There is a known issue with OSX 10.8.2 that will cause Cite While You Write to either freeze while formatting or give you a -1712 (time out error).

Thomson Reuters has released a patch for EndNote X6 users which will resolve this issue. You will need to install the X6.0.1 update prior to installing this update.

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This entry was posted on January 16, 2013 at 10:22 AM and has received 1137 views. There are currently 2 comments.

Every year, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) updates its list of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)* to take account of new terminology or commonly-used terminology that has now officially entered the health care lexicon. Outdated terms are also retired.

Galter librarians enjoy scanning the new MeSH list to see what NLM has decided is now worthy of inclusion (yes, it’s the little things). Here’s a selection of the terms added for 2013.

• Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
• Breakfast
• Crowdsourcing
• Electronic Nose
• Literature Based Discovery
• Lunch
• Patient Navigation
• Racism
• Singing
• Skin Cream
• Snacks
• Transgendered Persons

While ‘Lunch’, ‘Breakfast’, and even ‘Snacks’ get their own terms, ‘Dinner’ is left out in the cold and covered by the more general ‘Meals’. Maybe next year, ‘Dinner’! The full list of additions can be seen here.

* MeSH is the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus. It consists of terms in a hierarchical structure that permits searching at various levels of specificity. Search queries in PubMed use MeSH vocabulary to find items on a desired topic.

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This entry was posted on December 21, 2012 at 10:47 AM and has received 529 views. There are currently 0 comments.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) recently announced two new tools, one ready for use, one still in beta. Both seek to enhance the PubMed Central (PMC) user experience. PMC is a a free archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature hosted by the NLM.

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) has developed a new presentation style called PubReader, an easier way to use your Web browser to read articles in PMC on your desktop, laptop, or tablet computer. PubReader breaks an article into multiple columns and pages to improve readability and navigation. It can expand a page to whatever fits on your screen — with multiple columns on a desktop monitor or a single column page on a small tablet.

Open-i is a project that “aims to provide next generation information retrieval services for biomedical articles from the full text collections.”  Although still in beta, this Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine lets users retrieve not only the MEDLINE citation information, but also the outcome statements in the article and the most relevant figure from it. You can now examine the initial 600,000 images from PubMed Central, view your results as a citation list or as an image grid, and search with words or query by image.

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This entry was posted on December 14, 2012 at 3:24 PM and has received 949 views. There are currently 0 comments.

PubMed has implemented more changes to assist users in assessing the results of their searches.  Last month, we highlighted the new filters in PubMed, which replaced the Limits feature.  Late in June, the NCBI introduced new PubMed Discovery Tools: a "Results by year" graph and "PMC images search".

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This entry was posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:49 AM and has received 872 views. There are currently 0 comments.

PubMed has replaced the Limits page with a results filter sidebar. The filter sidebar options work the same way as the limit selections; that is, once a filter is selected, it will be activated for subsequent searches until the selection is cleared.

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This entry was posted on May 16, 2012 at 12:36 PM and has received 1071 views. There are currently 0 comments.

It is now possible to export citations from PubMed to EndNote with a minimum of fuss. Prior to this change, Firefox users could export citations fairly easily but other browsers required a few extra steps. The new Send to Citation Manager feature in PubMed is the quickest and most efficient option available.

• Perform your search in PubMed.
• Select the references you want to save.
• From the Send to drop-down menu, choose Citation Manager
• Click Create File

• Depending on your browser, the next steps will vary. In both IE and Firefox, you will choose to open the file. In IE, the file may go to your Downloads folder. Either way, you should be presented with an option to choose a program to open the file. If EndNote is not already selected, choose it.

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  This entry was posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:20 AM and has received 2607 views. There are currently 0 comments.

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UBorrow is a new expedited book request service that promises fast turnaround times for book borrowing outside the NU Library system.

When you quickly need items that are currently unavailable from the Galter Health Sciences Library or are not owned by another Northwestern University library, search UBorrow. UBorrow enables you to search for and request books directly from 13 major research libraries, with combined collections of more than 90 million volumes. Books requested through UBorrow will typically arrive within one week, which is faster than the average recall process, and will have a loan period of 12 weeks with an optional 4-week renewal.

UBorrow allows you to request books directly from the following libraries:

• University of Chicago
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Indiana University
• University of Iowa
• University of Michigan
• Michigan State University
• University of Minnesota
• University of Nebraska
• Ohio State University
• Penn State University
• Purdue University
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Center for Research Libraries

UBorrow is a service of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), which is comprised of the universities of the Big Ten Conference plus the University of Chicago.

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This entry was posted on March 29, 2012 at 2:02 PM and has received 702 views. There are currently 0 comments.

If you often work from home or other off-campus locations, consider adding the Galter Proxy Button to your browser's bookmarks toolbar. The Galter Proxy Button reloads a web page through the Galter Library proxy server. If you're at home and not yet signed in to the library website, you can quickly access a library-subscribed article by clicking on the Galter Proxy Button. After clicking on the button you'll be prompted to sign in to the Galter Library website. After signing in, the article will be reloaded through the Galter Library proxy server and you'll be able to read the full text.

For more information, see our guide which explains how to install the Galter Proxy Button.

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This entry was posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:40 PM and has received 1587 views. There are currently 0 comments.

Browse Electronic Resources By Subject

Many of our library users are interested in accessing electronic books and journals rather than their print counterparts. Did you know that you can use GalterSearch to browse for electronic books and journals by subject?

To browse by subject:

1. Click Search in the menu in the upper left corner of the page.
2. Click Browse by Subject directly below the search button.

3. Click on your subject of interest.
4. Click Online Journals or Online Books.

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This entry was posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:35 PM and has received 902 views. There are currently 0 comments.

Did you know that the Galter Library has a liaison program? The program creates ongoing partnerships between the library and its constituents by pairing librarians with departments, centers, institutes, and programs at the Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM). Working with your library liaison enhances communication, collaboration, and the effectiveness of the library in supporting the education, clinical, and research needs of the FSM community. While the library has spent years forging relationships with individuals and departments at FSM, the liaison program serves to formalize these connections and provides a model for establishing further partnerships and collaboration.

So what can your library liaison do for you?

Your liaison librarian can attend departmental meetings to demonstrate new resources; teach users about MEDLINE, EBM resources, biostatistics tools, or EndNote; assist with literature searching and systematic review creation; create handouts and guides on subject-specific resources; and anything else you can think of! A full listing of potential opportunities for collaboration and education, as well as a list of liaison librarians, are available on the Liaison Librarian Program page.

Contact your liaison librarian today and let the learning and collaboration begin!

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This entry was posted on March 7, 2012 at 12:00 PM and has received 1606 views. There are currently 0 comments.