Test out our proposed new search feature on JEFFLINE and let us know what you think of it.  You could even win a prize . . .  We’re giving a $50 gift certificate to the lucky Jeffersonian who wins our drawing.

New Homepage Search

JEFFLINE’s current interface has been active for just over a year. While it’s [...]

 RoMEO, a web tool used by Jefferson authors to determine publishers’ copyright policies, has been upgraded to include:  

A new field for the self-archiving of the Publisher’s Version/ PDF
Expanded journal coverage
New search options for journal abbreviations and electronic ISSNs
New tabular browse view for publishers
Selective display of publishers’ compliance with funding agencys’ mandates

Previous versions of RoMEO have concentrated on highlighting information [...]

Two scientific publishers have announced special tributes to Charles Darwin, on this 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work, On the Origin of Species, and the 200th year of Darwin’s birth.  The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is offering open access to two peer-reviewed articles in BioScience, and Springer is providing limited free [...]

The December 2009 issue of the journal Nursing & Health Sciences has released a special issue devoted to the critical and contemporary topic of disasters and emergencies.  The issue entitled ‘Disasters and Emergencies: Preparing, Managing and Experiencing’, is available to all Jeffersonians via JEFFLINE’s journal subscriptions.
Connect directly to the special issue.

Did you know?
The best way to prevent infection and illness is
Handwashing
Studies between 1994 and 2000 indicated less than 50% adherence to hand hygiene guidelines in health care settings.
Join us in our discussion of how to improve adherence at Jefferson
JSPH Chapter of the IHI Open School Meeting
Monday, November 16th at 5pm
-OR-
Tuesday, November 17th at 12pm
(Choose the [...]

Every month, Psychiatry Online offers Jeffersonians a free e-text from the APPI Bookstore.  For November, the free e-book is Changing American Psychiatry:  A Personal Perspective, by Melvin Sabshin, MD.Â
From the publisher’s blurb:
Psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, other mental health workers, behavioral scientists, and university medical and neuroscience professionals will benefit from this articulate insider’s view of post–World War II [...]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services invites you to comment on the DRAFT set of objectives for Healthy People 2020.
For three decades, Healthy People has provided a set of national 10-year health promotion and disease prevention objectives aimed at improving the health of all Americans.
Visit http://www.healthypeople.gov/HP2020/Comments/  to

View proposed draft objectives for Healthy People [...]

Need to calculate a dose, interpret an abbreviation, apply an equation, or use a decision tree with some test results?  MedCalc 3000 is for you.

You’ll find numerous evidence-based calculations, calculators, decison trees and more when you visit STAT!Ref and select MedCalc from the Resources tab.   If you do a search on any STAT!Ref [...]

Scott Memorial Library is preparing to withdraw almost 50 years of the print version of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), and over 100 years of the Annals of Surgery:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
volume 43, 1957  – volume 103, 2006
Annals of Surgery
volume 3, 1886 – volume 246, 2007
The Library provides access to [...]