Category Archives: Announcement
MeSH on Demand – Text to Terms Translation
The National Library of Medicine has released MeSH on Demand, a tool that can be used to find relevant MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) by inserting a section of text. On the MeSH on Demand web page, text such as a … Continue reading
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SciVal is now UMB Experts!
Need to find a colleague to collaborate with? Over the summer, HS/HSL faculty assumed support for the SciVal collaborative faculty research profiles tool. SciVal is now UMB Experts. Over the next few months, UMB Experts will be updated and edited, and … Continue reading
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Student Health Advocates Redefining Empowerment (SHARE) Project Curriculum Released
The Health Sciences and Human Services Library at University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) announces the release of the Student Health Advocates Redefining Empowerment (SHARE) Curriculum. Empowering High School Students This curriculum was developed as the result of a three-year “Health Information Resource Grant … Continue reading
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New HS/HSL LibX Library Toolbar – Find Full-Text Articles Faster
The HS/HSL LibX toolbar is a brower add-on for the FireFox and Chrome web browser. The greatest benefit from using the LibX toolbar is saving time in obtaining full-text articles and other library resources during your research. Already familiar with LibX? … Continue reading
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Fall Workshops
The HS/HSL will be offering a series of free workshops throughout the Fall Semester to all UMB Faculty, Students, and Staff, and UMMC staff. Topics covered include: PubMed, RefWorks, Grant Proposal Writing, and Leveraging Research Impact Data for Tenure and … Continue reading
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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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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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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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ClinicalKey Cancellation
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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