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The New Look of RefWorks 2.0

Details: Parent Category: Calder Communications Blog; Category: Tips for Researchers; Published: 11 August 2011; Created: 11 August 2011; Hits: 112377

RefWorks is a popular tool on the campus, used by many researchers, students, and faculty members to create bibliographies without worrying about citation style details. Now RefWorks has come out with version 2.0, which incorporates many of the great suggestions we have heard from you all.

In addition to have a cleaner, more user-friendly layout, Version 2.0 will allow the user to create subfolders which will allow even greater organizational ability. It will also allow for de-duplication within folders, which will remove any duplicates of references within the same folder. Sharing of items will also be modified so a user does not have to share an entire folder and will be able to share just select references with colleagues. RefWorks 2.0 also has the ability to use keyboard navigation so it works with assistive technologies.

If you want to see and try out RefWorks 2.0, log in to your RefWorks account and click on RefWorks 2.0 in the upper right corner.

DynaMed Redesign

Details: Written by: Emily Vardell; Parent Category: Calder Communications Blog; Category: Tips for Clinicians; Published: 27 July 2011; Created: 27 July 2011; Hits: 201969

The point-of-care tool DynaMed released a new user interface this week. The redesign streamlines searching, with the homepage offering a single search box.

New features include:

ability to see the table of contents of all topics on search results list
one-click access to topic subsections from the search results list
searching within the text of a topic for a specific term or phrase
e-mail alerts when a topic is updated with new evidence

Remember that DynaMed is also available for your handheld device. Please contact the Calder Library Systems Department (call 305-243-5530 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for your unique barcode to download this handy tool.

If you have questions about how DynaMed can support your clinical practice, please contact the Reference, Education, and Community Engagement Department at 305-243-6648 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Sitios Electrónicos Médicos Gratis Offers Free and Authoritative Spanish Health Information

Details: Parent Category: Calder Communications Blog; Category: Tips for Researchers; Published: 06 July 2011; Created: 06 July 2011; Hits: 128047

(La versión de este texto en español está abajo.)

Calder librarians created a Spanish-language portal that provides quick links and access to free, high-quality biomedical resources. Since 2007, the portal has been serving as a one-stop shop that incorporates more than 70 clinical, research, and educational online resources.

Sitios Electronicos Medicos Gratis features free access to resources ranging from tutorials and citation analysis databases for PubMed to online journals and medical books. It also provides links to help with writing documents, links to organization and institution websites, and online translation services.

Useful to physicians, medical students, and patients the world over, the portal offers access to authoritative biomedical resources and unbiased health information. It serves as a complimentary portal to our English language portal Free Authoritative Health Websites.

We have received very positive feedback from visiting Latin-American physicians regarding the A-Z list of free journals in Spanish and the ongoing nature of the portal. We would like to continue to receive suggestions and feedback from Latin-American and U.S. health care professionals, students, patients and the public at large. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., MSLS, or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., MLS, with feedback.

Sitios Electrónicos Médicos Gratis ofrece información de salud fiable y gratuita

La biblioteca Calder ha creado un portal en español con recursos biomédicos de alta calidad y totalmente gratuitos. En funcionamiento desde el 2007, el portal incorpora más de 70 recursos en línea - clínicos, investigativos y educacionales - de los cuales más de la mitad están en español.

Sitios Electrónicos Médicos Gratis, ofrece acceso gratuito a recursos que van desde tutoriales y bases de datos de citas de análisis de PubMed, a revistas en línea y libros de medicina. También ofrece enlaces para ayudar con la redacción de documentos, sitios web de organizaciones e instituciones, y servicios de traducción en línea.

El portal ofrece acceso a información de fuentes altamente confiables y autorizadas en el campo de la salud y la biomédica, siendo especialmente útil para médicos, estudiantes de medicina y pacientes en el mundo entero. Tambien sirve de complemento a nuestro portal en ingles Free Authoritative Health Websites.

Hemos recibido comentarios muy positivos de médicos que nos visitan desde América Latina respecto a la lista A-Z de revistas gratuitas en español y respecto a la continua actualización del portal. Nos gustaría seguir recibiendo sugerencias y comentarios de profesionales de la salud, estudiantes, pacientes y del público en general de América Latina y de EE.UU. Para sugerencias o comentarios, por favor contacte a This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., MSLS, o a This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., MLIS.

USMLEasy Prep Resource

Details: Written by: Emily Vardell; Parent Category: Calder Communications Blog; Category: New Resources Announcements; Published: 01 July 2011; Created: 01 July 2011; Hits: 101983

Are you busy studying for the USMLE? Are you interested in *free* access to sample questions and immediate feedback and remediation? Calder librarians are pleased to provide you with access to USMLEasy Lite.

USMLEasy Lite can be accessed from our list of E-Databases. Once you click on the link, create a personal account, allowing you to customize the search questions and save your results. Answer sample questions from Steps 1, 2, and 3 with the click of a mouse (click Take a Test Now). For more information, contact your friendly Calder librarians. Good luck!

Medical Library Association Conference 2011

Details: Written by: Emily Vardell; Parent Category: Calder Communications Blog; Category: Who's Who at Calder: Staff Updates; Published: 16 June 2011; Created: 16 June 2011; Hits: 105915

Last month Department of Health Informatics faculty members had the opportunity to share research and projects undertaken by Calder librarians through presenting papers and posters at the annual Medical Library Association Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Attendees Brenda Linares, Vedana Vaidhyanathan, and Emily Vardell enjoyed learning from medical librarian colleagues across the United States and beyond. Hot topics of this year's conference included open access, outreach to underserved populations, and embedding services where the users are.

JoAnn Van Schaik Joins Faculty as Director of Library Operations

Details: Written by: Emily Vardell; Parent Category: Calder Communications Blog; Category: Who's Who at Calder: Staff Updates; Published: 01 June 2011; Created: 01 June 2011; Hits: 109488

The faculty of the Department of Health Informatics is proud to announce JoAnn Van Schaik has joined the department as Director of Library Operations. An acknowledged expert in consortial licensing and acquisitions, Ms. Van Schaik comes to the Calder Library with 25 years of experience in the field of health information sciences. Most recently she served as the Senior Director for Technical Services for the Libraries of the Health Sciences at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. In addition to saving her library millions of dollars through expert negotiating, as Senior Director she supervised cataloging, serials, acquisitions, license negotiations, and electronic collection development.

Ms. Van Schaik has achieved the highest rank, Distinguished Member, of the Academy of Health Information Professionals, Medical Library Association, and has been an active member in the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, including serving on the Program Committee and as co-chair of the Local Arrangements Committee for annual conferences. We look forward to working with Ms. Van Schaik and learning from her expertise.

How to Set Your Internet Explorer Browser So Your Favorite Websites Open Automatically

Details: Parent Category: Calder Communications Blog; Category: Tips for Researchers; Published: 12 May 2011; Created: 12 May 2011; Hits: 179120

First, open up your Internet Explorer browser and type in your first website address. Click on the tab to open up another page and type in your second website address.

Click on another tab, enter in another URL, and repeat until you have entered all the websites that you want to automatically open when you open your browser. Then, click on Tools and select Internet Options...

Engaging Faculty and Friends Reception

Details: Written by: Emily Vardell; Parent Category: Calder Communications Blog; Category: Come to the Library!; Published: 29 April 2011; Created: 29 April 2011; Hits: 122459

The Faculty and Friends Reception held at the Calder Library on April 26th was a resounding success. Dr. Mary Moore, head of the Department of Health Informatics and Executive Director of the Calder Library, opened the event, saying that the reception came about at the request of the Medical School Council. Faculty had requested more opportunities to talk together and identify possible opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. This was the third annual Faculty and Friends Reception. Dr. Moore announced that the theme for the event came the "Question of the Year" posed by Academic Medicine, the journal of the AAMC. That question is: What improvements in medical education will lead to better health for individuals and populations?

She introduced Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the Miller School of Medicine, who welcomed the group. Dean Goldschmidt highlighted the transition from procedural medicine in the 20th century to keeping people healthy in the 21st century. In this new landscape, Dean Goldschmidt noted, there are two types of doctors, those who use information tools and technologies effectively and those that wander aimlessly in the corridors. He acknowledged the Library, Dr. Moore, and Jackie Libretto for implementation of the University's electronic health record, UChart.

UpToDate Now Available

Details: Written by: Dr. Mary Moore; Parent Category: Calder Communications Blog; Category: New Resources Announcements; Published: 18 April 2011; Created: 18 April 2011; Hits: 101060

We are pleased to announce that UpToDate, a key information resource to support clinical care, is once again available.

You can access UpToDate (UTD) from the Calder Library homepage or from your browser while on the Intranet. UTD is available at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami Hospital, Jackson Health System (excluding Jackson North), Sylvester Cancer Center, the Regional Medical Campus in Palm Beach County and University of Miami health centers and clinics. It is not available remotely.

To see recent updates in UTD, click on “What’s New” at the top of the screen. Newer features include a drug interactions program and the ability to earn CME credit while using the resource. UTD has added more psychiatry and dermatology content, geriatrics and general surgery specialty resources will be available soon.

It is only because of the strong support of the Dean, the guidance of Medical Education, the advocacy of clinical faculty, residents, students and nurses, the flexibility of UTD, and extensive negotiation that the Miller School of Medicine was able to reinstate this valuable resource.

Click on the image below for further details about UTD.

Faculty and Friends Reception on April 26

Details: Written by: Emily Vardell; Parent Category: Calder Communications Blog; Category: Come to the Library!; Published: 05 April 2011; Created: 05 April 2011; Hits: 101798

The Louis Calder Memorial Library
and the
Department of Health Informatics
invite you to the

Faculty and Friends Reception

April 26, 2011 from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm.*

Welcome by Dean Pascal Goldschmidt
Dr. William Hersh, Health Informatics expert, invited speaker
Ms. Suzetta Burrows, former Deputy Director, honored guest

Tasty snacks! Fine beverages! Stimulating ideas! Excellent company!

Please RSVP to Kimberly Loper at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We look forward to seeing you there!

*Accommodations made for those attending Faculty Council at 5 pm.

Shared Resources Fair 2011

Details: Written by: Emily Vardell; Parent Category: Calder Communications Blog; Category: Calder in the Community; Published: 25 March 2011; Created: 25 March 2011; Hits: 122501

On Wednesday at the Shared Resources Fair, Calder librarians spoke with more than 50 researchers about Tools to Save Time, Increase Productivity, & Help You Get Promoted. Many of the presented resources have been highlighted on this blog as well, including creating Auto Alerts to stay up to date with the latest evidence, using SCOPUS to find your h-index, and using SciVal Experts (formerly Collexis) to find collaborators on campus. Don't forget, we offer classes on all of these resources and are also happy to come out to where you are to help you in your research efforts.

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