New PubMed

So, there is ton of information out there on the newly designed PubMed.  It looks different but all of the same information is in there – somewhere.  These are the things I love:

• No need to change views to see MeSH for each citation; simply click on the + sign next to Publication Types, MeSH, etc. at the bottom of the abstract to expand that section
• Database ads – click directly to Homologene, GEO, etc right from the citation view.  Awesome.
• Customizeability – is that a word?  It’s great that you can customize your search results without logging in.  I love having the login option (My NCBI is great folks!), but let’s face it – most of you don’t.

Just my two cents.  There’s a lot of info running around out there on the redesign.  Here’s a link to the NLM Technical Bulletin article on it.

New Book

Ah, I understand that people think that books are blase but…    Here’s a new one at the Health Sciences Libraries:

Statistics and informatics in molecular cancer research.  Edited by Carsten Wiuf, Claus L. Andersen

The call number is: RC267 .S83 2009

Our own Dr. Rhodes is the author of Chapter 7: Two methods for comparing genomic data across independent studies in cancer research: Meta-analysis and oncomine concepts map.

Have fun!

Upcoming Workshops

Hey, it’s been awhile.  I’m sorry.  The rush of the school year always seems to catch me a little off guard.  The Health Sciences Libraries is co-sponsoring some workshops you may be interested in.

• Bioinformatics Basics: Databases and Tools from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
• BLAST Overview
• Michigan Molecular Interactions (MiMI)
• Cytoscape

In addition, the National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics is also holding an overview of its resources.

• Overview of NCIBI Tools and Resources

(I know; it’s bad form to have a single bullet, but hey…)  Registration is available from the Health Sciences Libraries workshops registration page.  Have fun and thanks for being patient about my blogs!