New MeSH Descriptors - 2012

Examples:
MH OLD = Technology, Medical []
MH NEW = Medical Laboratory Science

MH OLD = Translational Research [P]
MH NEW = Translational Medical Research

See the full list at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/newd.html

Qualitative Research Institute Summer 2012 Courses

International Institute for Qualitative Methodology 2012 Summer Course
http://www.iiqm.ualberta.ca/en/ResearchTraining.aspx

Some of you may be interested in the courses offered by this Institute in Edmonton. They offer intensive, week long courses in summer 2012

The contact I spoke with said: no pre-requisites for this, and there usually is not a problem for the Institute to accommodate all those who want to participate in the workshops, although registering early is the best way to ensure a spot.

RefWorks RefShare Link not working

Unfortunately, the Refshare link in RefWorks is not working. (this is the link generated when users wish to share their foldlers of references with colleagues). While the RefShare options are all still in place, an error message appears when attempting to click on the RefShare link (i.e. e-mail share).

RefWorks Support has been contacted regarding this issue. An update will be sent once this is resolved.

LactMed: a useful drug resource

I just got a literature search request in the consultation suite from someone wanting to know about the effects of a certain drug on milk supply and nursing infants, and I thought I'd take some time to post a little promotion for one of my favourite drug databases: LactMed, which I'm not sure everyone knows. It's an NLM database that offers wonderful summaries on each drug; their effects on milk production, how much of the drug enters the breastmilk; effects on the baby; and alternative drugs to use if the drug you're considering is not safe. Of course you can find this information in our subscription resources too, but LactMed has it all in one place, it's very easy to read, and it's even a great consumer health resource; I've recommended it to a lot of my friends. In the case of the literature search request I just got, the summary for the drug in question was last updated two months ago.

JCHLA Current Research

Too busy to read that big stack of library journals piling up on your desk or in your RSS feed? In every issue of JCHLA I do a roundup of the most interesting medical librarianship research I find in the latest medical and library journals. My first column is available in the current issue at http://pubs.chla-absc.ca/doi/full/10.5596/c11-040. If you come across a great article in your travels, feel free to suggest it to me.

Free webinars of interest

The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer's Capacity Enhancement Program (affiliated with McMaster) is offering a bunch of upcoming webinars that might be of interest on topics such as meta-analysis, knowledge translation, and guideline adaptation. They appear to be free. For full details, see http://cancerguidelines.ca/Guidelines/events/webinars.php.

They also have an archive of past webinars, which you can view in their entirety at http://cancerguidelines.ca/Guidelines/events/webinararchives.php. Some of the topics there include critical appraisal and guideline development.

Socializing with the 2012 mascot

The CHLA 2012 mascot will be coming to Calgary soon. Any suggestions for fun or epic Calgary places to visit? Please comment below.

Suggestions already in play:

• Calgary Zoo


• Tebowing at the TFDL


• ACH


• have him visit a few people, sit on their desks, etc - Perhaps Yongtao as Hospital Librarian.


• Something with a Calgary sign


• Canada Olympic Park


• Perhaps he could have coffee at the Good Earth.


• TRW where Will and Kate were


• I can take the tiger home and introduce him to Malcolm's stuffed tiger and snap a few pics. - Heather