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UCSF Library News

  • February 25, 2010

    Improved Access to Medical Calculators

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    The UCSF Library strives to support efficient point-of-care decision making. Medical calculators are an essential tool, and have long been available through Library resources such as Micromedex and STAT!Ref. We’ve recently simplified access to calculators, including MedCalc 3000 and Lexi-Comp.

    Direct links to calculators are now available in two places:

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  • February 22, 2010

    Saturday Access to Library’s Hearst Room for Students

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    The Library is very excited to begin offering UCSF students access to a portion of the Parnassus Campus Library on Saturdays. Beginning this Saturday, February 27, UCSF students can enter and use the Hearst Reading Room from 8am to 8pm. The Hearst Room is located just beyond the main floor Service desk and includes tables, carrels, and group study rooms. On Saturdays, the Hearst room can be accessed via ID card from a separate door located to the left of the Library’s main entrance.

    Please join us on Friday, February 26, from 3pm to 5pm for some snacks at a “grand opening” celebration in the Hearst Reading Room.

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  • February 19, 2010

    Publishing in a Springer Journal? Choose Open Access

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    Since 2009, UCSF authors have been able to make articles they publish in over 2,000 Springer journals freely available to researchers throughout the world, without payment of any author fees. This is thanks to an expansion of Springer’s Open Choice program, negotiated by the California Digital Library for UC faculty.

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  • February 11, 2010

    Instructional Grants Applications Due March 29

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    Applications for the Instructional Grants Program, 2010-2011, are now being accepted. Funds are available to support instructional improvement projects focused on interprofessional education, to be completed during the 2010-2011 academic year. This grant program seeks to address one of the goals of the campus strategic plan: "ensure that students and trainees are immersed in a culture that embraces interdisciplinary, interprofessional and transdisciplinary educational programs."

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  • February 8, 2010

    New Titles

    View recent acquisitions to the UCSF Library collection.

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  • February 5, 2010

    PubGet: From PubMed to PDF in One Click

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    When you're searching PubMed@UCSF, it can take several clicks to get from a citation to the article you want. Wouldn't it be great to get to the full text immediately?

    PubGet streamlines access to the PDF article. You can also browse the latest issues of top journals and bookmark your favorite articles. View more features of PubGet.

    Please try it out and tell us what you think.

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