Did you know that animation videos are available in the online version of Goodman & Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics?  Videos are highlighted on the contents listing for the book.

A new one was recently added to those already online:  Sinus Node Electrophysiology This animation focuses on the ion channels and transporters that are the primary targets of neurotransmitters of the autonomic nervous system that affect heart rate and drugs used to treat arrhythmias.

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Goodman & Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics

The Department of Bioethics at the NIH is offering a course on the ethical and regulatory aspects of clinical research.  The course will be held September 24- November 12, 2008 at NIH’s Bethesda campus.  Webcast lectures and podcast lectures will also be available, although CCME credits are available only to those who attend in person.  Registration is required only for those that plan on attending in person. 

This course is offered to anyone interested or involved in clinical research involving human subjects. The target audience . . . includes multiple disciplines including, but not restricted to, physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, administrative staff, students, and others. There are no background requirements in terms of education, knowledge, or experience, just an interest in clinical research with human subjects. This course is readily accessible to the non-medically trained as well as to those in the field of scientific research. As a rule, background education includes a mix of MD, PhD, RN, MPH, SW, MPH, and BA/BS.

Further information, including the agenda and list of speakers is available at: http://www.bioethics.nih.gov/hsrc/index.shtml

Due to incompatibility with our ILLiad electronic Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery service, we have had to discontinue the “Order” option formerly available through the OVID database search system.  Because document requests using the OVID “Order” function could not be transferred directly in to the ILLiad system, delays in processing requests were unavoidable, and the possibility of errors increased.

Those using OVID for searching MEDLINE or other databases can take advantage of our highly-efficient Interlibrary Loan service by way of SFX.  When OVID full-text is not available, and the SFX services menu does not offer other full-text or print options, select InterLibrary Loan (ILLiad) and log in to your ILLiad account to place a request directly.  We do recommend that you review the request form to ensure that information has transferred accurately from the OVID citation to the form.

For more information about our ILLiad service, please see http://www.library.drexel.edu/services/Interlibraryloan.html.

NIH’s Public Access Policy, mandating that all articles arising from NIH funds must be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication, has been a boon for researchers, medical practitioners and public, making publicly-funded research accessible to all.  But it has been a source of confusion for authors, who may encounter conflicts between the NIH mandate and the stipulations of publishers’ contracts.

Ben Grillot of the Association of Research Libraries has published a report titled “PubMed Central Deposit and Author Rights”, providing guidelines on how authors can balance NIH requirements and publishers’ restrictions.  The report is available for free on the ARL website at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/grillot-pubmed.pdf.

CAIRSS for Music is a free database which covers music therapy, music education, music psychology, and music medicine.  It has all of the citations from primary journals such as Arts in Psychotherapy , Journal of Music Therapy , and Music Therapy Perspectives .  It also has selected citations from 11 secondary journals such as Music Analysis, Neuropsychology and Cognition, and Perception and Psychophysics . This database was created by the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Institute for Music Research.

The World Health Organization has an online exhibit celebrating its achievements in public health. The site contains a photo exhibition, public health campaigns in history, a podcast, and video about the organization’s history. It also includes a list of WHO activities celebrating the anniversary.

Need to checkout one of our laptops?  As of  July 24th, the laptops became available at the Hahnemann Library Circulation Desk, 2nd floor.  If you need assistance with any of the laptops, please ask the Computer Center staff on the first floor for help.

The Pennsylvania Health Care Quality Alliance has launched a new website that compiles outcome and quality data for all of Pennsylvania’s hospitals in a single publicly accessible location. Users of the website can look up hospital quality measures in four major clinical areas: heart attacks, heart failure, pneumonia, and prevention of hospital-acquired infections–the conditions that are typically the most common and costly for hospitals to treat. The site plans to add more clinical topics and quality measures in the future. To access the site, go to www.phcqa.org.

August 4, 2008 was Rebecca Raszewski’s last day as reference librarian at the Hahnemann Library, a position that she held since November 2003. On August 18, she will  became assistant information services librarian and assistant professor, Library of the Health Sciences, University of Illinois—Chicago.  In her new position, Rebecca will be responsible for information services, with emphasis on outreach, information, and instructional services, and user support. She will also be the liaison to the School of Nursing. Farewell, best wishes, and congratulations!