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Revised My NCBI Guide
The Public Health Library has recently updated our My NCBI Guide at:
10 Library Things Every New UCB School of Public Health Student Should Know
- How do I access electronic library resources from off-campus?
See: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Help/connecting_off_campus.html- Use the proxy server, which allows remote access to web-based electronic resources licensed by the UC or UC Berkeley Libraries after a quick browser configuration
- Use the Campus VPN (Virtual Private Network), which requires a software download, and then establishes a secure "tunnel" to the UC Berkeley network
- What databases should I use to find articles, etc., on Public Health topics?
See: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/indexes.html- PubMed: citations in biomedicine and health care; primary article index for most public health topics
- Global Health: citations on public health topics from journals, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, and more from more than 150 countries and in over 50 languages translated into English
- PsycINFO: citations for journal articles, book chapters and dissertations in psychology, behavior, and related disciplines
- Sociological Abstracts: covers demography, education, social psychology, and sociology. Sources include journals, books, conferences, and dissertations
- TOXLINE: citations on the biochemical, physiological, toxicological, and societal effects and aspects of chemicals and drugs
- BIOSIS Previews: citations on biology, ecology, agriculture, environmental science, and more. Includes citations to journal articles, books, and meeting abstracts
- Business Source Complete: citations for articles in business, marketing, economics, and finance
- ERIC: educational literature from journals, books, conferences, reports, curricula, dissertations, and audiovisual media. ERIC also includes materials on tests, measurement, and evaluation
- Web of Science: a large multidisciplinary journal article database. It is the best tool for cited reference searching
- Many more are also available
- How do I find online journals and journal articles?
See: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/jrnlnews.html- Browse or search for online journals using the UC-eLinks Electronic Journals Search, or use the OskiCat or Melvyl catalogs (see below)
- Click the UC-eLinks icon next to a citation in an article database (see above) or in NextGen Melvyl (see below) to access items available online
- How do I find books, journals, dissertations, reports, etc., including course reserves?
See: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Catalogs/guide.html- Use OskiCat, the UCB catalog, for print and electronic publications, course reserves, and items stored at NRLF, the off-campus storage facility
- Click the Course Reserves tab in Oskicat to search by Department/Course Number or Instructor
- Use the NextGen Melvyl or Current Melvyl, the catalogs for all the UC libraries (and more). Click the title (in "NextGen") or Details/Location (in "Current") to see details about the location and availability of books, journals, etc.
- What books do I have checked out and how do I renew them?
See: https://oskicat.berkeley.edu/screens/help_renew.html- Log in to My OskiCat
- All items may be renewed online except for journals, reserve materials, microfiche, and items on which you owe fines
- Log in to My OskiCat
- How do I get books, articles, etc. that are neither at a UC Berkeley library nor available online?
See: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/otherlibs.html- Click the UC-eLinks icon then Request It to request an article, book, or other item found in a database or NextGen Melvyl. Articles are generally delivered to you electronically
- Click the Request button in the Current Melvyl catalog to request books and journals from other libraries
- Other options are listed on our web page
- How do I organize references and cite them correctly in my papers?
See: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/endnote.html- Use RefWorks – licensed by UC Berkeley and free to use for UCB students, staff, and faculty
- Purchase EndNote and install it on your computer. A student discount for EndNote is available at The Scholar’s Workstation
- Use Zotero, a free, open-source Firefox add-on you can download. It is already installed on Firefox on the library’s public PCs
- Use Mendeley, another free product, to organize and share references
- How can I keep up with new research in my field?
See: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/keeping_up.html- Use alerts for updates on topics you’ve searched in PubMed, Web of Science, Sociological Abstracts, etc. Create cited reference alerts in Web of Science
- Receive electronic tables of contents from journal publishers
- Use RSS feeds for tables of contents, database alerts, or updates from grant funding entities
- What other online resources are available on my topic?
See: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/internet.html- Explore the Public Health Library’s web pages on such topics as Statistics/Data, Environmental Health, International Health, and more
- These web pages provide access to selected resources not generally available via article indexes or book catalogs, each with a descriptive annotation
- How do I get help?
See: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/reference.html- For help with researching a topic or finding print or online resources, come to the Public Health Library Reference Desk: Mon-Fri 10-12 and 2-4, or call (510) 642-2511 during those same times
- For help at other times, reference service via IM chat and email are also available
- For help with what you have checked out, renewals, placing holds, etc., come to the Public Health Library Circulation Desk or call (510) 642-2511
Get Certified! Help with the CPH Exam
The National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) has extended the deadline to register for the Certified in Public Health (CPH) Exam until May 25, 2010. Here’s what NBPHE says about the CPH Exam:
Becoming a Certified Public Health Professional Has Multiple Benefits:
- Sets a standard of knowledge and skills in public health
- Encourages life-long learning
- Adds credibility to public health profession
- Increasing public health awareness
- Fosters environment of a professional community
Want some help? The Public Health Library has these:
CPH exam quick reference review, call no. RA430 .H65 2009
CPH study guide : certified in public health, call no. RA430 .A87 2008 (on reserve at the Circulation Desk)
Good luck!
OskiCat filter for RefWorks
Do you use RefWorks to manage your citations? If so, you can use the new University of California Berkeley (OskiCat) filter to easily import citations from our library catalog into RefWorks. Until now, we have had to use the UC Irvine or UC San Diego filters.
Instructions for Exporting from OskiCat to RefWorks
In OskiCat:
- Save citations by checking the items you want then clicking on the Save Selected Records button
- When you are ready to download your saved records, click on the View Saved button then click on Export Saved
- Choose Endnote/RefWorks as the Format of List and select Screen in the Send List To column
- Click Submit then select and copy all text on the page
In RefWorks:
- Log in and select References > Import
- Select University of California at Berkeley as the Import Filter/Data Source and University of California Berkeley (OskiCat) (EndNote/Refworks) as the Database
- Select Import Data from the following text, then paste your copied text into the box and click Import
Radiation Emergency Medical Management
The National Library of Medicine Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM) is now available as a free iPhone/iPod touch App. Please see: http://www.remm.nlm.gov/downloadmremm.htm#iphone
You can download it from iTunes, or search for “radiation emergency” at the iTunes Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id372600451?mt=8
Mobile REMM can also be downloaded to other mobile platforms (Blackberry, Windows Mobile, & Palm): http://www.remm.nlm.gov/downloadmremm.htm
Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM) is produced by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Office of Planning and Emergency Operations, in cooperation with the National Library of Medicine, Division of Specialized Information Services, with subject matter experts from the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many US and international consultants.
REMM provides:
* Guidance for health care providers, primarily physicians, about clinical diagnosis and treatment during mass casualty radiological/nuclear (rad/nuc) events
* Just-in-time, evidence-based, usable information with sufficient background and context to make complex issues understandable to those without formal radiation medicine expertise
* Web-based information that is also downloadable in advance, so that it would be available during an event if the Internet is not accessible. For more information, see: http://www.remm.nlm.gov
IEEE publications in Google
Users who depend on Google and Google Scholar to discover IEEE publications should be aware that due to a change in indexing policy at Google, the majority of IEEE articles have disappeared from Google search results. IEEE has posted the following information regarding the problem:
“Recently we at IEEE discovered something about our IEEE Xplore usage patterns that we want to pass on to you.
We learned that the majority of IEEE Xplore article metadata records had been eliminated from Google search results. This means that anyone attempting to search for IEEE articles by using Google or Google Scholar would be less likely to find IEEE content…
In investigating the current issue, we learned that Google had changed its indexing policy regarding IEEE Xplore. In April 2010, Google decided to discard their previous IEEE Xplore metadata index and completely rebuild an index of over 2.5 million IEEE Xplore metadata records…
We hope that the entirety of IEEE Xplore metadata will soon be discoverable again via Google. In the meantime, we want to remind you that the best way to search IEEE information is to go directly to the IEEE Xplore digital library at www.ieee.org/ieeexplore. With a new version of IEEE Xplore now available with an improved search engine and intuitive new discovery tools, this is truer than ever before.” – IEEE
Texting, QR Codes, and Google Books added to OskiCat
On June 1, several enhancements were made to OskiCat, our library catalog.
Google Books
Many books in OskiCat now have a button linking to Google Books. Depending on copyright status and publisher agreements, Google Books will display a full text view, a limited preview, a snippet, or a record view. For many books, this is an easy way to search and get more information about them.
Text/SMS Book Information
OskiCat now offers the ability to text yourself the location, call number, and availability of individual books in our collection. This has currently been activated for eleven cell phone carriers, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. No more need to write down the call number and location!
QR Codes
Many records also include QR codes, “two-dimensional barcodes which can be scanned by a cell phone camera prompting the cell phone to display text contained in the code.” QR codes in OskiCat include title, location, availability, and call number. Please see About QR Codes for more information including system requirements.
24/7 EndNote/RefWorks Help: New Online Tutorials
The Public Health Library has created several brief tutorials that show how to 
move citations into EndNote and RefWorks. They can be found on our EndNote, RefWorks, Zotero, Mendeley Help web page and also our Instructions/Guides web page.
Here’s what we have so far:
- Import PubMed Citations into RefWorks (3 min.)
- Import PubMed Citations into EndNote X3 (3 min.)
- Import NLM TOXLINE Records into RefWorks (4 min.)
- Import CSA TOXLINE Records into RefWorks (2 min.)
Other UCB Libraries have also created many tutorials for your “just in time” needs:
Tutorials, on the UCB Library web site
How-to Movies, on the UCB Bioscience/Natural Resources web site
Enhancements to ebrary QuickView
ebrary, a collection of nearly 40,000 ebooks licensed by the Library, recently announced several enhancements to its QuickView functionality. QuickView allows instant viewing of documents in your browser. With these enhancements, you can:
- customize InfoTools with online resources of your choice
- choose from four citation preferences
- export citations directly to RefWorks or EndNote
- navigate to the next page by double-clicking on the document
- navigate through books by finger swiping on the iPad and iPhone
- print an entire chapter (up to publisher limits)
Note, however, that printing from the ebrary Reader results in much better print quality. See our guide on Printing and Copying in ebrary for more information.
In addition, the Library has expanded the available content in ebrary through purchase of 2009 imprints from Cambridge University Press. Readers should now find these titles in ebrary and OskiCat, our library catalog.
AGU backfiles online
Have you noticed that we have access to older issues of American Geophysical Union (AGU) journals? In 2009, the UC Libraries obtained access to most AGU journals from volume 1, issue 1 on the AGU Digital Library. Books, lectures, interviews, and the newspaper Eos will be added as completed. Journal backfiles include:
- Earth Interactions (1997–present)
- Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (1999–present)
- Geophysical Research Letters (1974–present)
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles (1987–present)
- International Journal of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (1998-2008)
- Journal of Geophysical Research (1949–present)
- Terrestrial Magnetism (1896–1898)
- Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity (1899–1948)
- Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (1994–present)
- Paleoceanography (1986–present)
- Radio Science (1969–present)
- Reviews of Geophysics (1963–present)
- Tectonics (1982–present)
- Water Resources Research (1965–present)
Links to the backfiles will eventually appear in OskiCat and Electronic Journals A-Z. Access is available from all campus computers. UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and students can also access this resource from off campus via the Library Proxy Server or campus VPN. If you have any access problems, please contact the Earth Sciences and Map Library.