LIBNEWS-L: New Resources and Services at
Old Dominion University Libraries

March 22, 2005

* Workshop For Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students: "Get the Scoop on Online
Resources for Current Events" -- Saturday, March 24, 2005
* New Databases: Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews
* New Project Muse Title: Journal of the Early Republic
* Mark Your Calendars:  Citation Searching Workshop April 7

==>  WORKSHOP FOR FACULTY, STAFF, GRADUATE STUDENTS: "GET THE SCOOP ON
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR CURRENT EVENTS" -- SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2005

What current events online resources does the library make available? What
features do they include? How can you use them to full advantage?  Come to
the March 24 workshop to find out!  The Government Information Reference
Librarian will show you access, content, and search tips for:
     * AccuNet AP Multimedia Archive
     * Global NewsBank
     * CQ Researcher Online
     * U.S. government primary sources
Register for the 12:30 PM, March 24, workshop by contacting Janet Justis at
jjustis@odu.edu or by phone at 683-4169. Registration, though not required,
is helpful to us in planning. Faculty, staff and graduate students are
welcome to attend. The workshop will be held in Perry Library, Room 163.

==>  NEW DATABASES:  EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE REVIEWS

Evidence-based medicine is changing both education and practice in all of
the healthcare professions.  Evidence-based medicine uses methodologies
from logic and science to find, appraise and apply the evidence gained from
medical research to the care of individual patients.  The library has just
added "Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews" to our OVID database subscription.
"Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews" contains 4 databases that may be searched
separately or simultaneously.  They are:

    * EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club
... consists of two journals: ACP Journal Club, a publication of the
American College of Physicians, and Evidence-Based Medicine, a joint
publication with the British Medical Journal Group. 1991 to March/April
2005
    * EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CCTR)
... a bibliographic database of definitive controlled trials.
    * EBM Reviews - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (DSR)
... the main component of the Cochrane Library.  It contains the full text
of Systematic Reviews and the Protocols, which are reviews in preparation.
They provide the background, objectives and methods of reviews, as well as
an expected date of completion.
   * EBM Reviews - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
... a full text database containing critical assessments of systematic
reviews from a variety of medical journals from all over the world.  DARE
records cover topics such as diagnosis, prevention, rehabilitation,
screening, and treatment.

    * EBM Reviews Full Text - Cochrane DSR, ACP Journal Club, and DARE
    * All EBM Reviews - Cochrane DSR, ACP Journal Club, DARE, and CCTR

Access the EBM Reviews from the library's "Databases" page under "Health,
Medicine, Nursing" or search individual title. Because EBM Reviews is
available through library subscription, IP address restrictions apply: from
off campus, you'll need to enter your Campus UIN at the Easy Proxy page.
For more information, contact Renee Davis (rdavis@odu.edu).

==> NEW PROJECT MUSE TITLE: JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC

The "Journal of the Early Republic" is a quarterly journal committed to
publishing the best scholarship on the history and culture of the United
States in the years of the early republic (1776–1861).

To access this and other Project Muse journals, click "Project Muse" on the
library's "Journals, Magazines, Newspapers" page or search by individual
journal title. Because Project Muse is available through the Virtual
Library of Virginia (VIVA), IP address restrictions apply: from off campus,
you'll need to enter your Campus UIN at the Easy Proxy page.

==>  MARK YOUR CALENDARS:  CITATION SEARCHING WORKSHOP, APRIL 7

The online version of Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences
Citation Index is ISI's Web of Science (or Web of Knowledge).  Tracy
Matthews from ISI will deliver a 1.5 hour workshop for interested faculty,
staff and grad students beginning at 9:30 AM on April 7 in Perry Library,
room 163.  This resource is an extremely important one, especially for
faculty who need to document the value of their own publications.  For more
information or to register for the workshop, please contact Nancy Schafer
at nschafer@odu.edu or 683-5909.

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