Archive for October, 2007

For current drug information at the point-of-care, try Lexi-Comp ONLINE, our new online drug information system. The Lexi-Comp interface is designed for easy, quick acess and the content is updated daily. The recent addition of the AHFS (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) Drug Information and AHFS DI Essentials databases has resulted in a system that […]

R2 Titles Added to Multi-eBook Search

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

More than 40 new books have been added to the library’s electronic book collection as part of the R2 Library . These titles, including the following, are included in our Multi-eBook search tool.

Basic Science of Oncology 4th ed. (2005)
Cope’s Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen 21st ed. (2005)
Functional Neuroanatomy: text and atlas 2nd ed. (2004)
Handbook […]

Doris Lessing was recently named the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. The 87-year-old Lessing has been honored with the prestigious award for her life’s work over a 57-year career, including novels, short stories, non-fiction, drama & film, and poetry.
Her most recent American publication, The Cleft was recently added to the Nelson J. Gilman […]

PLoS Launches Clinical Trials Site

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Launched in September 2007, the PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials collects PLoS journal articles that relate to clinical trials. The Hub is a destination site for researchers to share their views and build a dynamic, interactive community. Currently, the PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials is in a beta version which features articles originally published in […]

Commercial Publishers Offer Open Access Options

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Publisher Wiley Interscience recently announced a Funded Access Option for a selection of their journals (including Arthritis and Rheumatism and Journal of Comparative Neurology). By paying a fee after an article has been accepted for publication, the author of a primary research article ensures that the article is made available to non-subscribers when it is […]

Journal Citation Reports has issued impact factors for 2006, and open access journals once again did extremely well. Here are some examples:

CA - Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 63.3 - 1st out of 127 titles in ONCOLOGY
PLoS Biology, 14.1 - 1st out of 64 titles in BIOLOGY
PLoS Computational Biology, 4.9 - 1st out of 25 titles […]