Everyone has wondered what the effect of the sequestration begun on March 1, 2013 would be on NIH operations and funding. On June 3, 2013, the NIH issued a "fact sheet" on the impact of sequestration on the NIH, emphasizing delays in the medical process and risk to the scientific workforce.

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This entry was posted on June 10, 2013 at 3:02 PM and has received 147 views. There are currently 0 comments.

This list includes all new journals, books, and media (print and electronic) added to the Galter Library collections in May 2013. Please click the link to the online catalog record for more information about accessing a particular resource.

• World journal of acupuncture-moxibustion.
  Beijing, China : Editorial Department of World Journal of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, 1991-
  Online journal via ScienceDirect.

• Practical enzymology / Hans Bisswanger. Second, completely revised edition.
  Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011.
  Print Location: hbook,mezz: QU 135 B623p 2011

• Clinical plasma medicine.
  [Amsterdam] : Elsevier B. V., 2013-
  Online journal via ScienceDirect.

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This entry was posted on June 4, 2013 at 12:48 PM and has received 211 views. There are currently 0 comments.

Progress reports were due at the NIH this past week, with more progress report due dates coming in the next couple of months. If your publications listed on the progress report are not in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy because they do not have PMCIDs, you may receive warnings that your funding will be withheld. These warnings are serious and not to be ignored.

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This entry was posted on May 21, 2013 at 1:31 PM and has received 834 views. There are currently 0 comments.

We are very pleased to announce that the Galter Health Sciences Library is joining the NU Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS).

“This is a great opportunity for both Galter and NUCATS,” said Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Director, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS). “The relationship will significantly strengthen overall NUCATS offerings and allow both entities to provide more integrated support to students, clinicians and researchers.” The Galter Health Sciences Library’s mission is to support the research, education, and patient care missions of the Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Medicine institutions. “We’re very excited by this union. Many of the services provided by Galter, including support and collaboration in the areas of bioinformatics, evidence-based research, and systematic reviews, are complementary to those offered by NUCATS,” said Heidi Nickisch Duggan, MA, MS, Interim Director, Galter Health Sciences Library. “Bringing the Galter Library into NUCATS is just the first of several planned initiatives that will strengthen and expand the library’s capabilities in support of clinical care and research.” Other planned initiatives include remodeling of the Galter Library physical space and the initiation of a national search for a Director.

The new structure will also strengthen the ties between the library and the Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics within the Department of Preventive Medicine, headed by Dr. Justin Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI.

The NUCATS Institute is an integral link in Northwestern University’s clinical and translational research enterprise, accelerating translational innovation by providing research teams with consultative resources and expertise.  It launched in 2007 and received a $30 million CTSA grant from NIH in 2008.  NUCATS provides a wide array of clinical and translational science resources and services to Northwestern University and its clinical affiliates. The Galter Health Sciences Library improves and enhances health care through innovation and leadership in the organization, and through the delivery, management and use of quality information to support educational, research, and patient care needs. It is a Resource Library of the National Networks of Libraries of Medicine and is a member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois.

Alignment activities have already begun and the transition will be completed by September 2013.

Visit the NUCATS website

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This entry was posted on May 10, 2013 at 3:43 PM and has received 560 views. There are currently 0 comments.

This list includes all new journals, books, and media (print and electronic) added to the Galter Library collections in April 2013. Please click the link to the online catalog record for more information about accessing a particular resource.

• Integrative medicine research.
  [Philadelphia, PA ] : Published for Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine by Elsevier, c2012-
  Online journal via ScienceDirect.

• Free radicals and antioxidants.
  [India] : Reed Elsevier India, [2011]-
  Online journal via ScienceDirect.

• Symbiosis.
  Philadelphia, Pa. : Balaban Publishers, 1985-
  Online journal via SpringerLink.

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This entry was posted on May 6, 2013 at 8:47 AM and has received 345 views. There are currently 0 comments.

Perhaps you've had occasion to visit our website on some device other than your desktop computer, such as your tablet or your phone, and noticed that it didn’t look quite like the website you’ve grown to know and love. You probably had to scroll horizontally to see all the content and maybe things didn’t align properly. This is a common problem on the web, and it’s going to become more common as smartphones and tablets become more prevalent. Indeed, experts are forecasting that the worldwide number of smartphone and tablet users should overtake the worldwide number of PC users in the next year or two.

We’ve recently redesigned the Galter Library website to address this reality. As of now our website should look and function correctly on any size display. In geek-speak this is called “Responsive Web Design.” What it means is that the site can detect characteristics of the device that is viewing it, particularly the width of the screen, and make adjustments accordingly. The result is a seamless, elegant transformation of the page as you reduce the size of your screen from full desktop to small phone or tablet size. As the screen gets smaller certain elements may transform into other configurations to accommodate the device. No special app is required and you don’t need to use a different URL for your mobile phone or tablet. Try it!

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This entry was posted on April 26, 2013 at 2:06 PM and has received 670 views. There are currently 0 comments.

On Saturday, April 20, NUIT will perform maintenance to firewalls supporting major University systems. Work will begin at 5:00 a.m. and end at 10:00 a.m. Between 9am and 10am, the NUcat online library catalog may be out for a brief period that's expected to last no longer than 15 minutes.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

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This entry was posted on April 19, 2013 at 4:49 PM and has received 749 views. There are currently 0 comments.

Recent books authored or edited by Feinberg School of Medicine faculty that were added by Galter Library include (NU authors are in bold):

Oncofertility : ethical, legal, social, and medical perspectives / Teresa K. Woodruff, Laurie Zoloth, Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Sarah Rodriguez, editors. (e-only)

Schrier’s diseases of the kidney/ edited by Thomas M. Coffman, Ronald J. Falk, Bruce A. Molitoris, Eric G. Neilson, Robert W. Schrier. (Quick Reference, WJ 300 D611 2013)

Chapter 7: Cystic Fibrosis / Manu Jain and Susanna A. McColley. In: Breathing in America: Diseases, Progress, and Hope / edited by Dean E. Schraufnagel. (Mezzanine Level, WF 140 B828 2010)

Are you trying to identify published books and book chapters written by Northwestern University faculty? Try these two online databases licensed by Northwestern University Library and accessible to the Northwestern University community: Book Citation Index (featured here) and PsycBOOKS (featured in Library Notes #49, February 2009).

Are you trying to identify recently-published research at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine? To find journal articles authored by FSM-affiliated faculty, staff, and students, the Galter Library recommends that you check out the Feinberg publications and abstracts site. This list is maintained by the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) and is updated regularly using the PubMed database.

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This entry was posted on April 5, 2013 at 3:47 PM and has received 451 views. There are currently 0 comments.

Northwestern University Library licensed Book Citation Index (BKCI) for use by the Northwestern University community soon after it first launched in October 2011. Content for the Book Citation Index comprises scholarly books and book series, both electronic and print, that present fully referenced articles of original research or reviews of the literature, and has been carefully selected based on well-defined criteria. Coverage extends back to 2005. Books from a variety of commercial, non-profit and university presses worldwide are indexed at the chapter level. In January 2013, it was announced that partnerships have been expanded to incorporate books from additional publishers, such as Elsevier, Johns Hopkins University Press and the University of Chicago Press. It is planned that 10,000 books will be added in 2013, increasing the total to nearly 50,000 books.

Book Citation Index has two parts, Book Citation Index for Science (BKCI-S) and Book Citation Index for Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-SSH). The Web of Science search system is the gateway to these two indexes, and the default Web of Science search includes all of the Northwestern University library licensed citation databases. By appropriately marking the check boxes, one can also search one or both of these indexes separately from other Thomson Reuters citation databases, namely Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

Searching BKCI should be familiar to those who have searched other Thomson Reuters citation databases. It may be useful for searching to identify Northwestern University faculty authored books, book chapters, book series (search by the organization name, Northwestern University). Additionally, if the book or book chapter has been cited, links will be provided to the Web of Science reference where it was cited. The “Find it @ NU” link icon included with each reference will lead to various options for finding the book / book chapter, either leading to full-text online, information on print holdings by one of the NU libraries, or document delivery options.

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This entry was posted on April 5, 2013 at 3:40 PM and has received 486 views. There are currently 0 comments.

This list includes all new journals, books, and media (print and electronic) added to the Galter Library collections in March 2013. Please click the link to the online catalog record for more information about accessing a particular resource.

• Clinical & translational immunology.
  [London] : Nature Publishing Group, 2012-
  Online journal via Nature Publishing Group

• Comparative anatomy and histology : a mouse and human atlas / editors, Piper M. Treuting, Suzanne M. Dintzis ; associate editors, Charles W. Frevert, Denny Liggitt ; technical editor, Kathleen S. Montine. 1st ed.
  Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012.
  Online book via ScienceDirect.

• DNA helicases and DNA motor proteins / Maria Spies, editor.
  New York : Springer Science+Business Media, ©2013
  Online book via SpringerLink.

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This entry was posted on April 2, 2013 at 4:01 PM and has received 552 views. There are currently 0 comments.