ISI Web of Knowledge, EndNote Web and Researcher ID will undergo maintenance this coming Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 beginning 9:00 AM ET. During this time, there will be a disruption of service and access to these products. Access to saved searches will be completely unavailable until 11:00 AM ET.

Web of Knowledge includes the databases Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, Journal Citation Reports, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Science Citation Index.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

On November 18, 2009, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) began its annual year-end-processing activities that are projected to end mid-December. During this time, NLM temporarily halts the addition of fully-indexed MEDLINE citations to PubMed and the delivery of the fully indexed MEDLINE files to Ovid and other third parties. Annual year-end activities include changing the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and Supplementary Concept Substance Names on existing MEDLINE citations to conform with the 2010 version of MeSH, and other global changes. The release of author name and other corrections into PubMed and Ovid MEDLINE are also halted during year-end-processing.

What does this mean for searchers?

PubMed: During end-of-year activities, "in process" citations will continue to be added to PubMed. As a result, the number of PubMed records labeled [PubMed - in process] will temporarily increase. These citations do not have MeSH terms, but they have undergone issue level and subsequent citation level quality control reviews.

Searches that use MeSH terms only (e.g. MeSH Database-initiated searches) rather than a combination of MESH and All Fields searches (which would be the norm if you search from the PubMed home page) do not retrieve in process or publisher-supplied records. Those MeSH-only searches may not retrieve the latest results during the update. This will also affect users who have saved searches in PubMed and set up email alerts using MeSH terms only.

Ovid MEDLINE: As the NLM updates its MEDLINE files to accommodate subject heading and other changes, Ovid and other third party MEDLINE providers must also perform global updates on their sites. Auto-alerts and currency of the Ovid MEDLINE files (those with date ranges) may be affected, but the Ovid MEDLINE In-Process file segment will continue to be updated. (The Ovid MEDLINE In-Process file segment may be accessed from the list of databases retrieved from the "Change Databases" tab on the main Ovid search screen.)

The points outlined here and more information can be found in the NLM fact sheet: Annual MEDLINE / PubMed Year-End Processing (YEP): Impact on Searching During Fall 2009.

The Galter Health Sciences Library hours for November 25-30, 2009 will be as follows:

• Wednesday, Nov. 25
  8 AM to 6 PM
• Thursday, Nov. 26 and Friday, Nov. 27
  University Holidays - the library will be CLOSED
• Saturday, Nov. 28
  9 AM to 5 PM
• Sunday, Nov. 30
  The Galter Library will resume its regular hours of operation

Before visiting another Northwestern University library during the holiday weekend, please check its hours of operation.

Publications

Mark Berendsen, Education Librarian, has been exceptionally busy. In addition to his September marriage, he co-authored a paper with faculty in the Department of Preventive Medicine. The subject of the paper is behavioral interventions to promote smoking cessation and prevent weight gain and it is published in the September 2009 issue of Addiction.

Ron Sims, Special Collections Librarian, co-authored a paper on the history of measles in Hawaii with Dr. Stanford Shulman and Deborah Shulman from the Department of Pediatrics at Feinberg School of Medicine. The article was published in the August 2009 issue of Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

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Feinberg School of Medicine’s Office of Minority Affairs, in conjunction with Queers & Allies, are proud to host My Right Self, an exhibit of photographs about the process of transitioning gender and, more broadly, about how identity relates to body, gender, and sexuality.

Location: Dollie’s Corner, 2^nd floor of the Galter Health Sciences Library

Dates: October 21^st – November 16^th

Artist Lecture: November 4^th, 12-1pm, Lurie Medical Research Center, 303 E. Superior St., Gray Seminar Room (1st floor)

The exhibit is free and open to the public. As Galter Library requires a Northwestern ID for access, exhibit visitors who do not have NU ID should sign in as guests at the front desk of the library.

The artist, Arthur Robinson Williams, is a documentary photographer who has completed projects on drugs and addiction in the United States, HIV/AIDS in Ghana, homosexuality in the Netherlands, and the health system in Cuba.

Are you still confused about how to add PubMed Central ID (PMCID) numbers to your manuscripts? Do you wonder how open access journals rank against paid subscription journals in impact factor measures?  Would you like to know how you can find contract addenda that will allow you to retain intellectual property rights to your published manuscripts? As part of Open Access Week (October 19-23, 2009), Galter librarians will present a seminar series on the latest issues and developments in open access. All seminars will take place in the Searle Conference Room in the Lurie Research Building.

• NIH Public Access Policy: Tuesday, October 20 at 3:30-4:40pm more information
• Impact of Open Access on Scientific Discovery and Publication: Wednesday, October 21 at 3:30-4:30pm more information
• Authors’ Rights in Publication: Thursday, October 22 at 3:30-4:30pm more information

The aim of Open Access Week is to help spread the word and broaden awareness of open access around the world. As well as the library’s seminar series, you can also learn more about open access with the library’s new Open Access Resources Guide. The guide contains background information and timelines for open access as well as interesting facts and links to resources. A full list of resources is also available on our Open Access Resources GalterList. An article on the Northwestern University Library website highlights the open access experience of selected NU faculty.

Contact Pam Shaw, Biosciences Librarian at Galter Library, with your questions, comments, and recommendations about open access and open access resources.

The Galter Health Sciences Library will be performing maintenance to the library's website from 5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. on Friday, October 16th. During this time the Library's website may be unavailable.

This maintenance will result in an outage that is expected to last no longer than 30 minutes, however a longer maintenance window is scheduled in case difficulties arise.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.

This article was featured in Library Notes #57 (October 2009).

The PubMed search interface is about to undergo its largest design change in years and a preview is now available. Search functionality appears to be the same while most of the changes relate to the results display. Galter librarians are still in the process of exploring the new interface and will be updating our online guides very soon. The Galter Library's PubMed class on October 15 will feature the new design.

You can access a preview of the redesign from the PubMed homepage or at http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?holding=norwelib&otool=norwelib. The preview and original version will run side by side for approximately two weeks after which time the preview will be the only option available. For a detailed list of the various changes, see the September 30 issue of NLM Technical Bulletin.

Questions or comments about the new design? Contact the Reference Desk at 312-503-8109 or use our Ask a Librarian web form.

This article was featured in Library Notes #57 (October 2009).

With the sheer volume of biomedical information increasing at a faster rate than anyone can read it, health care professionals and researchers need the specialized services that medical librarians provide now more than ever. National Medical Librarians Month was created by the Medical Library Association to raise awareness of the important role of the health information professional.

The Galter Library’s health information experts are ready and willing to help you dive into the world of information! Librarians are available for research consultations, literature searches, and individualized training in the use of library resources and databases. We can work with you in a number of ways to fulfill your information needs:

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