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NLM Launches Emergency Access Initiative Granting Free Access to Books and Journals for Healthcare Professionals Fighting Ebola Outbreak

Posted on August 25, 2014 by ebrown

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) has been activated to support healthcare professionals working on the Ebola public health emergency in West Africa. The EAI is a collaborative partnership between NLM and participating publishers to provide free access … Continue reading →

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ILLiad System Downtime

Posted on August 18, 2014 by ebrown

The ILLiad system for requesting articles and books will be unavailable from August 15, 4 p.m. to August 25 as we prepare for the new UMID login.

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A-Z Journal List Back Up

Posted on August 18, 2014 by ebrown

We were temporarily experiencing problems accessing the A-Z journal list.  The problems have been cleared up and the A-Z list is now working correctly.

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A-Z List of Journals Down

Posted on August 18, 2014 by ebrown

We are currently experiencing problems with the A-Z journal list.  Please access journals through the Library Catalog while we work to resolve the issue.

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ILLiad System Downtime

Posted on August 13, 2014 by ebrown

The ILLiad system for requesting articles and books will be unavailable from August 15, 4 p.m. to August 25 as we prepare for the new UMID login.

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New Ebola Virus Disease Subject Guide

Posted on August 11, 2014 by ebrown

Check out the HS/HSL’s new Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) subject guide for trustworthy information resources and the latest headlines from the CDC, WHO, New York Times and others.

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Essential Science Indicators Cancellation

Posted on August 11, 2014 by ebrown

For the past year the MPower Virtual Research Library initiative has licensed Essential Science Indicators for researchers and students at UMB,UMCP, and the Universities at Shady Grove. Unfortunately, the MPower Virtual Research Library budget was reduced this year to the … Continue reading →

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NCBI Webinar August 13th: Using the New NCBI Variation Viewer to Explore Human Genetic Variation

Posted on August 7, 2014 by ebrown

On August 13th, NCBI will host a webinar entitled “Using the New NCBI Variation Viewer to Explore Human Genetic Variation”. This presentation will show you how to find human sequence variants by chromosome position, gene, disease names and database identifiers … Continue reading →

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ClinicalKey Cancellation

Posted on August 6, 2014 by ebrown

For the past year the MPower Virtual Research Library initiative has licensed ClinicalKey for researchers and students at UMB,UMCP, and the Universities at Shady Grove. Unfortunately, the MPower Virtual Library budget was reduced this year to the point where we … Continue reading →

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Access Pharmacy Discontinued

Posted on July 17, 2014 by ebrown

For three years the Health Sciences and Human Services Library and the School of Pharmacy have co-funded a pilot to provide access to McGraw-Hill’s AccessPharmacy to all of UMB.  For a number of reasons including escalating resource costs, the inability … Continue reading →

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