Category Archives: Announcement
HS/HSL seeks COVID-19 Stories and Experiences from UMB Community
In an effort to capture the UMB Community’s experiences during the current pandemic for future researchers Historical Collections in the Health Sciences and Human Services Library has launched a project: UnMasking a Pandemic: Stories from UMB during COVID-19. The project … Continue reading
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Tagged Archival Collecting, Coronavirus, covid-19, UMB History
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NIH “All of Us” Research Program Begins Beta Testing of Data Platform: Researchers Invited to Give Feedback
In partnership with our participants—now nearly 350,000 and counting—we’re working to build one of the world’s largest and most diverse datasets to advance health research. Today, we’re happy to announce that we’ve opened our research platform, the All of Us … Continue reading
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Virtual Library Resources & Services Over the Summer
Virtual HS/HSL services and resources will remain unchanged during the Library’s Summer Session, which runs from Tuesday, May 26 – Sunday, August 16. The one exception is that there will be no Reference Service on Sundays beginning May 31.
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Reference Service is Closed for the Memorial Day Holiday, May 23, 24, 25
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Include Your Data in the UMB Data Catalog!
Do you have a dataset you’ve been meaning to share, but just haven’t gotten around to it? Now is a perfect time! Results of a recent survey on how life scientists have adapted to COVID-19 restrictions indicate that 43% of … Continue reading
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Baltimore Sun Wins Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting: How Do I Read it Online?
The Library is often asked about how to read newspapers like the Baltimore Sun, New York Times, and Washington Post online. It’s simple, search our database list for National Newspapers Core & Baltimore Sun. One important caveat to note is … Continue reading
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Explaining COVID-19 Using Plain Language
Recent news stories related to populations that are being hit hardest with COVID-19 have brought to light the need for information written at a reading level that is accessible to everyone, also known as plain language. This can be a challenge … Continue reading
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Upcoming Webinar on Sharing, Discovering, and Citing COVID-19 Data and Code in Generalist Repositories
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health is hosting a free webinar for researchers to learn how to share, discover, and cite COVID-19 data and code in generalist repositories on Fiday, April 24 from 2:00-3:45 … Continue reading
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HS/HSL 3D Printing for Health Care Workers in Response to COVID-19
Here is an update on our progress so far: 20 face shield headband sets have been delivered to the local MD Makers Unite effort (based at Open Works here in Baltimore). There they will be sanitized and assembled with clear … Continue reading
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Meet Online With Your Librarian!
Librarians from the Health Sciences and Human Services Library are happy to meet online, via Webex, for research consultations. We can help with your literature search, teach you to use a citation manager, collaborate on your systematic review, and more. … Continue reading