Newly Redesigned Pubmed

The PubMed redesign has officially taken place, and you will immediately notice a new look and feel to the site. The homepage has been streamlined, requiring less effort to find resources. There is no need to update your existing bookmarks.

For further details about the redesign, you can view the NLM Technical Bulletin.

Please contact the Sladen Library if you have any questions about PubMed - (313) 916-2550 or sladen@hfhs.org.

Journal Update

As of October 2009, publication of the journals RN (0033-7021) and Geriatrics (0016-867X) is being ceased by the publisher. 

The library's journal collection offers many other titles in these fields.  For a complete listing of our Nursing journals please visit http://tinyurl.com/yzw584w.  For a listing of our Geriatric & Gerontology journals visit http://tinyurl.com/yh8cu8o.    

Seasonal and H1N1 Flu Resources

Need seasonal and/or H1N1 flu information?  Be sure to check out the Sladen Library's H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Resources page at: http://www.henryfordconnect.com/sladen.cfm?id=751.  On this page we have gathered a number of links to quality governmental and other reliable resources.  A few notable resources include:

• http://www.flu.gov/ - This site contains information for both patients and professionals.  Some key features include a flu shot locator and downloadable patient information sheets in multiple languages including English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, German, Korean, and Russian. 
• Influenza Evidence-Based Information Portal (www.ebscohost.com/flu) - This site contains evidence-based information made available free online from Ebsco Publishing Group and its databases.  There is clinical information for physicians and nurses drawn from DynaMed and the Nursing Reference Center, as well as patient information in 17 languages from Ebsco's Patient Education Reference Center. 

Please contact the library if you need additional help locating information on the flu or any other topic.

Preview of the PubMed Redesign Now Available

Try out the newly redesigned PubMed by pointing your browser to http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed, a link is also available on the PubMed homepage. The preview version is expected to be available for about two weeks, after which time it will completely replace the current version of PubMed. While the new site looks different, all PubMed functionality remains the same.


The National Library of Medicine has already outlined a few of the key changes in this article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_redesign.html. The library will have training materials for the new interface available soon. In the meantime, please call us if you have any questions about searching the newly designed PubMed.