Update: JAMA links are now functioning appropriately and users can access JAMA and 'Archives' journals from the E-Journals webpage as well as Research Articles databases like PubMed, MEDLINE, and Scopus.

Himmelfarb Library is participating in the beta preview of a new online information tool, Clinical Key. Clinical Key is offered by Elsevier, Inc. and is a "clinical insight engine that meets your clinical search needs."

The Clinical Key Beta preview is designed to:

• Search faster using Smart Content powered by EMMeT (Elsevier Merged Medical Taxonomy).
• Access more content including a broad collection of medical resources in every medical and surgical specialty, including an integrated MEDLINE and link resolver for access to third-party, full-text journal content.
• Share content through an integrated email tool and a 'Presentation Maker' that allows you to drag and drop text and images to create presentations.
• Collaborate and communite via KeyConnect, a community companion to Clinical Key.

Please try Clinical Key and let us know what you think by contacting Laura Abate at 202-994-8570 or leabate@gwu.edu. Clinical Key is accessible from on-campus locations and from off-campus locations via the VPN/Gwireless. The trial runs through the end of March!

Lexi-Comp will complete the release of its new interface on Monday, March 26. You can preview the updated interface now when you access Lexi-Comp by selecting 'Try it Now' when you see the pop-up window alerting users to the upcoming change. You can also read about enhancements to the interface, or take advantage of online training materials as well as online training sessions. Online training materials include:

• Training videos
• Quick Reference Guide
• Lexi-Comp website

You may also wish to register for a 'live' online training session.

Lexi-Comp is a premier drug database providing high-quality, updated drug information for clinicians and pharmacists. If you have questions, please contact Laura Abate at 202-994-8570 or leabate@gwu.edu.

Please be aware that ScienceDirect (e-journals and e-texts platform of the publisher Elsevier) and Scopus will be undergoing upgrades on Saturday, March 17th from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. The resources are undergoing system maintenance and upgrades during that period which may result in temporary service disruptions. Full access should be restored Saturday evening.

If you attempt to access Scopus or a specific title during that time and are unable to connect or have difficulty accessing the full-text, it is likely the title may be a title published by Elsevier. Please attempt access again after 9:30 p.m. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Himmelfarb Library is pleased to announce a new online resource to support instruction: the SMART imagebase: Scientific & Medical Art. This resource contains 20,000+ medical illustrations, videos, interactive tools, and monographs of anatomy, physiology, embryology, surgery, trauma, pathology, diseases, conditions and other health sciences topics. Instructors (and students) can use these graphical materials in instructional materials and course presentations.

Users can search this image collection, and can also browse by content (e.g. animation, 3D image, etc.), body systems/regions, and medical specialties. Users can also take advantage of the SMART imagebase's tools including the ability to download images 'as is' or customize them with custom labels; magnification and a 'My Lightbox' area to save images; and 'Cite this item' functionality which automatically generates AMA, APA, and MLA citations for the image.

SMART imagebase is linked from the Library's E-Databases webpage under both Health Sciences/Nursing/Allied Health and Research Tools.

If you have questions regarding SMART imagebase, please contact Laura Abate at 202-994-8570 or leabate@gwu.edu.

Himmelfarb Library is pleased to announce an upgrade of the SPORTDiscus database. SPORTDiscus with Full Text features the same searching power as the original database to help you identify research materials on sport, exercise, fitness, sports medicine, and other sports related disciplines, and now offers even more full-text availability for these materials. The upgraded database includes full text access to an additional 550 journals dating back to 1985.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text contains more than 1.7 million indexed journal article, book, and conference proceedings records as well as over 22,000 dissertations and theses. Full text articles are available in many subjects including sport psychology, physical therapy, kinesiology, orthopedic medicine, nutrition, public health and more.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text is also linked seamlessly with Himmelfarb Library's complete e-journals collection to provide you full-text access to all available titles. You can access full-text availability for a specific article by using the 'Find It @ Himmelfarb' button displayed with each SPORTDiscus record.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text can be accessed through the Research Articles section of the Himmelfarb E-Databases webpage. Users can access this resource from both on-and off-campus locations, as well as via a mobile app.

RefWorks is a popular citation management system provided by Himmelfarb Library. Numerous faculty, staff, and students use RefWorks to organize and store citations, as well as to format in-text citations and bibliographies. While most users do not encounter any issues with RefWorks, some Mac users have reported issues this semester especially with RefWorks' WriteNCite tool. To avoid issues, the following tips may be useful to Mac users:

• Alternative to WriteNCite: RefWorks' WriteNCite tool is not currently compatible with the Mac LION operating system. As an alternative to WriteNCite, Mac users can use RefWorks and display their citations in 'One Line/Cite' view. The 'Cite' icon next to each reference can be used to generate the text for each in-text citation, and 'Create Bibliography' can be used to generate the final formatted paper which includes both the formatted in-text citations and the reference list.
• Track Changes & Editing features: Some RefWorks users who have used Word's editing functions have experienced difficulty with RefWorks and WriteNCite. To avoid this type of issue, prior to formatting a bibliography, select 'accept all changes' and then turn the 'track changes' feature off.

Speed of updating online evidence based point of care summaries: prospective cohort analysis, a new study just published in BMJ looked at how quickly new information makes it into point-of-care information tools. The researchers for this study tracked how quickly information from newly published systematic reviews was incorporated into five point-of-care information tools: Clinical Evidence, Dynamed, EBMGuidelines, eMedicine, and UpToDate. Their results demonstrated that DynaMed is the clear leader in integrating new evidence into their information studies as "Dynamed had cited 87% of the sampled reviews, while the other summaries had cited less than 50%."

Himmelfarb Library is pleased to provide access to DynaMed both via desktop and as a mobile/handheld resource. If you would like to install DynaMed on your mobile/handheld device (Android, Blackberry, iPhone, etc.), please email library@gwumc.edu for a serial number.

Himmelfarb Library is pleased to introduce Natural Standard as a new resource to provide high-quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. Natural Standard provides professional-level information on dietary supplements (including herbs, vitamins, and minerals), functional foods, diets, complementary practices (modalities), exercises, and medical conditions.

Natural Standard uses a clear grading system to reflect the level of scientific evidence available for the use of each therapy for a specific medical condition; grades range from A where strong positive scientific evidence is available to F which indicates that strong negative scientific evidence is available.

Natural Standard provides information via a variety of articles types ranging from professional monographs which are comprehensive evidence-based systematic reviews of scientific literature, to bottom line monographs which are abbreviated reviews designed for use by patients or professionals, to flashcards which can be used for quick look-ups or as patient handouts. Natural Standard also provides several different articles which represent different ways to approach the literature:

• Foods, Herbs & Supplements articles provide information on a specific agent.
• Health & Wellness articles provide information on specific interventions including diet and exercise topics.
• Medical Conditions articles explore the evidence available for specific conditions.
• Comparative Effectiveness provide a cross-referenced snapshot of the evidence for medical conditions, arranged hierarchically by level of evidence.
• Additional sections contains articles on genomics and proteomics, environmental and global health, sports medicine, and animal health.

In addition to desktop access from on- and off-campus, Natural Standard is available as an app for handheld devices. To install Natural Standard Handheld:

• Access Natural Standard Handheld to request a serial number; note that you must register with GW email address.
• You will receive instructions for accessing or creating a Skyscape account and will then receive your serial number via email.

RefWorks 2.0 is now available online from Himmelfarb Library. This updated version of RefWorks offers the same functionality as RefWorks classic but with a cleaner, updated interface. Prior RefWorks users continue to have access to all of their data, and will be able to move between RefWorks 2.0 and RefWorks Classic interfaces as they become accustomed to RefWorks updated interface. You can move between RefWorks 2.0 and RefWorks classic by using the links in the upper left area of the RefWorks screens.

As always, you can use RefWorks to:

• Import citations directly from bibliographic databases such as MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, etc. as well as the Library Catalog.
• Link to full-text articles in the Library's e-journals collection using the 'Find it' links. Organize citations in folders based on your projects and papers.
• Create in-text citations and bibliographies in APA and AMA citation styles, as well as hundreds of additional citation styles many of which reflect the requirements of biomedical journals and publishers.

If you have any questions regarding RefWorks, please ask us!