News about the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
In honor of October as National Medical Librarians Month, the WHSC Library is celebrating the 13 publications authored by our Informationists over the past year (with four more in the pipeline as Epub ahead of print. Many of our librarians spend weeks and months collaborating on intensive evidence synthesis projects such as systematic reviews, providing Read More …
The WHSC Library invites you to our 100th Anniversary Celebration Event, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Patricia Brennan, director of the National Library of Medicine! Where: Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building auditorium When: Thursday, September 14, 3:30pm – 5:30pm, Reception to Follow This free, in-person event is cosponsored by Emory’s Center for AI Learning. Click Read More …
This fall, we’re offering two new one-hour workshops to our class lineup: Advanced PubMed Searching, and Searching Embase! Advanced PubMed Searching will cover the building blocks of advanced searching, from using MeSH terms and keywords to Boolean operators and truncation. Users will learn how to navigate the MeSH database and build an effective, comprehensive search Read More …
The SOM Class of 2027 began its orientation this week. This incoming class includes: 141 students 71% women; 29% men Average age of students: 24 30 students identify as individuals in an under-represented minority group in medicine 89% of students have been out of college for a year or more; 30% have been out of Read More …
In the United States, July is Disability Pride Month. This recognition is to mark the 1990 enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a landmark U.S. rights law that extended civil rights protections to persons with disabilities and assured that all Americans would benefit from their talents. The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library is committed Read More …
Now on display at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library are collection titles related to our 100th Anniversary. These books highlight the history of health sciences libraries, the profession of health librarianship, and the history and impact of medical education at Emory University. Also included are selected works by eminent Emory faculty; from scholarly books Read More …
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library is pleased to celebrate the accomplishments of Shenita Peterson who has been selected as a recipient of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) Leadership Diversity Scholarship. Shenita serves as one of the Public Health Informationists and is the Systematic Review Service coordinator. Shenita joined the Emory University Read More …
The WHSC Library will begin summer hours on Sunday, May 7th. Please see below for further details: Beginning May 7, 2022: Regular Summer WHSC Library Hours Sunday: 11AM-10PM Monday-Thursday: 8AM-10PM Friday: 8AM-6PM Saturday: 10AM-6PM Sunday May 28 – Monday, May 29, 2022: CLOSED in observance of Memorial Day. Sunday June 18 – Monday, June 19, Read More …
Researchers, authors and students are invited to join an upcoming webinar to become more familiar with ORCID and it’s benefits. Beginning in November 2022, Emory has launched and Emory-ORCID connect campaign requesting all University researchers to connect their ORCID profiles with their Emory data. This 30-second action allows university systems to read a researches claimed Read More …
The following event has been postponed from its original April 18 date. The event will be moving to an all-virtual format with details to follow. The Oral History Program at Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library will hold a panel discussion and view videos from a recently acquired collection Read More …