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HealthLinks, February 2008

Updated Search Interfaces

Two of our primary database providers are changing their search interfaces in early February. Changes are intended to:

   * Streamline the search process
   * Provide a simpler and more intuitive user interface
   * Allow multiple search modes

  • ISI Web of Knowledge UW IP
    ISI Web of Knowledge graphic
  • OvidSP from Wolters Kluwer Health UW IP
    OvidSP graphic
    • Search Ovid Databases: EMBASE, Eric, Global Health, Health & Psychosocial Instruments, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, Mental Measurements Yearbook, PsycINFO, Social Work Abstracts, NASW Clinical Register
    • Features:
      • OvidSP's Search Aid provides greater search transparency and lets you further pinpoint initial searches
      • Greatly improved search results management
      • Saved Searches will transfer to new interface

News

Provided by HSL News: UW Health Sciences Libraries' News. For full story click the item title.

  • HSL Storage Items on the Move
    Over the summer, HSL is moving over 1.5 miles of materials from on-site to off-site storage. While items are in transit, they will be temporarily unavailable. Once the materials are in their new home, they can be requested and delivered to HSL using the Request/Place Hold button in the UW Libraries Catalog record. Thank you for your patience during this time.
  • Pay HSL Document Services Invoices Online
    You can now pay your Health Sciences Libraries' invoices from Document Services online with either a Visa or Mastercard. Follow the Order Articles/Books link under the Help tab in Healthlinks. It's secure, fast and easy!
  • Database Changes
    • Databases coming:
      ~ Newsbank Access World News (newspapers)
      ~ Academic Search Complete (magazine & journal articles)
      ~ Business Source Complete (business resources)
    • Departing Databases:
      ~ Research Library (magazine & journal articles)
      ~ ABI/Inform (business resources)
      ~ Current Contents Connect (serials TOC)
    For more information, see the article on the Libraries' web page or ask your liaison for assistance.

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