Update on APA 6th Edition Style Corrections

The American Psychological Association (APA) has posted a corrections summary, Corrections to the First Printing of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition (July 2009), which is more exhaustive and easier to use than the original summary on the web. This document notes all the known errors in the Manual and puts them in some context.
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Friday@Noon: Copyright Primer for the Nonlawyer

Friday, October 23, 2009
Noon - 1:00PM
COPH G230

Presented by: Harold Evans, Intellectual Property Attorney, Williams & Anderson, PLC

1. What is copyright?
2. What does copyright protect?
3. How long does copyright last?
4. What are the rights of authors?
5. What are the rights of users that limit the rights of copyright owners?
6. What is fair use?
7. What is the extent of liability for copyright infringement?

Brought to you by the Teaching with Technology Committee

NIH Grant Application Changes

NIH is making numerous major changes to its grant application and review processes. A number of important changes affect grant applications due on or after January 25, 2010. To better understand the new requirements, the Enhancing Peer Review Website has a page dedicated to the application changes and has made available to you a number of resources on the Training and Communications Resources page. This website will continue to be updated with additional resources as they are developed.
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Note to APA Style Community: Sixth Edition Corrections

From Mary Lynn Skutley of APA, posted on the APA Style Blog:

We are grateful for the lively and thoughtful discussion that has resulted from the release of the sixth edition of the Publication Manual on this blog and also among other APA Style communities. We recently learned of a post on a listserv regarding corrections to the manual that has caused much alarm among members of the APA Style community and, despite good intentions, includes misleading and erroneous information. We would like to clarify the nature and extent of the errors in the sixth edition and tell you how you can access the corrections online.
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Featured Book - MRSA and Stapholococcal Infections

The Library will be featuring an item from each month's new book book list. This month's featured item is the book MRSA and Staphylococcal Infections by Hernan R. Chang.

"Despite the large amount of information available through books, Internet sites, and libraries, more and more people with staphylococcal and MRSA infections present to their primary care physicians offices, urgent care centers, and emergency rooms. The disease seems to continue to spread. Most people with history of MRSA colonization get a reassuring answer when they ask about their contagiousness. The plain truth is that they are potentially contagious. In order to understand the magnitude of this epidemic and to realize how the appearance of MRSA has and will influence our lives and our culture, consider the classic handshake. The handshake will never again me the same after MRSA. The information presented in this book is intended to provide general understanding of MRSA and Staphylococcal infections." - Amazon product description.

WC 250 C362m 2008
Chang, Hernan R.
MRSA and Staphylococcal Infections
2nd ed. [Jacksonville, Fla.]: H.R. Chang, c2008

Find this book and other timely new UAMS Library titles listed in New Books http://www.library.uams.edu/newsletter/newbooks.aspx

Heparin Products Alert

FDA Alert: New USP Standards for Heparin Products Will Result in Decreased Potency
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today alerted health care professionals to a change in heparin manufacturing that is expected to decrease the potency of the common anti-clotting drug. (10-1-09).
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Science Translational Medicine

Trial Access to Science Translational Medicine from AAAS/Science
The UAMS Library is participating in a 90 day trial for Science Translational Medicine, beginning with the first issue on October 7 and ending December 23.
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New PubMed Interface Now Available in Beta Version

NCBI has released the new PubMed interface in Beta version for testing. The main changes are navigational and do not affect the main functionality behind the scenes. Please try out the new interface and then use the feedback buttons to send NLM comments about things you do and don’t like. Below are just a few tips on the new layout.

• Limits and Details are only available in the Advance Search mode.
• Only 5 lines (search sets) of your strategy will show. You have to click a More History button to see the whole thing if you have an extensive strategy.
• Links to the MeSH database only show on the main page (at the middle - right under More Resources) and on the Advanced Search page (at the bottom under More Resources).

The preview of the redesigned PubMed is now available as a link from PubMed’s homepage or the direct URL is: http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed.

Update: PubMed's beta site is now fully live (11/23/09)

Medscape - WebMD's Free iPhone App

Use Medscape from WebMD's FREE iPhone App to:

Look up DRUG INFORMATION for over 6,000 generics and brands; plus, information on over-the-counter medications, herbals, and supplements,

Adult dosing, pediatric dosing, adverse effects, cautions, brand/cost information, and more,

Check for DRUG INTERACTIONS for up to 30 drugs, herbals, or supplements at once,

Access DIRECTORY LISTINGS for over 450,000 physicians, pharmacies and hospitals,

Listings include directions and a map,

Read the latest medical news in 30 specialty areas to keep up-to-date.

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