Evaluating websites
By lvucovi | November 15, 2009
This short tutorial reviews WHAT to evaluate when choosing freely available websites as references for papers, case studies, and scholarly research.
https://www.uab.edu/lister/tutorials/evaluating_internet_sites/index.htm
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Reynolds Lecture on November 17th
By Pat | November 12, 2009
Join us on Tuesday, November 17, for the next Reynolds Historical Lecture as Philip K. Wilson, PhD, Professor of Humanities, and Science, Technology, & Society / Director of The Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine, Penn State University, speaks on ‘Dissecting a Created Life: Anna Seward’s 1804 Biography of Dr. Erasmus Darwin – the Grandfather of Evolution.’ The lecture will be held from noon to one in the Ireland Room on the 3rd floor of Lister Hill Library. Lunches will be available on a first come, first served basis. CMEs available. For more information on the Reynolds Historical Lecture Series, visit http://www.uab.edu/reynolds/lecture.htm.
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Email and text alerts for keeping up to date
By lvucovi | November 10, 2009
Here are the links to the three resources we discussed in our presentation:
Medscape: http://www.medscape.com/medscapetoday News and evidence by specialty. Includes news for medical students.
Epocrates RX http://www.epocrates.com/products/rx/ Free drug database for mobile phones and PDAs. Alerts on your phone when you sync.
Daily POEMs www.uab.edu/lister/InfoPOEMS/infopoemsignup.htm Daily e-mail summarizing one piece of patient oriented evidence that matters.
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MD Consult Mobile Training
By Pat | November 9, 2009
Join us Thursday, November 12th at 10am in the Fletcher Room at Lister Hill Library for training on MD Consult’s new mobile tool. This free tool provides access to MD Consult books, journals, Clinics, and guidelines through web-enabled smartphones like the iPhone, Blackberry, Treo and others.
The session will be lead by an MD Consult trainer via webinar. We hope you can watch the webinar with us but if you would prefer to view it from your own computer, click here to register to watch the webinar at another location (no need to register if you will be watching the webinar at the library).
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LHL and EBM in Neurosciences
By Pat | October 28, 2009
We have an hour of class time on November 2 in Neuroscience. What would you like to see us cover?
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USMLE Question Banks Updated
By Pat | October 27, 2009
ExamMaster has removed the basic sciences questions from the Step 2 and Step 3 exam question banks. You can now find basic science quesions in the Medical Subject Review set of question banks. How do you feel about this change?
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Don’t Forget Cake at Noon Tomorrow
By Pat | October 26, 2009
Find out the winning name and have some cake with us tomorrow as we celebrate the opening of the new student lounge on the LHL Ground Floor. We really hope you like what we have done with the place.
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ROTM: SIMPLE
By Pat | October 23, 2009
The Resource of the Month for October is SIMPLE or Simulated Internal Medicine Patient Learning Experience. View over 30 virtual patients in this cool interactive tool. Use the comments to let us know what you think of this resource. And I’m curious about the guy with shortness of breath and leg swelling…
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PubMed Interface Redesign
By Pat | October 22, 2009
Be prepared for a change:
The National Library of Medicine recently announced a redesign of the PubMed Interface. Currently, users can preview the new interface while still accessing the old version. However, shortly the redesigned version will replace the old. All the changes are fully explained in the NLM Technical Bulletin. Take a minute to review this article to see how the redesign will affect the homepage, display formats, summary results, advanced searching, My NCBI, and other PubMed functions. Question? Ask an LHL librarian.
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Help Us Name the New Student Lounge
By Pat | October 21, 2009
Help us name the new student lounge at Lister Hill Library opening on October 27th. The old copy room on the ground floor has been updated with a new look and comfortable seating, tables and chairs, and a microwave so that students can gather to eat or work together. Click here and vote for your favorite name for the student lounge between now and October 24th. And then join us at the grand opening on October 27th at noon.
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