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Database Trials
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The following trials have been arranged by the
University Library.
All available via WWW
All available on campus only
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We welcome
your evaluation - positive or negative - on any of
the current trials in relation to content coverage, ease
of search, relevancy to UOB courses and disciplines.....
These comments will aid the librarians in making
decisions regarding subscription.
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1.
Annual
Reviews: Economic Collection
Annual Reviews has added a
new collection to its current journals: Economics
Collection. This collection is composed of 3 journals
for the period 2009-2011.
To access these journals,
just click on the title
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Annual Review of Economics
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Annual Review of Financial Economics
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Annual Review of Resource Economics
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Trial
valid until February 29, 2012
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2.
5-Minute Clinical Consult
Provides rapid-access information on the diagnosis,
treatment, and follow-up of over 900 medical conditions,
accessible online with quarterly-updates to ensure
instant point-of-care access to information. The content
has been updated to include 25 new topics, 25 new
algorithms, more evidence-based medicine ratings,
expanded clinical pearls and patient education sections,
additional complementary and alternative medicine
material, and updated ICD-9 and SNOMED codes highlighted
within the text. The online content also has over 1,000
English and Spanish patient handouts from AAFP;
full-color images; videos of medical procedures and
physical therapy; a new dermatology library; drug
databases from Facts & Comparisons including monographs,
images, interactions and updates; and laboratory
information from the new edition of Wallach's
Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests.
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Trial
valid until March 31, 2012
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3. Stedman's Medical Dictionary Online
This
comprehensive dictionary of medical words and phrases is
intended for use by health-care consumers, students, and
professionals as well as anyone who wants to keep up
with the burgeoning new terminology found in today's
medical news. Entry words are clearly defined,
up-to-date, and free of confusing jargon.
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Trial
valid until March 31, 2012
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4. Thieme Dissector Online
Is organized by body region
and into 90 dissection modules, featuring text, images,
and pop-ups. More than 250 short, narrated
high-resolution videos showing dissection steps and
structure identification.
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Trial
valid until March 31, 2012
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5.
Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
Is
a series of anatomy lessons on video (more than 300
narrated videos of real cadaver specimens) presented by
Robert Acland. Dr. Acland is a professor of surgery in
the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery at
the University of Louisville School of Medicine. The
series uses unembalmed human specimens to illustrate
anatomical structures. This anatomy atlas explores the
fundamental structures of the musculoskeletal system,
the head and neck, and the internal organs, using
rotating videography showing structures and movements in
three dimension.
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Trial
valid until March 31, 2012
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