Upcoming Library Classes and Workshops

Do you have a big project and need to store your references in  RefWorks?

Are you a new RefWorks user and want to learn more about the software features?

Join us for a free RefWorks class on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the Library classroom. RefWorks a web-based citation management program allows you to organize references in one convenient location, and also format your paper and bibliography. RefWorks contains several hundred citation output styles such as APA and AMA, in addition to individual journal submission formats.

This class will teach you to set up an account, import citations, build your bibliography and format your paper. *It is highly recommended that participants in this class have experience searching PubMed or other databases, and using Microsoft Word.

Taught by: Allen Lopez, Education Librarian - Reference and Outreach
Phone: 713.799.7170
Register Here

Cell Reports - A New Open Access Journal

Please check out the new open-access journal from Cell Press, called Cell Reports.  Below is an overview from the publisher, Elsevier:

Cell Reports  will place particular emphasis on shorter, single-point stories, called Reports. This journal is a high-profile, open-access place to publish intriguing, cutting-edge material that describes one or two key findings.  These Reports are not meant for preliminary findings that are not well supported by the data, but they should represent a significant advance in the field that will drive further research and perhaps even raise more questions than they answer.

CellReports includes a section for Resources, which describe significant technical advances and/or major informational data sets.

Open access means that readers will have immediate and unrestricted access to all papers published in Cell Reports. Authors will retain full copyright for their articles and can choose to publish their work in Cell Reports under Creative Commons licenses.

To access Cell Reports, follow the link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22111247/1/1

Want to subscribe to the RSS Feeds for this journal? go to:

http://www.cell.com/cell-reports/rss

Improvements to PubMed - Adding Favorite Citations to MyNCBI Collections

Have you searched PubMed lately? Have you noticed that PubMed added some enhancements to the database?

The PubMed Abstracts now includes a "Save Items" portlet that provides users with an easy way to add items to MyNCBI Collections when you click on the "Favorite" button.  The "Save Items" portlet also includes a drop-down menu that allows you to display a list of all collections in your account when you are signed into MyNCBI. You can add "Favorite" citations to an existing collection or create a new one; if you don't choose a particular collection a Favorites collection will be created by the system.

For detailed instructions on using and creating Collections with the "Favorite" button, check the NLM Technical Bulletin at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ma12/ma12_pm_favorites.html#fig1

1000 Genomes Project Data Available on Amazon Cloud

The world's largest set of data on human genetic variation is publicly available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. These data was produced by the international 1000 Genomes Project and was announced a few weeks ago by the National Institutes of Health and AWS jointly.

"The explosion of biomedical data has already significantly advanced our understanding of health and disease. Now we want to find new and better ways to make the most of these data to speed discovery, innovation and improvements in the nation’s health and economy," said NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Collins is among agency leaders speaking in support of the initiative at the launch event.

Basic instructions and introductory information about using 1000 genomes project are available in PowerPoint and PDF format at:
http://www.1000genomes.org/using-1000-genomhttp://www.1000genomes.org/using-1000-genomes-dataes-data

Visit the 1000 Genomes home page:  http://www.1000genomes.org/

AccessMedicine-- Scheduled Maintenance-- This Week

AccessMedicine has scheduled a server maintenance during approximately two hours on the night of April 12th and 13th.  Down time will begin at about 11:00 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Although they did not say so, it is possible that AccessSurgery may be affected for this same brief period.

Attend a Free Class at the Library

Do you search PubMed but are not familiar with all the database features?

Join us for a free PubMed class on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. PubMed  provides access to 21 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases. How to search subject headings, keywords, authors, using limits and other database features will be covered. 

Taught by: Emmanuel Onwuachi, Night Manager - Circulation

Phone: 713.799.7150
Register Here

New England Journal of Medicine and Nature iPad Applications

Want to use your iPad to access e-journals?

New England Journal of Medicine and Nature now offer an application that allows users to browse journal abstracts via their iPad.

Please note that although the app download is free, access to full text on your mobile device is not. Access to full text on your mobile device requires a payment of a monthly fee to the publisher.

Note: Even though the Texas Medical Center Library has a subscription to these journals, access to full text content with an iPad is not available with your TMC login. Currently, the publishers of these journals do not allow The TMC Library to provide full text access as part of our subscription fees. 

Questions? Contact the Reference and Outreach Department at: http://www.library.tmc.edu/ask/