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Measure Your Research Impact With the HS/HSL

Are you interested in learning more about measuring the impact of your research? Collaborate with a faculty librarian to quantify your research impact for promotion, tenure, or grant applications or to otherwise gauge the impact of your work. We can … Continue reading

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Try the Embase Database!

Try Embase! Covers overs 7,000 active, high quality peer-reviewed journals Contains over 1,800 biomedical titles not offered by PubMed Covers more drug literature than PubMed Covers more international publications than PubMed Includes conference proceedings

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Monday February 16th HS/HSL Closing at 10:00 PM – Inclement Weather

Due to inclement weather, the HS/HSL will be closing early at 10:oo pm on Monday, February 16th.

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Join Us For a Student Town Hall Meeting, Feb. 24th 5PM-6PM

Join us on Tuesday, February 24th from 5:00pm – 6:00pm in the HS/HSL’s Weise Gallery to discuss library hours, safety and more.  Snacks and drinks will be served. Let us hear from you!

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Librarian Co-Authors Correlated with Higher Quality Reported Search Strategies in General Internal Medicine Systematic Reviews

An article in the February 2015 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology found that, “Systematic reviews with librarian or information specialist co-authors are correlated with significantly higher quality reported search strategies. To minimize bias in systematic reviews, authors and editors could encourage … Continue reading

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Searching for Funding Opportunities? Try the COS Pivot Database

Community of Science (COS) Pivot database answers the growing demands on research developers to quickly discover the right funding opportunities and effectively collaborate with their colleagues. Pivot combines a comprehensive, editorially maintained database of funding opportunities worth an estimated $33 … Continue reading

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The End is (Almost) Near – For the HS/HSL’s 200th Anniversary Celebration!

In May 2015 we will conclude the two-year celebration of the establishment of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library, and we are going out on top! After two years of top-notch symposia, workshops, parties, and exhibits. Save the date! … Continue reading

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Spring Workshops at the HS/HSL

The HS/HSL will be offering a series of free workshops to all UMB faculty, students and staff. These workshops cover a variety of topics. Learn how to better search for biomedical literature in PubMed or Discover Embase. Get an introduction … Continue reading

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New Resource: ACM Digital Library

The ACM Digital Library provides full text of every article ever published by ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and bibliographic citations from major publishers in computing.

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HS/HSL Closed Monday January 19th

The Health Sciences and Human Services Library will be closed Monday, January 19th, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will resume regular hours on Tuesday, January 20th.

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