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2014-03-10T11:38:00.002-04:00

Mobile Device Use Stat by QxMD

2014-02-24T09:37:00.000-05:00

Click on the image to go to the source.

Set RSS Alerts in PsycInfo

2013-12-19T14:19:00.002-05:00

This video is useful to set up alert if you are using PsycInfo on Proquest platform.

Email Alerts for Cochrane Library

2013-12-19T14:19:00.001-05:00

Log in to Cochrane Library. If you don't have an account, register for a free account. Run you search and after saving it, turn on the search alert [see the screenshot below].

When Alerts selected, you will receive emails every time articles matching your search are loaded on The Cochrane Library. For more info, visit Chapter 1: The Cochrane Library Search Tour

Save Searches and Set E-mail Alerts in Medline or EMBASE

2013-12-17T13:58:00.002-05:00

This a tutorial created by University of Maryland Health Sciences Library but applicable to anyone using Medline or EMBASE in OvidSP platform. Feel free to jump to 0:38 sec of the tutorial.

Save Searches and Set E-mail Alerts in PubMed

2013-12-17T13:58:00.000-05:00

Protect yourself from information overload!

2013-12-17T13:44:00.000-05:00

This is the holiday special post. Over the next 4 days, I will be posting instructions on how to set up alert for your latest search on the following databases; PubMed, Medline/Embase, PsycInfo, and Cochrane library. Also, I will provide some tips and trick on who to set up update alerts for some of your favourite journals or how to use RSS aggregators such as Feedly for this purpose.

Educational Apps

2013-12-06T09:46:00.000-05:00

Are you looking for ways to evaluate educational apps and use them in teaching? Tony Vincent suggests several rubrics and checklists in his blog post. Simply select the checklist that would work best for you.

Introduction to ReadCube

2013-12-06T09:40:00.000-05:00

Watch this video to learn more about ReadCube. It is a different way of working with PDF documents and organizing your personal library. I do NOT recommend using it for searching PubMed but it has so many other neat Features that it is worth exploring.
Happy Researching!

Altmetric.com tools are added to BioMed Central

2013-10-30T16:22:00.000-04:00

Now you can find Trending Articles published with BioMed Central, Chemistry Central and SpringerOpen by researchers at University of Western Ontario. The 'donut' badge next to the article title indicates when and where an article has been tracked by Altmetric.com (different social media). The donut is colour coded:

blue for Twitter
dark blue for Facebook
yellow for blogs
red for mainstream media
orange for Pintrest, etc.

You can even see who is twitting about the article and where it has been discussed. Click on the donut and then click on to see more.

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin: Feeds

2013-10-29T11:25:00.003-04:00

Interested in staying current with Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin from BMJ Journal? Sign up for one of their RSS feeds. If you need help setting up RSS feeds, contact me at http://www.lib.uwo.ca/contact/nazitorabi.html

Scholar Metrics: Journal Impact Factor through Google Scholar's eye

2013-08-16T08:46:00.001-04:00

Since the release of 2013 Scholar Metrics, you can look up the ranking of a journal just by a few clicks or searching the journals name, look at Top publications - Health & Medical Sciences, click on h5-index # to see the journal ranking in that category, or click on journals Subcategories to browse.

A handout for new residents and fellows

2013-08-15T11:02:00.001-04:00

A useful handout for new residents and fellows available at Clinical Outreach page.

a webinar on CONSORT statement

2013-06-25T08:57:00.003-04:00

Recording of a webinar by prof Doug Altman: "CONSORT Statement guidance for reporting randomised trials ".

EvidenceUpdate

2013-06-25T08:43:00.001-04:00

Have you tried EvidenceUpdate? It offers a search engine to medical literature and incorporates the McMaster PLUS email alerting system. Register here for free, give it a try, and let me know what you think at ntorabi at uwo.ca

from EvidenceUpdate:

"Hit Parade: The most often read articles in all disciplines, in the past 30 days

1.	Treatment for superficial thrombophlebitis of the leg. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (Review)

2.	Otitis Media With Effusion: Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments. Comparative Effectiveness Review (Review)

3.	Short-term vs conventional glucocorticoid therapy in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the REDUCE randomized clinical trial. JAMA (Original)"

What's it like to be a Cochrane author?

2013-06-21T16:59:00.000-04:00

To find out about training and learning opportunities for the methods required to write a Cochrane systematic review, visit here.

PDF is old now; try PubReader!

2013-05-30T12:46:00.000-04:00

"The PubReader view is an alternative web presentation that offers another, more reader-friendly way to look at articles in the Pubmed Central archive. Designed particularly for enhancing readability on tablet and other small screen devices, PubReader can also be used on desktops and laptops and from multiple web browsers." Try it today by visiting PubReader™ view of articles

June Webinar Series from Canadian Cochrane Centre

2013-05-29T13:56:00.002-04:00

If you are interested to learn more about The Cochrane Collaboration and Cochrane Systematic Reviews, register for one of the following webinars.

(BYOD) Bring Your Own Device: NLM Apps and Social Media

2013-05-09T09:21:00.002-04:00

Do you need to learn more about National Library Medicine (NLM) mobile apps and mobile web? Watch this video.

Publish for free in one of the journals of Royal Society of Chemistry

2013-05-03T10:08:00.000-04:00

This is called Gold for Gold project. As part of our journal renewal, the library has received a set number of tokens which allow researchers to publish in RSC journals without paying the article processing fee. You can read more about here. Contact ntorabi AT uwo.ca if you have any questions.

Research Metrics Tools

2013-04-24T15:20:00.001-04:00

Updated workshop on Research Metrics Tools

Questionable open-access journals!!!

2013-04-10T11:44:00.001-04:00

This is a list of questionable, scholarly open-access journals. It is regularly updated by Jeffrey Beall a librarian at the University of Colorado Denver.

The University of Western Ontario vs. Western University

2013-03-14T11:41:00.001-04:00

Communications & Public Affairs (C&PA) is advising Western authors to use the full legal name - The University of Western Ontario – until further notice. We need to ensure that name variations of Western and affiliated institutes are brought together to support accurate comprehensive reporting and analysis of research productivity and citation patterns for individuals and the University. Western Libraries is reaching out to Elsevier and Thomson Reuters, publishers of Scopus and Web of Knowledge, to minimize any name variations. Elsevier and Thomson Reuters are used by international rankings to create a research productivity factor and it is very important to use the full legal name of the University for publications until further notice.

Poin-of-Care tools comparison chart

2013-01-29T10:40:00.000-05:00

I have put together a Poin-of-Care (POC) tools comparison chart. The purpose of this chart is to provide some general information about several top point-of-care resources in the medical field. This information should not be considered complete. I do not endorse any particular POC resources. The information gathered here by a literature review. Those articles published by medical expert which used bibliometric analysis are included. The articles which their methodology were solely based on user-centred analysis (i.e. medical community survey about the popularity of particular tools) are excluded to minimize risk of bias. If information about particular aspect of a POC was not obtained from the literature review, the editorial policy from their perspective website was cited. Please feel free to send me your feedback ntorabi at uwo.ca

Free access to all 2012 content on Cambridge Journals Online for 6 weeks!

2013-01-24T12:02:00.002-05:00

To get more information about this offer, visit here.