Wednesday, December 24, 2008

CINAHL & MEDLINE Databases Changes

Two of our Nursing/Health Sciences databases will be changing interfaces due to changes in licensing by the publishers.
MEDLINE will be accessed by way of OvidSP. MEDLINE is the enhanced version of PubMed which is the major medical database in the USA. Many of you have used the OVID databases at your hospitals. The link to MEDLINE is through the Libraries Home Page link for Databases.
An OvidSP tutorial is available at
http://www.ovid.com/site/help/tutorials_ovidsp/searchPage_demo20080208/searc hPage_demo20080208_900.htm

Following a five month study, it was decided that CINAHL, the nursing database, will be available through EBSCO's CINAHL PLUS database. Access is through the usual databases page on the BC Libraries Home Page.
An online EBSCO CINAHL SUPPORT CENTER, to help you learn how to get the most from CINAHL databases via the EBSCOhost interface has been set up at:
http://support.ebscohost.com/cinahl/

A demonstration of EBSCO's CINAHL PLUS will be arranged for Faculty next semester.
There will be a demonstration of CINAHL PLUS for the library staff on Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 10AM in O'Neill 307. Faculty and students who are available are welcome to attend this demonstration.
If there are any questions please contact Wanda at anderswb@bc.edu

Friday, December 12, 2008

Free ICPSR Webinar: Enhancing Analysis of Racially & Ethnically Underrepresented Populations in the US







Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ESTjavascript:void(0)

ICPSR’s Minority Data Resource Center offers streamlined access to data that are relevant to the study of immigration, place of origin, ancestry, ethnicity, and race in the United Sates.

The topics available for analysis are vast. Here are just a few intriguing findings from data featured in the MDRC:

• Female slaves in the state of South Carolina were valued at nearly twice the dollar value as males.
• The Crow and Chippewa Tribe Family Size Suffered the Largest Decrease from 1885 to 1930.
• Non-Hispanic Black Children Most Likely to be Diagnosed with Asthma (2004).
• Hispanic Voters Experienced Difficulty Casting Votes (2002 mid-term elections).
• Hospital Admissions Vary by Race (2004).

This webinar will serve as an orientation to the Minority Data Resource Center, its content, and its online analytic tools!

This webinar is open to the public - please forward this invitation to all with interest in these topics!

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

Thursday, December 4, 2008

NURSING INFORMATICS

Health informatics has become increasingly important over the past decade, and there are now publications and organizations devoted entirely to informatics in nursing. The American Nursing Informatics Association (http://ania.org) is a great place to start if you are interested in learning more about the role of informatics in nursing and finding educational, networking and job opportunities. Also check out the peer-reviewed Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (http://ojni.org).
Here in Boston, Northeastern University offers a Masters of Science in Health Informatics (http://healthinformatics.neu.edu/), and an MS in Biomedical Informatics is offered jointly through Harvard and MIT (http://hst.mit.edu/servlet/ControllerServlet?handler=PublicHandler&action=browse&pageId=129) for individuals who already have completed advanced study in the health sciences, such as a doctoral degree in nursing. There are also a number of online health informatics programs across the country (http://www.ania.org/Education.htm).
Becky DeAngelis
Science Librarian Intern
O'Neill Library
Boston College
deangere@bc.edu