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Due to upgrading software, the Library Catalog (USEARCH) may be temporarily unavailable May 26 – June 2, 2011. As an alternative, use WorldCat to find items in libraries near you. Please contact us with questions or concerns.
Read ArticleThe Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library is hosting TOXNET and Beyond: Using the National Library of Medicine’s Environmental and Toxicology Portal webinar on Wednesday, June 1 and Friday, June 3. Stephanie Publicker, from Specialized Information Services, will present these two sessions via Adobe Connect. Please join us in the Eccles Health Sciences Education Building, […]
Read ArticleAs noted in the iMedicalApps blog: Statistics from the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet (link here) show that the prevalence of diabetes in the U.S. is 8.3% or 25.8 million people. In 2007, the total cost of diagnosed diabetes in the U.S. alone reached $174 billion. It is clear that diabetes is a major healthcare […]
Read ArticleAre you having trouble managing your citations? Do you wish there was a way to share citations with your colleagues? Have you dreamed of a tool that can help you insert references directly into the paper you’re writing, while helping you build a bibliography? If so, today’s your lucky day. The Eccles Library is offering […]
Read ArticleUndergoing surgery can be frightening at the best of times. But for children, surgery can be terrifying. At the Shriners Hospital in Chicago, child-life specialist Kia Ferrer has developed an iPad app that will provide a kid-friendly virtual walk-through of their treatment. As noted in Medill Reports, Ferrer explains that: “With Keynote, an iPad application […]
Read ArticleIn April 2011, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) released its Embryo mobile app. Using images from the National Museum of Health and Medicine’s Carnegie Embryo Collection, this free app shows images of early stage human embryos for mobile devices. Features include human fertilization videos, photo micrographs of early-stage embryo development, 2D and 3D digital […]
Read ArticleAccess to the HSEB parking garage will be closed Saturday, April 30, 2011, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. to allow construction crews to trench and install chilled water lines leading to the pharmacy research building.
Read ArticleAs noted in the iMedicalApps blog, researchers in the UK wanted to test whether a mobile app designed to educate health care providers on advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) protocols would improve performance in simulated emergencies. Low, Clark, Soar, et al (2011) performed a randomized control trial using the iResus app, and recently published their […]
Read ArticleOn Monday, April 18, 2011, Amanda Etches-Johnson gave the 2011 Priscilla M. Mayden Lecture on the topic “From Usability to User Experience.” Designing websites, she explains, should focus not on what the software does, but on what the user does with it. Important design questions to ask include: How easy is this site to learn? […]
Read ArticleDo you enjoy reading eBooks? Are you looking for good sources of eBooks? The Designers Terminal Design Blog has posted a list of 15 Best Websites To Find And Download eBooks. Do you have an eBook site to recommend? Tell us about it!
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