News about the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
Each May, Brain Tumor Awareness Month #GrayMay is observed. The observance is when we come together to support, empower, and amplify the many voices of the brain tumor community. The brain tumor experience is full of extraordinary challenges and extraordinary hope – the gray area that falls in between is what drives us, unrelentingly, toward our shared Read More …
Locating individual articles that you have access to through Emory Libraries just got a whole lot easier! Articles+, a way to search for individual articles in our library holdings, has been added to our website search bar: Now, when you come across an interesting article on a journal’s website, or someone sends you a Read More …
The WHSC Library Historical Collections is excited to announce an upcoming art exhibit installation at our library: Contested Ground, in partnership with the Say Study. Please join us for a talk with the artist and a viewing of the exhibit! Funded by the Women of Emory Impact Circle grant, the Say Study documents the experience Read More …
A new Collections Highlight is on display behind the Information Desk at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library: LGBTQ+ Health: Excerpts of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer materials from the Library Collection. Healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community has evolved dramatically from its early years, when being a member of that community was labeled as Read More …
From February 10-14, 2025, the international community will celebrate Love Data Week, exploring critical questions about data ownership and origins. Data that is collected by groups such as researchers, governments, companies, and organizations may be owned, shared, published online, or both. This year’s theme challenges us to examine where data comes from and who owns Read More …
Every February, Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month is observed to heighten awareness about dating violence and provide resources and tools for teens experiencing violence in their dating relationships. One in 3 U.S. teens will experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from someone they’re in a relationship with before becoming adults. And nearly half (43%) of U.S. college Read More …
The NIH has just launched NIH BioArt Source, which provides a wide variety of images for use in scientific illustrations. Choose from viruses, anatomical illustrations, cells, equipment proteins, molecules, shapes, and more–including brushes and swatches that can be used in illustration programs such as Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop. Users can search within categories or Read More …
Every November, Alzheimer’s Awareness Month is observed heighten awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and support for the million Americans living with it along with their friends and families. What are signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease? Although each individual is unique, experts have identified common warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease, including: Memory loss, especially of recent Read More …
October is National Medical Librarians Month! Do you know all that your librarian can do for you? Our informationists at the WHSC Library can provide expert searching; training and instruction on searching, citation management, information literacy, and more; and can collaborate with researchers on evidence synthesis projects like systematic and scoping reviews. Evidence synthesis projects Read More …
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library now provides access to AccessPediatrics from McGraw Hill, available to all Emory faculty, staff, and students. AccessPediatrics is home to eBooks, multimedia, cases, and study tools that span the practice of pediatrics, from neonatalogy through adolescent medicine. The eBooks section contains titles such as Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatrics Read More …