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UCSF Library News
- June 8, 2009Back to top
My ILL Requests: Track Your Interlibrary Requests Online
UCSF students and personnel can now track their active Interlibrary Requests online using My ILL Requests. Find out if your request has been received or is in process by the lending library.
In addition to viewing open requests, use My ILL Requests to initiate new requests from Melvyl or Citation Linker, request renewals, and cancel requests online.
For more information about this service, view our My ILL Requests QuickGuide.
- May 20, 2009Back to top
New Ebooks Available Through December: Your Input Needed
The Library has trial access to the Thieme Electronic Library. This collection of 43 online textbooks includes the Flexibook Atlases and Textbook series, covering numerous specialties such as biochemistry, pharmacology, and radiology.
You can search the entire collection or in individual books. The Advanced Search link below the main search box offers additional search options.
- May 13, 2009Back to top
Announcing Cross-Database Search
The Library is pleased to introduce a one-stop search engine designed to access information from several credible resources at once. Employing a familiar, intuitive search interface, UCSF Cross-Database Search [link removed] quickly retrieves high-value results from journals and databases subscribed to by UCSF.
To offer a search tool tailored to the UCSF community, the Library partnered with Deep Web Technologies and handpicked resources in Nursing, Clinical Medicine, Drug Information, Basic Sciences, and Dentistry. Users have the option to search all, some, or one of these subject areas at a time, and the search interface makes it easy to refine lengthy results.
Try UCSF Cross-Database Search and let us know what you think.
- May 7, 2009Back to top
Scopus: A New Lens on UCSF Research Excellence
Want to track who’s citing your papers? Are you trying to understand the breadth of UCSF’s research output?
Scopus is now available from the UCSF Library on a trial basis. Scopus allows researchers to see who has cited their work in the past, and to follow new citations going forward. It allows research officers to develop a profile of UCSF research output, both for specific years and over time.
Please take some time to search Scopus and let us know what you think about it. We are very interested in your feedback, particularly if you also search Web of Science for UCSF research information. Thank you in advance for your input.
- May 4, 2009Back to top
Test Drive Our New Resources
We need your input! Our new Under Consideration page gathers all the new products that the Library is testing in order to improve your access to quality health sciences information. Currently we have two product trials that will end June 30 -- Ingenuity Pathways Analysis and Faculty of 1000 Medicine.
Please take some time to explore each tool and then complete our very short survey to give us your feedback about the products under consideration.
Also, take a few moments to check out our featured resources gathered on the same page. These are hidden gems that everyone at UCSF can access already, such as a very extensive collection of electronic books. We're always glad to get feedback from you about these and other resources.
- April 30, 2009Back to top
Register to Vote: Deadline is May 4
Are you registered to vote? This Monday, May 4, is the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming special election on May 19.
You can begin the registration process online on the California Secretary of State's website. Your registration form must be postmarked or hand-delivered to your county elections office by May 4. The address will be pre-printed for you on the form.
The Library's Voting Information page provides links that allow you to get official voter information and look up your polling place.
Make sure you are registered, familiarize yourself with the issues, and remember to vote on May 19!
Photo by theocean, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license.
- April 27, 2009Back to top
H1N1 Flu Information
Looking for reliable information on H1N1 (swine flu)? The library recommends the following resources.
Information from the CDC:
- H1N1 Flu
- Key Facts about H1N1 Flu
- H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) and YouInformation from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and National Institutes of Health (NIH):
- Swine Flu on MedlinePlusThese sites offer key facts and recommend common, everyday actions to protect your health.
- April 22, 2009Back to top
New Digital Collection: Historical Works in Homeopathy
The UCSF Library is pleased to present a digital copy of a unique edition of Samuel Hahnemann’s Organon der Heilkunst (Organon of the Medical Art), which established the field of homeopathy. The 5th edition of the Organon, published in 1833, was the last revision published in Hahnemann’s lifetime.
The UCSF Library holds Samuel Hahnemann’s own copy of the 5th edition, containing his handwritten notes and revisions for the 6th edition. The digital copy is presented in a flip-book format, allowing users to page through the volume and virtually “unfold” Hahnemann’s notes.
The Organon will be the cornerstone of an online collection of significant works in the history of homeopathy. This homeopathy collection currently includes a manuscript copy of Hahnemann’s text and revisions, used by Dr. Richard Haehl as the basis for the published 6th edition. Additional materials will be added in the future.
- April 13, 2009Back to top
Music in the Library: Austin Willacy
Austin Willacy is a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter who has toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe as a solo artist. He is also a part of The House Jacks, a multi-award winning a cappella rock band. He’s appeared in Rolling Stone and has performed with icons such as Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles and James Brown, and rising stars like Jem, Vienna Teng, Rachael Yamagata, and Amos Lee.
Wednesday, April 22, noon - 1 p.m.
Lange Room
Free admissionPresented by Campus Life Services Arts & Events and sponsored by the Sarah B. Childs Fund.
- April 7, 2009Back to top
One Year Anniversary of NIH Public Access Policy
April 7, 2009 marks the one year anniversary of the NIH Public Access Policy, which obliges investigators of NIH-funded research to make their research articles freely available in the NIH PubMed Central archive (PMC). In 1999, UCSF Nobel Laureate and former NIH Director Harold Varmus conceived of what has now become PubMed Central. The idea, then and now, is to utilize the Internet to more broadly distribute the results of taxpayer-funded research.
The UCSF Library has developed many information resources to help with understanding and complying with the NIH Public Access Policy. We invite you to peruse our web page about this policy. Library staff members are also happy to answer questions via email or in person, and can organize training sessions for your department as well. We look forward to working with you.