PubMed or Medline?

As librarians we are asked the question pretty frequently.

In essence it really comes down to a few things

• Contains all articles from all of the 5400 journals in indexed by PubMed whether biomedical or not (approx. 1 million citations)
• Contains all non-indexed articles and OLDMEDLINE
• It is the free search interface for the various databases associated with the National Center for Biotechnology Institute
• Site specific tools, i.e. MyNCBI, etc.

• Is the major database component in PubMed (approx. 21 million citations) 
• Only contains fully indexed biomedical journal citations
• Is usually leased out to other database providers, i.e. OVID, EBSCO and isn't updated nearly as often as when it is used through PubMed

There is a great article about this from the National Library of Medicine located here http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/dif_med_pub.html.

Open Access?

Open Access, Open Source, Open Data – What’s with all this “Open”!
Open Access, Open Source and Open Data are simply promoting the principle of “Openness” or:

· Open to contributions and participation
· Open and free to access
· Open to use & reuse w/few or no restrictions
· Open to indexing and machine readable
· From OPENNESS: CONTRIBUTE, ACCESS, USE By ACRL Workshop: Scholarly Communication 101 at http://www.scholcomm.acrl.ala.org/node/12

Open access literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. - Peter Suber, Research Professor of Philosophy at Earlham College. Why do you think there is such a push for “Openness”? What do you think about this principle? Agree or disagree…let us hear from all sides!

New Library Exhibits

The two new exhibits featured at the Pumerantz Library are "Black History Month" and "Chocolate: Food of the Gods". Both exhibits occupy the walls and display cases located on the first floor of the library.

The Pumerantz Library continually updates its exhibits throughout the year, please stop by and take a look.

Spring Workshops @ the Library

The Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library has finalized their spring workshop schedule. Workshops will be offered this semester on various library resources, including EndNote, Image Resources, Drug Information Resources, and Research Resources. To see the complete schedule, please see the Library Workshops Guide. You may sign up for any course by clicking on the link. All workshops listed are at in the evening from 5:30-6:30 pm. Remember, workshops are limited to 12 participants, so sign up today!

Are you interested in learning more about a specific resource, but don’t see it offered as a workshop? Please send workshop suggestions to reference@westernu.edu.

Pumerantz Library Android App

Pumerantz Library on the Go!

The Library now has a mobile app for Android users. Our app allows you to view library specific content and services.

Need to look for a book? Want to know what our hours of operation are? Want to ask a librarian a question? No problem, we have an app that does all that and more.

To download the app, scan the QR code below (what is a QR code), or navigate to the Android Market using this short URL http://bit.ly/wulibapp, or from the Android Market search for Pumerantz Library.

For more Android apps see the library’s mobile research guide.

Scholarly Communication & what it is

What is Scholarly Communications?

It is the system of people, procedures, and tools through which the results of research and scholarship are registered, evaluated, disseminated, and preserved. The topics range from Open Access Publishing to Author Rights Retention to Digital Repositories. The library is interested in starting a conversation with everyone in the University community. As such, the library will be posting regular pieces that will discuss not only scholarly communications, but also the research support the library can provide.

So let’s start talking!

CME Credit

Did you know that Pumerantz Library can help you get Continuing Education units? The Pumerantz Library's subscription to MDConsult provides FREE Internet Point of Care CME credit for self-directed, structured, online learning. CME credit is provided by the Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education.

Physicians may earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for each search conducted through MD Consult and MD Consult has also been approved by the American Osteopathic Association for AOA Category 2-B credit.

For more information on getting CME credit through the library via MDConsult visit MDConsult's CME Page.