DNA from the Beginning is an interactive website which covers the basics of DNA, genes, and heredity. Created by the Dolan DNA Learning Center, it has three sections: classical genetics, molecules of genetics, and genetic organization and control — all of which include animation, images, video interviews, biographies, and more. The website also has a link to Inside Cancer: multimedia guide to cancer biology, which was featured on our blog last year.

HazLit is a free database covering research on natural hazards and catastrophic events. It was created by the Natural Hazards Center Library at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Updated weekly, the database contains over 28,000 citations to government documents, journal articles, and reports.

RefShare, RefWorks’ citation-sharing feature is now available through the DU Libraries subscription. RefWorks users can share their folders or their entire RefWorks database with both RefWorks and non RefWorks users. RefShare can be used for group projects or as a way to post readings for a class. Please see the RefShare Fact Sheet for more information.

Monday, August 20, the Health Sciences Libraries began offering Instant Messaging (chat) reference service, Monday-Friday, from 11AM to 3PM. From the Libraries homepage, click on Email/IM Reference for the HEALTHSCIref IM addresses.

Web of Knowledge (ISI), which includes Web of Science, has a new interface. After clicking on the Web of Knowledge link, click on the Access the New Version tab at the top of the page. This new interface will replace the present version of Web of Knowledge in January 2008.

DynaMed is a clinical reference tool that monitors the content of over 500 journals and systematic evidence reviews. Updated daily, entries include diagnosis and treatment information, references, guidelines, and patient handouts for each condition.

RefWorks has released its latest features. There is a new Mac Write-N-Cite which has a Citation Editor. RefWorks has also been updated with a customizable output style list, a new export option for tagged format in XML, and updated tutorials. Please see the RefWorks August 2007 release page for further details.

CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research). This free resource from the CDC allows users to search and read guidelines, reports, and recommendations about public health topics and search for statistics on topics such as census data, HIV/ AIDS, and mortality. Data can be imported into several desktop applications like Excel in a variety of formats.

DUCOM’s Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine has a new Clinical Rounds Website. It has links to Morning Reports, Chief Resident Rounds, and a Stump the Professor section.

BioText Search Engine searches over 150 open access journals for figures used in the articles. This free search engine was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.