Tag: Collection Highlights

WHSC Library Collection Highlights: Medical Controversies and Conspiracies

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

Now on display at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library are highlights on medical controversies and conspiracies, available in print and electronic format. Controversy and medicine have been near-constant companions throughout human history. From vaccines conspiracies including autism links, safety considerations, and hesitancy. To quackery and conspiracies, offering miracle cures or unsafe practices, this display Read More …

Highlighting Emory’s Breast-Cancer Related Publications for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The WHSC Library is recognizing October as Breast Cancer Awareness month by highlighting the research being done by Emory University faculty, staff, and students. The following link in PubMed highlights the over 1700k peer-reviewed publications from Emory authors, including 80 clinical trials in novel treatment efforts and 24 systematic reviews and meta-analyses, representing the highest Read More …

WHSC Library Collection Highlights 100th Anniversary

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

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 …

Moving Forward, Looking Back: A Retrospective on WHSC Library Exhibits

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library is proud to announce the opening of our latest exhibition, Moving Forward, Looking Back: A Retrospective on WHSC Library Exhibits.   The exhibition highlights the efforts of Emory faculty and library staff, past and present, to tell the history of medicine, nursing, public health, and the health sciences from an Read More …

NEJM Evidence now available through Emory Libraries

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The library now provides access to NEJM Evidence, a monthly digital journal from New England Journal of Medicine Group, that presents original research in clinical trial design and clinical decision-making. NEJM Evidence focuses on providing context and critical evaluation of the methods and results supporting clinical decision-making. Access is open to all Emory University faculty, Read More …

WHSC Library Collection Highlights the History of Medicine

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The Past is Present: Medical History highlights from the WHSC Library collections Now on display at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library are highlights from the history of medicine collections, in print and electronic format. Primary historical works as well as modern approaches to historical topics are featured in this selection of books on medical Read More …

WHSC Library Collection Highlights: Social Determinants of Health

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the issue of healthcare disparities and related inequalities to the forefront. This fall’s collection highlight’s display features books on systemic racism, socioeconomic discrimination, access to education, the physical environment, social support, and health equity in contemporary and historical perspectives. The titles examine these problems and offer potential solutions to help improve Read More …

WHSC Library Reading Collection Highlights: Neuroscience

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

Now on display at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library are highlights from the neurology and neuroscience collections, in print and electronic format. From addiction, ethics, and athletics, to the shaping of our personalities and identities, explore the role of the brain from different perspectives in the fields of neurology and neuroscience. In print An Read More …

Celebrating Women’s History Month 2022: Providing Healing, Promoting Hope

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The following is adapted from the original post created by Jennifer Elder, Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies librarian for Libraries News, March 16 2022 The theme of Women’s History Month 2022 is “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” This theme was chosen by the National Women’s History Alliance to acknowledge “the ceaseless work of caregivers and Read More …

WHSC Library Reading Collection Highlights: Coming Back, Together

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

In Fall of 2021, the WHSC Library staff welcomed Emory faculty, students and staff back to campus after nearly a year and a half of world-wide upheaval amid an international health crisis.  As we once again return to in-person campus activities for the Spring, the Library is continuing to highlight resources in our Coming Back, Read More …