STAT!Ref Going Mobile

You can now access STAT!Ref using your mobile device. To activate this feature, go to STAT!Ref click the “Preferences” link located on top of the Stat!Ref page, and log into your account. Once in your individual account, click "Temporary Log-in Account," and follow directions. Please note that, although more devices are being added, an app for your device may not be available just yet.

Also please note that at present, mobile access must be renewed every 90 days. Once your mobile account is established, you will not need to log in with TMC Library to use mobile STAT!Ref.

Contact the Reference Department by phone 713.799.7161, e-mail: reference.librarian@exch.library.tmc.edu or via chat at: http://www.library.tmc.edu/ask/chat.html if you have any questions.

STAT!Ref Releases New User Interface

STAT!Ref will launch a new interface on August 1, 2011. The new interface has been optimized to make an easier navigation of the database.

 Improved features include: 

• More user preference options that enable enhanced customization
• A powerful search engine that keeps historical track of your research, enabling you to return to your “favorites” for fast retrieval  
• Enhanced access to bibliographic citations, including Refworks and Endnote
• Re-designed layout making it easier to locate resources and find relevant, authoritative, and evidence-based information
• Easily return to nearly anywhere in STAT!Ref by saving a link with a new "Link to page" feature 
• New aesthetic design – clean, crisp and easily navigable 
• Enhanced access to tools that make research easier, such as Stedman’s Medical Dictionary and the STAT!Ref medical calculator, MedCalc 3000

For more information on the new STAT!Ref interface, go to the Library website databases list at:  http://www.library.tmc.edu/core/databases.cfm Click on “S” and select STAT!Ref, or enter “stat” in the search box.  When you access the database, a message will display asking if you want to try the new interface.

The  STAT!Ref title list  brought to us via a State-wide subscription will change on August 1. Some  new titles will be added, and some will be removed. The following titles will be removed from STAT!Ref. These titles will be available to our users via Access Medicine.  http://www.accessmedicine.com/features.aspx. 

Adam’s and Victor’s Principles of Neurology
Basic & Clinical Pharmacology
Current Diagnosis & Treatment (all titles)
DeGowin’s Diagnosis Examination
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine
Hurst’s The Heart
Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies
William’s Obstetrics

Some of the new titles added to our Texas State Library program STAT!Ref collection:

AAOS Comprehensive Orthopaedic Review
Ballenger’s Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Evidence-Based Emergency Care
Manual of Molecular and Clinical Laboratory Immunology
Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia
Oxford Textbook of Public Health
Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology
Textbook of Gastroenterology
Textbook of Pediatric Care

Stat!Ref Medical News Feed

Stat!Ref launched a new feature last month in conjunction with Reuters Health Medical News called Stat!Ref Medical News Feed.

This is a news service produced by a team journalists specialized in the fields of medicine and pharmacology.
 Key features include:

1. coverage of 200 leading international medical journals and 80 major conferences and symposia
2. flexible content and delivery including customized topic feeds
3. access to daily updates and  news archives of 20-25 stories a day

 To register, go to the Library website, click on Databases and go to Stat!Ref

Go to preferences and establish or access your personal login

Click on Stat!Ref Medical News Feed link on the left side of the page

Select the topics on which you are interested in receiving information

For more information go to:

http://www.statref.com/products/medicalnewsalerts.html#features

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