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HS/HSL Closed Labor Day Weekend
The HS/HSL will be closed Saturday 9/29 – Monday 9/1 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Regular hours will resume Tuesday 9/2.
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NIH Issues Finalized Policy on Genomic Data Sharing
The National Institutes of Health has issued a final NIH Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) policy to promote data sharing as a way to speed the translation of data into knowledge, products and procedures that improve health while protecting the privacy … Continue reading
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NLM Launches Emergency Access Initiative Granting Free Access to Books and Journals for Healthcare Professionals Fighting Ebola Outbreak
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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