It’s been over a year since medical Student, Peter Polewski, asked Ebling’s Director, Julie Schneider, if Ebling could obtain some graphic medicine novels for our collection. She obliged then, and has obliged since. All of the books are now in the Popular Reading area (near the magazines) and a red star will be on those with a medical theme. There will also be a list of the titles we currently have, so that you can put a title on HOLD if it has been checked out. Here’s some background from Peter.

It is our hope that you will be able to take a creative break from studying that enhances your learning about illness and medicine.

These titles can be found in the Library Catalog (as part of the Ebling Library Class of ’47 Collection), and you can borrow them or reserve them. If you’d like to comment on this subject you can comment on Ebling’s Facebook page, or comment here. If you’d like to recommend a title, do that here. Thank you, Peter…

Graphic Novel Titles:

Cancer made me a shallower person : a memoir in comics-Miriam Engelberg
Diary drawings: mental illness and me-Bobby Baker
Good Eggs-Phobe Potts
It’s a Bird-Steven T. Seagle
Marbles : mania, depression, Michelangelo, & me: a graphic memoir-Ellen Forney
Monsters-Ken Dahl
Our Cancer Year-Joyce Brabner
Tangles: A story about Alzheimer’s, My mother, and Me-Sarah Leavitt
Stitches – David Small
Epileptic – David B.
Maus I/II – Art Spiegelman
Mom’s Cancer – Brian Fies
Psychiatric Tales – Darryl Cunningham
The Spiral Cage – Al Davison
La Perdida – Jessica Abel
Cancer Vixen – Marissa Marchetto
Acme Novelty Library #18 – Chris Ware
Binky Brown Sampler – Justin Green
The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time – G. B. Trudeau
Blue Pills, a Positive Love Story – Frederick Peeters
Swallow Me Whole – Nate Powell

Filed under: Art, Circulation, New Books, Students, uncategorized

Finals begin soon. It is as important to us that you have the appropriate environment in which to nail those physiology, pharmacological, nursing, etc. exams that are so important to your faculty and eventual patients. Remember, there are group study rooms that you can reserve.
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The 3rd floor of Ebling is designated as a quiet zone, including the areas on the UW Hospital side. Though we can’t guarantee how long they will last, we will be putting out snacks for students the week of the 13th, just inside the entrance. Like Ebling on Facebook if you’d like to keep track of when snacks will occur.

If you feel that the quiet is being compromised, if something is wrong with your surroundings, if there is something amiss in the restrooms…let us know. Best wishes on your finals, safe travels, and Happy Holidays to you and your families. Concerns, issues, compliments?

Photo by Amanda Lambert

Filed under: Outreach, Students, uncategorized

RefWorks No More…

The UW-Madison campus libraries will no longer subscribe to RefWorks after June 30, 2013. To continue your RefWorks account after this date you may subscribe for an individual account for $100.00 per year.

Other free citation managers, like EndNote Web, Mendeley and Zotero are supported by Ebling Library staff. We also support EndNote desktop and Papers which you must purchase. Information about alternative citation managers is here. Information about exporting your data from RefWorks for migration to other citation management software is available.

Ebling Library staff will be glad to assist you in exporting your RefWorks citations to another citation manager. See a comparison chart to help you decide on a different citation manager or ask Ebling Library staff for recommendations. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Michael Venner at mvenner@library.wisc.edu

Filed under: Brown Bags, Data Management, New Resources, Reference and Research, Resource Updates, Students, Tech News

Last month UWSMPH Class of 2015 medical students, including Sumit Kar, Sasha Mahvi, and Ann Tran produced a music video to celebrate the Class of 2013′s Match Day. They submitted the music video, “Started From the Bottom” to the University of South Carolina’s Memmy’s competetion. Watch the video and “like” it…

Judging and Prizes

Four of the top five videos will be selected by media specialists and senior medical students at the University of South Carolina based on originality, production value, content and talent.
The fifth top video will be selected based on popular voting on YouTube, with the greatest number of “likes.” All schools are expected to follow the high ethical standards of our profession in this competition and limit votes to one per person.

Prizes:
The winners will receive a monetary award given to their school’s health sciences library. (That’s Ebling, so vote!)
1st place: $2,500
2nd place: $1,500
3rd place: $1,000

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Due to popular demand, Fallout: The Mixed Blessing of Radiation & the Public Health has been extended until July 31, 2013. Please visit the historical exhibit that prompted one viewer to say, “I never knew there was so much I didn’t know about x-rays and radiation.”

“Fallout” is an examination of subjects such as the early use of x-rays in diagnosis & treatment, occupational hazards of working with radiation, the military use of x-rays, the history of tanning, a UW connection with Marie Curie, bomb shelters in the 1960′s, the bombing of Hiroshima & concerns with nuclear accidents like Three-Mile Island, UW’s Departments of Medical Physics & Radiology, shoe fitting fluoroscopes and the like.

The exhibit is supported by artifacts, journals, books, and other ephemera from Ebling’s Rare Books & Special Collections and materials from other campus libraries and UW’s Radiology Department.

The exhibit is open when the library is open.
Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 7:30 AM – 11:15 PM
Friday: 7:30 AM – 5:45 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 11:15 PM

Questions about this event? Contact Micaela Sullivan-Fowler for more information at msullivan@library.wisc.edu or 262-2402

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Ebling Library hosts the 7th annual Health Sciences Student Art exhibit from April 11th to May 9th, 2013. The Opening Reception will be from 4:00-6:00 on Thursday, April 11th. Bring yourself, friends and family to ooo and ahhhh at the artwork these talented students have rendered.

Students from the School of Occupational Therapy, School of Nursing, Veterinary Medicine, School of Pharmacy and School of Medicine & Public Health, have submitted photographs, ceramic work, paintings, leather work, prints and jewelry for this year’s show. Some of the pieces are also for sale. Join us for this evocative installation.

This year’s artists… Theo Howard, Alyssa Walker, Krista Jo Carlson, Yang He, Peter Polewski, Jonathon Fricke, Michelle Katz, Trisha Pedone, Andrea Jones, Cecile Resop, Natalie Weisensel, Sumit Kar, Aos Karim, Nathan Zapolsky, Liz Robinson, Christina Nussbaum and Elizabeth Abbs.

Filed under: Art, Exhibits, Students, uncategorized

Spring Resolution…Organize those citations and articles! Free drop-in workshops…no reservations needed.

EndNote, a citation management database, is designed to help you import (from journal databases, etc.) collect, organize, and save bibliographic citations/references, and to insert citations directly into research papers using any one of hundreds of style formats. We will demo some of EndNote Web’s features too.

dates: Wednesday, April 10th and Friday, April 12, 2013
time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268

Questions? Contact Rhonda Sager for more information at rsager at library.wisc.edu or 262-2372 or contact our Drop-In Team at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu

Citation Manager: Mendeley

Looking for a way to manage collections of articles? Unsure where to start or just overwhelmed by the options? Join us for a look at a powerful tool that can help you create and organize your own personal library of articles – Mendeley. Mendeley helps you efficiently organize and work with your articles, do basic citation management and see what your colleagues are reading on the Mendeley web site.

dates: Thursday, April 18 and Friday, April 19, 2013
time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268

Questions? Contact Rhonda Sager for more information at rsager at library.wisc.edu or 262-2372 or contact our Drop-In Team at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu

Current Awareness…

Keeping up with your professional reading can be hard, and it seems like there’s more information and less time available than ever. There are tools and techniques that can help, however. Come learn about these tools and find out how you can get a current awareness makeover to get more reading done in less time. Tools covered will include Google Reader, Feedly, Hojoki, FriendFeed, BrowZine and more.

dates: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 and Friday, April 26, 2013
time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268

Questions? Contact Allan Barclay for more information at abarclay at library.wisc.edu or 262-3957 or contact our Drop-In Team at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu

Filed under: Brown Bags, Data Management, Drop Ins, New Resources, Resource Updates

Here’s the exciting line-up!

This year’s UW-Madison’s Science Expeditions 2013, runs on campus from Friday, April 5 through Sunday, April 7. The majority of the Exploration Stations on the east side of campus will be at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Tom Zinnen, PhD., from UW’s Science Alliance, who organizes the Expeditions, is pleased to announce that this year’s Science Expeditions will extend to the Health Sciences Learning Center’s (HSLC) atrium on the west side. Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, the coordinator of the Science Expeditions at HSLC invites you all to be part of the health sciences centric Exploration Stations on Sunday, April 7 from 10 o’clock to 2 o’clock. Here’s a little radio blurb…

Highlights from the HSLC Exploration Stations include tours of UW Hospitals cutting edge Clinical Simulation Program, representatives from Med Flight answering questions, and Dr. Jacqueline Gerhardt from the Wisconsin State Journal hosting a Q & A about medicine. There will be moderated tours of the Ebling Library for the Health Sciences’ current historical exhibit, Fallout: The Mixed Blessing of Radiation & the Public Health. We will also have representatives from the Waisman Center, the School of Medicine and Public Health and the UW Hospital, and others, who will be sharing their research or offering hands-on demonstrations regarding ultrasound physics, stem cells, DNA science, nanoparticle science, biofilm microbes, auditory science, the science of swallowing, and how ECGs operate.

Ebling librarians, Stephen Johnson and Rhonda Sager will be assisting visitors in finding authoritative health information on the internet.

Family, friends, students, and explorer’s from the Madison community are welcome to join us. Health Science Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave. Madison, WI.

Parking

Parking Lot 82, near the Waisman Center, to the left of the Nielsen Tennis Auditorium. Free Saturdays and Sundays.

University Bay Drive ramp (Lot 76). $1.00 for 30 minutes, up to $5.00. $1.00 an hour after that, up to $12 a day. Takes credit cards.

Parking Lot 60, behind the School of Pharmacy. Free Saturdays and Sundays.

UW Hospital Parking Ramp. $1.00 for 30 minutes, up to $5.00. $1.00 an hour after that, up to $12 a day. Takes credit cards.

Questions? Contact Micaela: msullivan at library.wisc.edu or 262-2402

Filed under: Exhibits, Games & Simulation, Go Big Read, Historical Services, HSLC, New Resources, Outreach, PubMed Updates and Tips, Reference and Research, Students, uncategorized

Extended Submission Deadline…Tuesday, April 9th, ’13. Give us some artwork!

Deliver to Room 3315 in Ebling Library. (8:00 am-4:45 pm- or drop at 2nd floor service desk)

Submit your artwork to the 7th Annual Health Sciences Student Art Show. The show runs from April 11th to May 9th, 2013.The Opening Reception will be from 4:00-6:00 on Thursday, April 11th.

Last year we had over 80 pieces from the Schools of Nursing, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, SMPH, Occupational Therapy, Physician’s Assistants, etc. Some of the artists SOLD their work! We have a lovely opening reception that your friends and family can attend.The pieces will be on the Third floor gallery walls as well as in the Historical Reading Room…as these photos indicate:

So…create something or unearth works of art from high school or undergraduate school.

Here are the details for the submissions.

1) Name of piece, and medium.
2) Whether it can be sold, and for what price.
3) Your name, school and year. (John Smith, 2nd Yr. Vet Med…)
4) Piece should be framed and WIRED on the back (from one side of frame to other). If this is problematic, we can put it flat in one of our display cases. If it is three dimensional, we can figure something out.

Questions?

Call Micaela. 608 262-2402. or text, 608 658-8821

Filed under: Art, Exhibits

There are a variety of useful drop-in workshops coming up at Ebling Library. Here’s the late March, early April schedule. No reservations necessary. Please join us.

Citation Manager: EndNote Web

EndNote Web is a web-based citation manager free to all UW-Madison staff and students! EndNote Web can be used as a stand-alone citation manager OR in conjunction with EndNote Desktop. In this workshop learn how to collect and share your references and create a bibliography in your manuscript.

dates: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 and Friday, March 22, 2013
time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268

Questions? Contact Michael Venner for more information at mvenner at library.wisc.edu or 263-9047 or contact our Drop-In Team at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu

Citation Manager: Zotero

Zotero, a citation manager, collects all your research in a single, searchable interface. You can add references, PDFs, images, audio and video files, snapshots of web pages, and really anything else. It lives right where you do your work – in the web browser itself.

dates: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 and Friday, April 05, 2013
time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
location: Ebling Library, Rm. 3268

Questions? Contact Stephen Johnson for more information at sjohnson at library.wisc.edu or 262-8255 or contact our Drop-In Team at eblingdropins at library.wisc.edu

Filed under: Brown Bags, Data Management, Drop Ins, New Resources, Reference and Research, Resource Updates, uncategorized