Clinical Advisory from NHLBI Issued

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) issued a new Clinical Alert on May 15, 2014:

Randomized, Multi-Center, Phase III Study of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Comparing Regimen Intensity in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome or Acute Myeloid Leukemia (BMT CTN 0901)

The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) NHLBI has suspended enrollment for the clinical study BMT CTN 0901 conducted by the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network (BMT CTN) after preliminary data appeared to show benefit for one approach to the intensity of conditioning for allogeneic stem cell transplantations in patients eligible for the study.

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Work Study Library Assistants Needed at HS/HSL!

The Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL) is in need of library assistants at the circulation desk on nights and weekends.

To apply, email your resume as a PDF or Word document attachment to Rachel Gleiberman, HR/Budget analyst.

In your email please indicate your availability, desired days and hours, and confirm that you are eligible for work-study.

Learn about other employment opportunities at HS/HSL.

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Offsite Access to Library Resources Limited Thurday 5/17 6-7am

Due to campus IT upgrades, resources from the library that you access while off campus using your UMID will not be available Thursday 5/17 from 6 – 7 am. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you are already logged into library resources before 6 am, you should not be affected.

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New Cool Tools Guide – Simple English Wikipedia

Try our new Cool Tools: Simple English Wikipedia guideSimple English Wikipedia uses simple grammar and short sentences to write encyclopedia articles that are easier to understand than regular Wikipedia pages.  There are over 100,000 articles so far.  Simple wikipedia pages could be useful for children, adults learning English, or those with learning disabilities.

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PsychiatryOnline Maintenance 5/7/14

There is a planned monthly maintenance period on PsychiatryOnline Wednesday, 05/07/2014. This maintenance period will last from 11:59 PM ET 05/07 through 4:00 AM ET 05/08. Please be advised that the site/services will be periodically unavailable during this maintenance window, with cumulative downtime expected to be 2 hours.

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Try Counseling and Therapy

Counseling & Therapy provides a large and rich collection of video for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling.

Students and scholars can study, observe, and experience a wide variety of different therapy and counseling methods and approaches as practiced by experts in their field.

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Try the Journal of Visualized Experiments

JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on publishing scientific research protocols in video format.  These videos add a new parameter to the communication of experimental data and research results. The journal has nine sections: General, Neuroscience, Immunology and Infection, Clinical and Translational Medicine, Bioengineering, Applied Physics, Chemistry, Behavior, and Environment.

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Access to Electronic Resources is Restored

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Access to Electronic Resources is Down. We Are Working to Resolve the Issue.

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Publication Strategies Guide Now Available

A new subject guide on Publication Strategies is now available from the HS/HSL. This guide provides tools for faculty, researchers and students planning to submit a manuscript for publication.  It also presents authors with information intended to help increase their research impact. Click here to view the guide.

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