Category Archives: Announcement

NLM Launches Emergency Access Initiative Granting Free Access to Books and Journals for Healthcare Professionals Fighting Ebola Outbreak

Posted on August 25, 2014 by ebrown

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

Posted on August 11, 2014 by ebrown

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

Posted on August 7, 2014 by ebrown

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

Posted on August 6, 2014 by ebrown

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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Coming Soon! Use Your UMID to Request Articles and Books (ILLiad)

Posted on August 1, 2014 by HSHSL

On August 26th, UMB faculty, staff, and students will be able to use their UMID and password to access ILLiad, the system that allows you to place article and book requests. A separate password for ILLiad will no longer be … Continue reading →

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Access Pharmacy Discontinued

Posted on July 17, 2014 by ebrown

For three years the Health Sciences and Human Services Library and the School of Pharmacy have co-funded a pilot to provide access to McGraw-Hill’s AccessPharmacy to all of UMB.  For a number of reasons including escalating resource costs, the inability … Continue reading →

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Work Study Library Assistants Needed at HS/HSL

Posted on June 16, 2014 by ebrown

The Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL) is in need of library assistants at the circulation desk on nights and weekends. To apply, email your resume as a PDF or Word document attachment to Rachel Gleiberman, HR/Budget analyst. In your email please … Continue reading →

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Upcoming HS/HSL Workshops

Posted on June 9, 2014 by ebrown

The HS/HSL offers free workshops to all UMB Faculty, Students, and Staff, and UMMC Staff. Upcoming workhops include: RefWorks, Tuesday June 17th, 12pm-1pm. Learn how to create and manage your own web-based citation management system. Navigating the Library in 30, … Continue reading →

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Notable Tech Trends: Quantified Self, Learning Analytics, and Big Data

Posted on May 27, 2014 by ebrown

A new column from the latest Connective Issues newsletter by Bohyun Kim, our new Associate Director of Library Applications and Learning Systems. Notable Tech Trends: Quantified Self, Learning Analytics, and Big Data One of the recent major technology trends to … Continue reading →

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Work Study Library Assistants Needed at HS/HSL

Posted on May 27, 2014 by ebrown

The Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL) is in need of library assistants at the circulation desk on nights and weekends. To apply, email your resume as a PDF or Word document attachment to Rachel Gleiberman, HR/Budget analyst. In your email please … Continue reading →

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