Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Joint Commission Resources publications

2-18-09:
Our Joint Commission newsletters are now handled by IngentaConnect and as of today they are all accessible via our A to Z list of web-based journals, no password needed. If you have any problems please contact me.

If you would like to get emailed table of contents alerts when a new issue is published online you can register personally with minimal information, or contact me and I will be glad to do this for you.

The titles we take from Joint Commission Resources are:
Environment of Care News
Joint Commission Benchmark
Joint Commission Perspectives
Joint Commission Perspectives on Patient Safety
Joint Commission: The Source.

HCPro journals

HCPro has changed its website. It still works fine, just lots more white space to scroll through.

When you follow a newsletter link from our web-based journal list you will need to scroll down to the very bottom of the HCPro page to reach the newsletter. There it will ask for our username and password. After entering that you will need to scroll to the very bottom again to finally reach the newsletter itself. Please let me know if you encounter any problems.

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Pre-CINAHL database merges into CINAHL

EBSCO has announced that as of March 31, 2009, the content we currently access in Pre-CINAHL will be merged into CINAHL to streamline the search process. The MEDLINE database is already handled that way.

If you wish to exclude these records in your CINAHL product search, you can use the "Exclude Pre-CINAHL" search limiter.

The new CINAHL Support Center (http://support.ebscohost.com/cinahl) is available whenever you need support in learning how to use CINAHL products

AMA journals

For 2009, institutional print subscriptions to AMA journals will include single user password online access. This affects our subscriptions to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Archives of Neurology and Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Monday, February 02, 2009

EBSCO databases

The EBSCO databases are accessible from home for searching. Some full text may be accessible remotely without additional passwords, but some may require being on campus. Contact the librarian for our EBSCO system password.