Can you guess what this spooky image is? Check out today's NIHGM's blog post to find out:
https://biobeat.nigms.nih.gov/2019/10/cool-images-a-colorful-and-halloween-inspired-collection/
To see their entire gallery:
https://images.nigms.nih.gov/https://images.nigms.nih.gov/
Credit: Nilay Taneja, Vanderbilt University, and Dylan T. Burnette, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Did you know October is National Medical Librarians Month? Come celebrate with your colleagues and meet the library staff at the Pratt Research Library during our open house on Monday, October 21st from 11am-2pm. Enjoy cake and coffee with us in S9.100 and learn more about our library and resources by testing yourself on our library facts and viewing our archival displays with tangible pieces of our amazing history at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
Come enjoy a treat and celebrate with your Pratt Library colleagues!
PubMed is getting a new look early next year including a new hompage, online user guide and much more. PubMed Labs, the test site, has been set up for users to try it out before it is released.
Join us for a quick Pratt Library orientation on 10/8 from 10:00-10:30am. This course provides an overview of services and resources available from Pratt Research Library. It is intended for new employees, those new to using library resources, and those interested in refreshing their knowledge of Pratt Library.
Please register in ELM by going to My Hub > My Learning and search for
Check out the latest changes in the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association:https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2019/08/introducing-the-7th-edition-of-the-publication-manual.html
The first announced change released is that there will be only one space after a period at the end of a sentence!
The APA Style Blog (the official companion to the manual) will be updated in the coming weeks with the latest changes to this new edition: https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/
Follow this searchable blog or twitter @APA_Style if you are interested in helpful tips from APA experts year round! Watch this space for information on where you can get your hands on a library copy once it is released.
EndNote has made us aware that when macOS20.15 Catalina is released in the fall all Mac users must use Endnote X9 (including all updates) in order to aviod interruption in your workflow. You can contine to use an older version as long as you do not upgrade to Catalina. For more information: https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/article/EndNote-for-Mac-macOS-Catalina-Compatibility
MAGPIE (Map Assisted Generation of Procedure and Intervention Encoding) was released on 5/28/2019 by the NLM. This interactive tool enables users (including professional coders, research, clinicians) to find SNOMED CT (designated clinical terminology in the U.S. for clinical problems and procedures in the electronic health record) and ICD-10-PCS (codes for medical procedures and interventions-2018 version) for medical procedures as well as interventions. For more information and how to use it:
https://bit.ly/2ws2az3
The Advanced Google Searching webinar recording is now available through ELM for those would like to document their completion. Search for Advanced Google Searching (PS_07184) in the Learning Catalog. This webinar provides an overview of how Google searching works and introduces how to use advanced searching techniques and the Advanced Search interface, and how to set up search alerts.
Topics covered include:
Google overview
Advanced searching interface
Advanced searching techniques & settings
Image searching
Google Scholar
Search alerts
Other Google Search products
Additional information and class handouts are available online here: https://libguides.cchmc.org/webinars/advancedgoogle Please contact Elaine Grigg Dean at elaine.dean@cchmc.org with questions.
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) announced that My Bibliography, a tool they developed, has been redesigned and rebuilt with new tools and a more streamlined approach. My Bibliography was created for users including those with eRA Commons accounts to easily organize and manage citations of their publications and keep them in compliance according to the NIH Public Access Policy. My Bibliography 3.0 includes new tools and a new interface for a quick view of publication compliance status, allowing the user to:
See the announcement:
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ma19/ma19_mybibliography_overview.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
See our guide on the NIH Public Access process:
http://libguides.cchmc.org/NIHPublicAccess
See our guide on SciENcv Tool and My Bibliography:
http://libguides.cchmc.org/sciENcv
The National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) has released their newly revised Health Statistics tutorial, written by staff at AcademyHealth. This introduction to the principles behind health statistics is for students, librarians, and other professionals interested in common terms, health data sources and finding health statistics.
For more information: https://bit.ly/2UvJ20K
The course is available at: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/stats_tutorial/cover.html
