MLA Chicago 2008

What I Will be Covering

• Resources/Vendors• Posters and Presentations

Resources/Vendors

Ovid

• New Nursing Product• Doody’s Book Packages• Tutorials

ResearchID

Community of Science for Web of Knowledge users

“Unique website for accurate author and publication information”

RefAware

• RefWorks web based current awareness service

• 24/7 personal research assistant• http://www.refaware.com/

Cyber-Anatomy

• www.cyber-anatomy.com

Posters/Presentations

Why Wufoo? Collecting Data about Reference Desk Transactions Using an Online Form Builder

• Martha E. Hardy, Lisa McGuire

• http://whywufoo.pbwiki.com/

Creative Partnerships: collaborative approaches to cost-sharing• Eric Rentor, Alex Mayo, • http://www.hshsl.umaryland.edu/

alumni/membership/

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Brian Haynes, R Evid Based Med 2006;11:162-164

Figure 1 The "5S" levels of organisation of evidence from healthcare research

Evidence-based Medicine Tool Picking Made Easy:

• Rita Shaughnessy, Rita Vine, Mindy Thuna

• http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2008/e-present/20080518_056_shaughnessy.pdf

“Old Pyramid”

• http://content.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/subjectguides/images/ebmresourcepyramid.jpg/view?searchterm=pyramid

Tierless Pyramid

Three-Pronged Approach: a framework for teaching information management in the health sciences

• Erika L. Sevetson, Christopher Hooper-Lane

Website Usability Testing Using Camtasia Software

• Caryn L. Scoville, Rachel A. Schaff, E. Diane Johnson, AHIP

• http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2008/e-present/20080518_010_scoville.ppt

Practicality vs Theory: are we preparing health sciences librarians?

• Ivonne Martinez, Michele L. Malloy

• http://www.slideshare.net/michelynn/practicality-vs-theory

Specialization in Medical Librarianship

• Alicia A. Livinski, Courtney D. Crummett

Links for Further Info

• Task Force on Social Networking Software: http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2008/05/06/countdown-to-mlas-2008-annual-meeting/

• NLM Updates on Various Products and Services http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/dist_edu.html

• NIH Manuscript Submission System http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/dist_edu.html