Unbound Medicine

Are you looking for a new app for your BlackBerry, iPhone, iPodTouch, Droid, Windows Mobile, or Palm?

With the Library's subscription to Unbound Medicine you can download the Merck Manual, Clinical Evidence, and the tables of contents of your favorite journals right to your smart phone.

To register and learn more, go to http://elibrary.einstein.yu.edu/login?url=http://www.unboundmedicine.com/unbound.

SciFinder Update

SciFinder is now available on the Web! While previously this was only available as a desktop client, now you can log on through the Library's Web Site at http://libcat.aecom.yu.edu .

To access the Web version you first need to set up an account. For more information, including technical assistance and registration information, go to http://library.aecom.yu.edu/databases/SciFinder.htm

Contact Nancy Glassman, nancy.glassman@einstein.yu.edu or 718.430.4108 with any questions.

EndNote Tech Tip

You can download full-text journal articles (from the Library's subscriptions) directly into your EndNote database.

Follow these simple steps:

1. In EndNote go to Edit > Preferences
2. Select Find Full Text from the Preferences list
3. Make sure the following items are checked:
• ISI Web of Knowledge Full Text Links
• DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
• PubMed LinkOut (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
• OpenURL
  
4. Paste the following URL into the OpenURL box:
   http://zc6sj2ch8l.search.serialssolutions.com/?id=19218453
5. Paste the following URL into the Authenticate with box:
   http://elibrary.aecom.yu.edu/login?url=

Find Full Text (Plan A)

1. Select a reference in your EndNote Library
2. Go to References > Find Full Text
3. When prompted, enter your Remote Access UserID and Password
4. Agree to copyright and usage notice
5. Check the status in the Find Full Text group on the left side of your EndNote window
   

Find Full Text (Plan B)

1. Select a reference in your EndNote Library
2. Go to References > URL > OpenURL Link
3. A web browser will open to an intermediate page containing holdings information for that reference
4. If full text is available online
   
• Download full text from publisher's web site
• Use EndNote's File Attachment tool to link the full text to your Library References > File Attachments > Attach File
  
5. If full text is not available online, other options will appear on the intermediate page

Download the EndNote X3.0.1 program at http://library.aecom.yu.edu/resources/bms/EndNoteAgreement.htm

Natural Standard

Natural Standard provides evidence-based, peer-reviewed information to aid clinicians in making decisions about complementary and alternative therapies. The database contains comprehensive monographs on thousands of foods, herbs and supplements. Patient handouts are included. Natural Standard also provides comparative information on the effectiveness of therapies for various symptoms and diseases.

Validated rating scales evaluate the quality of available evidence. Several tools are included, such as an interactions checker and a symptom checker. Natural Standard also contains information on diets and exercise programs. References contain links to PubMed abstracts.

Natural Standard is available on the Library's Databases page: http://library.aecom.yu.edu/databases/database.htm

Contact the Reference Staff at 718.430.3104 or askref@einstein.yu.edu for help.

MD Consult Trial

The Library has begun a trial to MDConsult. The database includes 74 book titles including 23 in the basic sciences, 54 journal titles, most going back to 1995, 40 Clinics, Patient Education, Drugs, Guidelines, Images, and CME.

Send Judie Malamud, judie.malamud@einstein. yu.edu, the library director your comments and questions.

Oxford Scholarship Online

The Library has acquired 3 subject collections from Oxford University Press. They are Neuroscience, Psychology, Public Health & Epidemiology. We have access to 258 recently published titles. There are advanced search capabilities. Citations can be automatically exported to RefWorks, Endnote, Reference Manager and ProCite.

Einstein authors include Todd Feinberg, Victor Sidel and Steven Walkley.

Relief Central for Mobile Devices

Relief Central includes the World Factbook from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Field Operations Guide from USAID, MEDLINE Journals, and Relief News from the CDC, Red Cross, FEMA, ReliefWeb, and more.

This free resource delivers up-to-date information to assist those sent to disaster sites.

Relief Central is available for download to iPhone®, BlackBerry®, Android™, Palm®, or Windows Mobile® device.