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New Psychology Databases at the Levy Library

The Levy Library recently added two important resources in the fields of psychology and psychiatry: PsycTESTS and PsycTHERAPY. 

PsycTESTS is a research database that provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and administration. The content is primarily unpublished tests, but also includes links to buy commercially available instruments.

PsycTHERAPY is a database of actual videotaped therapy sessions, complete with full, searchable transcripts.  A very unique resource, this database includes individual, couple and family therapy sessions on more than 200 topics. 

Both of these databases can be access through the Levy Library databases page, by searching in the top bar.  Or, browse through our Social and Behavioral Sciences databases to see what other resources are available.

Handbook of Porphyrin Science

The Levy Library has licensed a highly regarded set of ebooks entitled "Handbook of Porphyrin Science: with applications to Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Engineering, Biology and Medicine". Edited by leaders in the fields of porphrin research: Karl M Kadish, Kevin M. Smith, and Roger Guilard, the series of volumes aims to "deal in detail with the synthesis, chemistry, physicochemical and medical properties and applications of polypyrrole macrocycles."

Access the Handbook of Porphyrin Science directly here: Volumes 1-5, Volumes 6-10, and Volumes 11-15, and from the Levy Library's Ebooks search page: http://librarycf.mssm.edu/levy/ebooks/

Mendeley: Free and Easy PDF Management and Social Networking

Are you looking for a better way to manage PDFs and share references with your colleagues?  Levy Library is holding our first Mendeley class on March 26.  Mendeley is a free desktop and web-based program that combines reference management and social networking to help researchers stay on top of an increasing number of PDFs and to work collaboratively with their colleagues.  Mendeley operates in PC, Mac and Linux environments and links with Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.  Register and check it out! 

 

Summon: a new way to search library resources

Have you ever been frustrated with searching in multiple places to see if the library has an e-book?  Or wondered why some journals are in the catalog, and some are only in E-Journals? 

The Levy Library is trialing a new product called Summon, a search product that has the goal of searching across all library resources including the catalog, print books and journals, e-journals, articles and e-books.  At this point the interface does not search all of the resources available from the library, including Access Surgery and Springer ebooks.  Does Summon search well enough for you?  Try it out and let us know what you think.  Just click on the Feedback button in Summon.

To access the trial, just click here:

  

New Resource: Methods Navigator

The Levy Library has just added a new resource called Methods Navigator.  Methods Navigator contains over 40,000 articles on methods and protocols for bench research, coming from the popular Elsevier series Methods in Enzymology and Methods in Cell Biology, as well as journals such as Journal of Neuroscience Methods, FEBS Letters, Gene, Neuron, Cell and the Journal of Proteomics.  The resource also contains a protocols reference manual and easy searching for new methods. To check out this new resource, go to the Levy Library Databases page and search Methods Navigator, or browse the Protocols and Research Methods category. 

Archives of the Oldest Scientific Journal Posted Online

Where did Ben Franklin publish information about his kite flying experiments with electricity?  In the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, of course.  Yesterday the Society announced that all issues from 1665-1945 - including Ben's letter - are now available free online. (You can get access to the newer issues from the Library's E-Journals page.)  The Royal Society is committed to open access and providing information to a broad audience and this is part of their strategy. The Transactions is the oldest scientific journal in the world and was the first peer-reviewed journal. In 1886, science had evolved to such an extent that it became necessary to divide the journal in two. Philosophical Transactions A covers the physical sciences and Transactions B deals with the life sciences. Some of the familiar names you can find here are Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and William Osler. With a nod to Halloween in a few days, a search of the word 'Monster' returns 55 articles.  Enjoy!

Expanded Subscription to JoVE!

Good news!  Due to popular demand, the Levy Library has expanded its subscription to the Journal of Visualized Experiments to cover all content.  We originally subscribed to all of JoVE, but shortly after our subscription started the publisher split the journal into multiple subject areas, each at an additional cost.

Now, thanks to the Levy Library's collaboration with New York University and the NYU Health Sciences Libraries, we are able to offer access to all of the content from JoVE.  To get to this journal either go through the Levy Library E-Journals Page or search PubMed through the Levy Library homepage, then follow the blue Levy Library MSSM button to get to the full text and videos. 

The Journal of Visualized Experiments now includes a general section as well as sections on Neuroscience, Immunology & Infection, CLinical and Translational Medicine, Bioengineering, and Basic Protocols. 

New chemistry resource: Science of Synthesis

We are pleased to announce a new resource for anyone working with organic chemistry and synthesis.  The classic Houben-Weyl reference work is now a database with synthesis reactions and methods pulled from the chemistry journal literature.   This resource is intended as a new, comprehensive and critical treatment of synthetic chemistry.

To get to Science of Synthesis, go to our databases page.  You can search Science of Synthesis, view all databases by title, or browse the resources under our Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, and Math subject. 

If you have trouble accessing the database, be sure to allow pop-ups in your browser. New to the reference?  Thieme offers tutorials on the web to get you started.

Litt's D.E.R.M. Database: Drug Reactions

By popular demand, the Levy Library has added a subscription to the Litt's D.E.R.M Database.  Litt's D.E.R.M. (Drug Eruptions and Reactions Manual) is an authoritative guide to adverse drug reactions and reaction patterns.  Each drug profile includes synonyms, trade names, indications, adverse reactions, half-life, category, and drug-drug interactions. Adverse reactions include information on skin, hair, nails, cardiovascular, central nervous system, respiratory and others. Search by drug name, adverse reaction, drug class, herbals and supplements and drug company. It is also heavily referenced, with links to PubMed.  Mobile Site: In addition to the online database, we also have access to a mobile version of Litt's.  To use the mobile version, you must register for a free username and password on the Litt's website while you are on-campus.  Click Login to get started. 

Access Pediatrics

 
We're pleased to announce a new addition to our online resources: McGrawHill's AccessPediatrics is now available from the Library's website.  AccessPediatrics contains a collection of core textbooks such as Rudolph's Pediatrics, Neonatology, and Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Pediatrics.  Also included are images and multimedia, core topic reviews, abstracts from OMMBID (The Online Metabolic & Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease) and clerkship review materials including over 500 test questions from the Lange PreTest and Case Files books for pediatrics clerkship review.  AccessPediatrics joins our other McGrawHill's "Access" databases: AccessMedicine, AccessSurgery, AccessAnesthesiology, and AccessEmergency Medicine. Access it from the Library's list of databases.