The New Acquisitions Area (on the 2nd floor) for serials has been temporarily closed and all issues are now shelved in the serials stacks. The "New Book Shelf" remains in place. Watch for a new "Reading Area" on the 3rd floor once it opens.
In anticipation of the move, the New Acquisitions Area (on the 2nd floor) for serials has been temporarily closed and all issues are being shelved in the serials stacks. The "New Book Shelf" remains in place. Once the move is made to the 3rd floor, a "Reading Area" will open upstairs. It will hold the latest issues of 100 journals and the new books along with comfy chairs for browsing. A list of those titles will be posted in early January. Ask your Libraries Liaison for information on creating an email alert so that you know when your favorite titles are updated.
Most of the construction is complete. Now we are left with the finishing touches and the moving of furniture, equipment, and people, much of which will take place in the first few weeks of the quarter. Watch for signs and announcements to help you find your way. Thank you for your patience in this time of transition.
Several old friends are acquiring new looks for the new year. These include eFacts for drug information, the ProQuest databases, e.g. Washington Newsstand and Research Library Complete, the CSA databases, e.g. NTIS, and Sociological Abstracts. PubMed has changed the checktag human to humans and updated with all new 2005 MeSH (medical subject headings).
Current Contents and BIOSIS Previews are moving from WebSPIRS to ISI's Web of Knowledge platform.
A How To sheet for setting up profiles on Current Contents Connect is available.
This is the time of year when vendors make changes to the products and, when possible, HSL makes new additions to our collections. A few of these important changes are noted in this message . Watch the HealthLinks Frontpage for updates. And, as always, contact your Libraries Liaison for a personalized update.
Newly acquired access to books include Patty's Toxicology and Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial
Materials both of which provide useful information for occupational exposure questions. Young's Effects Online is an online version of three reference books providing data on the effects of disease, drugs and preanalytical variables on clinical laboratory tests.
Several new packages of electronic journals will increase the size of our collection. These include the Lippincott Total Access package through Ovid (of particular interest is the title Menopause), a Springer and Kluwer merger that ranges the gamut from Critial Reviews in Neurosurgery to Journal of Human Genetics and titles from Thieme.
Curious to know if we have access to a title? Simply type the title in the search box on the eJournals page.
Shorter hours will be in place at all HSL units Dec 18, 2004 - January 1, 2005. Standard hours resume on Sunday, Jan 2, 2005 for HSLIC. KK Sherwood Library (Harborview) and the Social Work Library will be closed on Jan 2, 2005 and begin Winter Quarter hours on Monday, Jan 3, 2005.
All electronic resources remain available throughout the break.