February 9, 1995: Vol26n16: HUBNET

HUBNET
How do you spell electronic health information? The answer is HUBNET
(Hospitals and University at Buffalo Resource NETwork), an
extraordinary selection of health-related information resources for UB
faculty, staff, and students as well as for those affiliated with the
eight local teaching hospitals and other participating organizations
that comprise the WNY Health Sciences Consortium.
	HUBNET, a result of a collaborative project of the Library
Consortium of Health Institutions in Buffalo, can be searched on-site
at the Health Sciences Library, at one of the sponsoring hospital
libraries, or remotely. The array of HUBNET resources is truly
impressive. HUBNET's core databases which include MEDLINE, CancerLIT,
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Health
Planning and Administration, AIDSLINE, BIOETHICSLINE, and Current
Contents: Clinical Medicine, Life Sciences, Agriculture and Biology,
provide citations to hundreds of thousands of journal articles.
	Full text sources are also available, depending on your means
of connecting to the network. These include journals such as the New
England Journal of Medicine, clinical manuals such as the American
Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, and drug
information resources such as the Physician's Desk Reference and the
USP Advice for Patients.
	Expert systems such as AMA Practice Parameters (which provides
standards formulated by medical experts to ensure quality care) and
Quick Medical Reference (which offers diagnostic assistance in
Internal Medicine) can also be accessed. HUBNET further provides an
entrance ramp to the Internet as well as an electronic mail component.
	During the Spring semester the staff of the Health Sciences
Library will be offering a series of one hour seminars on accessing
and searching HUBNET. You can register for a HUBNET class either by
stopping by the Health Sciences Library's Reference Desk or calling
829-3900.
	For more information on HUBNET and the HUBNET instructional
sessions contact Sharon Murphy, Health Sciences Library, 829-3335,
<hslscm@ubvm>.
 -- Gemma DeVinney and Loss Pequerary