Day: February 1, 2012

PQDT

Posted on by Claude Potts

One of the most noteworthy acquisitions that the Library made in the past month is to upgrade its subscription to ProQuest’s Dissertations & Theses (PQDT). The Library’s previously subscribed to just the historical index with abstracts and full text to UC dissertations. Now, users on campus, or off-campus with UC Berkeley access privileges, have access to the full text of most dissertations added since 1997.

PQDT is the world’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day. More than 70,000 new full text dissertations and theses are added to the database each year through dissertations publishing partnerships with 700 leading academic institutions worldwide and collaborative retrospective digitization of dissertations through UMI’s Digital Archiving and Access Program. While a handful of UC schools are in the early stages of archiving their ETDs, or electronic theses and dissertations, in institutional repositories using tools like the eScholarship interface and the Merritt Preservation Repository. ProQuest’s database remains the digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and the database of record for graduate research in North America.

For more extensive coverage of doctoral dissertations and theses from Western Europe, here are a few other resources to consult:

 

 

February 8th Richmond Instruction: Health Statistics and Data Resources

Posted on by UC Berkeley Library

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RSVP by Monday, February 6th to Judy Bolstad at
jbolstad@library.berkeley.edu or (510) 642-2510.
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* Does your research require health statistics or data, but you’re not sure where to get them?

* Do you want to know where to look for answers to questions such as:

– How many people in Sacramento County have been diagnosed with diabetes?
– How many Vietnamese-Americans (or other ethnic groups) live in various California counties and cities?
– Where can I find health status reports for California counties?
– How can I get raw data from a national survey that describes nutritional and behavioral factors associated with mortality?
– Can I quickly get a map of breast cancer rates for California counties?

* Do you want to be able to download and save data?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then please come to the Sheldon Margen Public Health Library’s Health Statistics and Data Resources class!

Some of the topics that will be covered:
1. Vital Statistics
2. Incidence and Prevalence Statistics
3. National Surveys
4. GIS Data
5. California/California Counties Statistics

Sheldon Margen Public Health Library librarians have scheduled a training session to demonstrate free online sources of statistical information and data files.NOTE: We will NOT cover statistical analysis or statistical software programs. Feel free to send some examples of real life statistical questions you frequently need answers to. We’ll try and incorporate some of  these into the class.

Class: Health Statistics and Data Resources
When: Wednesday, February 8, 10-11 am
Where: CDPH Richmond Campus, Building C, Room 140

Audience:
This class is intended for CDPH staff who need to find and use health-related statistics for their work. A number of resources will used to demonstrate how to obtain and save various types of statistics.

Class Objective:
After this session, you will be able to more quickly and easily locate quality health-related statistics and datasets.  You will also be able to identify some significant issues associated with the collection of health statistics.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP by Monday, February 6th to Judy Bolstad (510) 642-2510 or jbolstad@library.berkeley.edu.

These one-hour training sessions are free to CDPH employees. Please obtain your supervisor’s approval to attend.

February 22nd Sacramento Instruction: Health Statistics and Data Resources

Posted on by UC Berkeley Library

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RSVP by Monday, February 20th to Judy Bolstad at
jbolstad@library.berkeley.edu or (510) 642-2510.
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* Does your research require health statistics or data, but you’re not sure where to get them?

* Do you want to know where to look for answers to questions such as:

– How many people in Sacramento County have been diagnosed with diabetes?
– How many Vietnamese-Americans (or other ethnic groups) live in various California counties and cities?
– Where can I find health status reports for California counties?
– How can I get raw data from a national survey that describes nutritional and behavioral factors associated with mortality?
– Can I quickly get a map of breast cancer rates for California counties?

* Do you want to be able to download and save data?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then please come to the Sheldon Margen Public Health Library’s Health Statistics and Data Resources class!

Some of the topics that will be covered:
1. Vital Statistics
2. Incidence and Prevalence Statistics
3. National Surveys
4. GIS Data
5. California/California Counties Statistics

Sheldon Margen Public Health Library librarians have scheduled a training session to demonstrate free online sources of statistical information and data files. NOTE: We will NOT cover statistical analysis or statistical software programs. Feel free to send some examples of real life statistical questions you frequently need answers to. We’ll try and incorporate some of these into the class.

Class: Health Statistics and Data Resources
When: Wednesday, February 22, 1:30-2:30 pm
Where: CDPH Sacramento Campus, Hearing Room, Room 72.167  

Audience:
This class is intended for CDPH staff who need to find and use health-related statistics for their work. A number of resources will used to demonstrate how to obtain and save various types of statistics.

Class Objective:
After this session, you will be able to more quickly and easily locate quality health-related statistics and datasets.  You will also be able to identify some significant issues associated with the collection of health statistics.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP by Monday, February 20th to Judy Bolstad (510) 642-2510 or jbolstad@library.berkeley.edu.

These one-hour training sessions are free to CDPH employees. Please obtain your supervisor’s approval to attend.

Recent Public Health Library web site downtime

Posted on by UC Berkeley Library

Due to the recent downtime regarding our web site, you may have had difficulty accessing our services, such as Document Delivery. In the future, make sure to login to your web portal to access our services if the web pages are unavailable. You can log into your web portal, by going to: http://publ.lib.berkeley.edu/

If you cannot remember your password, please email or call Sarah Ngo at: sngo@library.berkeley.edu or (510) 642-2510.

Update on the LibX for CDPH browser extension

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LibX for CDPH is a customized Internet Explorer browser extension that facilitates searching PubMed for CDPH, Google Scholar, OskiCat (UCB Library Catalog), and WorldCat (UC/Worldwide Library Catalog). LibX is an open source program originally developed for the Firefox browser; versions for Internet Explorer and Chrome have since been developed.

LibX for CDPH was created to link to and facilitate searching of resources of interest to CDPH staff. Because Internet Explorer (IE) is the supported browser at CDPH work sites, this custom LibX  was created for IE. Information on LibX for CDPH may be found at www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/cdph/LibXinstruct.pdf. We have just learned that LibX will not function on PCs using Windows 7, which is becoming the standard operating system on CDPH PCs. The developers of LibX do not have the resources to continue to create new versions for the non-open source IE. You may continue to use LibX as long as your computer uses Windows XP.

We will soon attempt to update LibX for CDPH Firefox version, for you to use on any computer with the Firefox browser; we will announce this update in this newsletter.

EndNote X5 Update Patch Available

Posted on by UC Berkeley Library

The update is available for EndNote X5 for Windows users and includes a number of improvements. Note: You must have a licensed copy of EndNote X5 for Windows installed to run the X5.0.1 update.

Improvements:

* Find reference updates for multiple references — highlight the references and begin reviewing available updates to
enrich your EndNote library
* Open and convert Reference Manager 12 Databases
* Edit and update Reference Manager 11/12 citations in Word
* Updates to Bibliographic formatting styles, Import Filters, and Connection Files

For more information and instructions on how to install the update, go to:

http://endnote.com/support/ENX501_WinMac_updater.asp

Cost of US Job-Related Illnesses/Deaths Exceeds Costs of All Cancers

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A study just published in the Milbank Quarterly found the cost of occupational injuries, illnesses, and deaths in the US to be approximately $250 billion. This figure is $31 billion more than the cost of all cancers and $76 billion more than the cost of diabetes.

The researcher, J. Paul Leigh, is from the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research. The study was partially funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of CDC. A write-up of this research is available in EHS Today. The full citation of the research article is: LEIGH, J. P. (2011), Economic Burden of Occupational Injury and Illness in the United States. Milbank Quarterly, 89: 728–772. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2011.00648.x