provided by the University Libraries via New Faculty Development Grants.  They may be found on the library's e-books page.  The page may be sorted by author, title, subject, or provider.  Simply click on the column heading to sort. Remember, if you are off-campus, click on the "Off-Campus Access (EZProxy)" link on the library's main page before going to the e-books page.  Many thanks to the University Libraries for access to:

Bradley, Ronald J.; International Review of Neurobiology, Volume 73; 2006
Bretschneider, Franklin; Introduction to Electrophysiological Methods and Instrumentation; 2006
Buccafusco, Jerry J.; Methods of Behavior Analysis in Neuroscience; 2000
Carlton, Susan Marcy; Methods in Pain Research; 2001
Chin, Hemin R.; Methods in Genomic Neuroscience; 2001
Cummings, Jeffrey; Genotype - Proteotype - Phenotype Relationships in Neurodegenerative Diseases; 2005
Frackowiak, Richard S.J.; Human Brain Function; 2003
Gilman, Sid; Neurobiology of Disease; 2006
Jones, Byron C.; Neurobehavioral Genetics: Methods and Applications, 2nd ed.; 2006
Pitkanen, Alsa; Models of Seizures and Epilepsy; 2005
Scarabino, Tommaso; Atlas of Morphology and Functional Anatomy of the Brain; 2006
Siegel, George J.; Basic Neurochemistry: Molecular, Cellular and Medical Aspects; 2005
Strobel, Gabrielle; Research Funding in Neuroscience: A Profile of the Mcknight Endowment Fund; 2006
Thompson, Edward J.; Proteins of the Cerebrospinal Fluid: Analysis and Interpretation in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurological Disease; 2005
Usunoff, Kamen G.; Functional Neuroanatomy of Pain; 2006
Van Drongelen, Wim; Signal Processing for Neuroscientists: An Introduction to the Analysis of Physiological Signals; 2006
Walter, Hendelman; Atlas of Functional Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed.; 2005

Scholarly Communication - Guide for Research Universities

The Association of Research Libraries has created a site with information regarding Scholarly Communication and the new NIH Public Access Policy. Sections include:  What's New?; About the New Policy; A Step Forward; What Does it Mean for Research Institutions?; and Key Dates.  The url is http://www.arl.org/sc/implement/nih/guide/

Medical Schools and Rural Physicians

There have been long-standing public policy questions regarding the effectiveness of medical school programs focused on increasing the supply of rural physicians. A new, highly selective studies reviewed six medical school programs. The study found these medical school rural programs have been highly successful in increasing the supply of rural physicians, with an average of 53% to 64% of graduates practicing in rural areas. The studies reviewed in this report had wide variability in methodology, varying degrees of methodologic rigor, and used different definitions of rural. Nevertheless, taken in the aggregate, the authors of this report believe that the evidence regarding the effects of these programs is substantial. The authors feel the programs are generalizable and would substantially impact the supply and retention of rural physicians if they were widely replicated.

Study information:
Medical School Programs to Increase the Rural Physician Supply: A Systematic Review and Projected Impact of Widespread Replication
Howard K. Rabinowitz, MD, James J. Diamond, PhD, Fred W. Markham, MD, and Jeremy R. Wortman
Academic Medicine, Vol. 83, No. 3 / March 2008

The Kansas Rural Health Information Service has posted a pdf of the study on their website at http://tinyurl.com/35c7ee