Biomolecular Object Network Databank (BOND)

The Biomolecular Object Network Databank (BOND) is an online search resource in the fields of genomic, proteomic and metabolomic research. It is the first open access resource to integrate sequence and interaction information.Users may perform cross-database searches of available sequence, interaction, complex and pathway information. BOND integrates a range of component databases including Genbank and BIND, the Biomolecular Interaction Network Database.

The Biology Image Library

The AECOM Library has a trial of the Biology Image Library through December 19, 2007. The library is a collection of images, illustrations, movies, and animations for research and education. Materials can be downloaded for non-commerical purposes, such as for use in lectures or seminars.

The trial is available to all members of the AECOM community through December 19, 2007. Registration is required.

Let us know how you like it. Send feedback to askref@aecom.yu.edu.

MedEd Portal

MedEdPORTAL, provided by The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) was designed to promote collaboration and educational scholarship by facilitating the open exchange of peer-reviewed teaching resources such as tutorials, virtual patients, cases (PBL, SP, OSCE), lab manuals, assessment instruments, faculty development materials, etc. Through this site, faculty can locate information about high-quality, peer-reviewed teaching material in both the basic and clinical sciences.

Registration is FREE and you can customize your MedEdPORTAL as well as submit resources for publication. Click Login from the main menu then click New User to register. You can create a customized home page called MyMedEdPORTAL that allows you to track your submissions and discover recently published items in your area of interest. Features include Search by Keyword and Browse by Discipline. A complex search can be created via the Power Search link. Keep in mind that using numerous fields may result in a narrow search.

New Look, More Features for ClinicalTrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov, the National Library of Medicine's web-based registry of approximately 47,000 clinical research studies, now has a new user interface and expanded features. The new interface provides more display options, including sponsor, size and age group. Search terms are now highlighted in results. The new "Studies by Topic" and "Study Topics" features group trials by four main categories: conditions, drug interventions, sponsors and locations. The map of study locations is also enhanced, allowing viewing of the number of registered trials in regions of the world for a specific search or for all studies in the database.

New Book for Medical Students

Hospital Survival: Lessons Learned in Medical Training, written by Grant Cooper, M.D., a resident at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, is now available in the library. It relates a number of amusing and often frightening stories of situations that have occurred during the first year of clinical rotations. The intention is that lessons learned by others, presented as "do's and don'ts" will allow a smoother path for the next generation of students. Take a look.

Human Genome Epidemiology Network (HuGENet)

Human Genome Epidemiology Network, or HuGENet™ is a global collaboration of individuals & organizations committed to the assessment of the impact of human genome variation on population health & how genetic information can be used to improve health & prevent disease. HuGENet™ collaborators come from multiple disciplines such as epidemiology, genetics, clinical medicine, policy, public health, education, and biomedical sciences.

The site offers HuGE Navigator, an integrated, searchable knowledge base of genetic associations and human genome epidemiology, including information on population prevalence of genetic variants, gene-disease associations, gene-gene and gene- environment interactions, and evaluation of genetic tests. Since 2001, HuGENet™ has maintained a database of published, population-based epidemiologic studies of human genes extracted from PubMed. The HuGE Navigator replaces earlier search tools for use with this database and provides additional applications for use by researchers and the public.

In addition, HuGENet provides an e-book, e-journal club, reviews, articles (full-text available if library subscribes), case studies, factsheets, and other publications.

POGOe

POGOe, a partner site of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ MedEdPORTAL, is an online clearinghouse of geriatric educational products. It provides educational materials to be used or adapted for individual learning environments. POGOe users include practicing physicians, clinician educators and physicians in training. Materials are indexed based on content area or learner type, and range from resources to aid in enhancement of patient assessment to pocket cards, web-based modules and virtual patient cases.

POGOe encourages users to submit educational products of their own, and provides a way for authors to gain feedback from end users about their experience.

Use the search field on the toolbar to perform a basic search. For a more specific search, click on "Advanced Search" where you may search by content area, learner type, and format.

POGOe requires that all users register with the site.