Do you need to order an article or book that the HS/HSL does not have access to? UMB faculty, staff and students can order interlibrary loans for free using our ILLiad service.

From the HS/HSL’s homepage choose “Request Articles & Books” and click on the big blue button that says “Login with UMID and Password.”  If you are a first time user there will be a short registration process (you will need the 14-digit number on the back of your UM One Card id badge).

Next, choose which type of request you need from the list on the left-hand side of the page: journal article, book, or book chapter.  Fill in the required citation information in the form and click the blue “Submit Request” button.

You can also make requests when you are searching databases.  If you need something we do not own, click on the yellow “Find It” button and choose “Order a Copy of This Item.”  You will be directed to the ILL form with the citation data already filled in.  You just have to click “Submit Request!”

Join us on Tuesday, February 24th from 5:00pm – 6:00pm in the HS/HSL’s Weise Gallery to discuss library hours, safety and more.  Snacks and drinks will be served. Let us hear from you!

An article in the February 2015 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology found that, “Systematic reviews with librarian or information specialist co-authors are correlated with significantly higher quality reported search strategies. To minimize bias in systematic reviews, authors and editors could encourage librarian engagement in systematic reviews including authorship as a potential way to help improve documentation of the search strategy.”

Librarians at the HS/HSL are expert searchers who can support faculty investigators in conducting comprehensive literature searches for systematic reviews. Are you planning a systematic review?  Our Systematic Review Service can help!

In May 2015 we will conclude the two-year celebration of the establishment of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library, and we are going out on top! After two years of top-notch symposia, workshops, parties, and exhibits.

Save the date! On April 15th mark your calendar for our final symposium – “What’s Next…?” – where we will examine health and well-being from individual, institutional, and societal perspectives. We’re putting together some great national and local panels to probe into where we are going and how our world will look in another 10 years. Stay tuned. So get your taxes done early, and plan on coming.

Our final exhibit is a brand new one from the National Library of Medicine entitled, “Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Disease.” This exhibit has been at the National Library of Medicine at NIH for a number of years. It is finally going on the road, and the HS/HSL will be one of the first libraries to host it. Whet your appetite for the exhibit by visiting the NLM site.

And if you haven’t done it already, take the elevator to the fifth floor of the HS/HSL and turn left to see a wall-mounted exhibit highlighting the library’s history.