What Was New!

A new issue of InfoLine, the newsletter of the Library of Rush University Medical Center and the McCormick Educational Technology Center is available on the Library's home page at http://www.lib.rush.edu. You can directly link to the newsletter by connecting to http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/info0100/IL_1005.pdf.

In this issue you will find information on:

• Teach on Peach
• What's New from the Library
• From the Archives
• Question Box
• METC News
• Mixed Media
• ABIM Certification Exam Materials
• Peer Review Journals
• Consumer Health Corner
• ILLiad via FirstSearch
• Library Workshop Schedule

Please contact the Library at Lib_Ref@rush.edu or (312) 942-5952 if you have any questions.

Important Changes to Ovid Web Beginning September 1.
Off campus access to require a proxy account.

In order to serve you better and in a more secure manner, On September 1, 2005 Ovid Web will become IP protected and no longer require a login and password. Connecting to Ovid Web from off campus will only be possible via the proxy server.

If you are a registered library user and need to use Ovid from home or off campusyou must have a proxy account beginning September 1, 2005. To apply for a proxy account, please click here.

Ovid Web has a new look a feel. For a guide to the new Ovid Web, click here Expect more changes to Ovid Web in the near future.

Rush University Medical Center Programs Ranked Among the Nation's Best
For more information, Click here

May, 2005

The Library will be extending its hours this coming weekend for Spring Quarter midterms/M2 finals. The schedule is:

We will be monitoring the number of people in the Library during extended hours to determine if it is cost-effective to offer extended hours for future midterms and finals weeks. We ask that you assist us in this by noting your college affiliation, year, and time of departure on an exit log when leaving the Library for the final time on Saturday and Sunday and that you provide this information on an entry log on Sunday morning.

National Library Week, March 30, 2005

The 2005 National Library Week, the American Library Association's annual celebration of America's libraries and librarians, will be celebrated April 11-April 15, 2005. This year, the Library of Rush University Medical Center and McCormick Educational Technology Center have planned an exciting array of special events for National Library Week. To find out more about National Library Week, Click Here

The Library is excited to announce the addition of 609 new electronic journal titles to the collection this year. All journals are indexed in MEDLINE.

Look here for more information and a complete list of titles.

Library Launches ILLiad, March 14, 2005

In order to serve you better, the library is implementing an Interlibrary Loan management software from Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) called ILLiad. ILLiad will empower patrons with a simple web-based interface that allows library users to initiate and track their own requests from any browser. Use this URL to log into ILLiad: http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/delivery.html. ILLiad is a user friendly system but you still may have questions. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to help familiarize yourself to ILLiad and this handout available at this URL: http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/pdf/illiad.pdf.

Here are some of the advantages of using ILLiad:

• You can input and track your requests from ANYWHERE
• You can input information from OVID directly into an ILLiad request
• No longer have to input your personal information on each and every request. ILLiad keeps track of that for you.
• Future enhancements will include electronic delivery of requests which will be delivered to your account!

Please be aware that the yellow and peach paper method of requesting Interlibrary Loans will be going away. We will temporarily accept the paper method but would prefer that you use ILLiad.

Bill Fleming appointed Assistant Director, Library Technology, March 1, 2005

It is with great pleasure that the Library announced the appointment of Bill Fleming as Assistant Director, Library Technolog, on February, 28, 2005. In his position, Bill will supervise the McCormick Educational Technology Center (METC) and direct Library systems support. Bill has been a valuable member of the Library team for over fifteen years and this position is a logical next step that will utilize his extensive experience and skills.

Bill has served in a number of roles since he began his tenure at the Library, giving him unique insight into our operation. He started as a Cataloging Technician in 1989. His Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois – Urbana in Mathematics/Computer Science made him the logical choice to assume responsibility for the Library’s first computer network and since that time he has continued to serve as the lead for all Library network and automation projects. Between 1995 and 1997 he brought his experience to Academic Computing Resources (which in 1996 merged with the Learning Resources Center to become the METC) as a Computer Support Specialist. During that time he was responsible for exam grading and evaluation scanning services as well as the creation of custom data collection forms for student and faculty research projects. Following this, he served a six year stint as Library Circulation Manager. Bill returned to the METC in 2003 to become the University Computer Laboratory Manager, overseeing the daily operation of the METC’s 125 workstation computer lab.

Bill has taught students both in one-on-one consultations and in classroom settings. He has led classes for students and faculty on Microsoft Office products and has served as Co-director for the Department of Occupational Therapy’s Introduction to Technology course. During his earlier stint in the METC, Bill’s consultations with Occupational Therapy students dealing with constructing surveys and collecting data were a mandatory part of the [dissertation/thesis] process.

In everything he does, his commitment to customer service shines through. Please join the Library in congratulating Bill!

Epocrates, February, 24 2005
Epocrates Student Discount Code is now available. You will find it at: http://iris.rush.edu/RUSHU/epoc/epocrates.html

ScienceDirect, February, 23 2005
A new ScienceDirect handout is now available in the Handout section of the Library homepage.

Who's Who, February, 23 2005
The Who's Who Page has been updated

InfoLine January, 14, 2005

A new issue of InfoLine, the newsletter of the Library of Rush University Medical Center and the McCormick Educational Technology Center is available on the Library's home page at http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/. You can directly link to the newsletter by connecting to http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/info0100/IL0105.pdf.

• Library classes
• Open Access
• US News & World Report
• Mixed Media
• From the Archives
• What's New
• Library events
• Federated Search Engines
• Staff activities
• Library Workshop Schedule

Clinical Alert, 12/22/04

Clinical Alert, 12/06/04

December 2, 2004

The Medical Center Archives has set up an exhibit of medical instruments from the Archives collection. You can see the exhibit on the stairway landing between the 5th and 7th floors in the Library of Rush University Medical Center.

The exhibit involves an identification contest that will run from December 1, 2004 through February 28, 2005. There are 40 instruments from a variety of medical and surgical specialties in the display.

To enter the contest, you can fill out a form at the exhibit to identify the instruments. A list of books in the Library's collection about medical instruments is provided at the exhibit site to help you with identification. Each instrument in the display has a number next to it which corresponds to a line on the answer form, and the form includes a place where you can write your name, position, and email address.

1. The contest is open to anyone who is eligible for the Library of Rush University Medical Center library card: faculty, staff, students, alumni, and affiliates.
2. Only one entry per person.
3. If more than one person answers all 40 instruments correctly, a drawing will be held to determine the first-place winner.
4. The contest ends on February 28, 2005. Winners will be announced shortly thereafter.

The prizes for the contest are as follow:

• First place: $20 gift certificate to Au Bon Pain
• Second place: $10 Library copy card
• Third place: $5 Library copy card

The Medical Center Archives, located in the Triangle Office Building (suite 086), has a collection of about 100 medical instruments. In addition, the collection includes artifacts such as doctors' bags from the 19th century, one of the first electrocardiograph machines, a painted paper-maché anatomical model from around 1890, and other three-dimentional curiosities.

If you have any questions regarding the contest, please contact the Medical Center Archives at 312-942-7214 or Rush_Archives@rush.edu.

November 24, 2004

November 24, 2004

We have added a new MEDLINE segment that covers 1966 to the present to the database selection menu in Ovid. It is located as the last MEDLINE segment following the MEDLINE In-Process segment and before EBM Reviews-ACP Journal Club. (see the list below)

With this new feature, you will be able to more comprehensively search MEDLINE (19966 to the present) using this segment rather than re-running your search in the individual MEDLINE segments (1996 to the present and 1966 to 1995). This searching capability will more closely mimic the searching capability on PubMed.

For more information, please contact the Library at 312-942-5952 or Lib_Ref@rush.edu

November 12, 2004

The 2003-2004 Annual Report for the Library and the McCormick Educational Technology Center of Rush University Medical Center is now available on the Library's Internet home page at http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/. You can directly link to the newsletter by connecting to http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/2004report/AR_2004.pdf.

October 4, 2004

A new issue of InfoLine, the newsletter of the Library of Rush University Medical Center and the McCormick Educational Technology Center is available on the Library's Internet home page at http://www.lib.rush.edu. You can directly link to the newsletter by connecting to http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/info0100/IL1004.pdf.

• New Library Services Desk
• Clinical Skills Exam Prep Materials
• New to the Homepage
• Patient Library
• ACP's Pier
• What's New in the Library
• Ovid OLDMEDLINE
• Access Medicine
• RushCat for Print and Online Journals
• E-Reserve
• New E-books on MDConsult
• Proxy
• Medical Center Archives
• News from METC
• Library Workshop Schedule

Please contact the Library at Lib_Ref@rush.edu or (312) 942-5952 if you have any questions.

July 28, 2004

The Library is pleased to announce the appointment Jennifer Diehl as the new Reference Librarian, Education & Outreach Coordinator. In her position, she provides general biomedical reference service and searches for clinicians, faculty and students of the Medical Center and Rush University.

She coordinates library educational services and advertises services offered by the Reference Section and Library. Jennifer received her Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa, and has held various positions at Disability Resource Library at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Hardin Library for Health Sciences at the University of Iowa, and most recently, at Rush North Shore Medical Center.

Jennifer brings to the Library a vast teaching experience and knowledge and experience of medical databases and biomedical reference. You may contact Jennifer about any of your educational needs, instruction for your students in Library Resources. She can be reached at Jennifer_H_Diehl@Rush.edu or at extension 2-2280.

Please join us in welcoming Jennifer to Rush!

July 27, 2004

Thanks so much to all of you who responded to our recent Library Users Needs Survey. The Library Taskforce will be evaluating the survey results soon to help us better plan how to meet your current and future information needs.

Thirty seven respondents who supplied us with contact information were randomly selected to receive prizes, most of which were generously donated by Ovid Technologies, MD Consult and Matthews Medical Books..

To see a complete list of winners, please CLICK HERE.

Christine Frank
Acting Director

The Library's latest electronic resource is called AccessMedicine (www.accessmedicine.com). AccessMedicine contains 24 electronic books of familiar McGraw-Hill and Lange titles. To familiarize yourself with the database, visit the "About" page: http://www.accessmedicine.com/amed/public/amed_about/about.html.

McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine.com is an innovative online resource that provides complete references and services for physicians, students, and health professionals who need immediate access to authoritative and current medical data - UPDATED DAILY!" "The service's central resource is a repository of medical knowledge from internal medicine, cardiology, genetics, pharmacy, diagnosis and management, basic sciences, patient care, and more. Continuously expanding, all databases in the repository contain the latest editions of world-class medical titles respected for their excellence in both print and online formats.

AccessLANGE, the must-have medical education resource for on-going study, review, and reference, combines tradition and technology for lifelong learning. The new site provides the most comprehensive LANGE texts in pharmacology, microbiology, physiology, and other fundamentals as well as patient care. With study aids, exam-caliber content, and review resources AccessLANGE.com is ideal for self-paced learning and exam preparation. And clinicians can use the site to work up patient DX and RX and identify alternative options, prepare for rounds as well as talks and presentations, and keep up with medical news.

From the Library's web site (http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/) you may access all the below titles alphabetically through the Online Books link. The Access Medicine and AccessLANGE collections are also listed alphabetically through the Databases section on the Library's web site.

1. Basic and Clinical Endocrinology Greenspan, Gardener
2. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology Katzung
3. Basic Histology Junqueira, Carneiro, Kelley
4. Clinician's Pocket Reference Gomella
5. Concise Pathology Chandrasoma, Taylor
6. Correlative Neuroanatomy Waxman
7. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Cardiology Crawford
8. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Orthopedics Skinner
9. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Psychiatry Ebert, Loosen, Nurcombe
10. Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
11. Current Obstetric and Gynecologic Diagnosis and Treatment DeCherney, Nathan
12. Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment Hay, Hayward, Levin, Sondheimer
13. Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment Way, Doherty
14. General Ophthalmology Vaughan, Asbury, Riordan-
15. Eva Harper's Biochemistry Murray, Granner, Mayes, Rodwell
16. Harrison's Online
17. Histology Image Review Wilson, Gibneyi, Kestenbaumi, Matta
18. Hurst's THE Heart
19. Jawetz, Melnick, and Adelberg's Medical Microbiology Brooks, Butel, Morse
20. Medical Epidemiology Greenberg, Daniels, Flanders, Eley, Boring
21. Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease
22. Pathophysiology of Disease McPhee, Lingappa, Ganong, Lange
23. Review of Medical Physiology Ganong
24. Smith's General Urology Tanagho, McAninch

• We are selecting a limited number of hardcover recent fiction to house in the Library.
• Borrowing will be on the honor system. We will not catalog or check out any of the books. Magazines will be available within the Library only.
• There will be a call for donations at various times, depending on donations from readers, to keep up the supply of fiction titles on the order of "take one, bring one...or two".
• At this time we are in the midst of organizing and housing the books. We will let everyone know as soon as they are available and where they are located.

We are working on the policy information right now. There will be further communications about the progress of the transfer of the Patient Library coming soon as well.

April 7, 2004

ACP's PIER joins the database at Rush.
Based on the evaluation of the database and usage statistics from the trial period (month of February, 2004), the Library of Rush University has acquired access to ACP's PIER database. To access the PIER database visit the library's home page http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/.

PIER stands for Physician's Information and Education Resource. PIER is a product of the ACP, The American College of Physicians. PIER is a web-based authoritative, evidence-based guidance tool to improve clinical care. PIER is a collection of disease modules that can be searched, found alphabetically or browsed by organ system.

PIER is the only product that seamlessly cross-searches evidence-based guidelines with full texts. Currently has 245 modules, with 8 to 10 modules added per month. Topics are selected by ACP based upon prevalence in clinical settings. Evidence for all diseases is evaluated, and the credibility of the evidence is displayed with a rating. There are cross-searchable drug references. There are also tables, figures and references included.

April 1, 2004

New to the Home Page:

You may have noticed something different about the home page. While the change is slight is was done so we could better serve you.

The home page used to have three small buttons in the top banner but it now has four. The old buttons are still there. They will take you to Rush University, Rush Medical Center, and a Contact Us page. The new button is labeled Ask A Librarian. If you click on the Ask A Librarian button it will take you to form which allows you to submit your research and clinical queries via email. On most occasions, this is a free service offered by the staff at the Library.

March 26, 2004

Due to changes in the way Ovid Web allows us to mark records, Ovid Web now gives us the option to link to any full text journal that the Library of Rush University has available. If you do not see a link to the Full text you can click on the 'Rush Cat' link to check our online catalog for status of ownership.

The library decided to discontinue the local holdings limits because it consistently became out of date and incorrect. The new linking allows quicker and more accurate access to all of our online journals and an easier way to check ownership of other titles.

March 25, 2004

Citations in Ovid OLDMEDLINE are for articles from international biomedical journals covering the fields of medicine, preclinical sciences, and allied health sciences; all were originally printed in hardcopy indexes published from 1951 through 1965.

The NLM® expects to continue converting citations from its older printed medical indexes to machine-readable form as time and resources permit. As they make these records available to Ovid, Ovid will continue to add them to the OLDMEDLINE database.

The Ovid OLDMEDLINE database will appear chronologically after the Ovid MEDLINE 1966 to 1995.

Tips for Searching:

• Title and Keyword searching are the default fields for searching.
• Two limits available: Human and English
• For more information on searching this database please review the Field Guide by clicking on the "i" button next to the database name.

To access OLDMEDLINE, visit the Library's web site (http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/) and click on OvidWeb next to the Databases heading.

March 1, 2004

Elizabeth brings to the METC a vast teaching experience, knowledge of current technology and innovative ideas for the use of media in instruction. Among her many accomplishments at Columbia, she implemented an electronic “chat” system for answering reference questions, championed the use of personal digital assistants, and provided librarian services to several informatics grants projects. You may contact Elizabeth about any of your educational technology needs, including preview and purchase of educational software and audiovisuals, instruction for your students in Microsoft Office Suite, and questions about METC exam grading, course evaluations and custom surveys. She can be reached at Elizabeth_M_LaRue@rush.edu or at extension 2-6832.

February 2, 2004

The Library of Rush University has ACP's PIER database on trial for the month of February. To access the PIER database visit the library's home page http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/ or go to http://online.statref.com/Search.aspx?grpalias=Rush Please take the time to fill out the short survey when you logout.

PIER stands for Physician's Information and Education Resource. PIER is a product of the ACP, The American College of Physicians. PIER is a web-based authoritative, evidence-based guidance tool to improve clinical care. PIER is a collection of disease modules that can be searched, found alphabetically or browsed by organ system.

PIER is the only product that seamlessly cross-searches evidence-based guidelines with full texts. Currently has 245 modules, with 8 to 10 modules added per month. Topics are selected by ACP based upon prevalence in clinical settings. Evidence for all diseases is evaluated, and the credibility of the evidence is displayed with a rating. There are cross-searchable drug references. There are also tables, figures and references included.

December 22, 2003

Sign up for a Library Workshop in the comfort of your home or office.
The library has launched an online sign-up form for our Workshops. The form allows you to register online for classes in Online Searching, EndNote, Community of Science, and Library Skills. Completing the form does not guarantee that you will be able to attend the class. While all classes are free, they are filled on a first come, first serve basis, and space is limited. You will be notified within three business days if your registration is approved. To find out more about our Workshops, go to http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/workshop.html

December 15, 2003

December 15, 2003

T he latest issue of the Library’s newsletter, InfoLine, is now available on our home page.  You can read it online at http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/info0100/IL1203.pdf

This issue features helpful articles about:

• Holiday Hours

• Using the database Dissertation Abstracts to find information about master’s thesis and doctoral dissertations

• Our Archives Photo-Of-The-Month

• The Dome, our new Communication Sciences and Disorders Database

• And much more!

This issue includes our Winter/Spring Workshop schedule.  We offer a wealth of free workshops featuring:

Online Searching: provides a detailed overview of the Library's extensive online resources including searching MEDLINE.

EndNote: simplifies writing papers by organizing your citations into a personal database.  Add references, and format bibliographies with the click of a mouse!

Community of Science: find funding, and keep up with the latest grants.

Library Skills for Office Professionals: designed for office staff.  Learn how to find articles, verify citations, and order documents online.

Customized Instruction: learn the advanced or beginning skills of online searching.  Our free InfoConsults provide individualized instruction tailored to your level of experience and area of interest.

Group Instruction/Orientations: ask about workshops for your students.  We gladly offer support to faculty by teaching classes on information retrieval.  Please contact Karl Cremieux at x2-2280 to discuss your needs.

To register or learn more about our workshops, please contact our Reference Staff:                (312) 942-5952

Lib_Ref@rush.edu

December 8, 2003

The National Library of Medicine reports a dosage error corrected in the abstract of a MEDLINE citation that had been previously been distributed as an In-process record. The publisher of the journal in which this article appeared has published an erratum notice correcting the dosage error that appeared in the original abstract. The citation has already been corrected in Pubmed (http://www.pubmed.gov), but has not yet been corrected in the MD Consult MEDLINE file and the OVID MEDLINE In-Process & other Non-Indexed Citations file. The revised record appears below with the corrected data,

"... atovaquone and proguanil formulated as pediatric-strength tablets (20 and 8 mg/kg of body weight, respectively,..." shown in bold. The correction will appear in OVID Medline and MD Consult Medline at a later date. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 1;37(11):1441-7. Epub 2003 Oct 29.

Atovaquone and proguanil versus amodiaquine for the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in African infants and young children.

Borrmann S, Faucher JF, Bagaphou T, Missinou MA, Binder RK, Pabisch S, Rezbach P, Matsiegui PB, Lell B, Miller G, Kremsner PG.

Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambarene, Gabon.

steffen.borrmann@uni-tuebingen.de

Malaria-related morbidity and mortality are greatest among young children in areas with high malaria transmission intensity. An open-label, randomized study was done to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination of atovaquone and proguanil formulated as pediatric-strength tablets (20 and 8 mg/kg of body weight, respectively, administered once daily for 3 days), compared with amodiaquine (10 mg/kg of body weight, once daily for 3 days), among children weighing > or =5 and <11 kg in Gabon. Two hundred patients aged 3-43 months were recruited. Use of atovaquone/proguanil resulted in a cure rate on day 28 of 95% (87 of 92 children), compared with 53% (41 of 78 children) for amodiaquine (difference, 42%; 95% CI, 30%-54%; P<.001). The incidence of adverse events was similar in both groups, and no serious adverse events were attributed to the use of atovaquone/proguanil. Atovaquone/proguanil was found to be highly effective and safe for the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in infants and young children weighing 5-10 kg in Africa.

PMID: 14614665 [PubMed - in process]

December 2, 2003
THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE -- EARLY RELEASE
To coincide with a presentation at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting, the following article and its accompanying editorial have been published early at www.nejm.org. They will appear in the December 4, 2003, issue of the Journal.

Editorial: Screening Virtual Colonoscopy -- Ready for Prime Time?
M.M. Morrin and J.T. LaMont
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/NEJMe038181v1

November 25, 2003
The IOM Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety has issued a report -- Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care
See: http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309090776?OpenDocument

November 13, 2003
Library Annual Report The annual report of the Library is now available on line at http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/annualreport2003.html. This report contains statistics and commentary about the products and services the Library provides to the Rush community. Read how often the resources are used, the number of classes taught, the type and amount of questions answered, the volume of people visiting online or in person, and much more.

October 21, 2003
Clinical Alert
Clinical Alert: New Treatment Significantly Improves Long-term Outlook For Breast Cancer Survivors: International clinical trial concludes women should consider taking letrozole after five years of tamoxifen treatment to continue to reduce risk of recurrence National Cancer Institute (NCI) 9 October 2003

A Canadian-led international clinical trial has found that post-menopausal survivors of early-stage breast cancer who took the drug letrozole after completing an initial five years of tamoxifen therapy had a significantly reduced risk of cancer recurrence compared to women taking a placebo. The results of the study appear in today's advance on-line edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Read more at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/breast_cancer_letrozole.html

October 4, 2003
Library Annual Report
Thinking Outside the Book: The Library of Rush University Annual Report for 2002-2003 is now available for down load at: http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/annualreport2003.html

September 29, 2003
MD Consult Day
Thursday, October 2nd
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Academic Center, Room 539

You are invited to MD Consult Day on Thursday, October 2nd, in room 539 AF. A lunch training session will be given from 12:00-1:00. This fun event will give you a quick overview of what MD Consult offers and will include food and MD Consult giveaways. Stop by for a few minutes to learn about this valuable content resource.

As you may know, MD Consult blends trusted and leading resources to help you find answers to pressing clinical questions, educate your patients, and make better treatment decisions.

MD Consult has recently added a variety of new features. Services like the Student Union, a new interface and more. These new features offer you convenience, time-savings, and a better user experience. Learn more about these and other new features at MD Consult day. Hope to see you there!

For more information, please contract the Library at:
2-5952 or Lib_Ref@rush.edu

September 16, 2003
New InfoLine The Library has posted the latest issue of our newsletter, InfoLine, to our home page. You can view it at www.lib.rush.edu/library/info0100/0903IL.pdf . This issue features helpful articles about:

• How to access library resources such as our electronic journals and databases from off campus
• Accessing reserve materials online via the ERes system
• Using our online catalog RushCat to find materials the library owns
• Requesting interlibrary library loan or document delivery service online
• And much more!

September 16, 2003
New Workshop Schedule Online

The Library posted our Fall/Early Winter Workshop schedule online at our home page in .pdf format at www.lib.rush.edu/library/pdf/WSfall03.pdf. We offer a wealth of free workshops open to everyone in the Rush Community. Our classes feature:

Online Searching: provides a detailed overview of the Library's extensive online resources including searching MEDLINE.

EndNote: simplifies writing papers by organizing your citations into a personal database. Add references, and format bibliographies with the click of a mouse!

Community of Science: find funding, and keep up with the latest grants.

Library Skills for Office Professionals: Designed for office staff. Learn how to locate articles, verify citations, and order documents online.

Customized Instruction: Learn the advanced or beginning skills of online searching. Our free InfoConsults provide individualized instruction tailored to your level of experience and area of interest. Ask about our workshops for your students. We gladly offer support to faculty, teaching orientations on information retrieval, using the Library, online searching or whatever else you need to support your course work. Please contact us to discuss your needs.

August 25, 2003
The Library of Rush University now subscribes to the entire electronic version of Science magazine. Science Online provides news of recent international developments and research in all fields of science. It publishes original research results, reviews and short features.

July 2, 2003
Clinical Evidence Database by BMJ and Survey

In conjunction with a free trial to Clinical Evidence the Library is conducting a survey to see what you think of the database.

According to the producer, British Medical Journal Publishing Group, Clinical Evidence provides concise information about the current state of knowledge, ignorance, and uncertainty regarding the prevention and treatment of a wide range of clinical conditions. Their discussions are based on thorough searches and appraisal of the current medical literature. Each topic contains a compendium of evidence showing the effects of common clinical interventions.

July 1, 2003
Medical Center Archives launches a Photo of the Month site.

Check out what was happening at Rush in days gone by! Go to the Photo of the Month page at the Medical Center Archives.

May 16, 2003
Fred L. Soper Papers
Rush Graduate, Fred L. Soper, (1918), has been added to NLM's Profiles in Science. Read all about Dr. Soper at: http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/VV/

May 14, 2003
JAMA -- Journal announcement
The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure - the JNC-7 Report - is now freely available online at http://jama.com . The report will be published in the May 21 issue of JAMA. The guidelines by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health provide evidence-based recommendations for prevention, identification, and management of high blood pressure.

May 12, 2003
The Library Launches a Site Search Engine!
The Library of Rush University has installed Google's University Search on it's home page. This gives our visitors the ability to search specifically for information found only on the Library's site. Our search engine is independent of the Rush University search engine, giving you the reliabilty of Google in a search focused only on the information you are looking for here!

Who's Who In The Library
Looking for someone in the library? Now we have a library directory to help you find the department or person you are looking for. Find the right person to call, fax or email at "Who's Who in the Library"

April 2, 2003
Latest SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) Information:
The following links have up to date information on SARS:

• CDC SARS FAQ
• WHO SARS Site (English)

March 14, 2003
Clinical Advisory: Important Interim Results from a Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind Comparison of Three Protease-Inhibitor-Sparing Regimens for the Initial Treatment of HIV Infection (AACTG Protocol A5095) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) 13 March 2003

Read the enitre adivsory

Clinical Alert
FYI--Low Dose Warfarin Prevents Recurrence of Blood Clots — NHLBI Stops Study

FROM: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
24 February 2003

A study of long-term, low-dose warfarin to prevent the recurrence of the blood clotting disorders deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism resulted in such a high degree of benefit to the patients — without significant adverse effects — that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped the study early.

Read more at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/warfarin.html

February 14, 2003

February 2003, InfoLine is here
The latest Library Newletter has arrived. You can find it at and previos InfoLines at: http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/info0100/

February 14, 2003

Archives Page Updated
The Medical Center Archives Page has been updated. Se the improved Archives pages at: http://www.lib.rush.edu/archives/

Natural Medicines: Alternative Medicine Database
The Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database provides sound clinical information about natural medicines, herbs, dietary supplements, sports supplements, minerals, vitamins, etc. Each record provides such critical data including:

• Synonyms ("Also Known As") and Scientific Name
• "People Use This For"
• Safety, using a standardized 5-point scale
• Effectiveness, again, using a database-wide standardized 5-point scale
• Specific formula/extract or Mechanism of Action and Active Ingredients
• Adverse Reactions or Interactions
• Drug Influences on Nutrient Levels and Depletion
• Dosage and Administration
• References to citations in MEDLINE about the herb, supplement, etc.

There are three ways to search the database: Product Search (see below), Advanced Search and Browse. The fastest way to search is by Product. Simply type in any name: product, common, scientific, brand, etc., and click on SEARCH.

The Advanced Search allows you to select which fields you would like to search. For example, you could look for what herbals could cause an interaction with specific drugs, give a false-positive reading with certain medical tests, lower various nutritional levels, etc. There are sixteen different fields you can limit your search to by simply checking the appropriate box. You can select as many as you would like.

Finally, you can choose to browse the records. This brings up an alphabetical list of the products. This is especially helpful when you are not sure of the exact spelling of a product. You can choose to view either by herb/supplements or by brand names.

You can access this database from our home page at www.lib.rush.edu/library. Look for the link by clicking DATABASES and scrolling the alphabetical list to Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database.

For more information, you can visit their web sit at www.naturaldatabase.com or contact the Library Reference Desk at (312) 942-5952 or e-mail Lib_Ref@rush.edu. Natural Medicines is available through the Internet to any computer here at Rush Medical Center or University. You can also connect to the Natural Medicines Database from your home if you are using a Rush Dial-Up or Proxy Server account.

Library Collection Development Manager Appointed to NEJM Advisory Board

Collection Development Manager Elizabeth Lorbeer, M.L.S., Ed. M., has been named to The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Library Advisory Board for 2003. This nine-member national committee advises NEJM on matters pertaining to institutional subscriptions and licensing including business issues, product development, and the user interface. Its purpose is also to share expertise on the changing roles of librarianship and libraries within academia, hospitals, and other healthcare organizations and to serve as a liaison for NEJM to the broader library community.

Liz was selected, in part, because of her thoughtful comments last year on a proposed pricing model for library electronic access to NEJM. Due to Liz's and other librarians' efforts, NEJM developed a much less restrictive electronic journal license. Recently, Liz has made other valuable contributions to the library profession. In November, she presented the paper "Selecting the Appropriate Book Distributor for Your Library" at the Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serials Acquisition. Liz is the author of a number of book reviews in the health sciences field and, along with Judith Dzierba, Bill Fleming, Chris Frank, Toby Gibson and Bill Karnoscak, of a paper titled "One work in two places: A 'mixed media' policy for accompanying media dilemmas" in Collection Management 26 (1): 77-90, Autumn 2001.

Journal pricing is one of the most difficult problems that the library community faces. The Library is delighted and proud that Liz will be able to give direct input on this issue to the country's most prestigious medical journal. Liz, as always, welcomes your suggestions and comments on the Library's journal, book, and electronic resources collection. She can be reached at extension 2-2282 or at Elizabeth_R_Lorbeer@rush.edu.

UpToDate is a clinical information resource designed to give concise, practical answers to medical questions. UpToDate is organized into topic reviews, providing a summary of important findings and specific recommendations for patient care. The database contains over 35,000 pages of information, including 8,000 graphics. There is a complete drug information resource within UpToDate as well as Patient Information handouts.

UpToDate enables physicians to:

• Access the most current information within their specialty
• Recognize the clinical manifestations of a wide variety of disorders and describe current options for diagnosis, management and therapy, including the efficacy, doses, and interactions of individual drugs
• Identify optimal screening and prevention strategies

The search interface is simple to use allowing searchers to navigate through the topics and features with point-and-click ease. UpToDate does not permit Boolean searches (e.g. hypertension and diabetes). Users begin a search by entering one term; a second term can be entered on the following screen. Searches can also be focused by diagnosis, treatment, etc. Since UpToDate is for locating clinical information, users cannot search by an author¹s name, journal title, or year.

To learn more about UpToDate, please visit their demonstration at NOTE: UpToDate is only available on computers within Rush. You must physically be inside Rush Medical Center or University to use UpToDate. You cannot access UpToDate from your home. Even if you do have a Rush Dial-up or Proxy Server Account, you cannot access UpToDate from outside of the Medical Center or University.

You may access UpToDate from our Database page.

See also: UpToDate Handout (PDF)

October 3, 2002

UpToDate offers comprehensive information in the following specialties, which are all included with every subscription.

• Adult Primary Care and Internal Medicine
• Allergy and Immunology
• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Endocrinology and Diabetes
• Family Practice
• Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• Hematology
• Infectious Diseases
• Nephrology and Hypertension
• Neurology
• Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
• Oncology
• Pediatrics
• Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

NOTE: UpToDate is ONLY available onsite at Rush. (You must physically be at Rush in order to use UptoDate) . There is no remote/dial-up access.

September 3, 2002 The Library Home Page has a new look.
In order to serve you better, we have redesigned our Library Site. Find out more on page three of InfoLine for September 2002 (.pdf file).

September 3, 2002

The Library provides a wealth of online full-text resources that members of the Rush community can use from their homes. One method of access is through a dial-up telephone modem account called RushNET available from the Rush Information Department. However, this service does not support cable or DSL connections. The dial-up account is also a poor choice for those in locations where the 312 telephone exchange of the RushNET access number would result in significant telephone bills. The proxy server answers these problems. With a proxy account, you can use your existing Internet connection (cable modem, DSL, America Online, etc.) to access the Library¹s online resources the same as if you were using a computer within the university or medical center.

To use the proxy server, you must apply for an account. Only those registered with the Library are eligible for a proxy server account. To apply for your proxy server account, use the online form located on the Library home page at www.lib.rush.edu/library. This form only works from computers on the Rush campus or computers at home connected to RushNET. You can also request a proxy server account by contacting the Rush Information Services Department Help Desk at x2-HELP. You will receive your new proxy server account USER NAME and PASSWORD via e-mail in about three business days. This email will contain a link to our home page where you will find instructions on how to configure your web browser to work with the proxy server.

Please note that the proxy server account does not get you on to the Internet. If you do not have access to the Internet, you must either subscribe to a service through a commercial vendor such as America Online, AT&T, etc., or contact the Rush Information Services Department and inquire about a RushNET Dial-up Internet Access Account.

How does the proxy server account work? After you receive your proxy account USER NAME and PASSWORD, and configure your browser, simply open your web browser. The proxy server will ask you to login. Enter your proxy USER NAME and PASSWORD. During the rest of your online session, you will be able to access most of our resources the same as if you were on campus or in the medical center. Even if you leave our web site to visit other Internet sites and then return to our home page, the proxy will still allow you to access our resources without having to login again during that session. As long as your web browser remains open, and your computer turned on, you only have to login to your proxy server account at the beginning of your search session. However, if you close your web browser or turn off your computer, you will have to login again.

The proxy server account is only for remote access to Library resources. The proxy server account will not work for access to information such as the OR Schedule, IRIS, etc. The Library does not administer the proxy server. If you lose your USER NAME or PASSWORD, you must contact the Help Desk at Information Services. Using the proxy server account is optional. You may continue to use, or apply for, a RushNET Dial-up Account: either one will work for remote access to our online resources. You do not need a proxy account or a RushNET Dial-up account to access OvidWeb. You can access OvidWeb from any computer connected to the Internet. The proxy server account does not provide access to the Internet and has nothing to do with your e-mail account.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Library Reference Desk at x2-5952 or Lib_Ref@rush.edu

See also:
Web Browser Proxy Configuration
Proxy Request Form

MD Consult Adds New Complementary and Alternative Medicine Textbook
MD Consult recently added: Pizzorno: Textbook of Natural Medicine. It replaces Blumenthal: The Complete German Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. The Pizzorno text is the most comprehensive, well-referenced, evidence-based text available today on the standards of practice for complementary and alternative medicine. Like all of our MD Consult online textbooks, it contains the complete cover - to - cover text, charts, graphics, and notes of the original printed book.

ADIS Drug Journals Join Library's Full-Text Collection
ADIS Drug Journals provide up-to-the-minute information on all aspects of clinical pharmacology, therapeutics, and disease management. Each journal provides authoritative reviews, drug profiles, and evaluations.

Our new ADIS titles are:

1. Clinical Pharmacokinetics
2. Drug Safety
3. Drugs
4. Reactions

All of our full-text electronic journals are available from our home page at: http://www.lib.rush.edu/servlets/EJournal/SearchEJournal.

Sixteen Academic Press Titles Journals Available Full-Text
For nearly 60 years, Academic Press has been serving the information needs of scientists, researchers, and health-care professionals throughout the world. We now offer sixteen full-text Academic Press titles that can be viewed online from our home page at http://www.lib.rush.edu/servlets/EJournal/SearchEJournal. The titles are:

1. Analytical biochemistry
2. Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
3. Nitric oxide
4. Biochemical and biophysical research communications
5. Brain and language
6. Cellular immunology
7. Developmental biology
8. Experimental cell research
9. Experimental neurology
10. Genomics
11. Gynecologic oncology
12. Journal of Molecular Biology
13. Journal of surgical research
14. Neurodegeneration (Full text 1995-1996) (Now Experimental Neurology)
15. Preventive medicine
16. Virology

Latest Issue of InfoLine Now Online
The latest issue of InfoLine, the newsletter of the Library and METC, is now available online at http://www.lib.rush.edu/library/info0100/info0602.pdf. Our newsletter provides detailed articles about new products and services at the Library and METC. Please note that the online newsletter is a .pdf file and that you will need Adobe Acrobat to read it.

New Titles Added to Our Book Collection
While we continue building our tremendous collection of full-text online electronic journals and textbooks, we have not left behind our traditional materials! New books arrive at the Library daily. Check RushCAT, our online catalog, for call numbers and locations of these and all of our materials. You can access RushCAT from our home page at http://sunlibrary.is.rpslmc.edu/cytools/CyberHTML?HTMLOPAC.

Here is a sampling of new book titles recently added to our collection:

Practice Patterns of Surgery, John Wassenaar

The Top American Research Universities, John V. Lombardi, et. al.

Bioterrorism and Public Health: An Internet Resource Guide, John Bartlett, et. al.

Understanding Terrorism and Managing the Consequences, Paul M. Maniscalco

Top Doctors: Chicago Metro Area,

Fundamentals of Health Care Financial Management: A Practical Guide to Financial Issues and Activities, Steven Berger

Negotiating Managed Care: A Manual for Clinicians, Michael A. Fauman

Telephone and Service Directory (of the National Institute of Health),

Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice, 3rd Edition,

Datapedia of the United States, 1790 - 2005: America Year by Year, 2nd Edition, George Thomas Kurian

Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals: The Official Handbook, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

HIV/AIDS Resources, National Directory of Children, Youth and Families Services

Patient Safety: A Guide to JCAHO Compliance and Beyond, Robert Marder

Getting Research Findings into Practice, Andrew Haines

Did you notice?
The Electronic Journal Page now has a Search Engine. Type in one word of the title and EVERY journal that contains that word will appear in a special box at the top of the list of journals.

Type in "Surgery" and you get a list of 37 titles.

Everything from: ANZ Journal of Surgery, to World Journal of Surgery , No more scrolling through over 600 titles to find the one you want!

July 15, 2002

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped early a major clinical trial of the risks and benefits of combined estrogen and progestin in healthy menopausal women due to an increased risk of invasive breast cancer. The large multi-center trial, a component of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), also found increases in coronary heart disease, stroke, and pulmonary embolism in study participants on estrogen plus progestin compared to women taking placebo pills. There were noteworthy benefits of estrogen plus progestin, including fewer cases of hip fractures and colon cancer, but on balance the harm was greater than the benefit. The study, which was scheduled to run until 2005, was stopped after an average follow-up of 5.2 years.

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To inform the national debate about cloning, the following articles are being published early (on May 6, 2002). They are now available on our Web site (http://www.nejm.org) and will appear in the May 16 issue of the Journal.

Sounding Board: Stem Cells -- Scientific, Medical, and Political Issues , I.L. Weissman

Sounding Board: European Perspectives on Therapeutic Cloning , K. Evers

Legal Issues in Medicine: Cloning and the U.S. Congress , G.J. Annas

Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care,

Presented by the National Academy Press, this in-depth report examines healthcare disparities between racial minorities and whites. Although those categorized as minorities make up more than half the US population, they still receive a lower quality of healthcare than whites even when insurance status and income are compatible. According to the report, sources of this incongruence is rooted in historic and contemporary inequities and involve many participants at several levels. The study committee focused part of its analysis on the patient/system level factor and the clinical encounter factor. For those interested in learning about these healthcare disparities as well as systematic multi-leveled strategies to counteract them, the information is merely a click away. Viewers have the option of reading the whole report online, or downloading and printing the document in .pdf. The report is 191 pages long (excluding references); therefore, printing the entire report may take some time.

Members of the Rush community can now request literature searches online. No longer do you need to come to the library to fill out search request form. You can now do it from your office or home. Details on are on the Mediated Search Services Page.

There is also new form to request book chapters via Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services. Find out more on the Document Delivery Page

The Distance Education Page has been updated and expanded to provide better service for distance education students. Many of the services mentioned above as well as other important information for distance education students has been gathered on one page to aide the distance education student in finding what they need at Rush. Find out more on the Distance Education Page

The Library Without Walls
To date the Library has 536 online journal titles, 53 online books, and 57 databases to aide you with your research.

All of these resources are available to you 24/7, rain or shine.

However in some cases special dial-up requirements may be necessary. Find out how to access our resources from off campus by going to the Connection FAQ.

Seventeen new Online Journals have been added to the Electronic Journals page, giving us a total of over 480 full text journals available. The new titles are:

1. Breast Cancer Research & Treatment
2. Cancer Causes & Control
3. Cardiovascular Drugs & Therapy
4. Child Psychiatry & Human Development
5. Digestive Diseases & Sciences
6. Journal Of Abnormal Child Psychology
7. Journal Of Assisted Reproduction & Genetics
8. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders
9. Journal of Behavioral Medicine
10. Journal of Clinical Immunology
11. Journal of Clinical Psychology In Medical Settings
12. Journal of Community Health
13. Journal of Genetic Counseling
14. Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry
15. Pharmaceutical Research
16. Quality of Life Research
17. Sexuality & Disability

January 11, 2002 -- New Full Text Access to 38 Journals.
The following 38 Full-Text Blackwell-Synergy Journals are now available on the Electronic Journals Page:

1. Anaesthesia
2. ANZ Journal of Surgery
3. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
4. Birth
5. BJU International
6. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
7. British Journal of Dermatology
8. British Journal of Haematology
9. British Journal of Surgery
10. Clinical & Experimental Allergy
11. Clinical & Experimental Dermatology
12. Clinical & Experimental Immunology
13. Clinical Endocrinology
14. Diabetic Medicine
15. Epilepsia
16. European Journal of Biochemistry
17. European Journal of Clinical Investigation
18. Headache
19. Histopathology
20. Immunology
21. Internal Medicine Journal
22. International Journal of Dermatology
23. Journal of Advanced Nursing
24. Journal of General Internal Medicine
25. Journal of Internal Medicine
26. Journal of Investigative Dermatology
27. Journal of Neurochemistry
28. Journal of Sleep Research
29. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
30. Kidney International
31. Medical Education
32. Nursing Inquiry
33. Pediatric Dermatology
34. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
35. Public Health Nursing
36. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
37. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
38. Wound Repair and Regeneration

New features include:

1. Faster updating of MEDLINE
2. A new database: Health and Psychosocial Instruments {HAPI). HAPI provides information on measurement instruments such as questionnaires, interviews, checklists, index measures,, rating scales, , tests and more in the fields of health, psychosocial sciences and organizational behavior.

3. HealthSTAR is no longer available as a separate database. The journal articles from HealthSTAR are now included in MEDLINE and PREMEDLINE. Books, reports and chapters of books from HealthSTAR are searchable through the National Library of Medicine's LOCATORplus catalog http://locatorplus.gov/

4. You can now save your temporary search strategies for one week. Previously, temporary "save searches" were only available for 24 hours.

5. A special account is necessary to save searches for longer than one week (a "permanent search") or to use the AutoAlert* feature. If you have never used either of these features in the past, you must apply for a Saved Search Account before you can begin to use these features in the new system. To apply for an account, you must visit the Library Reference Desk in person. The desk is open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday. You will be asked to present a valid Rush ID before you can apply. There is no charge to apply for an account. Your account will be available one business day after application. If you have any questions or concerns regarding saved searches or AutoAlerts, contact the Library Reference Desk at (312) 942-5952 or Lib_Ref@rush.edu.

6. Routine OVID maintenance downtime is Saturdays, from 8 p.m. - 11 p.m., Central Time.

Questions? Please call the Library Reference Desk phone number is 942-5952 or email us at Lib_Ref@rush.edu.

* AutoAlerts are special saved searches that run automatically each time a database such as MEDLINE is updated. Unlike a saved search, which searches the entire database, an AutoAlert only finds matches within the newly added citations. The results are then emailed directly to you! AutoAlerts are a quick, easy way to keep up with all of the new literature of interest

RushCat and OVID are coming down!

RushCAT will be down December 26 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m and OVID will be down from 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Both systems will run unsupported until 7 a.m. December 27. Please excuse any inconvenience this may cause. We are switching to a new computer to better serve you! For more details on OVID changes, see below.

SAVING SEARCHES IN LIBRARY OVID SYSTEM
(Information Revised, December 18,2001)

On Thursday, December 27, the Library of Rush University will upgrade to a new version of Ovid Web.

How this will affect Ovid users:

1. Ovid will be unavailable on Wednesday, December 26 between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.

2. Ovid will be unsupported from 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 26 to 7 a.m. Thursday, December 27. We EXPECT Ovid to be operational during this period, but we cannot guarantee access.

3. Telnet access to OVID will not be available after December 27.

4. All saved search strategies or AutoAlerts* created between 3 p.m. on December 11 and 7 a.m. December 27 will not transfer to the new version of OVID. During this freeze, you can run your existing saved searches or AutoAlerts. However, only saved search strategies and AutoAlerts created before 3 p.m. December 11 will transfer to your account on the new Ovid.

5. In the new version of OVID, a special account is necessary to save searches for longer than one week (a "permanent search") or to use the AutoAlert feature. If you have never used either of these features in the past, you must apply for a Saved Search Account before you can begin to use these features in the new system. To apply for an account, you must visit the Library Reference Desk in person. The desk is open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday. You will be asked to present a valid Rush ID before you can apply. There is no charge to apply for an account. Your account will be available one business day after application. The accounts will go into effect December 27. If you have any questions or concerns regarding saved searches or AutoAlerts, or about the upcoming Ovid migration, please do not hesitate to call us. Your satisfaction is our goal. We look forward to serving you throughout the next year. The Library Reference Desk phone number is 942-5952 and our email address is libref@rushu.rush.edu.

Thank You, The Library Reference Services Section

* AutoAlerts are special saved searches that run automatically each time a database such as MEDLINE is updated. Unlike a saved search, which searches the entire database, an AutoAlert only finds matches within the newly added citations. The results are then emailed directly to you! AutoAlerts are a quick, easy way to keep up with all of the new literature of interest

Because of current public health concern, two articles are being published early (on November 6, 2001). The articles are now available on The New England Journal of Medicne (http://www.nejm.org) and will appear in the November 29 issue of the Journal.

Go directly to the articles: