Get Ready : StatRef is Releasing a New User Interface on Aug 1

StatRef provides Affinity with online access to over 20 medical and nursing eBooks.
                  How to get there :    Affinity Intranet > Library > StatRef

On August 1, 2011, the new version of STAT!Ref Online will be released. The new site has been optimized for navigating all the healthcare e-resources STAT!Ref has to offer. In the meantime, current subscribers will have the ability to preview the new UI from a link offered on the current STAT!Ref homepage.

The new UI is still the same STAT!Ref – but you will find that it not only has a more state-of-the-art modern look, but is more intuitive and navigable and allows you to find and utilize your eBooks quickly. The new UI will offer more customization such as “last viewed” and more robust customization features. Users can now view virtual “book covers” on a bookshelf, and save books as “favorites”, etc.

Review NEW STAT!Ref Features

Download  NEW STAT!Ref Quick Guide


Here's what people are saying about the NEW STAT!Ref


“When you search by discipline it picks the most relevant resources to use."
“The 'last searched' section is very visible; users will easily be able to go back.”

“I like how the book is broken out in sections where I can quickly jump from pictures to references.”

Questions, Concerns, or Comments?
Please contact your Librarians :
          Michele Matucheski (MMC) 3-0340
          Margo Lambert (STE) 8-2325

Review of Library Services

With summer here some of us have shifted gears, going from our usual workloads to something different for the summer months. Summer is a great time to catch up on reading articles or to work on projects that we do not have time to tackle during the “busier” fall and winter.


So if you are in need of articles and or literature searches to review during these next few months let your Affinity Library Staff help you find those articles or run those literature searches.

• Use our online Literature Search form
• Or ask us to retrieve the articles you need. In most cases, we can email you PDFs of articles, [following the Fair Use provission of US Copyright].
• Don’t forget our collection of Lean, and Studer Group Management and Leadership books.
• Make an appointment to learn how to efficiently search Medline, PubMed, or Cinahl. We offer training on these specific databases as well as a personalized library orientation geared to your interests and information needs.

Questions or Comments? Please contact your Librarians :
                Michele Matucheski (MMC) 3-0340
                Margo Lambert (STE) 8-2325

Have a great summer and we hope that you find some time to relax and enjoy yourself.

NLM's Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) Now Contains Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Products

The National Library of Medicine Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)  has added complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) products.    

CAM products generally consist of dietary supplements derived from botanicals (herbals), "nutraceuticals" (natural and synthetic nonherbals, such as coenzyme Q10), and related products.

LactMed  http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT

The LactMed CAM product records bring together research on these products relevant to breastfeeding. Special emphasis is placed on potential side effects in mothers and infants and on other problems associated with the products. The CAM product records feature a new field for the products' scientific genus and species names.

LactMed currently contains 19 of an expected 100 CAM products (cabbage, comfrey, lecithin, milk thistle, blessed thistle, stinging nettle, St. John's wort, garlic, fenugreek, blue cohosh, black cohosh, raspberry leaf, ginger, coenzyme Q10, borage, caraway, coriander, fennel, anise). These records focus on supplements that are frequently used by nursing mothers, including those claiming to stimulate lactation. Future products will include the most common supplements sold in the United States. A complete list of CAM records in the database can be found by using the search term "complementary therapies" in the main LactMed search box.

LactMed, part of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET(r)), is a database of drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant.