News about the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
Every day the Woodruff Health Sciences Center (WHSC) Library’s librarians and informationists work with students, faculty, and staff at the WHSC’s schools and divisions on locating, selecting, managing, and using information for teaching and learning, patient care, and research projects. They also engage in other work supporting the missions and goals of these units in Read More …
This Thursday, April 4th 2019 from 6 pm-8 pm, please join the Emory Libraries in learning more about how HIV impacts women in Atlanta; the event will take place in the Rita Anne Collins Room in the Grace Crum Rollins Building: 1518 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322. The keynote speaker, Damaris Henderson, is Read More …
Genetics, lifestyle choices, and the environment all play a role when it comes to the emergence of diverse chronic and terminal diseases. Join Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in the Rollins School of Public Health for a presentation on heart diseases and factors that impact the prevalence of heart disease and how clinical research has Read More …
Kevin Bradford collaborated with clinicians at Grady Hospital to complete “Deprescribing Medications for Chronic Diseases Management in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials” in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. PMID: 30108032. Kimberly R. Powell collaborated with Jennifer Elder, Woodruff Library, to publish “A bibliometric services workshop for subject Read More …
NEJM has fixed the problem with Journal Watch. Users can now access it off the Emory network via the proxy: http://www.jwatch.org.proxy.library.emory.edu/. If you have any questions regarding Journal Watch, please contact “Ask a Librarian.”
There has been continuing access issues to the library’s subscription to NEJM Journal Watch, preventing Emory users from accessing it through Emory’s proxy server. NEJM cotinues to work to resolve the problem. As a temporary solution, Emory users can access NEJM Journal Watch when on the Emory University Network, i.e. Emory University’s IP by going directly Read More …
The WHSC Library is featuring an exhibit that gives a glimpse of medical education in Emory’s School of Medicine through the years. On display are Emory School of Medicine records, 1916–2016, photographs, textbooks, medical instruments, and other interesting artifacts from the WHSC Library’s archives. Information regarding the exhibit cases can be found here.
Journal Watch users may have noticed problems trying to access it recently. There has been a technical issue that has prevented Emory users from accessing it; NEJM is working to resolve the problem. We are in constant contact with NEJM to have the issue resolved as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please Read More …
During the week of March 18th, expect to see some changes to the WHSC Library’s website. The navigation tab “Services” will be renamed “Using the Library;” the modified section will feature various resources and services to faculty, staff, and students. The new formatting should prove to be more concise and user-friendly.
The access issue associated with NEJM Journal Watch through Emory’s proxy server has been resolved. Users can now access Journal Watch via the proxy server, which means that access is also available when not on the Emory University network. Users will have to login with their Emory University NetID and password, starting next week. If you encounter any Read More …