News about the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing BSN Class of 2016 is comprised of approximately 145 students who will be arriving for orientation on Wednesday, Aug. 20th. 43 are continuing students from Emory or Oxford College Students represent 25 states 55% of students are from underrepresented minorities 7% of undergraduates are male Average age of Read More …
The new course reserves system is now available for fall semester. Materials added to course reserves are integrated into Blackboard, enabling students to view resources within the Blackboard session. Instructors can add materials by logging into an easy-to-use web interface at https://reserves.library.emory.edu/ To seek assistance or ask any questions, please contact Ask A Librarian .
On display through March 2015, the opening reception for the WHSC Library exhibit “When the Emory Unit Went to War” took place on June 13th. In attendance were several relatives of Edward C. Davis, founder of the World War I Emory Unit; also in attendance was Thomas Claiborne Jr., the son of Major T. Sterling Read More …
The SOM Class of 2018 began their orientation July 21st and will begin their first full day of classes this coming Monday, August 4th. This incoming class includes: 144 students 75 women; 69 men Age Range 21-28; mean 23 years 64% of students include “non-traditional” students who did not matriculate into medical school immediately after Read More …
The 2013 Impact Factors are now available via Journal Citation Reports. These are the most recent Impact Factors. The 2014 metrics will become available in late July 2015. 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 last two Read More …
EMBASE is a European-based literature database offering worldwide biomedical coverage, excellent for drug, pharmacology and disease literature searching. Create search strategies using keywords and indexing terms just as in PubMed. Quick filters available to the left of search results allow users to quickly narrow down to a drug, disease, medical device, or study type. While Read More …
The Health Sciences Center Library has acquired a license to Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination online. The online platform is not OS dependent so users can also view it on their mobile devices. The URL for Bates’ is: http://pid.emory.edu/ghpgh. The Bates’ online has increased functionality by updating videos from its original series, adding Read More …
Visit the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library’s Specialized Software Lab to stream the recently added ArcGIS tutorials from Lynda.com. ArcGIS is a mapping and spatial analysis software tool used in various industries. In addition to ArcGIS, Lynda.com offers tutorials in productivity software such as Excel, Access, and Photoshop. For a list of tutorials, click here. Read More …
Please join the WHSC Library on Friday, June 13, 2014 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm as we host an open house for the exhibit, “When Emory Went to War.” This exhibit explores Base Hospital 43, a unit comprised of doctors, nurses, and the enlisted hailing from Emory during World War I and World War Read More …
The Specialized Software Lab in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library will temporarily have only one computer available for use. The dual-boot Mac features access to Lynda.com tutorials, as well as SPSS, R and R Studio, FileMaker, Keynote, EndNote 6 and the Microsoft Office Suite. The 3 remaining PCs which contained our Geospatial and Qualitative Read More …