the monthly electronic supplement to The CLUE
* Now for some really BIG news...PubMed Clinical Queries has been re-designed and it looks great-check it out at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/clinical.shtml
* ...and BIGGER still-- PubMed Cubby will be replaced by a whole new and very robust system, My NCBI, which will provide save search functions as well as automatic e-mailing of search updates and filters, and other features to assist the user in retrieval management. These changes have been long-awaited and they go into effect 02/01/05. To use these new features, give us a call. The PubMed banner/header will provide a link to My NCBI. The password you have been using will continue to work
* TOXMAP (http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov) users can now create customized maps from their own web sites by incorporating a simple web link. Once on the TOXMAP site, users can zoom in and out, pan the map, and get more information about the facilities and chemicals represented. TOXMAP is an interactive web site that shows the amount and location of reported toxic chemicals released into the environment on maps of the United States. TOXMAP allows users to visually explore information about releases of toxic chemicals by industrial facilities around the United States as reported annually to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, http://www.epa.gov/tri/), integrating the map display with access to relevant bibliographic references and other data on these chemicals, providing a map-based portal to these resources
* Another reminder...the Journal Citation Report (JCR) is now available online! Check your impact factors and journal performance metrics at will...to access, go to the Shimberg home page, Databases menu, left side, select Web of Knowledge. The JCR is right there, along with Current Contents Connect, the Science Citation Indexes, and more
* Search Tip: When you are off campus, to access the online (full text) literature, and the databases as well, make sure you click on the button (on the library homepage, left side, above the Databases) that reads "FOR DATABASE ACCESS ENTER HERE IF CONNECTING FROM OUTSIDE HSC CAMPUS". You will be prompted for your USF ID card 14 digit number, the one that begins with 205...