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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Science Clips is an online weekly bibliographical digest showcasing over 46,000 scientific articles and publications from 2009 to present. The digest is curated by the Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library to bring awareness to relevant and quality public health literature. This overview describes how users can access and navigate the database, and evaluates the database usability and relevance in public health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

JAMAevidence is an online resource available through McGraw Hill Medical for the teaching, learning, and application of evidence-based medicine. JAMAevidence helps students and clinicians identify, appraise, and use the best available evidence to assess health problems and the outcomes of health care. It also features books, calculators, educational guides, a glossary, and learning tools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Philosophy" is a comprehensive reference book that complements the previously published "Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook." It includes pre-modern philosophy and reflects the mainstream view that Japanese philosophy extends to earliest times. While the handbook is relevant, it may require a revised edition due to potential shortcomings in interpretations. The book features authoritative contributors and is readable for a broad audience. Its solid factual information ensures its continued demand for years to come. [Extracted from the article]

From fiction to psychoanalysis: re-imagining a relationship: by Rosemary Riz, Oxford, Routledge, 2023, 134 pp., £22.99 (Paperback), ISBN: 978-1-032-35134-6; £99.99 (Hardback), ISBN 978-1-032-35133-9; £22.49 (ebook), ISBN: 978-1-003-32546-8 Rizq seeks to show how fiction can inform, and indeed transform, the theory and practice of psychoanalysis. The front cover of psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist, Rosemary Rizq's book shows a charming painting of a woman reposed in a relaxed state reading a book. [Extracted from the article]

Representation of disability in school textbooks may influence pupils' knowledge and perceptions of people with disabilities. The aim of this study was to investigate representation of people with disabilities in school textbooks. The study employed a mixed-methods approach. Quantitative frequency analysis was used to investigate the extent of representation of disabilities in texts and pictures in 78 Norwegian textbooks for Grades 5–10. Regarding texts, the results showed that people with disabilities were represented in less than half of these textbooks (49%). Concerning pictures, people with disabilities were even less represented, appearing in only 29% of the textbooks. These quantitative findings were supplemented by a qualitative survey of textbook authors, who were asked to explain the marked absence of disability references in their own books and in school textbooks in general. The two most frequent explanations were that textbook authors had either overlooked people with disabilities, or that the Norwegian National Curriculum (Kunnskapsdepartementet 2006. Lærerplanverket for Kunnskapsløftet (LK06) [The Norwegian National Curriculum]. ) did not explicitly mention this minority. We discuss these explanations as expressions of conscious considerations rather than unconscious omissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Earlier research has shown that menstruation has often been constructed as a nuisance or a pathology in popular and medical texts. Drawing on poststructuralist discourse analysis of 10 contemporary self-help books on menstruation, 4 of which were chosen for further analysis, this article shows how approaches to menstruation in recent self-help texts diverge from these conceptions. Instead of portraying menstruation as something problematic, self-help texts represent the menstruating body as natural, manageable, and potentially empowering. However, by depicting relentless self-monitoring and self-care as routes to mandatory health and well-being, menstrual self-help texts also construct new norms of menstruating that contribute to individualized responsibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the collaborative verse translations undertaken by the learned amateurs Nicholas Bacon and John Hobart in their 1664–65 correspondence. The letters reveal the pair's critical attitudes as translators, and also include their substantial discussion about secondary textual and antiquarian resources. This article argues that Hobart and Bacon have three distinct methods of dealing with difficult passages of their texts – conjecture, the collation of different editions and commentaries, and the use of antiquarian resources – which each enables them to think critically about a given crux whilst avoiding the finality of a definitive resolution. In these three methods, the pair invoke humanist antecedents as well as distinctively modern seventeenth-century resources such as reference books. In the latter case, the men also provide a notable case study in the practical use of a particular type of early modern book which is usually difficult to trace in the historical record. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Botanicals are among the fastest growing segments of the dietary supplement industry in the U.S. The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA; Public Law 103-417 [Oct. 25, 1994]) provided a regulatory classification for the trade of numerous botanicals and botanically-derived products as dietary supplements. The global supply chain, the adoption of many botanicals that are also recognized as traditional medicines around the world as dietary supplement ingredients, and the differing recognition of the national and international pharmacopeias as sources for voluntary or mandatory quality standards present challenges in ensuring the quality of the ingredients and products. The complexity of quality assurance by compliance with pharmacopeial standards is illustrated in this article with a brief history of pharmacopoeias including their official recognition in national laws, their approaches to the science behind the standards, the use of reference standards for quality assessment and regulatory compliance, the use of pharmacopeial standards by the industry and regulators within the DSHEA framework in the United States, and a discussion of the global supply chain. Pharmacopeial standards can help regulators and the industry adapt to the new technologies that present both opportunities and challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bookshelf is a database maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine that contains freely accessible online biomedical documents, including systematic reviews, technical reports, textbooks, and reference books. The database allows users to browse and search across all content and within individual books, and it is linked to other NCBI content. This article provides an overview of Bookshelf and demonstrates its usage in a sample search. The resources available in Bookshelf are useful for students, researchers, healthcare professionals, and librarians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the rapid development of virtual medical Spanish educational materials, online resources lack transparency and a peer-review process. The purpose of this interdisciplinary study was to provide a critical inventory of virtual resources for medical Spanish education, thereby providing a panorama of the current state of online medical Spanish. Research team members conducted iterative searches to identify medical Spanish online resources, which were then screened for predetermined inclusion/exclusion criteria. Between June and August 2020, a panel of medical and language experts then adapted and applied a previously published evaluation tool to determine whether resources that met study criteria would help learners achieve medical Spanish core competencies and to what extent each resource incorporated communicative language activities. Consensus meetings were conducted to resolve disagreements and identify gaps in online education. Out of 465 resources, 127 were further screened, and eight were selected for evaluation. Medical and language specialists independently scored each resource and, following discussions, achieved consensus. Overall, no resource met suitability criteria for all five medical Spanish learner competencies or cultural elements, and only one was suitable for achieving the self-assessment competency. Interdisciplinary consensus meetings provide an important avenue for resolving differences of opinion and for integrating both language and medical perspectives into the evaluation process. Existing online resources should be used in conjunction with other materials to ensure that all core competencies for medical Spanish education are addressed. This study revealed important gaps in online resources, including a need to target advanced Spanish learners, apply authentic communicative activities, include assessment opportunities, and integrate culture in the learning program. Based on the current state of online medical Spanish, we offer recommendations for future resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explained the importance of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) approach in dealing with individuals to find solutions both after and during the occurrence of psychological anxiety, the application of SBFT can be done practically, effectively, and efficiently. This study uses comparative analysis, which refers to various relevant literature between SFBT and psychological anxiety, especially in COVID-19 outbreak in the form of scientific journal articles, reference books, and other information from trusted sources. The results revealed that there is a significant correlation between theories, both basic assumptions and concepts related to the SFBT intervention process in an effort to help individuals find solutions to problems that are or will be experienced. This study can then be a scientific reference for the application of the SFBT approach as an effort to improve the ability to find solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), often defined as potentially traumatic experiences such as child maltreatment and household difficulties (e.g., caregiver substance misuse) that occur prior to age 18, are associated with poor health and psychiatric illness across the life span and have been increasingly used as a predictor of health outcomes in both research and practice. However, limited research has explored who should be reporting ACEs for children or to what extent reporters agree on observations of ACE exposure. This study examines respondent agreement among children, caregiver, and caseworker using data drawn from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW II), a longitudinal, nationally representative survey of children who have been the subject of a child welfare investigation. A sub-sample of participants aged 8–17 was used (n = 1,652). The following ACE indicators had responses from all three respondents: sexual victimization, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and home violence. Analyses were completed to understand patterns of reporter's responses to each of the ACEs selected using sampling weights. We calculated interrater agreement using the Kappa coefficient for each ACE indicator. Children, caregivers, and caseworkers differentially reported the number of ACEs the child experienced. Children reported experiencing just over two ACEs on average, while caregivers reported two and caseworkers reported an average of one. Overall, Kappa coefficients were extremely low with caseworker-caregiver agreement the highest at.41. Given the lack of concordance, we recommend asking multiple informants while carefully considering self-report by children when assessing for ACEs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

McGraw-Hill AccessNeurology is an online collection of neurology resources covering the study of the central nervous system for students, instructors, researchers, residents, and clinicians. The collection includes over 40 books, as well as drug information, case studies, review questions, videos, lectures, and animations. This article will review content, layout, navigation, special features, and user experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Central bank independence (CBI) has been a prominent topic for decades, but remains relatively unexplored in the history of economic thought. Relevant literature is scarce and focuses on the post-war period. To extend this literature, I argue that there was a doctrine of CBI in the 1920s. I examine its development from an international recommendation and a principle of the central banking doctrine designed by the British governor Norman to the elaborate doctrine of Kisch & Elkin. The paper's main contribution is a detailed analysis of the doctrine of CBI provided in their reference book on central banking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Between 1989 and 2002 Norman Ross (Figure 1) published tens of thousands of microfilms and microfiches, created in Russia and Eastern Europe for his company, Norman Ross Publishing. He also published 33 reference books, Over the course of 25 visits to Russia, as well as on frequent trips to Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, Ross developed microfilm and book projects with national libraries and local academic institutions and organized the local filming of major current newspapers. In these endeavors he was assisted by local representatives, a multi-lingual in-house staff in New York, and guidance from Edward Kasinec, the late Robert T. Whittaker, and others. This was the most rewarding segment of owning his own publishing company, which began in 1972 and continues nearly 50 years later. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AccessPhysiotherapy is a primary component of McGraw-Hill's suite of Access products. Under the umbrella of the publisher's broader network, it operates in conjunction with the wider interface of searchable e-book content, reference guidelines, and test prep materials. The collection caters to physical therapy practitioners and students, but remains relevant as an interdisciplinary resource for medical educators. Its e-books functions as the major component of the platform and may be accessed directly by way of a simple search query or browser component. One unique aspect of AccessPhysiotherapy is its integration with F.A. Davis Physical Therapy and Athletic Training collections. These special catalogs of reference books, physical therapy cases, and instructional videos are among the most comprehensive educational resources in the disciplines of physical therapy. Medical libraries can benefit from the AccessPhysiotherapy's integrated collection of e-books and broader content. Schools and departments within health sciences institutions will also find the content worthwhile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Representative biology textbooks for secondary school students from Korea, Indonesia, and the USA were compared to explain the differences among each country's biodiversity-related contents. For comparison, a specialised technical book was added as a reference book. Textbooks from Korea, Indonesia, and the USA have similar main sub-sections of biodiversity contents. However, both Indonesian and American biological textbooks have special additional sub-sections that differed from Korean textbook. However, none of these biological textbooks presented fully similar explanation with the reference book as a standard. Since there were several differences in explaining major topics of biodiversity in each country, we suggest that curricula compilers adapt provided biodiversity related-contents for presenting them better in the future. In addition, we also suggest biology textbook authors in Korea to add more native biological diversity examples in biodiversity content especially in conservation sub-section. With this, we hope students can learn and know more their countries' biodiversity richness through biological textbook. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A team of librarians developed and implemented a plan to create coordinated library access for all students through the Canvas learning management system. Partnering with campus information technology services, librarians developed a specialized role in Canvas. Librarians also used Springshare's LibApps LTI (learning tools interoperability) to integrate research guides in Canvas, using course metadata to map guides to the appropriate subject or course. Evaluation of the impact of adding a Librarian role and mapping research guides to the Canvas LMS is ongoing and indicates these changes have affected the way students are accessing library resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ethics has long been a concern in medicine, education and scholarship. In the digital age, new complexities have arisen, and many medical education researchers are unprepared for the pitfalls ahead, often negotiating these in the absence of guidelines, and unaware of the many tools that can be used to assist them. This Guide takes the medical education scholar through a journey in which issues of ethics are discussed in all stages of digital scholarship: research preparation, research subject monitoring and data gathering, securing one's data (and balancing security against accessibility), anonymising textual and non-textual data, third party identifiability in digital data, writing one's own work (including plagiarism and paper mills), copyright (including issues of Creative Commons and royalty-free), accessing inaccessible reference material, ethically citing electronic material, and manuscript submission (including issues of selecting journals, open access and data sharing). The Guide ends with a brief look to the future. This Guide aims to be a useful tool to alert the readers to some of the most important ethical issues that need to be considered, and some practical solutions to ethical problems faced, when engaging in medical education digital scholarship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the book "Vermeer's Maps" by Rozemarijn Landsman, which explores the cartographic references in the paintings of Johannes Vermeer. The book focuses on the wall maps depicted in Vermeer's paintings and provides in-depth analysis of each map, discussing their history, production, and significance. The author also examines the relationship between the maps and Vermeer's art, as well as their appeal to the artist and his audience. Although originally intended to accompany an exhibition, the book stands alone as an important contribution to the existing scholarship on Vermeer and cartography. [Extracted from the article]

AccessAnesthesiology from McGraw-Hill is an interactive database platform that provides user access to electronic books, quick reference material, drug monographs, multimedia, sample cases, and anesthesia study tools for the board review. It is a database for medical students, nurse anesthetist students, residents, and others in the health care field interested in anesthesia. This article will provide an overview of the features found in this online tool. Layout, resource tools, searching options, and navigation will be shared in addition to unique features in AccessAnesthesiology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Changing patron demands, coupled with significant repurposing of library space, led the library to experience a marked decline in the usage of the print reference collection. Such a significant decrease challenged librarians to find new methods for promoting this still viable collection. It was decided to integrate the print reference books into the general library collection. After a year, circulation data demonstrated that by integrating collections, reference titles were now used more frequently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research examines how eudaimonic psychological well-being (PWB) relates to variant levels of eating disorder (ED) recovery (full, partial, active ED), both self-defined and objectively determined, and to subjective-objective recovery status concordance. Participants (N = 132; Mage = 30.1) completed an online survey targeting ED symptomology, PWB, and recovery. MANOVAs revealed idiosyncratic relationships between recovery and PWB when objective criteria, subjective perceptions, and concordance were considered. Generally, superior levels of recovery were associated with superior PWB. PWB and clients' perceptions of recovery should be considered during treatment and in establishing a uniform definition of ED recovery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Mineralised plant and invertebrate remains: a guide to the identification of calcium phosphate replaced remains" by Wendy J. Carruthers and David N. Smith is a comprehensive and visually stunning guide for identifying mineralized remains in archaeological deposits. The book provides detailed descriptions and high-quality images to aid in the identification of these remains, as well as criteria for distinguishing between morphologically similar taxa. It also offers interpretative sections for each type of remain, allowing for ecological and economical analysis. This guide is valuable for both beginners and experienced environmental archaeologists, and is recommended as a reference book in any environmental archaeology department. [Extracted from the article]

A common question consumer health librarians must handle concerns identifying local providers for a specific health issue as opposed to information about the health issue itself. This column describes a handful of the numerous online directories of professionals available for consumers looking for providers in the fields of mental health, eldercare and cancer genetics. While none of these directories are exhaustive of their respective fields, all provide good starting points for users trying to identify relevant providers in their areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this article was two-fold (1) provide an overview of the commonly reported and under-reported absolute agreement indices in the kinesiology literature for continuous data; and (2) present examples of these indices for hypothetical data along with recommendations for future use. It is recommended that three types of information be reported as evidence for agreement because no one type is superior to another. Report one graphical display (bivariate plot of raw scores with identity line or Bland-Altman plot), one scaled index (intraclass correlation coefficient with agreement definition or Lin’s Concordance Correlation Coefficient), and at least one unscaled index (root mean squared deviation, total deviation index, coverage probability, or limits of agreement) when there are two methods/raters with no replication. The amount of information recommended exceeds what has commonly been reported in absolute agreement studies published in the kinesiology literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background Competency-based training and assessment is considered the best practice internationally in postgraduate clinical psychology education. In Australia, there are still some ways to go as programmes begin to integrate competency-based pedagogical models into clinical training and assessment. Further understanding of the strengths and challenges of these models will be useful to educators interested in developing a competency-based approach. Methods A structured literature review was carried out using the databases PsychInfo, PubMed, and PsychArticles. Keywords were: competency, and 'training' or 'assessment' or 'model' or 'clinical' or 'psychology' or 'medicine' or 'allied health.' Articles had to be written in the English language and published in peer-reviewed journals. Relevant book chapters and web references from professional accreditation bodies were also assessed for inclusion. A total of 54 references were utilised in the review. Results The review supports the relevance of competency-based learning and teaching. It draws on seminal benchmarking work from the international literature and considers the strengths and limitations of competency-based approaches to clinical health training and assessment. The review provides support for the ongoing progression towards competency-based training models in Australian postgraduate clinical psychology. Conclusions Competency-based training and assessment methods offer educators sophisticated mechanisms for ensuring that clinical psychology graduates are prepared to meet the demands of professional practice and public accountability. Further efforts at integrating competency-based training models into Australian postgraduate curriculum, and associated research into the outcomes, are necessary to ensure a pedagogical culture of best practice in this country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What if the ideal tools for teaching undergraduate students the most critical information literacy concepts have been sitting in the stacks all along collecting dust? Reference sources are an optimal medium to introduce all six of the Association of College & Research Libraries' (ACRL) Framework's central concepts for information literacy. Additionally, by understanding a reference source's place in the information search process, students learn to consciously avoid the common pitfall of neglecting exploratory research before specifying research inquiries. Thus, incorporating reference sources thoughtfully into instructional design contributes to the development of both information literacy and metacognition. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Thieme eCommunicationScience (eComSci), which launched in January 2017, is a new resource for students and faculty in audiology, speech language pathology, and communication sciences programs. eComSci includes a collection of Thieme e-books, images, videos, audio clips, and clinical cases. This review explores the main features of eComSci, along with the navigation and searching features of this new Thieme resource. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article describes the process designed to systematically weed two community college library reference collections in preparation for potential funding of a learning commons space. The author explains the methodology used to help facilitate the reassessment of nearly 10,000 reference titles by librarian liaisons. The goal of the project was to consistently capture each title’s weeding status designation along with required bibliographic data while stopping short of executing the weeding itself. Details about the process and consequences of the resulting category breakdowns are described in detail. The article lists key success factors such as working with teams from different departments to help manage the day-to-day procedures. Practical suggestions are offered about the use of collaborative tools, about methods for transmitting support data to liaison librarians to enable quick decisions, about goal setting, and about establishing consistent means of data collection. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Overall, the book is a suitable reference book for data science practitioners to learn exploratory data analysis for predictive models and its applications using R or Python software. Together with other books that have published in the book series, this book provides a unique perspective into applied data science to guide data science practitioners who are interested in exploring, explaining, and examining data in real-world applications with both R and Python. It starts with an overview of basic concepts in Chapters 1-4 and then presents the instance-level exploration and dataset-level exploration in Chapters 5-13 and Chapters 14-20, respectively. [Extracted from the article]

The purpose of this research study is to identify whether academic librarians teach upper-division students about print reference resources, and how they teach students to use them. Questionnaires were sent to library instruction and reference services e-mail discussion lists. After analyzing results, researchers found that responses focused on the themes of pro-print, pro-electronic, relevance to instruction, collection development, and marketing. Using print reference in library instruction is related to the type of research assignment and electronic format availability. Librarians may want to consider engaging students in hands-on use of print and electronic reference material, so students are able to navigate the breadth of information sources. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In 2008, the University of Louisville’s (UofL) Ekstrom Library printed reference collection numbered almost 30,000 volumes. Copious collecting and sparse weeding built up the collection during the era before the Internet. There had been considerable reluctance to address its more outdated sections due to competing priorities and inertia. A change of leadership as well as the recognition of changing use patterns had lessened the need for such a large collection. In 2011, three librarians began a title-by-title review process that resulted in an 86% reduction of the reference collection by 2014. This article describes that process, summarizes the results, and discusses the benefits and disadvantages of this approach. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article reviews the research literature of three major journals in reference librarianship. The texts of 494 articles were analyzed and classified as research versus nonresearch. Articles such as news, commentary, book reviews, editorials, meeting announcements, and opinion pieces were excluded from the analysis. A total number of 162 (30.49%) articles were determined to be research articles and were examined to collect data on numerous variables including but not limited to authorship, affiliation, topic, type of research, data collection, and data analysis techniques. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The most famous role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons, recently celebrated the fortieth anniversary of its release. The books that define the games in the role-playing genre function like sports rulebooks, contain entries like encyclopedias, or are based on collections of maps similar to those in atlases. In the library context, this places the books that define role-playing games in the domain of reference books. While currently divisions of the American Library Association encourage librarians to consider using the game in community-building and youth services, there was a time period where organized groups actively tried to discourage librarians from collecting materials associated with the genre. This study is an assessment of library holdings of role-playing game materials worldwide, detailing collection and cataloging issues associated with the genre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]