News about the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
Due to Emory’s current policies and recommendations around social distancing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the following event has been canceled. Emory University’s History Department is celebrating the publication of Prof. Sharon Strocchia’s recent book, Forgotten Healers: Women and the Pursuit of Health in Late Renaissance Italy, on Wednesday, March 25, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm, Read More …
Arts at Emory and the Center for the Study of Human Health is presenting an evening of music, humor and fun. Anne McSweeney (Social Worker/Educator) and Tom Willner (Playwright/Cancer Survivor) join forces to invigorate and re-energize healthcare professionals who work so hard for their patients. Using a fun, “back and forth” banter-style – this presentation Read More …
Emory Libraries is seeking input about online learning tools that would help students understand concepts related to the use of library resources and services. Students, we want to hear about your online learning experiences and what types of online learning tools (e.g. tutorials, videos, infographics, etc.) would be most helpful. Faculty, we would like to 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 …
Have you heard? A new PubMed interface will replace the current version in 2020. A new, updated version of PubMed is now available at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=emorylib. Click on the announcement banner at the top of the home page. New features include: More responsive and streamlined interface Inclusion of Results by Year graphs for literature trends visualization Read More …
On November 7, 2019 the Auscultation Classroom launched on AccessMedicine. This new multimedia resource provides students with the ability to hear an abnormal heart sound while simultaneously watching a graphic of the intracardiac abnormality. The students learn proper auscultation techniques for each murmur. The modules also discuss basics regarding clinical findings associated with the murmurs. Read More …
On Thursday, October 24th the Emory Libraries will host an ORCID iD sign-up event aimed at encouraging graduate students, post-docs, and fellows to create a persistent author ID. An ORCID iD helps authors and researchers claim and track their work across their career and future institutional affiliations. Many journal publishers and funding agencies now require Read More …
The previous Lasergene server and IP address needed to be suddenly retired. But a new virtual server is up and running! The easiest way to switch to the new server is to go to software express: http://it.emory.edu/software/ and download version 16 of Lasergene. Instead of entering the IP address please enter the hostname: whlaserwebprod1.cc.emory.edu. If Read More …
The University Libraries now offers a Chrome extension which streamlines access to full-text PDFs in journals licensed by the libraries. Currently, the extension works on PubMed and a number of direct publishers’ websites. Go to the Chrome Store and search for and install the libkey nomad (as seen below) by clicking on “Add to Chrome.” Read More …
The WHSC Library is constantly updating its eBook collections which can be found by searching the University Libraries catalog discoverE. See below for a few of the most recent eBooks now available. Good Enough: The Tolerance for Mediocrity in Nature and Society Teaching with Technology in Nursing and the Health Profession: Strategies for Engagement, Quality, Read More …