News about the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library will be hosting the traveling exhibit “From DNA to Beer” from the National Library of Medicine in the lower lobby from January 17-February 25, 2017. This exhibit explores how bacteria, yeasts, and molds can cause sickness and restore health. The exhibit also highlights how scientists have harnessed these microbes Read More …
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., the WHSC Library will be closed on Monday, January 16, 2017.
In keeping with the Emory University decision to close the University on Saturday, January 7, 2017 due to inclement weather, the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library will also be closed. For updates, please call Emory’s weather information line at 404-727-1234, check the university website at www.emory.edu, or watch for all-Emory email advisories.
In keeping with the Emory University decision to close the University on Friday, January 6, 2017 due to possible inclement weather, the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library will also be closed. For updates, please call Emory’s weather information line at 404-727-1234, check the university website at www.emory.edu, or watch for all-Emory email advisories.
From December 16th- December 29th, the Health Sciences Center Library will be open 8:00 am – 6:00 pm. The Library will be closed on the following days: Friday, December 23rd – Monday, December 26th Friday, December 30, 2016 – Monday, January 2, 2017 The Grady Branch Library on the Grady campus will be closed from Read More …
Citation counts are one way to measure of your impact; Altmetric.com and European PMC are now offering more. Europe PubMed Central (PMC) has now been freely integrated with Altmetric.com to offer citation-alternative impact measures for over 3 million life sciences and biomedical research articles. The altmetrics summary, shown below, highlights non-citation based impact of each Read More …
Oct 24-27, 2016 is Open Access Week. The Emory Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Communications is celebrating by highlighting recent blog posts and resources on all things open. Check out some of those listed below or visit their Scholar Blog to view more topics. Open Access at Emory Eight Good Reasons Why Emory Faculty Authors Should Read More …
On September 16th a Clinical Informationist from the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, along with a Clinical Librarian from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta attended the 2016 Evidence-Based Practice ToolKit for Bedside Nurses Conference at Kennesaw State University. The representatives from WHSCL and CHOA presented a table of library and research information, shared research tips and Read More …
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library recently acquired a license to e-Anatomy and its app for tablets and mobile devices. e-Anatomy is a comprehensive, full body interactive atlas that includes more than 40 modules reviewing the human body. Images include CTs, MRI 3D, MRI in axial slices, diagrams, and various illustrations. Go to specific body Read More …
The 2015 Journal Impact Factors are now available via Journal Citation Reports. These are the most recent Impact Factors. The 2016 metrics will become available in the summer of 2017. Journal Impact Factors are a proprietary measurement of journal quality based on the number of citations publications appearing in that journal have received in the Read More …