News about the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
Hello and welcome to a Virtual Walkthrough of the physical exhibit “History of Teaching Medicine at Emory University” located at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library. Due to Covid-19 we’re doing a virtual walk-through of our current exhibit. We’ll be looking at the exhibit case by case, continuing with Case 2 this week. Origins of Read More …
Hello and welcome to a Virtual Walkthrough of the physical exhibit “History of Teaching Medicine at Emory University” located at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library. Due to Covid-19 we’re doing a virtual walk-through of our current exhibit. We’ll be looking at the exhibit case by case, starting with Case 1. Origins of Teaching Medicine Read More …
Emory Digital Collections (https://digital.library.emory.edu/) is a new comprehensive digital repository platform to manage and provide long term access to unique and rare digital assets, whether they are digitized physical materials, or existing digital material acquired from donors or submitted by researchers and students on campus. Over 12,000 digital objects are now available, the majority of which can be accessed by the public Read More …
In Spring Semester 2020 the WHSC Library is highlighting print and e-book titles on compassionate medicine in a temporary collection called Compassionate Perspectives: Personal Narratives of Science and Health Care. All print books are available for checkout and can be found in the temporary collection display area behind the Information Desk upon entering the library. Read More …
In 2018, Woodruff Health Sciences Center faculty at Emory University published 24 manuscripts, with titles ranging from Seeking Symmetry: Finding Patterns in Human Health to Boo Boos & Butterflies “Elixirs & Extracts: A Celebration of Emory’s Health Sciences Writers” is a new exhibit at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, running throughout the upcoming Fall Read More …
In Spring Semester 2019 the WHSC Library is highlighting the print and e-book collections around scientific writing and communication. All print books are available for check out and can be found in the temporary display behind the Information Desk upon entering the library. A full list of the recommended books and e-books on scientific writing 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.
Congratulations to the scavenger hunt winners who correctly answered questions about the recent exhibit, And There’s the Humor of It: Shakespeare and the Four Humors. This travelling exhibit, curated by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, was on display at the WHSC Library through April 22. The exhibit was also on display in the Jones Room Read More …
The Exhibit Shakespeare created some of the most memorable characters in literature. His understanding of human nature and personality was influenced by humorism, an ancient medical theory about how bodily fluids determined a person’s physical and mental health, as well as personality. The National Library of Medicine’s exhibit, “And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare Read More …
Recently, the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library exhibited “From DNA to Beer,” an exhibit by the National Library of Medicine. The exhibit explored how bacteria, yeasts, and molds can cause sickness and restore health, and it highlighted how scientists have harnessed these microbes to manufacture both new medicines and potent potables. On February 23, the Health Read More …