The Health Sciences Library (HSL) is now loaning iPads to UC students and faculty. There are 10 iPads available to lend. You may reserve an iPad but a reservation is not required.
How to check out and return an iPad: Continue reading
Category Archives: HSL
SciFinder: Use “Other Sources” link to locate full-text
New name for full-text link in SciFinder
Important tip & update for SciFinder users! The database has changed its former “Full Text” links to the non-intuitive phrases “Other Sources” and “Link to Other Sources” on the brief and full record displays, respectively. The links still function the same as before, but are now represented by these new phrases. Contact Ted Baldwin with questions, Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu or 513-556-4211.
Brief display (results list):
Full record display (after clicking on article title):
“Life of the Mind” Lecture Series Returns March 26 with Dr. Jeffrey Whitsett Presenting
UC President Santa J. Ono will moderate the discussion on the theme of “Technology and Innovation in Medicine.”
Life of the Mind, interdisciplinary conversations with UC faculty, will return March 26, 4-5:30pm in TUC 400ABC with a lecture by Jeffrey Whitsett, MD, professor of pediatrics in the College of Medicine, as well as co-director of the Perinatal Institute and chief of neonatology, perinatal and pulmonary biology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Life of the Mind is a semi-annual lecture series that features a distinguished University of Cincinnati faculty member presenting his or her work and expertise. A panel of three responds to and discusses the lecture from diverse perspectives. The series includes intriguing insights from diverse perspectives and encourages faculty and students from across UC to engage in further discourse. The presentation is not simply a recitation of the faculty member’s work but promotes an informed point of view. Continue reading
Don Jason Named Alumnus of the Year
Congratulations to UC Libraries’ Don Jason for being named Alumnus of the Year from the Information Architecture Knowledge Management program at Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science. We are proud to have you among our ranks!
Don is the Clinical Informationist in the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library. Read more about Don and the work of his fellow UC Libraries’ informationists in a recent Source article.
UC Libraries’ Tiffany Grant to Attend Georgia Biomedical Informatics Course
Tiffany Grant, research informationist in the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, has been accepted into the Georgia Biomedical Informatics course to be held April 12-18, 2015.
Organized by the National Library of Medicine, this week-long survey course is designed to familiarize individuals with the application of computer technologies and information science in biomedicine and health science. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on computer exercises, participants will be introduced to the conceptual and technical components of biomedical informatics. Acceptance into the course is a competitive process. Kristen Burgess, UC Libraries’ assistant director for research and informatics, attended previously.
March 5th Webinar: NCBI and the NIH Public Access Policy
On Thursday, March 5, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST, NCBI will host a webinar outlining how to use My NCBI to report public access policy compliance for NIH grant holders. Topics include:
- The NIH Public Access Policy
- The NIHMS and PubMed Central submissions
- Creating My NCBI accounts
- Use of My Bibliography to report compliance to eRA Commons
- Using SciENcv to create biosketches
Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4507901281168213249
New and Improved DynaMed Mobile App!
Get the latest point-of-care information you need on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device more quickly and easily with the new and improved DynaMed™ mobile app. The new app provides:
- Seamless authentication
- Easy access & improved user experience
- Offline access
- Bookmark favorites
- Ability to email topics or write & save notes
UC Libraries to Present Workshop on Research Practices
Workshop Announcement:
On March 11 and 12, UC Libraries will sponsor the Center of Open Science for a workshop on reproducible research practices.
This workshop is free for attendees. There are two opportunities to attend, with same content offered at each session. Please register by Monday, March 2 at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UCCenterOpenScience
- Wednesday, March 11, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, East Campus (Health Sciences Library, MSB G005G Electronic Classroom)
- Thursday, March 12, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, West Campus (Langsam Library 480)
Charging Station Now in Health Sciences Library
A goCharge charging station has been installed in the Health Sciences Library Computer lab opposite the computer lab helpdesk. The goCharge charging station provides a secure locker where you can charge your cell phones, smart phones and tablets.
- Choose a locker and connect your device to one of the three appropriate cables for your device.
- Close the locker and press the ‘C’ button. After a beep sounds enter a four-digit code and press the button with a lock icon. A beep code will sound to let you know that the locker secured.
- To retrieve your device just follow the same procedures: press the ‘C’ button, enter your four-digit code and press the lock button.
- If you forget your four-digit code, go to the Circulation desk for help.
There is no charge to use the goCharge system…