Database access through the HS/HSL website is currently down. Library IT have been notified and are working to resolve the issue. You can still search databases, including MedLine and CINAHL, through the OneSearch box on the HS/HSL website.
Database Access Down
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Meet the Makers: Drs. Karen Gordes & Sandra McCombe-Waller
“Building Collaborations Between Information Technology Students and Physical Therapy Students”
Dr. Karen Gordes, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dr. Sandra McCombe-Waller, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Wednesday, February 7, 2018, 12pm to 12:45pm
Health Sciences and Human Services Library, Gladhill Boardroom
Join us for our Meet the Makers emerging technology speaker series hosted by the HS/HSL Innovation Space.
Drs. Karen Gordes and Sandra McCombe-Waller will discuss their NSF-grant funded collaboration with UMBC Department of Information Systems to create custom assistive devices for physical therapy and rehabilitation patients.
Karen Gordes, PT, DScPT, PhD
Sandra McCombe-Waller, PT, PhD
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Reserve 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 our staff have the know-how to help you practice and deliver the best presentation possible.
The soundproof studio is equipped with a podium, wall-mounted LCD panel, video recording equipment, a netbook computer, lighting and microphones.
To save a video presentation, be sure to bring your own storage device, such as a laptop, SD card or flash drive (8GB for 40 minute presentation; 16GB for 80 minutes; 32GB for two hours.)
A computer workstation with video/audio editing software is available by appointment:
Adobe Full productions Suite:
- Premiere- video editing
- After Effects- processing/effects
- Photoshop- filters/still images
- Illustrator- vector work (masks/motion paths)
- Flash- web animation
- Audition- audio editing
- Lightroom- superior image RAW editing
Sony Suite:
- Vegas- video editing
- ACID- audio loop editor/soundtrack creator
- SoundForge- audio editor
- DVD Creator- author playable DVD’s with menus
Open-source:
- Avidemux (video editing)
- VirtualDub (video capture)
Teleprompter
- iKan Elite iPad Teleprompter running ElitePrompter on a dedicated iPad with Bluetooth remote for adjusting scrolling speed.
- Allows the view-through filming with prompted text during the video recording process
Plugins:
- “Magic Bullet”
- “TrapCode Particular” and “Datamator”
- “GenuineFractals”
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HS/HSL Closed for Martin Luther King Holiday, 1/15/18
The HS/HSL will be closed on Monday, January 15th in honor of the Martin Luther King holiday. We will resume our regular Spring semester hours on Tuesday, January 16th.
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New Resource: Thieme MedOne Neurosurgery
A new resource from Thieme Publishers, MedOne Neurosurgery, is now available in the HS/HSL’s A-Z list of databases. It contains: 186 e-books, 418 procedures, 225 cases, 85,600 images, 1,102 videos and the Greenberg Rapid Review (8th ed.) training center for self-testing.
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Scheduled Network Maintenance Alert – January 9th
There will be a scheduled network outage from 2:00 AM – 6:00 AM on Tuesday, January 9, 2018. College Park campus network engineers will be upgrading campus network equipment and software. This outage will affect all of the following HS/HSL resources: access to electronic databases and journals, online catalog, Find It (full-text), EZproxy, and ILLiad.
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Leisure Reading at HS/HSL
The Leisure Reading Collection offers an alternative to the library’s health sciences and human services content. The collection includes magazine subscriptions and a small circulating collection of fiction and non-fiction material. Find the Leisure Reading Collection on the first floor of the library across from the Information Services Desk. The collection was generously donated by Dr. and Mrs. William J. Kinnard, Jr.
If you have a suggestion for what you would like to see in the Leisure Reading Collection, you can recommend a resource here.
HS/HSL Spring Hours
Early Spring: Jan. 2 to Jan. 15
Monday to Thursday, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Exception to regular hours:
Closed Monday, Jan. 15, for Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
Regular Spring: Jan. 16 to April 30
Monday to Thursday, 6 a.m. to 1 a.m.*
Friday, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday, 8 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Exception to regular hours:
Closed Sunday, April 1, for Easter holiday
Early morning hours for UMB students:
Between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m., Monday through Friday, enter through the SMC Campus Center with your UMB ID or UMMC ID. Library services and access to classrooms begin at 8 a.m.
*Floors 3, 4, and 5 and library services close at 10 p.m. From 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., Floors 1 and 2 are for those with a current UMB ID, UMMC ID, or USM campus ID. Visitors and those with library memberships may not enter the building after 8 p.m. and must leave the building by 10 p.m.
Scheduled Network Maintenance, Dec. 28th, 7am-11am
Over the holiday break, UMCP has scheduled a rolling network outage for December 28th with a window of 7am-11am. As College Park hosts the servers for some HS/HSL services, during this timeframe the following systems/services are expected to be unavailable for no more than 30 minutes:
- Remote access to e-resources (databases and journals)
- Online library catalog
- ResearchPort
- FindIt button
- Availability information within One Search
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Happy Holidays Card From HS/HSL to You
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