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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 feedback - 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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Is a decision support tool that combines the latest
research evidence with guidelines and expert opinion.
Incorporating a simple but comprehensive step-by-step
process, you will have extensive access to the latest
information including: Diagnosis, Prognosis, Treatment,
and Prevention.
Online tutorials:
Introduction Video
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User Guide
Features:
1.
Did you know that you
can access Best Practice remotely and on your
mobile phone if you register for a
personal account? Instructions
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To register
2.
Did you know that you
can save content from BP to your BMJ Learning ‘Plan and
Record’? Instructions
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Trial Ends 14 March, 2010
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2.
BMJ Learning:
Is an
interactive website designed for general practitioners,
hospital doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals to
support their personal development, learning and CME
(Continuing Medical Education) needs.
You
must register
on the site individually to access the modules so that
you can save your work and track your progress with
learning modules online.
Online
tutorials:
BMJ Learning quick start guide
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User guide
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Quick guide to Learning
Trial Ends 14 March, 2010
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3.
Encyclopaedia of Islam:
"...sets
out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic
World. It is a unique and invaluable reference tool, an
essential key to understanding the world of Islam, and
the authoritative source not only for the religion, but
also for the believers and the countries in which they
live. It embraces articles on distinguished Muslims of
every age and land, on tribes and dynasties, on the
crafts and sciences, on political and religious
institutions, on the geography, ethnography, flora and
fauna of the various countries and on the history,
topography and monuments of the major towns and cities.
In its geographical and historical scope it encompasses
the old Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of
Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and
Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and all other Islamic
countries.” [Publisher’s site]
Trial Ends 18, February, 2010
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4.
Refworks
Is
a web-based citation management program that enables you
to:
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download, gather, and store references from databases
and library catalogues automatically
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format citations and bibliographies in seconds
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connect to your RefWorks account anywhere there's web
access
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share your citations with other RefWorks users: RefShare
is a module of RefWorks that enables you to share
references with others in at UOB, and globally with
researchers who have internet access
Several data providers, including OVID, EBSCOhost,
ProQuest, and Gale, provide a direct export link within
their interface:
a list of service
providers which are currently compatible with RefWorks.
RefWorks offers output styles including
APA, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver and Turabian:
a complete list of output
styles.
For
access and to create an individual account,
CLICK HERE
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Click on
Sign Up for an Individual Account.
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Enter the appropriate information and click on Register
* You
need to use your UOB email account: USERNAME@balamand.edu.lb;
contact the Network Unit:
nu@balamand.edu.lb
for help
* To
access from outside UOB campuses, please
contact the
E-Resources Librarian
Online tutorials:
Materials To Help You Learn And
Use RefWorks
Quick Start Guide
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RefWorks Fundamentals
Tutorial
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Trial Ends 30, March, 2010
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