Monthly Archives: June 2012

Eccles Health Sciences Library has expanded its subscription to the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) to include: General Neuroscience Immunology and Infection Clinical and Translational Medicine   JoVE is a peer-reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to the publication of biological, medical, chemical and physical research in video format. If you are not familiar with JoVE [...]

“PeerJ is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal. Initially, it will be publishing Research Articles in the Biological and Medical Sciences. It will aim for rapid decision making and will publish articles as soon as they are ready… PeerJ operates a ‘Lifetime Membership’ model. Unlike many Open Access publications which charge authors per publication, PeerJ [...]

The plastic sheeting no longer hangs from the ceiling, and visitors can see clearly into the new offices on the second floor. Once HVAC adjustments and the final inspection are completed, library faculty can finally move into new offices! While we have referred to this as a recent remodeling project, it actually began in the [...]

Discussion of health literacy in relation to patient-physician communication, encouraging healthy behavior, and the complexity of our healthcare system.

Our LinkOut icons in PubMed have a new look. See our PubMed example. When viewing the “abstract” display from the library’s link to PubMed, you will see our new icons for either online fulltext, “Eccles Online” or the physical print volume, “Eccles Print” which is available in the physical journal collection, located lower level of [...]

Opening for Mauger Collection of acrylic and watercolor artwork was very successful. See more pictures on our Facebook page.  

New interactive map showing health literacy levels across Canada.