The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is the first publisher to place transparent and comprehensive information about the usage and reach of published articles onto the articles themselves, so that the entire academic community can assess their value. We call these measures for evaluating articles ‘Article-Level Metrics‘, and they are distinct from the journal-level measures [...]
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from Laika’s MedLib blog at http://laikaspoetnik.wordpress.com/
Do you ever use Wikipedia? I do and so do many other people. It is for free, easy to use, and covers many subjects.
But do you ever use Wikipedia to look up scientific or medical information? Probably everyone does so once in a while. Dave Munger (Researchblogging) concluded a discussion [...]
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We are very pleased to meet you and see you again to welcome you to the AHSL-Phoenix! Lindsey Greene and I look forward to working with you! Some hints for effective use of the library are:
Make http://www.ahsl.arizona.edu/ one of your favorites/bookmarks! If you always start here, you will most certainly be successful finding and downloading [...]
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Students who want to conduct secure (encrypted) surveys may plan to use Survey Monkey! We have created an account for library and student use. Please talk to any of us to get the login and password! This tool enables you to create, distribute, collect and analyze your results. The product also includes tutorials for creating [...]
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We have set up a trial of SMARTImage to see how it compares to some of the other products we have reviewed. It will expire on 10/31/08.
To Login to the Free Trial:
Go to:
http://trial.ebscohost.com
User Id:
smart
Password:
arizona
The following databases are available as part of this trial. Please click the hyperlinks below for the [...]
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In an effort to find the best online anatomy tool for students and faculty, we have arranged a trial for NetAnatomy.com.
From their website:
What is this website, Anatomy, Cross-Sectional Anatomy, Radiographic Anatomy, Clinical Gross Anatomy, EducationNetAnatomy is designed to teach human anatomy to students of the health professions, including undergraduate medical, health sciences, and nursing [...]
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