The Health Sciences Library provides access to hundreds of resources – from journals and books to flashcards and test banks.
It can be difficult to find and access these resources (we know our website is a bit clunky) so our librarians have created libguides to provide easy access to popular and subject specific resources. Be sure to bookmark the links that are relevant to your areas!
Our newest Nursing Resource is Dynamic Health – CDS + Skills. This resource not only replaces Nursing Reference Center Plus subscription; it includes many of the same great features and more. Dynamic Health combines everything you need–skills checklists, clinical answers, and evidence-based guidance–all in one simple tool designed for nurses and allied health professionals. All of the content is reviewed and edited by experts in the field and thoroughly cited using credible references. Users can even claim continuing education credits by using the resource. There is also an option to download the Dynamic Health app, so you can always have the resource handy.
Cultural Overviews – focuses on caring for patients from various faiths and heritages
Diseases/Conditions – detailed overviews of diseases and conditions
Signs/Symptoms – guidance on possible medical conditions
Tests/Labs – information on imaging tests, lab tests, assessments, and diagnostic procedures
Interventions – guides to treatments and actions
Skills – contains nursing, health profession, clinical assistant, cultural care, and patient instruction skills
Drug Monographs – with information from Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses
Patient Handouts – patient-friendly information on diseases & conditions, procedures & tests, health & wellness, and discharge instructions. All can be printed in PDF format, many in a variety of languages.
Leadership – topics related to leader development, human resources, professional development, case management, and more
The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce the 2026 cohort selected to complete coursework to earn a Digital Curation Certificate from Library Juice Academy. Through a competitive application process, a State Library review committee selected the following 15 participants, and will manage their enrollment in the six-course series:
Alexis Ferguson, Galion Public Library
Amy Beam, Terra State Community College
Anna Helming-Sampson, Wright State University Special Collections and Archives
Ashlyn Grubb, London Public Library
Aurora Charlow, Ohio University
Christian Davell, Wright Memorial Public Library
Hannah Kemp-Severance, University of Akron
Holly Burdoff, Euclid Public Library
Julie Carr-Trebelhorn, CEAS and Science Libraries, University of Cincinnati
Katie Gable, College of Wooster
Lindsay Miraglia, Wayne County Public Library
Mary McKinley, Green County Records and Archives Center
Michael Sherfly, Public Library of Mount Vernon & Knox County
Nester Rave, Sandusky Library
Rachel Rembold, Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of Health Professions, Health Sciences Library, University of Cincinnati
“I’m delighted to see such a varied cohort, representative of all types of institutions, selected for this year’s Library Juice Academy Digital Curation Certificate program,” expressed Evan T. Struble, associate state librarian. “The State Library strives to ensure that library staff around the state have the tools and training necessary to digitally preserve their collections, and that takes on even greater importance in 2026 as we head into the U.S. Semiquincentennial and the history-focused celebrations that are sure to take place.”
This program uses federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded to the State Library of Ohio to cover the cost of enrollment. This award-winning Digital Curation Certificate is designed to build skills for work in digitization, digital preservation, metadata creation and more, and is suitable for those interested in the work whether they have prior experience or not.
Questions regarding the Library Juice Academy Digital Curation Certificate cohort may be addressed to library consultant, Penelope Shumaker, at pshumaker@library.ohio.gov.
The UC Office of Research supported repository UCFigshare is now available for data deposits resulting from any Federal Funder. If you are funded by any of the 15 federal agencies such as NIH or NSF which have a data sharing requirement as part of the grant, you can contact the UCFigshare team and request access to deposit. The UCFigshare website provides instructions on how to request storage, upload datasets, and use the system. It also provides important budget considerations.
Research data sharing has been encouraged as a part of grant funding since the publication of the 2013 Holdren memorandum entitled “Expanding Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research”. The 2022 Nelson OSTP memorandum accelerated the timeline and included required sharing the article and the data supporting without embargo as soon as the grant period ends. Under the recent May 2025 executive order entitled Restoring Gold Standard Science, this is still the case that federally funded research data needs to be shared per the agency policy (1). It is now required to indicate the repository where you will share the data as part of the data management and sharing plan (DMSP).
Agencies with Updated Policies Published but not yet in Effect
ACF | ACL | Census | CMS | CPSC
Even if your research is not funded by a federal agency, sharing research data can benefit a researcher greatly. Research data sharing accelerates research discovery, facilitates research reproducibility, helps identify issues with the data, and increases research impact. Sharing the data and other research outputs such as registrations, protocols, code, and preprints helps the next generation of researchers better understand and reuse the outputs. Data sharing comes with the cost of extra time invested to create good documentation and uploading the data and other project associated research outputs to the designated repository. Planning from the start of any project can help ease this additional labor. These planning steps are also part of writing the DMSP accompanying a grant application. Some recommended steps (2) are:
Identify a data repository as early as possible for the informed consent forms and to specify in the DMSP
Establish a file naming convention and organization
Include file-level Information
Keep track of sensitive information
Keep memos about analytic decisions
Create a “data narrative” and a readme file
Prepare your data for sharing
Make a human readable form and a raw / machine readable form
(1) Badger, K., Biszaha, A. Sadvari, S., and Walsh, M., 2025 Federal Sponsor Updates to Article and Data Sharing [Webinar]. Ohio State University Library. 12-11-2025. Personal communication.
(2) Karcher, Sebastian; Kirilova, Dessi; and Page, Christiane, “Sharing and Managing Qualitative Data” (2019). Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs. 2. https://surface.syr.edu/miga/2
On a cold, snowy Friday at the end of the semester,The Preservation Lab hosted a 3D imaging workshop where two professors from UC’s College of Design, Architecture, Art & Planning (DAAP) taught 3D imaging techniques to a small group of imaging colleagues from Ohio and Michigan labs.
The instructors, Jordan Tate and John-David Richardson, both teach photography in DAAP. Previously, Jordan cross-collaborated with Jessica Ebert from the Preservation Lab on imaging the Assyrian Cornerstone, found in the collection of the Archives and Rare Books Library. Jordan demonstrated 3D imaging techniques and Jessica demonstrated how to do Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI).
Participants in the Friday, Dec.12th workshop were:
Erin Wilson – Ohio University Libraries, Preservation & Digital Initiatives
Matt Carissimi – The Ohio State University Libraries, Digitization
Sidney Gao – UC Libraries, Digital Initiatives Team
Biz Gallo – Library of Michigan, Digitization Initiatives
Dustin Wood – New South Associates/Veterans Affairs History Office (Dayton), Digital Archives & Museum Imaging Specialist
The object photographed came from the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions.
The Yoruba, Luba or Luluwa/Lulua Statue (circa 1800—1900) was presented by “the Interns & Residents Wives Club, 1974” to the University of Cincinnati Hospital. The statue’s distinct shapes and facial features match most closely to the sculpture style of the Yoruba, Luba or Luluwa/Lulua. The figure appears to be working with a mortar and pestle, and was made for sale, rather than ceremonial or cultural use.
The Preservation Lab provides the full suite of preservation services to the University of Cincinnati Libraries. The Lab’s expertise is in book and paper conservation, with services available in general circulating materials repair, single-item conservation treatment, housing, exhibition prep and preservation consulting.
The use of 3D imaging in preservation is crucial as it creates an accurate visual record of an object before and after treatment. It allows conservators to examine often fragile objects in close detail without touching, and possibly damaging, the structure. In addition, 3D imaging provides a visual record for students and researchers to view and study.
Need a place to study for exams? Working late on a class project? The Walter C. Langsam Library has extended building hours now through exams. Sunday – Thursday, the building is open until 3am. The Desk@Langsam will maintain regular hours. The Exam hours are listed on the Libraries website.
The Archives and Rare Books Library is excited to announce a new ARB digital exhibition that has been completed and is now accessible online. This digital exhibition was a part of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People project to process and create a finding aid for the NAACP Bronson v. Board of Education of the City of Cincinnati records through the National Historical Publications & Records Commission grant we received in November 2024.
Due to inclement weather, the University of Cincinnati campus will close from 7 a.m. Dec. 2, 2025, until 7 a.m. on Dec. 3, 2025. This closure applies to all UC Libraries locations except for the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, which will be open Tuesday, Dec. 2 from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
As I’m writing this, it is my one-year anniversary as UC Libraries’ digital content specialist. Or, as I like to say, “social media girl.” It has been a year full of learning, collaboration and new experiences. One of those experiences being a trip to the great city of St. Louis, Missouri, to attend the 2025 Library Marketing and Communications Conference with my Comm Team partner, Melissa Cox Norris. This was not only my first conference as a UC Libraries staff member, but also my first conference as a working professional.
Throughout the two-day conference, we attended sessions covering topics such as how to build an engaging library program, maximizing the features of Canva, creating accessible graphic design materials and even finding the most efficient ways to measure the success and reach of social media content. Some of my favorite takeaways were:
A storyboarding template for creating engaging and organized reels and short videos
A point system for auditing and calculating the success of social media posts
Key functions and shortcuts for creating specific effects in Canva
Shared experiences from other library marketers on how they create captivating events for patrons that highlight the purpose of the libraries while still simply being fun
We also had the chance to hear from some amazing keynote speakers. Scott Bonner, Director of Ferguson Municipal Public Library District, spoke about the library’s service to the people of Ferguson following the killing of Mike Brown in August 2014. He went into detail about how the library was able to provide safe spaces, as well as places for teachers to have class time while school was out of session due to riots. It was an incredibly real and insightful perspective on how libraries, and really any kind of public service, can make a difference during a crisis.
On a non-conference related note, I had the chance to enjoy some St. Louis staples, including a Blues game (they beat Calgary 3-2), Imo’s pizza and toasted ravioli and Charlie Gitto’s Restaurant on the Hill. And of course, I can’t forget about The Gateway Arch. Thanks to Melissa for all the fun suggestions! It was a great first conference experience, and I am so excited to visit St. Louis again in the future.
