At 12 Midnight Monday July 7th Exam Master OnLine will be taken offline until 3am for special maintenance and upgrades.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Do you feel that scientists need to be trained before conducting research on humans? Read more at: Protection of Humans in Research Has ‘Serious’ Flaws, Federal Agency Finds (an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education).

The New England Journal of Medicine web site includes more than articles:

• Videos in Clinical Medicine
• Audio Interviews
• Audio Clinical Practice Articles
• Podcasts, including NEJM This Week
• Images in Clinical Medicine
• NEJM Image Challenge

Medlineplus devotes an entire Web site on material related to personal medical records.
A sampling of topics and links
• Overviews
Personal Health Records: FAQs(American Health Information Management Association)
• Latest News
Doctors Slow to Embrace Electronic Medical Records(06/18/2008, HealthDay)
• Specific Conditions
Confidentiality(American Psychiatric Association)
• Related Issues
Starting a Personal Health Record (American Health Information Management Association)
• Law and Policy
Your Health Information Privacy Rights (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights)

With the advent of Web 2.0, social networking sites are everywhere these days (and it’s not just MySpace or Facebook anymore)! For nursing professionals interested in communicating and sharing ideas with others in their field, many career-specific social networking sites are available. Here is a list of some noteworthy and popular sites:

These sites allow users to freely join an online community of nurses, post comments, create a profile, and connect to nurses with similar interests.

In addition to social networking, nursing blogs are even more popular. To get an idea of what types of nursing blogs are out there, see this list from the NE Center for Special Care, as well as this one from Medblogopathy. Some good examples of nursing blogs used for sharing educational and research-related information, include the LISTEN Project’s blog and St. Joseph Hospital’s (Orange County, CA) blog entitled Nursing Research: Show Me the Evidence!

If you need additional help, or have any questions regarding Web 2.0 technologies, please do not hesitate to contact Mulford Reference Assistance.

One new reference book has been added to the Health Science Library.

Medical School Admission Requirements, United States and Canada (Reference W19 A238 2009-2010) is a source for medical school applicants. This new edition covers the following information.

To locate other books or materials within the library, search the library catalog. Please do not hesitate to contact Mulford Reference Assistance with any questions regarding library resources or your research needs.

From July 1st through August 22nd the Mulford Library will be operating under Summer Session 2 hours as follows:

Monday -Thursday: 7:30 - 7:00
Friday: 7:30 - 5:00
Saturday - Sunday 1:00 - 5:00

The Mulford Library will also be closed on July 4th in observance of Independence Day.

At 12 Midnight US Eastern Daylight Savings Time (GMT -04:00) Monday the 30th of June EXAM MASTER OnLine will be taken offline by the Exam Master Corporation until 2am for special maintenance and upgrades. We appologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. [This resource provides practice exams and exam review content for medical students, students, residents, and physicians.]

From the May-June 2008 NLM Technical Bulletin: “The National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services Division has released an Enviro-Health Links page on Disaster Recovery and Environmental Health. This site links to information about recovering from natural and man-made disasters. It includes guides for state and local officials, links to state emergency management offices, information for emergency responders, guidelines for workers involved in environmental cleanup, and handling hazardous chemicals.” It also includes canned PubMed searches to help you identify current literature on disaster-related topics.

For more information, contact Mulford Reference Assistance.

Two new reference books have been added to the Health Science Library.

MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing 3rd edition (Reference PN147 G437m 2008) offers complete, up-to-date guidance to writing and documenting scholarly texts, preparing them for publication, submitting them to publishers, and dealing with complex legal issues.

USP dictionary of USAN and international drug names(Reference QV772 V86 2007) is a leading reference for drug names and chemical structures in the United States, and provides important drug information that is needed in schools of medicine and pharmacy.

To locate other books or materials within the library, search the library catalog. Please do not hesitate to contact Mulford Reference Assistance with any questions regarding library resources or your research needs.