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Red Book Online Acquired

Published by the  American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases, the Red Book provides vital practice-focused information in topic areas such as immunizations, school health, blood safety, sexually transmitted infections, drug therapy, and antimicrobial prophylaxis; and diseases from anthrax and smallpox to West Nile virus, tuberculosis, influenza, and pneumococcal infections.

As well as the fulltext of the current edition of Red Book, the Red Book Online  features include:

  • Regularly updated Status of Licensure and Recommendations for New Vaccines Table
  • Special vaccine shortage update page
  • User-friendly search enhancement with “Key Words in Context” (KWIC)
  • Links to essential up-to-date information such as the 2006 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization
  • Links from text to errata (updates) incorporated throughout as well as in a complete list
  • Visual Library of over 2,000 full-color images

You can connect to the Red Book through Novanet and WorldCat, as well as our databases and e-books pages.

Connect now to Red Book Online

BMJ Point of Care Acquired

The Kellogg Library is pleased to announce unlimited access to BMJ Point of Care for all Dalhousie users. BMJ Point of Care is a new clinical resource that is designed specifically to deliver highly relevant diagnosis and treatment guidance at the immediate point of care.

BMJ Point of Care offers:

  • Comprehensive disease monographs that include competing diagnoses, treatment approaches, tests to order, guidelines and more
  • A patient-centered approach to information delivery, with treatment details organized by patient group
  • Embedded links to drug dosing information and the best available medical evidence from Clinical Evidence
  • Information on over 3,300 drugs and 400 alternative medicines, with a comprehensive drug interaction checking tool
  • Up-to-date, detailed formulary information for top national and regional healthcare insurance plans * Fully referenced with links to Pubmed abstracts
  • A useful pill identifier tool plus hundreds of helpful medical tables and calculators.

You can find BMJ Point of Care on Kellogg Library’s homepage, in our databases listing, or you can connect directly now.

BMJ Point of Care

Stahls Essential Psychopharmacology Online

The Kellogg Library has acquired the Cambridge University Press publication Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology Online.

Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology Online presents the fundamentals of psychopharmacology and includes the ability to search within Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology and the Essential Psychopharmacology Prescriber’s Guide plus a Prescriber’s Guide, illustrations and tables to download, and drug interaction information.

You can find Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology Online in several places on our website and in WorldCat or you can connect directly now:

Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology Online

Religion Databases on Trial

Trials end December 4, 2009

The Dalhousie Libraries offer you the chance to explore two resources on a trial basis:

World Christian Database
Extensive data on 9,000 Christian denominations, 13,000 ethnolinguistic peoples, as well as data on 5,000 cities, 3,000 provinces and 239 countries.

World Religion Database
Detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. WRD provides source material, including censuses and surveys, as well as best estimates for every religion to offer a definitive picture of international religious demography. It offers best estimates at multiple dates for each of the world’s religions for the period 1900 to 2050.

Please note that you will need to use the following username and password to access these databases:
Username: prairiepn
Password: brazzq

Feel free to give us your feedback here!

Brill Online Trial Database

Trial ends December 4, 2009

The Dalhousie Libraries are offering you the chance to explore, on a trial basis, a series of publications put out by Brill Online. Following the link below will enable you to look at:

  • Brill’s Encyclopedia of China Online
  • Brill’s New Pauly Online
  • Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism Online
  • Encyclopaedia Islamica Online
  • Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online
  • Religion Past and Present Online
  • The Brill Dictionary of Religion Online
  • Brockelmann Online
  • Index to the Study of Religions Online
  • Africa Yearbook Online
  • Brill’s New Jacoby Online
  • Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum Online
  • The International Year Book and Statesmen’s Who’s Who Online

Please note: Username: prairiepn
Password: brazzq

Explore this database now, and give us your feedback!

Roper Center iPOLL: Database Trial

Trial ends November 17, 2009

The Roper Center For Public Opinion Research manages a large archive of public opinion information. iPOLL is a comprehensive database of 500,000 questions and answers asked in the US since 1935. All of the major polling organizations in the US are included in this system.

Try out iPOLL now!

Please feel free to leave a comment here, or by emailing lbedwell@dal.ca.

Bibliography of British & Irish History Online

Trial ends November 30, 2009

The Libraries offer you a trial of a new database, Bibliography of British & Irish History, published by Brepols Publishers. The trial will run until November 30th. Please note: You must login to explore this resource, using the username/password below:

Username: COPPUL2009
Password: COPPUL2009

Redesign for PubMed

The PubMed interface has had a major facelift. Though the look of PubMed has changed it will continue to offer all the same functionality. Many of the features that were offered under the tabs such as limits, history and details will be found under the “Advanced” option in the new version.

To see a preview of the new PubMed go to

http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

It is expected the switch to the new version will happen within the next couple of weeks. As always, help with your searches is available at the Kellogg Library. Walk in during reference desk hours or contact a librarian for an appointment.

BMJ Point of Care Trial

Trial ends November 30, 2009

The Kellogg Library has arranged for a free trial of BMJ Point of Care.

BMJ Point of Care is a new online clinical resource that delivers highly relevant disease diagnosis and treatment guidance at the immediate point of care. Developed jointly by BMJ Group and Epocrates, BMJ Point of Care blends clear, concise expert opinion with the best available medical evidence to provide fast, authoritative answers to the most pressing patient care questions. Product highlights include:

– Comprehensive disease monographs including competing diagnoses, treatment approaches, tests to order, guidelines and more
– Critical prescribing information for more than 3,300 drugs and 400 alternative medicines
– Embedded links to drug dosing information and medical evidence
– Patient-centered information design, with treatment options organized by patient group
– A useful pill identification tool, plus hundreds of medical equations, calculators and tables

Connect by clicking on the URL below:

pointofcare.bmj.com

Below please find a link to our 7 minute flash demo of BMJ Point of Care as well as a link to our user guide:

http://group.bmj.com/media/movies/poc/

http://group.bmj.com/group/subscriptions-and-sales/product-training-and-userguides/user-guides-and-support-tools

Please send comments to Patrick Ellis, Health Sciences Librarian, 494-2458.

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