News about the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
On December 16, Emory University library systems will upgrade the software used for cataloging, circulating library materials, and managing e-resources. This upgrade will also improve access to the increasing number of electronic books available across the Emory libraries. As part of these changes, on December 21, the interface and display for ejournals will have a different Read More …
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library will shortly upgrade to DynaMed Plus. Look for the new product to be available here at Emory in the next month! DynaMed Plus clinical topics will feature a section called Overview and Recommendations, providing quick background information and graded, evidence-based management recommendations. ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes are given for Read More …
The newest version of DNA Star Lasergene is now available from Software express. This software is freely available to current Emory faculty, staff, and students. Attention Mac users: Lasergene versions 12.3.1 and earlier are incompatible with the latest update of the OS X El Capitan. Please use the Lasergene 12.3.2 upgrade which corrects the incompatibility. Read More …
The 2015 International Open Access Week will be celebrated Oct 19-25. This year’s theme is Open for Collaboration. Open access buttons are available at the WHSC Library Information Desk to show your support. What is Open Access? Take a look at this quick video: Open Access in Four Minutes Open Access Journals provide a model Read More …
The Health Sciences Center Library has installed additional power outlets for users to power up devices such as laptops, tablets, and phones. The six new power hubs can be found in the Courtyard area on the upper level of the library, and are very much in demand. For questions regarding the new outlets and other Read More …
GIDEON (Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network) is a global infectious disease knowledge management tool. Continuously updated information includes: Clinical Build a differential diagnosis based on travel history, symptoms, and laboratory data Review a summary of clinical disease information, including incubation period, diagnostic tests, typical therapy View country-specific travel information View information on anti-infective drugs Read More …
Currently, EndNote X7’s Cite While You Write feature is not supported by Mac Office 2016. While a patch to fix the issue will be released this fall, there is a workaround so that Mac Office 2016 users can still use EndNote X7. Office 2016 users can use EndNote’s “Format Paper” option until the patch is Read More …
The Computing Center at Cox Hall now offers a 3-D printing and Scanning lab. Since, opening in January 2015 the printing lab has had about 75 object requests related to biology, art history, architecture, and others. Project requests are open to all Emory students and faculty. Visit the TechLab at Cox Hall Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm Read More …
The WHSC Library is constantly updating its eBook collections. Links to some key clinical eBooks appearing in resources such as AccessMedicine, Clinical Key and Books@OVID are available under the “Select eBooks” listing on the Clinical Resources page of the library website. Even more eBooks can be found by searching the University Libraries catalog discoverE. See Read More …
Want to see a video on how to do a procedure that is accompanied with detailed instructions and relevant images? The WHSC Library offers over 400 procedures videos through the Clinical Key subscription. To access videos, log in with a valid Emory NetID and password. Once in Clinical Key, search for a topic, or limit results Read More …