Most Recent Journal Impact Factors Now Available

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 …

Looking for Literature Beyond PubMed? Try EMBASE

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 …

Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination now available online

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 …

Temporarily Limited Access to Specialized Software Lab

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 …

New URL for Old Course Reserves

Emory Libraries is migrating to a new course reserves system as of May 14.  Instructors may continue to use the old ReservesDirect system through the summer with access via this url: https://old-ereserves.library.emory.edu/. More information about using the new system will be made available later in the summer. The WHSC Library will assist instructors as requested. Read More …

Graduating soon? You may be eligible for complimentary Science Direct access.

Elsevier is a large publishing company that produces Scopus and Science Direct among many other resources and publications.  See if you qualify for complimentary 6 month access to ScienceDirect.  This could be a great way to stay on top of recent publications in your field before landing that first research position. From the Elsevier Scopus Read More …

Change Coming to Electronic Course Reserves

Emory Libraries will migrate to a new course reserves system on May 14, 2014.  Instructors will have the option to continue using the current ReservesDirect system through the summer.  Information about using the new system will be made available in May.  The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library will assist instructors as requested. For summer 2014 Read More …

Looking for recent clinical data? Try ClinicalTrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov is a freely accessible federal registry of clinical studies on human volunteers maintained by the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Each record presents summary information about the disease or condition, the tested intervention, approved study protocol, participation requirements and study contact information.  Additionally, many records include study results such Read More …

Health Care Emerging Technologies and Market Research reports available through BCC Research

From medical robotics to mobile health to digital pathology, BCC Research publishes over 250 market research reports annually. These extensive reports provide market forecasts with statistical and analytical information on applications, industry structure and dynamics, technology shifts, and international developments.  Recent reports include: Intravascular ultrasound equipment Cardiac biomarkers Computer assisted surgery In Vitro toxicity testing Read More …