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New Nursing Resources Available

New Nursing Resources Available

As of July 1, 2018, the University of Utah community has access to 2 new nursing resources:   Nursing Reference Center Plus An evidence-based point-of-care resource to quickly answers nurses’ clinical questions. It includes multimedia (e.g. videos and images), nursing management topics, care plans, leadership and management, continuing education modules, and additional skills. This resource […]

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Community Read – Summer 2018: I’ll Go and Do More

Community Read – Summer 2018: I’ll Go and Do More

This summer the Office of Health Equity and Inclusion, the Native American Summer Research Internship (NARI) program, and Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (EHSL) are co-sponsoring the reading of:  I’ll Go and Do More by Carolyn Niethammer.  Starting on June 14th the community is invited to gather at NOON in the lower level of EHSL, enjoy a light lunch, and have a lively discussion of the book

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2018 EHSL Award Winners

2018 EHSL Award Winners

Congratulations to all award winners this year! Erica Lake–2018 Consumer Health Librarian of the Year. Molly Knapp–2018 Virginia L. and William K. Beatty MLA Volunteer Service Award. Donna Baluchi–2018 MLA Scholarship for Minority Students. Mellanye Lackey received an AAHSL Scholarship.

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Leveling Up Library Support for a Games Studies Program

Leveling Up Library Support for a Games Studies Program

Christy Jarvis and Nancy Lombardo of the Eccles Health Sciences Library collaborated with Roger Althizer from the Entertainment Arts and Engineering program and Tallie Casucci, Greg Hatch and  Anne Morrow of the Marriott Library on a presentation at the Utah Library Association annual meeting on May 17, 2018.  The Entertainment Arts and Engineering (EAE) program […]

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New Library Catalog | Usearch interface

New Library Catalog | Usearch interface

As you search for books, journals, articles, digital items from Campus Libraries,  you’ll notice the Library Catalog | Usearch new interface as of May 11, 2018. New Search:  search for anything, then use filters, listed in left column to limit results. Journal Search:  Find online, electronic journals by title. Fetch: (Citation Linker) Find full text of […]

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Exploring VR and AR at the EHSL

Exploring VR and AR at the EHSL

I have a cool job. I’m a student intern at the Eccles Health Sciences Library. I seek out emerging technologies–things like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR)–and then I play with them. These are fringe technologies that didn’t exist 5 years ago, but increasingly, healthcare providers and researchers are seeing the potential of tech-assisted […]

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Library Award Given to Bench-2-Bedside Team 2018

Library Award Given to Bench-2-Bedside Team 2018

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Endo-Grip team win $2000 Library Award The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and the J. Willard Marriott Library co-sponsor the annual $2000 Library Award given at the Bench-2-Bedside Competition Night. This year, the Library Award went to the Endo-Grip team. One of the members of Endo-Grip, Amir Ali Ghaffarian, spoke to us about his team and his experience. Who makes […]

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New Nursing Journals Available at Eccles

New Nursing Journals Available at Eccles

We’re pleased to announce that the Eccles Library has recently acquired access to 65 new journals as part of the LWW Nursing package.  Check out the new titles! Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal Advances in Neonatal Care Advances in Skin & Wound Care Annals of Plastic Surgery Biomedical Safety & Standards Cancer Nursing: An International Journal […]

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Podcasting at the Tree of Hippocrates Studio

Podcasting at the Tree of Hippocrates Studio

  The Tree of Hippocrates Education Studio is retiring. After 5 great years, The Tree of Hippocrates Education Studio is closing as of April 1, 2023. A major construction and renovation project will soon be underway at the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, and the anticipated noise and space needs will require a different […]

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