Web-based tools
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”
Research Tab on BlazerNet
Where can you find links to most of the administrative information you’ll need for grant or contract submissions?
The Research Tab of BlazerNet has links to all Research Administration offices and regulatory units, funding opportunities, proposal development and submission resources, research training opportunities, compliance courses, and more, including announcements, quick links to frequently accessed items, award data, and information about the responsible conduct of research. Login to blazernet.uab.edu with your BlazerID and password and click the Research tab.
Personalize layout and content on BlazerNet
You can personalize the tabs and channels the research page or create your own customized view on the My Stuff Tab. Some changes you can make include:
•Reorder your tabs
•Add channels to existing tabs
•Reorder channels on a given tab
•Remove unneeded channels
You may not be able to perform all of these layout changes on every tab or channel.
Please be careful when making changes to your layout! These changes are permanent, and the prior settings cannot be restored without completely resetting your account back to its original layout. For more specific information on how to personalize the layout from the User Preferences page, click the Help icon located in the system toolbar and then select the topics within the Portal folder displayed in the Help Index Menu.
Googling for library resources?
Have you ever been doing research on the open web and found the perfect journal article? But when you tried to download the PDF, you were asked to log in or pay for the article? Many resources including PubMed, the Cochrane Library and journals like Nature or JAMA can be retrieved by searching Google, but off campus, you WILL be asked to pay, even if the library licenses the journal. This happens because the website you are trying to download from does not recognize you as being affiliated with UAB. Lister Hill Library uses software, EZ Proxy, to provide off campus access to resources that are licensed by UAB libraries and must be limited to UAB faculty, staff and students.
To avoid this problem, search for articles in PubMed by starting on the Lister Hill Library website: http://www.uab.edu/lister/ Choose “Quick Links” then PubMed, or use the PubMed tab on the search box at the top right of the LHL homepage. To access a specific journal, use the E-journals link, also on the Quick Links page, and also a tab on the search box. Both of these resources and many more, including Cochrane Library, MD Consult, and Current Protocols can be found on the LHL Databases and Resources page, http://www.uab.edu/lister/tools , or in the LHL catalog.
If you prefer to search the open web, consider starting with Google Scholar (scholarly articles) www.scholar.google.com or Scirus (scientific websites and articles) www.scirus.com. Both of these search engines can be customized in their “Preferences” to link directly to articles that LHL licenses, using UAB Article Linker. For instructions, please see:
Google Scholar: http://snipurl.com/cmciv
Scirus: http://snipurl.com/cmcc6
Contact LHL: http://www.uab.edu/lister/qpask/ or 934-2230
On-Line Protocols
Interested in resources, searching tips, news about scientific literature, or timesaving strategies for managing information? About once a month, we at Lister Hill Library will provide a brief post highlighting one of these topics for researchers in clinical and translational science. This month, we are featuring online protocols. Lister Hill Library currently licenses:
· Current Protocols in Cell Biology, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience and Pharmacology
· Methods in Enzymology
· Nature Protocols
These protocols resources provide searchable, authoritative, peer-reviewed, step-by-step instructions for laboratory procedures. Nature Protocols includes Nature Network, a moderated discussion forum on methodological techniques. Access these protocols on and off campus from the Lister Hill Library Databases and Resources Page. Off campus, you will authenticate with your Blazer ID and Password.
Questions? Click here for more information or contact us.
