Annual Reviews electronic back volumes

Through the the generosity of Mr. Norman Himelberg the library has purchased electronic back volumes to the entire Annual Reviews list of journals. You should be able to see the volumes on our A-Z Online Journal list. In coming weeks links in the library catalog, PubMed and Ovid Medline will be updated.

We do not have current subscriptions to all of the titles. For those journals you will need to request the article through the interlibrary loan office.

For more information you can contact Florence Schreibstein, x3110 or email

City Public Hospitals Disclose Record of Performance

The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) has released details of its record on certain key performance measures, including mortality and hospital-acquired infection rates. The data is available on the HHC website in a new section, HHC in Focus. Also posted is data on how often NYC public hospitals are following best clinical practices in treating conditions such as heart attacks and pneumonia, and how well public nursing homes are doing in reducing falls, bed sores and managing pain.

HHC in Focus presents the following safety and quality indicators:

• Annual mortality
• Adherence to best practice treatment for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia;
• 30-day mortality rates for heart attack and heart failure;
• Adherence to best practice treatment for prevention of surgical infection;
• Rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated bloodstream infection for critically ill patients;
• Rates of falls, pressure ulcers and effective pain management for long term care patients.

Summer Reading at a Different Pace

Tired of reading Science, JAMA, New England Journal or the latest textbook in your field? The library has a number of poetry books that may refresh you in the summer heat..The list includes:

Port of Call: selected poems. Alan Zisman, 2004 WZ 350/Z81p/2004
What Counts: poems. Jay Liveson, 2000 WZ 350/L785W 2000
Uncharted lines: poems from JAMA. Charlene Breedlove, ed. 1998 WZ 330/U54/1998
Articulations: the body and illness in poetry. John Mukand, ed. 1994 WZ 330/A791/1994
Hanging On: poems. Jay Liveson. 1998 WZ 350/L785h/1998

Other poetry works may be found in the same section of the book stacks as the works listed above.

New Photocopiers and Printers Coming Soon!

The Library will soon implement a new print and photocopy system designed to allow you to better manage your copying and printing needs:

• Self-service online account maintenance - you create an account, check your balance and add value to your account
• No more copy cards
  
• You choose the printer or copier where you would like your print job(s) released

The cost of printing and copying will remain the same, 10 cents/page .

We will keep you posted when the new system is fully operational. In the meantime, please do not add more value to your Copico card than you need at the moment.

ScienceDirect Physics and Astronomy Subject Collection

The AECOM Library has access to the Physics and Astronomy Subject Collection of ScienceDirect. It includes titles as Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Chemical Physics, and Chemical Physics Letters, Cryogenics, Journal of Molecular Liquids, Journal of Molecules Spectrosopy, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, and other titles in theoretical and applied physics, and astronomy. Access begins with 1995.

For more information call or email Florence Schreibstein, x3110

Electronic access available to all American Chemical Society journals

We have joined with the other Yeshiva University libraries to offer electronic access to all American Chemical Society journals. We now have access to such titles as ACS Chemical Biology, ACS Nano, Bioconjugate Chemistry, Biomacromolecules, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Macromolecules, Nano Letters, Organic Letters and others.

For more information call, x3110 or email Florence Schreibstein.

UpToDate

As of Sunday, July 1, UpToDate will be available solely on the Jacobi Medical Center Intranet.

Journal Citation Reports

Data for Journal Citation Reports, or Impact Factors, is now available for 2006. Reports are also available for 2005 and 2004. JCR can be accessed from the library's databases page.

Congratulations to the class of 2007

Stop by the library to see the 2007 commencement exhibit. This year's commencement speaker was Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In addition to the bestowal of 156 MD degrees, 43 PhDs and 10 combined MD/PhD degrees, the exhibit also honors the teaching excellence of six Einstein faculty members and four physicians who received Distinguished, Lifetime and Honorary Alumni Awards.

We extend congratulations to everyone on their graduation, and wish you success in the years ahead.

New Databases

Recently the library added three new databases to our web site:

1. ASH Image Bank. Produced by the American Society of Hematology, the ASH Image Bank is intended to serve as a comprehensive reference and teaching tool that is widely accessible to physicians and hematology students around the world.

2. Historical Statistics of the United States. This newly-updated (2006) fourth edition contains a variety of quantitative facts about US history. Users can create their own tables, or else download pre-existing tables in Microsoft Excel or Access formats. Broad topics covered include population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, economic sectors, and governance and international relations.

3. Proteome. Proteome provides access to six protein databases: YPD, HumanPSD, WormPD, GPCR-PD, PombePD, and MycopathPD. The databases feature disease information, references, Bioknowledge transfer and integrated resources. One-time site registration required.