Check out the newest Library Savvy Tutorial: Getting Started in RefWorks.

Now through January 7th the Weise Gallery is housing, Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War exhibit. The exhibit highlights the experience of injured soldiers during the Civil War and the years following and focuses on disabled veterans and their roles as symbols of a fractured nation. Click here for more information.

This exhibit is sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.

Please note that the HS/HSL will close at 5 pm on Wednesday, November 23rd and will remain closed on Thursday and Friday, November 24th-25th for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Regular Weekend hours will resume on Saturday, November 26th.

The HS/HSL offers free workshops to all University of Maryland Faculty, Students, and Staff, and to all UMMC Staff. Registration is free!

This weeks workshops:

Medical Apps for Mobile Technology in 30, Tuesday November 8th, 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm, LL03

What’s the Impact?  Journal Citation Reports and Eigenfactor Basics, Wednesday November 9th, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, LL03

Click here for full course descriptions and registration

Quertle uses advanced semantics to find results in PubMed. It is especially useful for questions that focus on relationships such as cause and effect. Along with PubMed, Quertle also includes whitepapers, full-text articles from BioMed Central and more. You can find the link to Quertle in our A-Z list of databases. Try it out .

The HS/HSL AskUs! service is using new software that allows the user to find answers in a knowledge base before they even send us a request. We’ve included information from our FAQ’s and How do I? pages so you can search keywords and find answers instantly. If you still need our help, we will respond quickly. It brings together the ability to email, chat and now even text us questions at 410-695-6362.  Try it out!

Monday, October 31, 2011 from 3:00 – 4:00 pm, HS/HSL Weise Gallery 

Free treats!  Prizes!  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans! Enjoy Halloween snacks and celebrate Harry Potter with the HS/HSL (costumes optional).  Complete the Potter Puzzle before or during the event for a final chance to win one of four $25 gift certificates.

 The exhibit “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine” is on display from September 18 – November 5 in the HS/HSL Weise Gallery.  For information, click here or call 410-706-7996.

National Medical Librarians Month – Come help us celebrate what we do!

Take a break and join us at the Library for refreshments on Wednesday, October 26^th, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., to celebrate National Medical Librarians Month. Mix and mingle with the librarians of HS/HSL and learn about all the different ways we can work together to enhance the work you do!

The HS/HSL offers free workshops to all University of Maryland, Faculty, Students, and Staff and UMMC Staff. This weeks workshop:

Facebook Privacy in 30, Tuesday October 25th, 12:30pm-1pm

Psychosocial Instruments, Wednesday October 26th, 12pm-1pm

For full course descriptions and registration, click here

Ever wish you could take potions class like Harry Potter? Take a break from your academic routine at the HS/HSL on Wednesday, October 19th for the next event in the Harry Potter Series.

Lecture: The Medicinal Magic of Modern Compounding: Potions Class for the 21st Century

Richard Dalby, Professor and Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy

Wednesday October 19th,  12:oo pm – 1:00 pm, Distance Education Room Lower Level (LL02)

Professors Richard Dalby and James Polis will provide a modern twist on Potions Class by explaining how pharmacists compound medications to meet critical patients care needs. Using colored dyes in place for drugs, they will demonstrate how creams, thermosetting gels, powder papers or capsules can deliver customized medications to patients.

The exhibit “Harry Potters World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine,” is on display at the HS/HSL Weise Gallery from September 18th – November 5th. For more information click here or call 410-706-7996.