Category Archives: Technology
🔔Update on ERIC Database Changes
Following an earlier announcement regarding funding reductions, the U.S. Department of Education has renewed its contract with AEM Corporation to continue ERIC’s operations under a more restricted scope. No existing content has been removed from ERIC, but users may notice … Continue reading
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Tagged database funding, ERIC
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ERIC Database Faces Major Setbacks Amid Federal Funding Cuts
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), an essential indexing database for education and the social sciences, will experience a significant reduction in content and curation beginning April 24, 2025, due to federal budget cuts. ERIC’s collection dates back to the 1960’s … Continue reading
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LibKey Nomad++ Trial: The HSHSL Requests Your Feedback!
If you already use the LibKey Nomad browser extension, you know how easy it makes it to access the Library’s full-text content, even when you start your research on the open web – at PubMed.gov, Google Scholar, Wikipedia, or publisher … Continue reading
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Tips for New Students
With the fall semester in full swing, the HSHSL would like to share some tips to help you get the most out of your time at UMB. Need to study with a group, or just want to have a space … Continue reading
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Tagged charging station, consultations, LibKey Nomad++, new students, reference, room reservations, tips, YouTube
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AI and Information Literacy: A Guide to GenAI Tools
Explore the HSHSL’s guide on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and information literacy. Learn how GenAI tools such as ChatGPT work, how to analyze their outputs critically, cite them properly and more!
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Tagged AI, GenAI, information literacy, subject guide
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Learn R this summer with CDABS
The Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) will be holding two R workshops in July. The sessions will be held in-person at the HSHSL on July 24th and July 25th from 12:00pm to 2:00pm . Space is limited so … Continue reading
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Tagged bioinformation, CDABS, data, R programming, RStudio
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Love Data Week 2024 Starts Monday, Feb 12
Love Data Week (Feb. 12 to 16) is an international celebration of all things data! Each year, the Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) looks forward to engaging our community … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Baltimore, CDABS, data, dmp, dmptool, Love Data Week
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Understanding Algorithmic Bias
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF Understanding Algorithmic Bias Algorithm. Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence. We might feel like we are encountering these terms more and more every day, and yet they can remain mysterious and intimidating to those who do not … Continue reading
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Tagged AI/ML, Algorithmic Bias, CDABS, Coded Bias Film, data
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Coded Bias: Film Viewing & Discussion
Join the Health Sciences and Human Services Library for a virtual discussion of the film Coded Bias. Coded Bias, directed by Shalini Kantayya, explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini´s startling discovery that facial recognition does not … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, Artificial Intelligence, Coded Bias Film, Inclusive AI, Machine Bias
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Coded Bias: Film Viewing and Discussion
Join the Health Sciences and Human Services Library for a virtual discussion of the film Coded Bias. Coded Bias, directed by Shalini Kantayya, explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini´s startling discovery that facial recognition does not … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, Artificial Intelligence, Coded Bias, Film Viewing
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