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Spring 2012
UpToDate Available From Off-Campus

The Library is pleased to announce that UpToDate is now licensed for off-campus use through the Library's website. To use UpToDate from off-campus locations, go to the library's website and click UpToDate, listed under "Key Resources and Journals" and also on the list of Databases. If you are off-campus, you will be asked to login with your Mount Sinai email username and password.

Please note that although you may be taken to an UpToDate registration screen, personal registration is NOT required to use UpToDate. Personal UpToDate accounts that are created while off-campus will often not work if used on-campus. If you are taken to a registration screen and wish to skip registration, select "Search" to begin searching.

New in ebrary: Download E-Books to Multiple Devices; And/Or Use the New ebrary Mobile App to View E-books

Ebrary, one of the Levy Library's largest e-book platforms, is providing two new ways to read ebrary e-books: 1. you can now download e-books to your computer and many other devices, and/or 2. use ebrary's iphone/ipad app to access e-books. Ebrary contains over 70,000 e-books from many publishers and covers many disciplines including medicine, life sciences, social science, psychology, education, computers/IT and more. 

Download ebrary E-books to multiple devices: Mount Sinai ebrary users have two downloading options: create an image PDF of a chapter or page range; OR download an entire e-book using Adobe Digital Editions (Free online, although it does require registration). Adobe Digital Editions is available for most devices, but not the Kindle. Full e-book downloading is permitted by most of the publishers participating with ebrary, but there are a few exceptions.

To read more about ebrary's downloading options, including step-by-step instructions, visit ebrary's downloading guide.

Ebrary Mobile App (iphone, ipad or ipod touch): Download the free ebrary iPhone/iPad app in order to read ebrary books online or offline on your device.

 
New! Stat!Ref App: Mobile Access to Core Clinical E-Books

There's a sophisticated new app included with the Library's subscription to Stat!Ref that allows you to access the core textbooks from the Stat!Ref platform on your mobile device, even when you leave Mount Sina's network.

The Stat!Ref app provides on and off-campus to over 45 clinical and nursing books, covering topics including USMLE review (Step 1, 2, and 3), healthcare administration, quality assurance and patient safety, and more. It includes core texts such as: MKSAP for Students 5, Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices, ICD-9, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, and First Aid for the USMLE.

Platforms: iPhone/iPad, Blackberry, Android

Off-Campus Access: For off-campus access to the app, you must first create an account by visiting Stat!Ref from your computer/non-mobile browser.  Go to Stat!Ref and click on "Your Preferences" in the top right corner to create an account.  Then, click on "Temporary Login Account" to activate your mobile device access for a set period of time (about 3 months; it can be renewed for as long as you are still affiliated with Mount Sinai). Then, download the app and use your Stat!Ref account to log in to the app on your mobile device.

On-campus access: Simply connect to Mount Sinai's secure wireless to access content through the app while on-campus.

Download the app: Visit http://www.statref.com/products/srMobile.html for more information and the links for downloading the app for different devices.

See also our full list of Mobile Apps for Library Resources.

Methods Navigator: Find Research Protocols

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 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. 
Proquest: Enhancements and New Look

Have you used our Proquest datatbases lately? ProQuest is now live on a new platform.  This means a cleaner look, a better search interface, and more functionality exporting and managing citations. 

ProQuest is perhaps best known for its unique content.  It includes the complete New York Times newspaper, going all the way back to 1851, as well as other great historical newspapers like the Boston Globe and the New York Tribune.  ProQuest also has a database of full-text theses and dissertations from Mount Sinai and NYU as well as many other universities around the country.

ProQuest also has an exceptional Nursing and Allied Health collection, as well as journals on biology, environmental science, psychology, social work and business. 

Check out ProQuest by going to the library databases page and searching for ProQuest.
Update from Mount Sinai Archives and Records Management

The Mount Sinai Archives is currently developing and testing a digital repository based on DSpace, an open-source software package for the long-term management of electronic data.

This repository will initially be used by the Archives staff to preserve and store digitized archival resources including historical audiovisual material and born-digital institutional records. Eventually, we hope that the repository will provide a location in which members of the Mount Sinai community and elsewhere can access digital materials of permanent value. 

Watch for more information on this initiative as we move forward in our implementation.
New Classes and Traning in the Library: Mendeley and MetaCore

The Library is offering two new classes this spring:

Mendeley: Managing References & Collaborating Online
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. If you are comfortable with standard reference management software and want to explore something new, come find out about Mendeley. First class is Monday, March 26th, 2:30-4.
 
MetaCore from GeneGo: Getting the most from your "omics" analysis
This class highlights how to work with different types of data (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and interaction data) beginning with how to upload gene lists and expression data. Here we demonstrate data manager capabilities including how to upload, batch upload, store, share and check data properties and signal distribution. We then focus on how MetaCore uses your gene list to extract functional relevance by determining the most enriched processes across several ontologies. This class is taught by a MetaCore trainer. April 10th, 10:00-12:00

To see the complete schedule and to register, visit the Library Classes page at: http://librarycf.mssm.edu/levy/classes/.

The Library offers a variety of other classes on using library resources and tools for publication and research support.

Librarians are also available to answer questions and work with you one-on-one or in small groups to help conduct literature searches, use bioinformatics tools or productivity software, and assist with many other information needs. If you have a question or training need that you'd like a librarian to help with, please Ask a Librarian.
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