Archive for August, 2008

Customize Your OVIDSP Searches

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Tired of using ”vanilla” options to refine your searches in OvidSP? The most recent update is the first of a planned two-part enhancement based on feedback from users and offers increased flexibility, customization and improved workflow tools.  Features include

Customize Limits - Individualize limits to focus your searches
Annotations - Create, edit and add multiple annotations to citations
Search Aid […]

VisualDx Aids Point-of-Care Diagnosis

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

VisualDx is a diagnostic decision support system designed to assist medical professionals in diagnosing visually identifiable diseases. The system is organized to match the way a doctor thinks about symptoms and diagnoses, and presents multiple images of each disease, showing how each might look at different stages and in people of different ages and races. […]

VPN (virtual private network) was one method of accessing library resources licensed only for USC users.  However, because of increased VPN traffic by unauthorized users, the library proxy server will now be the only method for accessing USC resources.
 
Since spring 2007, the USC Libraries have provided a proxy server to allow access to USC-licensed resources […]

Browse Recent New Books

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Click here for a listing of new books currently on the Norris Medical Library new book shelf.  The list also has a link to a list of books that were on the new book shelf during the past three months.
Click on the title of any book on the list to see if it’s available in […]

8 Reasons to Use Web of Science

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Web of Science includes not only Science Citation Index but Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities databases, as well.

1. Find Journal Articles
Search multidisciplinary Databases for articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address.
2. Find who cited your work and where it is cited.
Set up an account to receive E-mail alerts each time your work is cited.
3. Keep […]