Optometry News and Notes

Pubget is a new search engine that delivers article PDFs as search results if LHL licenses the content. It includes nearly 20 million life science research documents, including those in PubMed®. Read the latest issue of any journal LHL licenses by clicking on it on the homepage or typing in its title followed by [latest]. Pubget offers features including customization, RSS feeds, article tagging, downloading to bibliographic software, and more.

Be sure to check out Pubget’s PaperPlane.

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We are conducting this survey to measure library service quality and identify best practices through the Association of Research Libraries’ LibQUAL+® program.

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As part of our month long celebration of National Medical Librarians Month (NMLM), Lister Hill Library is giving away a $10.00 Amazon.com gift certificate each week in October via our newly revamped Facebook page.

From the LHL Facebook page, go to our wall and become a fan, then look for each week’s contest under the Events tab.  RSVP that event and your name will then be entered into that week’s drawing for an Amazon gift card.

Please Ask a Librarian with any questions!

Developed by The MIT Press, MIT CogNet is an online location for the brain and cognitive science community’s scientific research and interchange. Since breaking ground in 2000, MIT CogNet has become an essential resource for those interested in cutting-edge primary research across the range of fields concerned with understanding the nature of the human mind.

Content in CogNet includes journals and more than 480 books.

Please let us know what you think of CogNet. Email Nicole Mitchell at anmitch@uab.edu.

LHL is conducting a trial of ImagingConsult.

Imaging Consult is an online resource featuring thousands of high-quality images, the latest procedures, and extensive reference material specifically designed for physicians to accurately and quickly diagnose more cases with more confidence and solve the difficult cases.

To see content for Eye, select Topic List, click Head and Neck, and then scroll down to Eye.

Please let us know what you think about this resource!  Email Nicole at anmitch@uab.edu.

Need to hone your library skills or want to learn something new?  Join us for a quick session on Thursdays at noon in the electronic classroom.  Bring a brown bag lunch if you like — we will provide water and fruit.

Upcoming Classes:

October 1:  PubMed

Make the most of your PubMed searching.  Learn to use MeSH to focus your searches and how to limit your results to find quickly the best articles on your topic.

October 8:  Citing Sources

Confused about how to cite sources in your papers?  Learn how to cite sources properly using APA, MLA, AMA, Chicago, NLM, and more.

October 15:  CINAHL

Learn what CINAHL has for you. Get articles in Nursing and Allied Health, legal cases, care plans, and more.

October 22:  EndNote Web

Learn to use EndNote Web to store and apply styles to citations.

October 29:  Web of Science

Augment your MEDLINE search and find out who is citing your articles plus find impact factors for your favorite journals.

November 5:  PubMed

November 12:  CINAHL

Questions?  Want to suggest an Express Learning topic?  Call the Hub at 205-975-4821 or Ask a Librarian.

Join us this Thursday, August 27 at 12:00 noon in the LHL Electronic Classroom for the first class in the weekly Express Training @ LHL series. This week, make the most of your PubMed searching. Learn to use MeSH to focus your searches, and how to limit your results to find quickly the best articles on your topic.

Express Training @ LHL classes feature focused training with plenty of hands–on exercises and time for your questions. Bring a (non-messy) brown bag lunch if you like; Lister Hill will provide water and fruit. Questions? Call the HUB at 975-4821.

Looking for optometry or vision science resources?  Be sure to take a look at the Library Resources for Optometry & Vision Science and Tips for Better Searching in PubMed handouts.

Have a citation and want to see the fulltext of the article?  Look at Finding Fulltext Articles using ArticleLinker.

Have other questions?  Chat or email us.  You can also add us to your buddy list, follow us on Twitter, and become a fan on Facebook.

Find the article online with E-Article Citation Matcher.

Take a look at some tips on using the E-Article Citation Matcher.

If you need help or would like more information, please stop by the HUB, give us a call (205-934-2230), or send us an email or chat.

Journals indexed in VisionCite but not in PubMed include:

• Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavia
• Administrative Eyecare
• Aging & Vision News
• American Optometric Association news
• American Orthoptic Journal
• Annals of Ophthalmology
• AOA State Legislation Update
• Arizona Focal Point
• Australian Optometry
• Australian Orthoptic Journal
• Behavioral Aspects of Vision Care
• Behavioral Optometry
• Behavioral Pediatrics
• Binocular Vision and Strabismus Quarterly
• British Journal of Visual Impairment
• British Orthoptic Journal
• California Optometry
• Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology
• Canadian Journal of Optometry
• CLAO Journal
• Clinical Pediatrics
• Clinical and Refractive Optometry
• College Teaching
• Color Research and Application
• Connecticut Association of Optometrists Newsletter
• Contact Lens Spectrum
• Contact Lens Update
• Controlled Clinical Trials
• Cross Section: the Quarterly Newsletter
• CTD News
• Developmental Psychology
• Dispensing Optics
• DrugLink
• Evidence-Based Eye Care
• Exceptional Children
• Exceptional Parent
• Experimental Neuropsychology
• Eye on Education
• Eye on Oregon
• Eyecare Business
• EyeNet
• FDA Consumer
• Focal Points
• Generations
• Hastings Center Report
• Hawaii Optometric Association Newsletter
• High Performance Optometry
• Highlights of Ophthalmology
• Human Factors
• ICO Matters: Newsletter of the ICO
• Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
• Infants and Young Children
• Innovation
• International Contact Lens Clinic
• Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
• Journal of the American Optometric Association
• Journal of Behavioral Optometry
• Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
• Journal of Cognitive Rehabilitation
• Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception
• Journal of the Illinois Optometric Association
• Journal of Learning Disabilities
• Journal of Medical Practice Management
• Journal of Neurophysiology
• Journal of Ophthalmic Photography
• Journal of the Optical Society of America
• Journal of Optometric Vision Development
• Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus
• Journal of Refractive Surgery
• Perception
• Perspectives
• Practical Optometry
• Practice, a supplement to Australian Optometry
• Psychological Review
• Re:View
• Review of Ophthalmology
• Review of Optometry
• Scientific American
• Spatial Vision
• Survey of Ophthalmology
• Today’s Therapeutic Trends
• Visual Impairment Research
• Vision Monday
• Washington Optometry Today
• Western Journal of Medicine
• Western New York Optometrist
• Wisconsin Optometric Association