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Britannica Online was REPLACED by World Book Web on July 1.
EBSCO Publishing (the vendor that brings us Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, CINAHL, Health Source, and many other databases) has updated the user interface in July 2008.
Some of the key updates will include:
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
CINAHL Plus with Full Text now offers the ability to employ Clinical Queries as part of any search.
Clinical Queries, designed for clinician use, allow users to limit searches with specific search strategies, to aid in retrieving scientifically sound and clinically relevant study reports indexed in CINAHL databases. Searches can be refined using specific search strategies designed to produce results in five research areas:
- Therapy - High Sensitivity
- Prognosis
- Review
- Qualitative
- Causation (Etiology)
As research may require different emphasis, three strategies are provided for each area.
High Sensitivity is the broadest search, to include ALL relevant material. It may also include less relevant materials.
High Specificity is the most targeted search to include only the most relevant result set, may miss some relevant materials.
Best Balance retrieves the best balance between Sensitivity and Specificity.The Lexi-PALS Drug Guide
The Lexi-PALS Drug Guide is a database of Patient Advisory Leaflets from Lexi-Comp that provides vital education on medications for patients. The approach for each pamphlet is to present each medication in an easy to follow and understand question-and-answer format. The database consists of over 1,450 medication and natural product leaflets, with an additional 600 Spanish language leaflets representing the most subscribed and commonly used medications. The database is offered on the EBSCOhost platform and is updated monthly.
Following the launch of the Scopus Author Identifier, which identifies all the work belonging to one author, Scopus introduced the Scopus Affiliation Identifier. The Scopus Affiliation Identifier is the world's first online tool to help users to identify and group an organization's complete body of work.
Learn more about the Scopus Affiliation Identifier.
In addition to the launch of the Scopus Affiliation Identifier, Scopus is also pleased to announce the following enhancements:
Consumer Health Complete is the most comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is designed to support patients' information needs and foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition & dietetics, children's health, men & women's health, etc.
Science Online offers a comprehensive, curriculum-oriented overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines in a variety of useful formats.
World Book Web is a suite of online research tools that delivers encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites. All the databases are editor-screened for authenticity and age-appropriate content.
World Book Web includes: World Book Dictionary, World Book Atlas, World Book Advanced (for high school and college students), World Book Kids (for younger users), and Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos.
WBW uses a powerful search engine that integrates encyclopedia articles, media, primary source documents, e-books, maps, and more in a single search.
Other special features: Timeline builder; Citation builder; Classroom activities, lesson plans, and discussion guides for every grade level; and Content correlated to state and provincial standards
See World Book Training site for tutorials and other useful information.
Please note that the ILLiad option for submitting interlibrary loan requests is NOT currently available for Law, RWC, or HSL patrons.
University of Cincinnati Libraries users can now submit interlibrary loan requests via Article Linker, a citation linking service. (Read more about Article Linker). If you come across a citation that is not available online in full text and is not available in print at a UC library, you can click on the link that says "Submit an interlibrary loan request". The ILLiad logon screen will appear and after you log in the ILLiad article request form will be populated with the citation information.
ArticleLinker screen
ILLIAD screen automatically populated with citation information
You can also submit interlibrary loan requests via OLINKS, a citation linking service in OhioLINK databases similar to Article Linker.
The ability to submit Interlibrary loan requests through FirstSearch databases (for example, WorldCat) became available earlier this year.