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• APA 6th Edition Output Style Available in RefWorks - RefWorks has added the APA 6th edition output style to RefWorks. To make this available on your own RefWorks account and in your Write N Cite account, do the following: Log into your RefWorks account. Click on the Bibliography tab. Click on the pull down menu for the Output Style field. From the Pull-down menu – select Output [...]
• Illinois Hospital Report Card Website Debuts - Today  the Illinois Hospital Report Card Website has made its debut. This website will assist consumers in making better health care choices.  Here is some of the data that is available: volume and cost of services in hospitals and ambulatory surgery treatment centers, quality and safety data, nurse staffing data, patient satisfaction surveys, summaries and [...]
• New CAM Database: Natural Standard - Do you need to find evidence-based information on CAM treatments?  Try using UIC Library’s latest resource, Natural Standard. This database can be found on the Health Sciences Research Guide or the CAM guide. This database has a grading scale which it uses for evaluating CAM therapies for particular conditions, herbs and supplements, and diet therapies.   [...]
• New RefWorks, EndNote, & Reference Manager Guide - Need help with using RefWorks or EndNote?   Sandy DeGroote, the Scholarly Communications Librarian & Associate Professor, has created a RefWorks, EndNote, & Reference Manager Guide.  This guide has a summary of each bibliographic management program and links to helpful guides and websites for each one.  It also has links to websites which will explain [...]
• New Look to PubMed - You may have noticed PubMed has a new look. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?otool=uiclib Over the past year (or so) they’ve been working on and refining this new interface to PubMed. At first glance it may seem as though some features have disappeared. Fret not, everything is still there, but it might take some time to find and get used to where [...]
• Corrections to 6th Edition of APA Manual - Corrections to the APA Style Manual, 6th edition, are available online as a PDF document.  This has been posted to the Nursing Research Guide in the Tutorials & Videos section.
• Updated RefWorks Quick Start Guide is Available! - New and updated sections on the RefWorks Quick Start Guide include: Exporting References into Cochrane and EMBASE Using RefGrab-It with PubMed Updated Write-N-Cite section and more!
• JBI COnNECT Update - There are two new nodes that you can search through in JBI COnNECT: Burns Care Mental Health Access is also available for Psych Evidence Matters, an evidence-based tool.  This new tool can be found by clicking on the JBI COnNECT + link on the left side of the screen.
• Preview PubMed’s New Look! - There will be a new version of PubMed coming soon! Go to the preview website to see the new look.  Please keep an eye on the UIC Library blog for further updates.
• Sign Up for Online Workshops - UIC Library is offering several online workshops.  Here is a list of what is being offered for the next few months: CINAHL Discover Your Health Sciences Resources HaPI-Health & Psychosocial Instruments Finding Medical Images Gideon/Global Health Library 101 for the UIC Nursing Community Online Consumer Health Information You Can Trust RefWorks To sign up, please follow the instructions on creating an e-rooms account and [...]