The University of Cincinnati Libraries will be closed Monday, Jan. 19 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Libraries will resume normal hours on Tuesday, Jan. 20.
UC Libraries Closed Monday, Jan. 19 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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2026 Systematic Review Workshop Series
The University of Cincinnati Libraries is again offering the popular series of workshops on systematic reviews. Through these students, staff, and faculty can learn about and work through various components of the review process – from protocol to data extraction – with the support of experienced librarians. Attendance at each session is not required, so pick those that best fit your need! More information and registration can be found at OneStop.
Recordings and PowerPoints will be shared with all those that register. Please let us know if you have any questions!
Health Sciences Library Resources
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!
- HSL Popular Resources: https://guides.libraries.uc.edu/hsl-popular
- Allied Health Sciences Resources Guide: https://guides.libraries.uc.edu/CAHS
- College of Medicine Resources: https://guides.libraries.uc.edu/com
- Nursing Resource Guide: https://guides.libraries.uc.edu/nursing
- Pharmacy Resources Guide: https://guides.libraries.uc.edu/HSL_pharmacy
If you are interested in exploring all databases, check out the A-Z database list.
Contact the HSL if you encounter any issues finding, accessing or using the library’s resources!
New Nursing Resource Spotlight – Dynamic Health – CDS + Skills
By Lynn Warner
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.
Dynamic Health can be accessed through the Nursing Resource Guide, as well as through the UC Libraries A-Z Database list.
Resources contained in Dynamic Health include:
- 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
To learn more about using Dynamic Health, you can sign up for live trainings offered through Ebsco.
Questions? Reach out to the Health Sciences Library!
Learning 3D imaging in the Preservation Lab
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:
- Jessica Ebert – UC Libraries, Preservation Lab
- Catarina Figueirinhas – UC Libraries, Preservation Lab
- 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.
Langsam Library offers extended hours during exams
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.
Bronson v. Board of Education digital exhibition
Written by Julianna Witt and Catherine Cubera
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.
Continue readingJoin us Nov. 19 for an afternoon of poetry at the next Poetry Stacked event
The University of Cincinnati Libraries and the Elliston Poetry Room announce the next roster of poets for Poetry Stacked, a semi-regular poetry reading series held in the 6th floor east stacks of the Walter C. Langsam Library.
At the next event, scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 4:30pm, three poets will read their original work:
Kim Jacobs-Beck is the author of Luminaries and a chapbook, Torch. Her poems can be seen in Museum of Americana, Great Lakes Review, West Trestle Review, Nixes Mate, Gyroscope, SWWIM, and Apple Valley Review, among other journals. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Milk & Cake Press. Kim is professor of English at UC Clermont College.
Matt Hart is the author of 12 books of poetry, including most recently FALLING FINE: Selected & New Poems. His poems, reviews and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous print and online journals, including American Poetry Review, Big Bell, The Kenyon Review and Poetry, among others. From 1993-2019, he was a co-founder and the editor-in-chief of Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety. Currently, he lives in Cincinnati where he plays in the post-punk/indie rock band NEVERNEW and edits, solders, and publishes the poetry journal SOLID STATE.
Bella Gordo is a creative writing student at UC, where she is an intern for Short Vine Literary Journal and the vice president of Cincinnati Poetry Collective. She edits the zine Cincinnati Girlfriend with her roommate in hopes to spread awareness of the revolutionary potential of bug life in the Queen City.
In addition to reading their poetry, each poet will speak briefly on their experience as an editor.
Continue readingOctober, National Medical Librarians Month
By Lynn Warner
October is National Medical Librarians Month, and a great time to take a moment and recognize the hard work of everyone at the HSL. To celebrate Medical Librarians Month, you may have seen Health Sciences Librarians Debbie Reichler, Melissa Previtera, and Lynn Warner manning pop-up tabling just outside of the HSL, handing out candy and talking about the library to UC students, staff, and faculty.
If you have not taken advantage of the many resources we have to offer at the HSL, here are just some of the many ways we support students, faculty, and staff:
- We find and share trustworthy, accurate information in ways that are easy to access and understand.
- We provide expert searching and research support.
- We use technology to help manage data and streamline research processes.
- We provide instruction both in classrooms and whenever you need help.
- We create spaces that inspire, bring people together, and offer support.
- The Winkler Center gathers and shares the history of our institution.
- And we work to find even the most hard-to-locate pieces of information.
New online collection features caricatures of notable scientists
When William B. Jensen (1948-2024), the Ralph E. Oesper Professor of the History of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati from 1986-2024, was a student at the University of Madison-Wisconsin taking the History of Chemistry class, he sketched caricatures of the chemists he was learning about. While Aaron Ihde lectured, Jensen would select a chemist and caricature them based on the portraits found in Ihde’s textbook, “The Development of Modern Chemistry” (1964).
Now available online via JSTOR, the UC Libraries online collection contains the 33 original, hand-drawn caricatures of notable chemists and physicists Jensen penned between 1970 and 1974. They are held by the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. The collection was scanned and digitized by the UC Libraries Digital Initiatives Team.
Throughout the years, Jensen would submit the caricatures to appear in scientific journals and publications, and reported that there was interest in reproducing them on t-shirts, coffee mugs and even an album cover. Jensen eventually published the caricatures in a 2010 booklet, “Chymists: That strange class of of mortals: Caricatures of famous chemists with a few physicists and biologists,” which was recently published digitally.
Upon Jensen’s death in 2024, the collection was acquired by the Oesper Collection in April 2025.
The Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry is a nationally recognized collection of scientific artifacts, books, journals, photos and prints related to the history of chemistry. They are a joint venture of the University of Cincinnati Libraries and the UC Department of Chemistry. They were founded in 1986 by William B. Jensen.