New trial – xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference

Trial available until 5th April 2008.

xPharm is comprised of four searchable and highly interlinked databases covering molecular Targets, including receptors, enzymes, transporters and ion channels, chemical Agents, including both drugs and endogenous compounds, clinical Disorders, and basic pharmacological Principles.

It contains over 3,400 individual interlinked records and over 16,000 citations, equating to over 22,000 printed pages: xPharm is the most comprehensive, one-stop pharmacology reference work currently available.

Go to: xPharm trial

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City Hub & Information Common goes 24×7!

From 18th February 2008, the City Hub & Information Common (CHIC) will be open 24 hours 7 days a week during semesters.  After hours access is by swipe card.  You will need to get your student cards encoded for swipe access at the CHIC.

With the Auchmuty Information Commons (AIC) and CHIC, students now have now two 24×7 information commons available.

New trial database – Evidence Matters

Trial available until 29th February 2008

Evidence Matters is an online healthcare knowledge management system to assist decision makers in their treatment choices for patients. The main goal is to provide quick and easy access to evidence extracted from research articles on particular topics.

Data is extracted from medical treatment research articles published in peer-reviewed scientific print journals. Research from both past and present is aggregated and made available via comparative tables, graphs and bullet-point text summaries.

Using menus, you can construct a question on therapeutics, and get an answer in the form of a table, a list or a graph which summarizes a set of articles. From these views, you can drill down to single article summaries.

Go to: Evidence Matters

Password required. After logging in, click on the link for Evidence Matters to take you to the search page.

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New trial database – Early English Books Online

Trial available until 29th February 2008.

From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this collection now contains about 100,000 of over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave’s Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing’s Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement.

They cover many subject areas, including: English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science.

Go to: Early English Books Online trial

Login and password required.

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New trial databases – House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

Available until 29th February 2008

The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers are vital to the historical record of Britain, its former Colonies and the wider world. They are among the richest and most detailed primary sources for the history of the past two centuries, and are fundamental to an understanding of current legislation, policy making and the political environment.

HCPP online, with searchable full text, and detailed subject indexing, makes it possible to fully exploit the enormous potential of this resource for the first time.

Go to: 19th Century HC Parliamentary Papers trial

Go to: 20th Century HC Parliamentary Papers trial

Separate logins and passwords are required for each database.

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New trial database – Butler Group CIO Knowledge Center

Available until 14th March 2008

Butler Group research delivers independent technology assessments, technology comparison reports and strategy reports to validate and inform technology decisions. Additionally, Datamonitor provides constant industry specific IT Market analysis based on data collected via continual interviewing of IT Executives.

It provides both strategic and technology assessment, analysis & comparative content, and includes a custom report building facility.

Go to: Butler Group CIO Knowledge Center – register for yourself, or use our generic login and password

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Library Classes for Semester 1 2008

The Library information literacy training programme for semester 1 is now available. The classes are open to all students and staff of the University of Newcastle.

Classes include:

• Introduction to EndNote
• Importing records into EndNote
• Advanced EndNote
• Legal Research for non-Law Students
• Using Citation Databases

New Ovid Interface

Ovid has introduced a new search interface called OvidSP. Auto alerts previously saved in any of the Ovid databases have been transferred to OvidSP. Enhanced features include Basic Search, Find Citation, Subject Search, Search Fields or Advanced Search (which will become our default search mode). It is now easier to access abstracts and to re-sort results. Alerting tools such as RSS feeds and eTOCS are also now easier to set up. More information is available from:
Quick Reference Cards
OvidSP Factsheet
Ovid User Guide

Note: Login information on pp 2-3 of Ovid User Guide does not apply to
the University of Newcastle