Library to Offer New Classes Next Semester

In addition to the regularly scheduled classes, the HAM-TMC Library will offer the following classes: TOXNET, and Digital Dissertations. read more

New England Journal of Medicine Now Available Remotely to Institutional Access Users
Remote access users at the institutional level, can now retrieve the New England Journal of Medicine off-site; previously this journal was only available remotely at the educational access level.read more

InfoPOEMS Coming in January 2005
The evidence-based medicine resource InfoPOEMs, including DailyPOEMs and InfoRetriever, will be available to HAM-TMC Library educational level users in January, 2005. For more information on these resources, visit http://www.infopoems.com/

New Clinical Alert
The latest Clinical Alert "NHLBI Stops Study Testing How Long Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Should Have Blood Transfusions to Prevent Stroke" is available at: http: //www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/sickle_transfusion.html read more

TOXMAP
TOXMAP is a web site from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) that uses maps of the United States to show the amount and location of toxic chemicals released into the environment. The data are derived from the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) http://www.epa.gov/tri which provides information on the release of toxic chemicals into the environment as reported annually by industrial facilities around the United States. read more

Library Class Schedule
Do you want an introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine databases or to learn how to do a PowerPoint presentation? Attend a free class at the HAM-TMC Library. read more

Dissertation Abstracts database, is the authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. This database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Approximately 47,000 new dissertations and 12,000 new theses are added to the database each year.

To access Digital Dissertations go the Library home page http://resource.library.tmc.edu/ click on Databases (A - Z List) and select Digital Dissertations. This database is also available for remote access at the educational level.

TOXNET – (TOXicology Data NETwork) is a group of free databases covering toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and related areas. It is managed by the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP) in the Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) of the National Library of Medicine (NLM)

TOXNET is available at: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

Check the Library home page for the class schedule http://resource.library.tmc.edu/

To access this journal off-site go to the Library webpage http://library.tmc.edu/ search New England Journal of Medicine in the E-Journals (A-Z list), select from 1993 to present in Single Journals. You will be asked to type your remote access user ID and password before accessing the journal.

Questions? Contact the Information Services Desk at 713.799-7161.

Users can create nationwide or local area maps showing where chemicals are released into the air, water, and ground. They can also identify the releasing facilities, color-coded release amounts for a single year, and identify multi-year chemical release trends, starting with 1987. Users can also search by chemical name, or name fragment, and/or location (such as city, state, or zip code).
Please check the library website for class schedule changes. http://resource.library.tmc.edu/ (ProQuest)