HSL-News October 1, 2001

1. Your Digital Library
2. Tune Up Your Information Skills
3. Internet Grateful Med retired
4. HealthLinks Front Page

Your Digital Library - The Health Sciences Libraries
The Libraries is rapidly transforming itself into a fully digital library for access to journal articles, databases, databanks, and other clinical, research and educational information.  The path is bumpy but the rewards are great in seeing our vision become practice this year.  The highly positive results of a recent survey of Health Sciences Libraries users indicates the enthusiasm with which you are responding to this transformation.  Whether you are clinical faculty, researchers or students in a remote practice setting, a research lab moving off-campus, or writing your grant at home - the library is reaching critical mass for online access anywhere, anytime.  We appreciate your support and always welcome your input.  Your comments can always be sent to hsl at u.washington.edu

Internet Grateful Med (IGM) Retires
All access to Internet Grateful Med ceased at 5:00PM, Friday September 28th, 2001 when this service was retired.  Your access to IGM will now link to other appropriate NLM search services formerly available through IGM.  Questions or comments should be directed to NLM Customer Service at custserv@nlm.nih.gov.

Tune Up Your Information Skills
Your computer is ready to search PubMed, MD Consult, UpToDate, Clinical Evidence, Cochrane, ingenta, TRIP......... but are you?  The Health Sciences Libraries can customize a demonstration for your group of the most up-to-date methods for searching web-based information resources.  Possible topics include: PubMed's Linkout, Cubby, other newer features; UpToDate; E-Journals; Research Databases: Life Beyond PubMed; Web of Science/JCR; ERes: new e-reserves; Clinical Evidence; Loansome Doc, Document Services; Nurse Toolkit, etc.

Library Liaisons can meet with your group from 5 minutes to 1 hour, include one topic or many, and meet one time or in a continuing series.  The session can be held in the Health Sciences Libraries or in individual departments, such as during a regularly scheduled faculty meeting.  If you are interested in scheduling a session, please contact your Library Liaison: /hsl/liaisons/

HealthLinks October Front page
The featured topic this month is: Patient Safety.  You can reach our site at: /

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