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Try the Presentation Practice Studio
The Presentation Practice Studio provides University of Maryland, Baltimore students, faculty, and staff with the space and technology resources to practice, record, and develop presentations as well as to refine public speaking skills. We Can Help You The studio has the technology and … Continue reading
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Request a Research Consent Form Review
Are you an investigator preparing a research protocol submission to the IRB? This service may be of interest! HS/HSL librarians serving on the UMB Institutional Review Board have noticed that many research consent forms are written above the recommended reading … Continue reading
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UMB Experts Webinar – March 12th, 10:45am-11:15am
UMB Experts Webinar March 12, 2015 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. Use UMB Experts to identify collaborators and their work by searching profiles of faculty across disciplines at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. This free online session will demonstrate how to: … Continue reading
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Need an Article or Book the HS/HSL Does Not Have? Get Free Interlibrary Loans!
Do you need to order an article or book that the HS/HSL does not have access to? UMB faculty, staff and students can order interlibrary loans for free using our ILLiad service. From the HS/HSL’s homepage choose “Request Articles & … Continue reading
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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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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 Strategic Planning – An Update
The HS/HSL strategic planning team spent most of the past year building our strategic planning knowledge base through strategic listening, food events, surveys, and follow-up conversations with anyone who will talk to us. We’ve accumulated quite a bit of data. … Continue reading
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