PubMed has a Different Look

If you’ve used PubMed recently, you will have noticed that the National Library of Medicine has launched a redesigned interface for searching the medical literature.  The database’s functionality remains the same, but a number of changes to the site were made.   

Do You Diigo?

Have you heard about Diigo ? Diigo (pronounced deego) is a free social bookmarking tool with a difference. It can be used to grab entire Web pages and make annotations right on top of the content.

Enter the 3rd Dimension

Ovid’s Primal Pictures, Norris Library’s newest anatomy resource, is accessible through USC’s Ovid portal. With data derived from fresh human cadavers, Primal Pictures provides over 5,000 3D anatomical structures, clinical slides, dissections, animations, and videos.

Around the World

Global Health is a recent addition to the OvidSP MEDLINE lineup of databases.  This specialized database is a comprehensive public health resource providing international coverage of

Streaming Video: An Inside Look

The Norris Medical Library recently added two streaming video anatomy resources for use through the library web site.  Cine Prosector was created by Laurence E. Wragg in 1967-1968 and originally made available on video through A-V Corporation. 

Y? B-COS

COS, originally known as Community of Science, develops tools to help researchers find information essential to their work.  The database is a global registry and an excellent source of funding information and potential collaborators for academic faculty and students and nonacademic researchers in all disciplines.

Find That Article

Sometimes you know there’s a fabulous article that’s right on topic, but you don’t have the complete citation and despair of ever finding it.  PubMed’s Single Citation Matcher to the rescue!  The link to this tool has long been on the left side of the database’s homepage, but very likely went unnoticed. 

CINAHL Has a New Look

CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) is the authoritative database for nursing, allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. 

Find Funding Through ScanGrants

ScanGrants is a free database designed to facilitate the search for funding sources to support research in individual and community health.

Current Protocols Now Online

Current Protocols has long provided authoritative and up-to-date methods for scientific research in print.  The new online, step-by-step manuals span the life sciences and are designed to meet the hands-on needs of researchers and contain thousands of protocols ranging from the basic to the advanced.