News about the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
The WHSC Library is committed to providing Emory students, faculty, and healthcare professionals with the resources necessary to prepare for specialty certification exams, license renewal and achieve advancements in your career. To help support your continuing education and professional development, a new online Nursing Continuing Education guide from the WHSC Library links nurses from Emory Healthcare and the School Read More …
Each August, National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is observed nationwide to promote the importance of vaccinations for people of all ages and backgrounds. Vaccines have dramatically changed medicine over the last century–in fact, “few medical interventions can compete with vaccines for their cumulative impact of health and well-being of entire populations.” It can be difficult Read More …
The WHSC Library supports our nursing populations in attaining advanced nursing specialty certifications. Specialty certifications recognize nurses’ skills and knowledge, improve quality of care and health outcomes, and support Magnet status. Our new online guide helps nurses advance their careers by providing access to reference books that are used for common nurse certification exams. At Read More …
After 42 years at Emory, the Woodruff Health Sciences Library’s director Sandra Franklin has retired. Sandra first joined the library–back when it was known as the A.W. Calhoun Medical Library–in 1983 as a reference librarian. She has served as the head of public services, assistant director, associate director, and acting director until her appointment as Read More …
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 …