Friday, 14 November 2008

ADT out tomorrow (Sat 15th Nov)

Australasian Digital Theses will be unavailable on Saturday 15th November.

Anyone needing to access UTAS theses can check UTAS ePrints

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Gene Gateway - Exploring Genes

This website gives an overview of information on genes and genetic disorders. The chromosome viewer enables you to isolate a chromosome, view its composition and see the genes that have been identified on it. You can also do tutorials to learn about genetic Web resources.

The site is from the US Department of Energy, Biological and Environmental Research.

Online texts from Colorado State University

The Digestive system is an online textbook produced by Colorado State University. You can navigate through the book by using the links. It also contains diagrams to explain different topics.

Clicking on the Hypertextbook menu will bring up the other books in the series. These include the Endocrine System and Medical Genetics.

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

MDConsult books updated

MDConsult has just released updates for several of its textbooks. These include:

Abeloff's Clinical Oncology
Raj's Practical management of pain
Ferri's Clinical advisor 2009
Essentials in physical medicine and rehabilitation

The books are available in full text through the library website. Just go to Databases and then M for MDConsult.

Thursday, 11 September 2008

Importing from Google Scholar and Web of Science using Firefox

This information is only for people using Firefox as their browser

Q: I'm using Firefox as my browser. When I import from Google Scholar and Web of Science no citations appear.

A: When you select the Export to EndNote button in either Web of Science or Google Scholar you get a screen asking you which application/software you want to open this file with. You need to select EndNote the program (not your library)for this screen. Then you get a screen asking which library you want to place the references in. You can then select your library, click open and the references will appear.

Abbreviated journal titles in PubMed

Q: The journal titles of my PubMed references are abbreviated but Harvard requires me to have the journal title in full. How do I fix this?

A: The easiest way to fix this issue is to edit the references as you are importing them into your library. When you have the new references in EndNote in the temporary holding place, manually alter each reference by typing in the full journal title in the correct field. They will then be displayed correctly in your document.

If you have already started your document, change the journal titles in EndNote then in Word choose Format Bibliography from the EndNote toolbar. The journal titles will be changed to show the full title.

Quotations and Harvard

Q: How do I reference a quotation using Harvard?

A: The UTAS Library guide to Harvard referencing talks about the correct way to use quotations.

Generally speaking short quotations (less than three lines) are placed in single quotation marks and are placed in the sentence.

Quotations longer than three lines are usually indented.

Please read the referencing guide in the link above for detailed information.