How To's
PubMed Redesign
The NLM® has implemented the redesign of the PubMed interface. The previous version is no longer available. According to the NLM®, the interface was simplified to make it easier to use while promoting scientific discovery. Please note that search processing, including Automatic Term Mapping, has not changed. For more information about the changes, please see:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_redesign.html and
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_now_redesign.html
For assistance using PubMed, please contact Lister Hill reference:
IM Chat or email https://www.uab.edu/lister/qpask
Phone 934-4821
NIH Public Access Policy Workshop
On October 20 from 10am to 12pm in the LHL Electronic Classroom (LHL G-40) there will be a “how-to” workshop on the NIH Public Access Policy and manuscript deposit requirements. Attendees who bring manuscripts can receive assistance with submission during the second half of the workshop. No registration is required. For more information, please contact me at lvucovi@uab.edu
Timesaving PDF search engine for the life sciences
“Each year, scientists spend at least a quarter billion minutes searching for biomedical literature online,” according to the foundersof Pubget , http://uab.pubget.com . “This is time they could better spend curing disease and building the future. Pubget’s mission is to give them that time back.”
Pubget, is a PDF search engine that works with the subscriptions at UAB! Itindexes nearly 20 million life science research documents, including those in PubMed®. You search it by typing terms into the search field, like you search PubMed or Google Scholar. The difference is Pubget gets you the PDF right away, in the search results.
Tips for making the most of Pubget:
1. You can read the latest issue of any journal LHL licenses by searching type the journal name (or a reasonable abbreviation) into the search box and then “[latest]“
2. Create a free account to:
Customize the “Latest journals” list on the homepage to the journals you read
Save favorite searches and get automatic email updates
Email PDFs directly from the search results
3. Click “RSS” to send the latest updates for any search to your Google Reader Account
4. Pubget only retrieves full text articles that LHL licenses or are freely available. Use the “find it @ UAB” link on the right dashboard when only the abstract displays to see if LHL has it in print, or to order it via Interlibrary Loan
5. The Pubget help files are intuitive and very useful
6. Experiment with including customization, RSS feeds, article tagging, downloading to bibliographic software and more.
7. Off campus, you will be asked to authenticate with Blazer ID and password
Please Note: Pubget does not use MeSH. If you need a comprehensive search on your topic, search PubMed and other databases in addition to Pubget. Please contact LHL for search assistance.
Tip from Lister Hill Library: Search for e-journals directly from your browser
Searching for e-journals? Now you can add a search for the journals Lister Hill licenses to the search box in the upper right hand corner of FireFox and/or Internet Explorer. To add the plug-in click here and then choose the icon: 
. Add LHL E-journals search plugin “Demonstration.” You will then find choice for LHL Ejournals on the drop-down next to the search box. This search is a Title search, not keyword or abbreviation, so search for JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, or Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.
You can also search the catalog to see what books, journals, and databases the library provides from your browser search box. Click here to install the plug-in; check the drop-down box next to the search bar for “UAB Lister Hill Library Catalog”
Fall 2009 course on Intellectual Property Management
Confused about Intellectual Property Management? The UAB School of Business is offering a course on Intellectual Property Management from inception to commercialization. The course will be offered Fall 2009 on Wednesday evenings from 7:15 – 9:45 pm at the Innovation Depot in downtown Birmingham. Click here for a description of the course. For more information contact, Christy Manning at (205) 934-8815 or cmanning@uab.edu.
