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PubMed Basics Class Cancelled on Monday

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The PubMed Basics class on Monday, July 31, at 10:30-11:30 is cancelled.

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols on Trial

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The library is offering a free trial of Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols is a definitive, interactive source of new and classic research techniques. The database is fully searchable by keyword and subject. Coverage includes cell and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, and imaging. Protocols will be continuously expanded, updated, and […]

NEJM’s New Search Tool

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The New England Journal of Medicine is working with us to test a new search tool on its website. The beta search tool is aimed to improve search results based on the behavior of the community. Articles that are used by members of the community (i.e. Yale) will get extra weighting in determining their positions […]

Report Finds a Heavy Toll From Medication Errors

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In a just-released followup to the 2000 report To Err is Human, the full text of Preventing Medication Errors is available for free online reading at the National Academy Press website.

Using Library Electronic Resources… Responsibly

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Most electronic resources are governed by license agreements that limit use to the Yale community or to individuals who are physically present at the Yale University Library facilities. Each user is responsible for ensuring that he or she uses these products only for noncommercial, educational, scholarly or research use without systematically downloading, […]

Litt’s Drug Eruption Global Database on Trial

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Litt’s Drug Eruption Global Database, is now available on trial until August 3, 2006.
The Drug Eruption Global Database is a guide to the drug eruptions and interactions associated with nearly all prescription medicines, as well as most commonly used over-the-counter medicines and herbal therapies.
The database is constantly updated and expanded as new reports are published […]

PLoS Clinical Trials

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The Public Library of Science (PLoS) announced the addition of a new journal in May. PLoS Clinical Trials is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal and welcomes articles reporting results of randomized trials in humans in all fields of medicine and public health. PLoS Clinical Trials is devoted to providing an unbiased, peer-reviewed forum for trial […]

Summer/Fall Hours at the Medical Library

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Check out the Summer/Fall hours at the Medical Library.