UPDATE: The scheduled redesign of PubMed has launched as of October 29, 2009.
HSL has added additional classes to our schedule to ensure that you have opportunities to learn more about how this redesign changes the way we search in Posted By Ginny Bunch on Monday, 19 October, 2009 at 12:16 PM
The UNC Libraries Scholarly Communication Committee invites you to a panel on perspectives on Open Access on Monday, October 19, 2009. The discussion will take place from 3:30-4:30pm in Davis Library, room 214.
Celebrate Open Access week! Join us as notable members across the academic community comment on their experiences with open access publishing. How does it work? Who can participate? Has it made anyone's life easier? Come find out!
Panelist include James Boyle, Professor, Duke Law School; Phil Edwards, Instructor, UNC SILS; Posted By Ginny Bunch on Friday, 16 October, 2009 at 9:44 AM
What is Open Access?
Open Access (OA) literature is digital, online, and freely accessible to anyone, any time, any where in the world. OA is possible through the internet and the consent of the author and the copyright holder. Most scientific OA literature is peer-reviewed. OA literature is not free to produce. Costs are paid up front rather than charging for access.
Why should I care?
OA reduces access barriers due to spiraling costs of scholarly publications. OA enhances visibility, accessibility, and impact of research.
Where can I find Open Access articles Posted By Ginny Bunch on Friday, 16 October, 2009 at 9:21 AM
The UNC Health Sciences Library will host a gallery talk on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 on the relationship between art and medicine. The talk, “Reflecting the Medical Sciences through Art,” is held in conjunction with “Learned in Science, Explored in Art,” an exhibit of paintings by Dr. Wolfgang Ritschel, professor emeritus at the University of Cincinnati.
A painter and sculptor, Ritschel holds doctorates in medicine, pharmacology and philosophy, and a master’s degree in pharmacy. Thirty-five of his paintings and collages are on disp Posted By Ginny Bunch on Monday, 12 October, 2009 at 10:35 AM
October is Archives Month, with a theme of "Celebrating the American Record" as designated by the Society of American Archivists, and October 19-25th is North Carolina Archives Week. Archives are essential to the historical record, and include a wide range of document types, including such things as letters, legal records, transcripts, photographs, reports, manuscripts, ephemera, artifacts, realia, tapes, and materials in electronic and other formats as well.
The University of North Carolina holds vast archival collections, and finding aids (or guides) to the collections can be found for a large number of these in the Posted By Daniel Smith on Thursday, 8 October, 2009 at 6:17 PM
The HSL is pleased to join the Department of Social Medicine in hosting Lisa Sanders, MD, New York Times Magazine "Diagnosis" columnist and technical advisor to House, M.D.
Join us in the Medical Biomolecular Research Building (MBRB), Room 2204 on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 from noon-1pm. Sanders will read from her latest book, Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis.
Want to discuss the book? Discussion groups will be held in room 328 of the Health Sciences Library during the weeks before and after this event. For more details and to register for a discussion group, visit our Posted By Ginny Bunch on Monday, 14 September, 2009 at 4:44 PM
The Carolina Curator blog was recently cited as one of the "100 Best Curator and Museum Blogs" by OnlineUniversities.com.
The blog is an open-ended forum for the history of the health sciences, and serves to alert readers to news and events, useful resources, as well as highlight the activities of HSL's Special Collections and UNC generally. To see current and archived posts, visit the Carolina Curator online. Congratulations to Daniel Smith, JD, HSL's Special Collections librarian, who is the mind behind the Carolina Curator. Posted By Ginny Bunch on Friday, 24 July, 2009 at 3:17 PM
The UNC Health Sciences Library has just been awarded $34,850 for the first year of a three-year NC ECHO digitization grant project funded by the State Library of North Carolina through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). Building on a pilot project that resulted in the digitization of historical North Carolina journals in public health, dentistry, and eugenics, the proposed North Carolina History of Health Digital Library will contain over 800 volumes (approx. 350,000 pages) of core journals in medicine, public health, dentistr Posted By Daniel Smith on Wednesday, 17 June, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Graduating this semester? Did you know there are many HSL resources still available to you after you graduate?
Borrowing privileges:Purchase a borrower's card ($25 annually) and you can borrow from the collections of any UNC-CH library! Join the General Alumni Association and the card is free! Visit http://alumni.unc.edu for details on joining GAA.
AHEC Digital Library (ADL): The ADL is a collection of online resources designed for NC health professionals. Membership provides access to full-text journals, books, and databases. Learn more at http://library.ncahec.net. An annual gift to the HSL of $250 or more gets you free ADL membership!
NC Healt
Posted By Ginny Bunch on Thursday, 7 May, 2009 at 1:59 PM
ATTN: Hospital Employees
Are You Using Library Electronic Resources from Off Campus?
Starting May 13, 2009 you will need both your PID and your email address to access resources from off-campus.
If you do not know your PID (personal identification number) you can look it up here.
To check your email address in our records:
1. Log in to My Library (use the "Don't have an ONYEN" link if you do not have an ONYEN).
2. Select the Manage Email button (opens in a pop-up window).
Posted By Ginny Bunch on Thursday, 7 May, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Check out April Enews for coverage of our event with Dr. Oliver Smithies, news from NC Health Info, and more! Posted By Ginny Bunch on Wednesday, 8 April, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Besides being the bicentennial of the births of such luminaries as Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, and Edgar Allen Poe, 2009 is the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille [1809-1852], the creator of the ingenious braille system, which has given countless blind and vision-impaired people the ability to read and write. Braille utilizes a six-dot cell of raised dots to represent letters of the alphabet, numerals, punctuation, and other symbols. Permutations of the six dots permit the representation of 64 different characters, and the system has been adapted to numerous different languages around the world. The compactness of each cell allows individual cells to be read without unnecessary movement of the fingertip—a weakness Posted By Daniel Smith on Sunday, 22 March, 2009 at 4:35 PM
On March 3rd, President Obama issued a proclamation for Women's History Month, declaring this year's theme to be "Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet." In this document are cited several women who have exemplified great leadership in this area, including:
Ellen Swallow Richards [1842-1911] -- the first woman accepted into a scientific school in the US, Richards graduated from MIT in 1873 and pioneered the assessment of water quality. HSL has several of her works.
Posted By Daniel Smith on Friday, 6 March, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Basic Bioinformatics Tools Forums for Spring 2009
The Basic Bioinformatics Tools (BBT) Forums offers seminar and hands-on computer workshops on tools and resources for bioinformatics. All trainings are located at the Health Sciences Library in the Biogen-Idec Classroom (307). Participants may optionally register to attend these workshops via the web/Adobe Connect.
Space is limited and registration is required for both in person and Adobe Connect attendance. Additional class sessions may be scheduled if initial sessions fill.
To view complete class dates and details and to register, visit:
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Collections/Bioinformatics/ Posted By Barrie Hayes on Wednesday, 4 March, 2009 at 4:01 PM
The Health Sciences Library is pleased to host UNC's resident Nobel Laureate, Dr. Oliver Smithies, Excellence Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, on March 30, 2009 at 4pm. Join us for this unique opportunity to talk with Dr. Smithies about how he conducts research.
Moderated by Dr. Tony Waldrop, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, the discussion will also explore the changing nature of information access and its impact on scientific research. Audience participation will be encouraged and attendees will also have an opportu Posted By Ginny Bunch on Monday, 2 March, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Download our Strategic Plan
At HSL, we aim to play a vital role in connecting people everywhere with knowledge to improve health. To ensure we are innovative and effective in this multi-faceted role we've developed a Strategic Plan.
Our Plan is a road map that charts new ways to connect you to information you n Posted By Ginny Bunch on Friday, 30 January, 2009 at 4:34 PM
The HSL extends congratulations to one of our own-- Jasmin Jones. Jasmin is a student employee at the Library and was awarded the 27th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship on January 21, 2008.
The MLK Scholarships are open to all juniors at UNC-CH. The awards are given annually to students who, as judged by the MLK , Jr. Scholarship Committee, best exemplify Dr. King's commitment to our society. Jasmin has been active and committed to strengthening diversity in her community, particularly here at Carolina, and has served on HSL's diversity committee, a group that coordinates programming for Library staff and users related to diveristy issues.
Jasmin was awarded this scholarship at an event that Posted By Ginny Bunch on Thursday, 29 January, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Check out the latest edition of e-news from the Health Sciences Library.
In this issue:
- HSL Welcomes New Deputy Directory
- January Health Observances/ NC Health Info
- Want to Know More About RefWorks and EndNote
- Weekly Librarian Hours: Online and On-Campus
Posted By Ginny Bunch on Tuesday, 13 January, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Congratulations to med student Meredith Gilliam! She is the winner of our holiday gift basket drawing sponsored by the Friends of the Health Sciences Library. Over the holidays she'll enjoy Carolina themed ornaments, a stocking, Santa hat, Tar Heel cookie, candies, and a Friends of the Library travel mug--just to name of a few of the goodies in our basket. She also received a free annual membership to Friends of the Library!
To learn more about Friends of the Library visit www.hsl.unc.edu/friends.
Happy Holidays everyone! Posted By Ginny Bunch on Monday, 15 December, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Graduating this semester? Did you know there are many HSL resources still available to you after you graduate?
Borrowing privileges: Purchase a borrower's card ($25 annually) and you can borrow from the collections of any UNC-CH library! Join the General Alumni Association and the card is free! Visit http://alumni.unc.edu for details on joining GAA.
AHEC Digital Library (ADL): The ADL is a collection of online resources designed for NC health professionals. Membership provides access to full-text journals, books, and databases. Learn more at http://library.ncahec.net. An annual gift to the H Posted By Ginny Bunch on Friday, 5 December, 2008 at 10:42 AM
The Friends of the HSL are giving away a Carolina themed holiday gift basket. The basket full of goodies is a $100 value and includes a Carolina Santa hat, stocking, napkins, candies, an assortment of holiday ornaments, a Tar Heel cookie, an HSL Friends' cafe mug, HSL pens and note pads AND a free year-long membership to the Friends of the HSL!!!
Come by the HSL first floor and enter to win! The drawing will take place at the end of exams. Must be a UNC-CH student to enter.
Good Luck and Happy Holidays! Posted By Ginny Bunch on Friday, 5 December, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Check out December e-news for the latest news from HSL! Posted By Ginny Bunch on Thursday, 4 December, 2008 at 9:53 AM
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