FSU Maguire Medical Library Blog

PubMed: New Interface, Same Features

Yesterday, PubMed made the final transition to its newly redesigned interface. Many of its tools and resources have remained the same, but have been relocated on the new interface. For example, some of the tools originally located on the side menu, such as the MeSH Database and Single Citation Matcher, have been added to new menus located on the center of the PubMed homepage.

 

 
 

Additionally, Limits and History, features that were originally presented as tabs on the main page of PubMed’s previous interface, have now been relocated under Advanced Search on the main page of the redesigned interface.

According to the NLM Technical Bulletin, PubMed is updating their tutorials. The Maguire Medical Library staff is available to provide assistance during this transition. Stay tuned for a PowerPoint presentation on the redesign to be added to the Medical Library’s website. If you have any questions, please contact us at (850) 644-3883 or medlibrary@med.fsu.edu.

PubMed Redesign

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) recently launched a preview of the newly redesigned PubMed interface. The purpose of this redesign was to simplify the look of the interface while maintaining many of its useful features. According to the NLM Technical Bulletin, the PubMed preview version "is expected to run for at least two weeks after which PubMed will exist in the redesigned version."

• View the PubMed preview

            Or

• Go to the PubMed hompeage and click on the image that reads: "Try the redesigned PubMed".

The Maguire Medical Library staff is currently in the process of developing materials and providing instruction to assist users with the transition. Stay tuned for additional information on this process.

Pubmed is a citation database for finding abstracts and full text articles. To access full text articles select the "FSU" button present on the top right corner of the abstract page. If you do not see the "FSU" button, search for the journal on the library's E-journals list. If you are located off-campus, remember to log into EZProxy first.

Questions? Please contact us at (850) 644-3883 or email medlibrary@med.fsu.edu.

NIH Workshop in Atlanta April 15-17

If you plan to be submitting an NIH grant within the next year or two, this is an opportunity to strongly consider. NIH does 2 of these meetings annually, and this year one of them is in Atlanta.  Click on links below for registration information.

Make Plans to Attend a 2009 NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration

What is a NIH Regional Seminar?
Held twice a year, the NIH Regional Seminars are intended to help demystify the application and review process, clarify federal regulations and policies, and highlight current areas of special interest or concern. NIH policy officials, grants management and program staff, as well as representatives from the Office for Human Research Protections and the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, will interact with seminar participants and provide a broad array of expertise. Optional eRA Hands-On Computer Workshops provide the latest information on interacting with NIH electronically.

Who Attends?
This seminar is for you if you're looking for a better understanding of and the latest changes to elements of the NIH Grants Process, as well as the opportunity to network with others in their field and NIH/HHS experts.

Where, When, & How Do I Register?

• Atlanta, Georgia -
  Wednesday, April 15: eRA Hands-On Computer Workshops
  Thursday, April 16 & Friday, April 17: 2-Day Regional Seminar
  Registration: (Registration open now)
  *Co-hosted by Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology
• Las Vegas, Nevada -
  Wednesday, June 24: eRA Hands-On Computer Workshops
  Thursday, June 25 & Friday, June 26: 2-Day Regional Seminar
  Registration: (Registration opens late December 2008)
  *Co-ambassadors are the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the University of Nevada, Reno

Additional Information?
NIH Guide Notice
NIH Regional Seminar home page

New Medical Topics Added to Harrison's Practice

Harrison's Practice has updated 20 medical topics this month.

• Acute Pancreatitis
• Amenorrhea
• Anemia of Renal Disease
• Anxiety, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
• Escherichia coli Infections
• Gastritis
• Hearing Loss
• Hirsutism
• Hypertensive Emergencies
• Infective Endocarditis
• Iodine Deficiency
• Male Hypogondasim
• Neck and Shoulder Pain
• Paget Disease
• Pharyngitis
• Raynaud's Phenomenon
• Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Syncope
• Taxoplasmosis

New Features Added to EBSCOhost

In response to feedback from customers, several enhancements were added to the recently redesigned EBSCOhost interface. Below is a summary of the new features now available:

• A new Image Quick View limiter replaces the Articles With Images limiter

• The Image Quick View limiter includes multiple sort options by image type.

  Can I limit my EBSCOhost search results to articles that have Image Quick View available?

  Can I set the Image Quick View limiter to display under Limit your results on the EBSCOhost Result List screen?

• Direct link to the Basic Search Screen from both the Basic and Advanced Search Screens
• Keyword renamed New Search
• Result List mouse over text changed from Refine Search to Search Modes and Limiters
• Entire phrase for cited references on Result List replaces the number of references in parentheses
• Search mode specified on Result List green bar
• Search History View Results anchor positioning improved

• Date Slider Bar with original search date ranges

  How do I use the Date Slider feature in EBSCOhost?

• Additional Help link added to Choose Databases Screen

• Publication name and date added to NewsBank results

New on AccessMedicine

Drug Database Enhancements:

• More integrated drug content
• Improved search

New Functionalities:

• How to cite information now included in context with all book chapters and updates.
• Search for contributors to AccessMedicine content, including textbooks, updates, videos, and animations.
• View all current updates from a given resource.

New Animation: Atrial Myocyte Electrophysiology
The second in a series of five Goodman & Gilman's Pharmacology Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pharmacology animations

PubMed Offers New Features

PubMed’s most recent update features improved tools for locating articles and complying with the NIH Public Access Policy.

Advanced Search Mode:  searches across multiple fields simultaneously and includes the view, combine, modify search histories and limits functions on the same page.

Drug Censor: links to evidence based medicine resources for searches on (some) drugs on the results page. 
ATM (Automatic Term Mapping):  new version shows how PubMed interpreted your search and displays MeSH terms from the “Details” tab.

Citation Sensor: automatically searches a name within a search without having to indicate that it is an author (au).  For example, if you type in “Stone Chen 2008″ in the search box, the article written by Chen and Stone in 2008 will be displayed on top of the result page, highlighted in yellow background.

PMID:  PMCID Converter  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/pmctopmid  converts PubMed or PubMed Central ID to PMCID for citing papers in compliance with NIH grant application requirements.

Updated PreTest Self-Assessment and Review E-Books

We are pleased to announce that the McGraw-Hill PreTest Self-Assessment and Review series has been updated in NetLibrary:

• Anatomy, Histology and Cell Biology, 2007
• Biochemistry and Genetics, 2007
• Clinical Vignettes for the USMLE Step 1, 2008
• Emergency Medicine, 2008
• Family Medicine, 2008
• Medicine, 2006
• Neurology, 2006
• Neuroscience, 2007
• Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2006
• Pathology, 2007
• Pharmacology, 2007
• Physical Diagnosis, 2006

• Physiology, 2008

• Psychiatry, 2006

These e-books will be added to the Medical Library’s E-books page next week.  Meanwhile, you can access them through NetLibrary’s website at http://www.netlibrary.com/Search/SearchResults.aspx?t1=pretest&tt1=Title&ql=ENG&pg=1.  Remember, if you are off campus, be sure to click on the "Off-Campus Access (EZProxy)" link first to access these e-books.

New Features added to OvidSP on August 14, 2008

  New features and enhancements were added to OvidSP on Thursday, August 14, 2008.  New features and functionality include:

• A Multi-Field Search mode for all databases
• Collapsible Search Aid box
• Results Manager is collapsible and available above and below the main search box
• You can move the Search History above the main search box; plus, sort searches in ascending or descending order, and identify each search by search type
• Choose the limits you want to appear as common limits on the main search page
• Create, edit, and add multiple annotations to a citation
• Browse Books and Browse Journals links available on the Select a Database page
• Direct linking from Search Aids to the tree
• Browser support for adjusting font size
• Users logged into their personal accounts will see their name and institutions
• Instructional “hint” text for Basic Search

Do You Get What You Pay For?

The United States spends substantially more per person on health care than any other country, and yet US health outcomes are the same as or worse than those in other countries. Read more at:

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/299/23/2789

In 2005, the last year for which comparative statistics are available, the United States spent $6401 per person, whereas the next highest spending was in Norway and Switzerland, $4364 and $4177, respectively.  Overall, US health care expenditures are 2.4 times the average of those of all developed countries ($2759 per person), yet health outcomes for US patients, whether measured by life expectancy, disease-specific mortality rates, or other variables, are unimpressive.