RefWorks has announced its webinar training schedule for December 2008.  All Jeffersonians are welcome to register for any of the workshops below.  They’re FREE! However, attendance is limited and registration is required. All times on the schedule are Eastern Standard Time.
RefWorks Fundamentals
This 75 minute session covers all the basics – creating a RefWorks account, importing [...]

The latest issue of Neuroinformatics describes the new Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF), an inventory of web-based neurosciences data, resources and tools for scientists and students:  http://nif.nih.gov.
An initiative of the National Institutes of Health Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, the NIF seeks to advance neuroscience research by enabling discovery and access to public research data and tools worldwide [...]

Mashup your data with Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth; build process models; create maps layered with your data.    Sound exciting?  Then you’ll want to try out the new ArcView software now available from AISR Learning Resources.Â
ArcView geographic information system (GIS) software is now available on all stations in the Scott LRC 30-seat computer classroom as [...]

The campus identity management system has recently experienced some difficulties, leading some Jeffersonians to be refused access when they tried to use JEFFLINE’s journals, databases, and other Campus Key-protected materials.  Â
If you are unable to log into a JEFFLINE resource, please notify the Reference Desk at 215-503-8150 or AskaLibrarian@jefferson.edu.  It will help Jeff-IT to diagnose [...]

A message from Dean Cooter:
As you may know, a three-year classroom renovation project was approved last spring and the first phase of the project, which includes the “07″ (207, 307, 407) rooms in Jefferson Alumni Hall, began this summer. The first few months involved development of the floor plans and AV upgrades as well as [...]

The JeffALERT emergency communications system, launching shortly, will provide an added means of rapid communication, in conjunction with other vehicles already in place at the University. Its effectiveness will depend on the availability of up-to-date personal contact information from students.
This summer the University engaged an organization called MIR3, a leader in emergency communications, [...]

Psychiatry Online has added a new core textbook, and a new section of support for patients and their families.  You’ll find links to Psychiatry Online on JEFFLINE’s homepage (Quick links section), and on the Databases A-Z list. Â
From the publisher’s announcement:
TEXTBOOK OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS
Sure to become the standard text for all students and practicing [...]

Members of the Jefferson community:
The University Library Committee has prepared a draft of a policy for the withdrawal of print journal volumes.
As more journal publishers make older copy available in electronic format, the Committee wanted to ensure that a set of standards could be applied as decisions are made on a title-by-title basis to [...]

Natural Standard is our new source of evidence-based information about alternative and complementary therapies.  The publisher now offers free webinars for clinicians and health professionals.  Sign up now for one of the upcoming sessions this fall:
Acupuncture Therapy: Integrative Medicine for Patient-Centered Care
Presented by: David Sollars, MAc, LicAc, HMC

September 16 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Eastern [...]

Times have changed on the Web since our last interface design was released in 2004, and AISR has changed the way we look at customer service. The 2004 site organized itself according to AISR’s departments and forced users (YOU) to figure out where in AISR to go for what you wanted.  The [...]

Sometimes you need a breakfrom the regular grind.
Now the Library can provide a change of pace when you need that breakfrom studying.
Stop by the first floor and pick up one of our new popular magazines for a quick browse.  Sit in a comfy chair and catch up on your favorite pastime, current news, travel or [...]

Scott Memorial Library and the AISR Learning Resources Centers will be open during regular hours on Saturday, August 30.
Sunday, August 31:

the Scott LRC will be open from noon to 10.
the Library will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Monday  is Labor Day, and AISR staff will be on holiday.   Only the 24-hour study [...]

Calling all MD and MD/PhD students!
If you have participated in a research project (at Jefferson or any other institution), you have an opportunity to present about it.  Eligible topics include clinical medicine, health economics, basic science or medical education.
The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society serves to uphold professionalism, service, leadership, and scholarly activities in [...]

ACP Journal Club summarizes the best new evidence for internal medicine from over 130 clinical journals. Each issue includes an editorial, 12 abstracts, and a page of other notable articles.
Once a bimonthly stand-alone journal, ACP Journal Club is now a monthly feature of the Annals of Internal Medicine. Research staff and clinical editors rigorously assess [...]

RefWorks has just released an update that offers several new features and enhancements:

For non-English or multi-language bibliographies, RefWorks now offers special handling and automatic formatting of ordinal numbers; ignoring leading articles in titles when sorting the bibliography; and the ability to customize output styles for formatting in multiple languages.
In response [...]