Browse new books added to the Hahnemann and Queen Lane Libraries’ catalog in July 2006. http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/hsbooklist.html

Inside Cancer is an educational resource which can be used by health professionals, patients, or students. This interactive website explains the hallmarks of cancer, causes and prevention, and how cancer is diagnosed and treated. It also includes video narratives from cancer experts. Inside Cancer was created by the Dolan DNA Learning Center of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory which has designed other useful tutorials on DNA and genetic disorders.

The libraries have access to the following ebooks from Access Medicine:

Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Orthopedics, 4th ed.
Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry, 27th ed.
Gastrointestinal Physiology
Principles of Critical Care, 3rd ed.
These books can be accessed through the Health Sciences Ebooks by Subject or Title pages.

The Nursing Research Guide has been updated with additional links to the Journal Title, Ebooks, and Directories sections. Additional journal titles include Nursing and Nursing Clinics of North America. Additional electronic books include Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body, Essential Psychology for Nurses and Other Health Professionals, and the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. The new directories are Hardin Meta Directory’s Nursing and Nursing Research created by the University of Iowa, the Open Directory, and Nursing World, the American Nurses Association website.

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Take a look at the American Hospital Directory. A new Library resource providing data from over 6,000 hospitals allows searching by hospital profile, department, financial report, or inpatient and outpatient information. Results can be exported into an Excel spreadsheet or PDF file. The American Hospital Directory is available on the Health Sciences ebooks by Subject or Title pages.

Natural Standard is a peer-reviewed, evidence-based database providing information on complementary and alternative therapies. Aggregating and synthesizing data on non-traditional medicine, it is designed to help clinicians make safe and informed therapeutic decisions. Included are an herbs and supplements database containing images, dosages, and adverse reactions, as well as other offerings explaining complementary practices and listing brand names. Click on Databases by Title (N) and select Natural Standard.

Here are some health observances for August. The organizations promoting these health observances usually have promotional materials which are great for patient education. Some of the materials can be printed directly from the websites and are available in color.

Cataract Awareness Month
American Academy of Ophthalmology

National Immunization Awareness Month
National Partnership for Immunization

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Intute is a free online service providing access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites, currently over 113,000, and write high quality descriptions of the resources.

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At this time of year the Health Sciences Libraries make decisions about which journals to renew for 2007. We’ve reviewed our subscriptions and the data on how many times each journal title was used.

The journals listed below are slated for cancellation. They are received in PRINT ONLY and each was used 5 times or less during the last 12 months. Our savings will be $1500. These funds can be used to purchase new titles requested by users. Please contact Lenore Hardy (hardy@drexel.edu) if you have any objections, questions or comments.

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology
Imprint
Journal of Early Intervention
Medical Letter
Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice
Women’s Health in Primary Care