Students preparing for the upcoming annual Graduate Research Conference on March 13, 2017 are discovering the Health Sciences & Human Services Library’s value in the research process.

Each school’s faculty librarian can meet with students to retrieve relevant articles from quality databases and demonstrate efficient management of these references using RefWorks.

The Library’s Presentation Practice Studio is ideal for practicing oral presentations. Taping your presentation for later review is also an option.

The HS/HSL is now offering Poster Printing to all UMB faculty, students, and staff and University of Maryland Medical Center staff. Posters are printed on 42″ x 60″ Glossy Paper and are available for pickup within 2 business days after submission.

In addition, any student, staff or faculty preparing to present at a professional meeting, table clinic or defend a dissertation is encourage to contact their school’s faculty librarian.

School of Dentistry graduate student tests the new fountains.

The Library Genie Strikes Again!

One consistent request the Genie received was for updated water fountains in the HS/HSL.  Six new water bottle filling stations have been added, one on each floor, to replace the outdated models.  The new water bottle filling fountains are fast and curtail waste by reducing the number of plastic water bottles we use.  There is even a nifty counter on each fountain to calculate how many plastic bottles we’ve saved so far.

We hope you enjoy these new fountains as much as we enjoyed acquiring them for you and in making the HS/HSL a more pleasant and convenient place for everyone.

The Library has 45 study rooms available for group use throughout the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th floors. Most are available without reservation on a first come, first served basis. Four study rooms on the HS/HSL’s second floor and ten on the third floor may be reserved for group study.

Priority is given to UM faculty, staff and students.

Each room has a table and chair, white board, wireless and plug-in internet connection, and electrical outlets. Additionally, most study rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floor are equipped with LCD panels to facilitate collaborative study.

White board markers are available to be picked up at the Information Services Desk.

Feel free to bring in snacks and drinks while you’re studying.

Guidelines:

• Study rooms are meant for groups of two or more.
• Rooms may be reserved up to three hours a day. Hours do not need to be consecutive.
• You may reserve rooms up to three weeks in advance.
• Study rooms must be reserved at least one hour before use.
• Rooms are self-monitoring. If someone is in a room that you have reserved, kindly ask them to leave or go to the Information Services Desk and ask for assistance.
• UM faculty, staff & students may reserve rooms using their University of Maryland email address.

Reserve a room today.  Questions? Please call the Information Services Desk at 410-706-7995.