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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

* Annual Review of Economics

* Annual Review of Financial Economics

* 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