Sponsored content The Karger eJournal Archive Collection comprises all digitized Karger journal issues from 1997 back to each title’s first year of publication. The collection consists of 76 titles with a total of 2,423 publication years. Benefits include… DRM-free content Unlimited simultaneous access Easy access via IP range or User ID and Password COUNTER-compliant statistics […]
Andrea C. Kepsel, MLIS, AHIP Health Sciences Educational Technology Librarian Michigan State University Libraries As more and more research is being published in the fields of science and medicine, it can be difficult not only to stay on top of what is being published, but also to discover research from smaller publications or specialized research […]
Alysha Sapp, MLIS Nursing and Nurse Anesthesia Librarian Mary Couts Burnett Library Texas Christian University Content Embase (Excerpta Medica dataBASE), often referred to as the European MEDLINE, is purely an indexing database. As described on the EMBASE website, it is a biomedical and pharmacological database with over 32 million abstracts and indices from published, peer-reviewed […]
Editor’s Note: In response to reader request, we have added two new features to the DCDM Newsletter, which will appear in alternating months. In odd-numbered months, we will publish the profile of a member of Doody’s Library Board of Advisors (LBA), and in even-numbered months, we’ll feature an account of a library’s successful marketing launch […]
Over the past year, we have received 20 titles in Nephrology from six publishers and, so far, we have published reviews of 11 of them. Prices of these books range from $48.00 to $345.99, for an average price of $140.60. The just published Doody’s Core Titles 2018 features 23 titles in Nephrology, with two designated […]
Founded in 1951, the Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 21,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, nonprofit organization, it is the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in healthcare. Established in 1986, Joint Commission Resources (JCR) is the official educator and publisher of Joint Commission standards, providing […]
We are grateful that Dr. Jon Webb has served as Editorial Review Group Chair in Nephrology for the past six years, twice the three-year term we request of our Chairs. In that time, we have sent him 117 books, and he has organized reviews of 87 of them, recruiting 27 reviewers from his division, while […]
Project Lead: Megan Inman, Collection Development Librarian Institution: East Carolina University Laupus Health Sciences Library Timeframe of the launch and timeframe of the marketing campaign We started the conversation about the R2 Digital Library and the PDA tool in September 2016. By February 2017, we had made the initial PDA collection selections and it went […]
Jessica Sender, MA, MLS Liaison to the College of Nursing Michigan State University As medicine, nursing, social work, and other healthcare fields become more and more interdisciplinary and interprofessional, Sociological Abstracts has become more important as a potential research tool for many. This database provides subject coverage predominantly in the social and behavioral sciences. It […]
Editor’s Note: In response to reader request, we have asked individuals who have written reviews of major electronic resources that were published in a DCDM issue at least two years ago to present an update of their original review. We will feature these Review Updates on a periodic basis. This Review Update is of CINAHL […]