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New release of library catalog

We are excited to announce that this week we will release a new version of voyagercatalog.kumc.edu, the KUMC Libraries Catalog. The new features in this release include:

Manage your account and keep track of your favorite stuff

• View your account history, checkouts, and holds using CAS secure single sign-on.
• Add your own tags to books and journals.
• Save your "Favorites" or create your own personalized research lists. 
• Save frequently-used searches.

Get what you want, faster

• Narrow your search to eBooks, eJournals, and online resources.
• More easily filter by medical subject.
• Forward a Title or ISSN search to an ILLiad interlibrary loan request.
• Find KUMC library items easier in Google, Bing, and other search engines.
• Limit a search to local notes fields using Advanced Search.

BYOD

• Responsive design for any screen size.

Use the Feedback tab on the catalog to let us know how we're doing.

Journals at Dykes Library

Update

A special thank you to University Leadership for working with the Faculty Assembly Information Resources Committee and Dykes Library personnel in making additional funding available to Dykes Library to support collections (journals) for researchers, faculty, clinicians, students. 

Information is not free and continued inflation of the current journal list makes sustaining the status quo untenable.  With the support of University Leadership the cancellations for FY2013 will not be as aggressive as believed in the Spring of 2012. 

With input from your faculty representatives to the Faculty Assembly Information Resources Committee (FAIRC) and Dykes Library personnel, the revised journal cancellation list is now available.  We will again purchase monographs and will discuss with FAIRC criteria by which those funds should be allocated and expended - print or electronic monographs.

During the Fall semester working with University Leadership and FAIRC, it appears that a work group will be formed to develop a plan to address a more reasonable and sustainable method of supporting information and services needs of researchers, faculty, clinicians and students.   Stay tuned.  We will keep the University community updated.   

The updated FAQ identifying how these cancellation decisions were made is here for your review.

Thank you again to the support of FAIRC members and University Leadership.

Academic Medicine iPad application

Academic Medicine is now available for the iPad. The journal has released a new app for iPad, available now through the App Store. The app offers a print-like reading experience of each issue, with easy-to-read, full-text articles; adjustable text sizing with “pinch and zoom;” access to tables, figures, and supplemental content; ability to store or delete downloaded issues; and convenient notification when a new issue is available. The March issue, released last week, is free to download for non-subscribers.
http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Pages/iPad-App.aspx

Access Medicine & printing chapters

Last week, only a few days after it had posted to AccessMedicine, the newest version of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine was discovered circulating on a number of digital lockers, torrent sites, and other means of illicit file sharing. A quick examination of the file revealed that the party (or parties) who had created it simply printed every chapter of Harrison's, then "bound" it as an ebook and started distributing it. Presently, the "Print Chapter" view makes it far too easy to accomplish a task like this.

To address this issue with digital piracy, Mc-Graw Hill will remove the "Print
Chapter" option on all Access products. This is scheduled to be
effective Thursday, September 1, on AccessMedicine. However, the "Print
Section" option will remain.

New McGraw-Hill E-books available

The Dykes Library now subscribes to two new resources in the form of McGraw-Hill E-books made possible through an Office of Cultural Enhancement and Diversity (OCED), Center of Excellence grant. The McGraw-Hill Exam Review Guides offer peer-to-peer medical review guides to help you earn top marks on USMLE, clerkships, and specialty board exams. Additionally, the McGraw-Hill Medical Handbooks contain essential references connecting you to the latest advances in clinical and therapeutic medicine. Both of these resources can be accessed on or off campus. While off campus, these tools can be accessed remotely by logging in with your Novell or GroupWise ID and password when prompted.

Access KUMC's subscription to McGraw-Hill E-books under the Databases List or click here.