Check out their web site for films covering themes of food delivery systems, public health issues, environmental health issues, and social justice concerns.
Filed under: Global Health, Uncategorized
In 2010 more journal subscriptions will be available in electronic format only. See the UW-Madison Libraries News Release and Journal Subscription Changes to Online-Only Access for details.
Additionally, there are proposed journal cancellations in 2010, including:
For the complete list of proposed cancellations, see: List of Journal Cancellations.
Please contact Julie Schneider with any questions or comments.
Filed under: Resource Updates, Uncategorized
PubMed is now available only in a redesigned format. Please see the following article which describes changes to PubMed: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_redesign.html.
The goals of the redesign are to make PubMed easier to use, simplify the interface, refresh the look, better organize the text on the screen, and promote scientific discovery.
We recognize that this new look for PubMed is a significant departure for all of our users, and we are committed to assisting you in making as seamless a transition as possible. If you have any questions about these changes or would like to schedule a research consultation or instructional session, please don’t hesitate to call email us eblinginstruction@library.wisc.edu, or contact a liaison librarian directly, via http://ebling.library.wisc.edu/liaison/
In addition, we will be offering drop-in sessions later this semester. Check our class schedule http://ebling.library.wisc.edu/classes_tutorials/ for dates.
Filed under: Uncategorized
There is still one more week of National Medical Librarians Month! Be sure to contact your liaison or other librarian at Ebling with any research or reference needs. We can help with RSS feeds, digitial archiving, instruction on bibliographic management tools, one on one instructions with databases like PubMed, etc. The liaison list is here, if you’re new to our services. And don’t limit yourself to October. We are happy to help any time of the year!
Filed under: Liaison, PubMed Updates and Tips, Reference and Research, Resource Updates
Join us for a lecture by History of Science dissertator, Andrew Ruis, in conjunction with UW’s Go Big Read initiative. This Brown Bag lunch (!) presentation, “Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat: School Foodservice and Nutrition in Early Twentieth-Century America” is open to the campus and the public. Q & A to follow the presentation. Brownies/Cookies will complement the lecture. Auditorium 1335 in the Health Sciences Learning Center. 12:00-1:00.
Filed under: Historical Services
No time to come over to the library? Let us come to you! Our free book delivery and return pickup service is available to the HSLC, WIMR, School of Pharmacy, UWHC, VA & Waisman Center buildings.
For further information please see our Book Delivery Service page.
Filed under: Circulation
Earlier this year, the National Library of Medicine announced that PubMed was undergoing a redesign of the interface. The goals of PubMed Redesign 2009 are to make PubMed easier to use, simplify the interface, refresh the look, better organize the text on the screen, and promote scientific discovery.
At long last, a preview of the redesign is available, via a link from the PubMed homepage, or at http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed. The preview and original version will exist simultaneously for approximately 2 weeks; after that, the preview will be the only option. Comments can be sent to NCBI using the “feedback” link that appears at the top of each page; you may also provide feedback to Erika Sevetson, at Ebling library. We will collect user critiques and comments and forward them on to NCBI.
Filed under: PubMed Updates and Tips
Go Big Read is the university’s new common-reading program, intended to engage all readers — students, faculty, staff and the community — in a shared academically focused experience. Chancellor Biddy Martin selected Michael Pollan’s “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,” which examines modern American food culture, nutrition and health.
On Thursday, Sept. 24, Pollan will visit UW–Madison and discuss “In Defense of Food” in a free, public event at 7 p.m. at the Kohl Center. No tickets are required to attend. Pollan’s Thursday talk is titled “In Defense of Food: The Omnivore’s Solution” and will focus on the American diet and health.
At 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, a panel discussion on the book will be held at the Wisconsin Union Theater. The panel, which features Pollan with alumni and faculty from a range of fields, which highlight thoughtful critical engagements from “In Defense of Food.”
Panelists include Pollan; Susan Lampert Smith, a science writer for UW Health; and John Vrieze, the third-generation owner of Vrieze Farms Inc. and a member of the College of Agricultural and Life Science’s board of visitors.
If you can’t make Pollan’s lecture, Wisconsin Alumni Association will be streaming both the Thursday lecture and the Friday panel.
Remaining HSLC events for this week include Dr. Zorba Paster discussing his book The Longevity Code, on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 12:15 in room 1335, and a book discussion of In Defense of Food on Friday, Sept. 25, at noon, in room 1225.
Additional events related to the culture and politics of food, sustainable agriculture, public health and environmental journalism are planned throughout the year. The program has a book-discussion kit and has trained 65 facilitators to spur discussion of the book in groups on campus and in the community. Readers may also participate in a virtual book group by sharing thoughts and ideas on the Go Big Read blog.
Filed under: Uncategorized
An article in the September 23rd issue of JAMA describes incidents of unprofessional conduct online by medical students, and recommends that a “formal professionalism curriculum should include a digital media component, which could include instruction on managing the digital footprint.” The article is well-timed: at the M1 orientation this year, librarians from Ebling Library and staff from HSLC IT presented a workshop called “Smart Social Networking,” intended to give medical students pointers on maintaining professionalism and privacy while using applications such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. This session was well-received, and can be customized for any audience. If you would like to arrange such a session for your students, faculty/staff, or residents, just contact us at askebling@library.wisc.edu, or complete our instruction request form.
Filed under: Uncategorized
Today, September 23rd, is “Stem Cell Awareness Day” as proclaimed by Governor Doyle. We’d like to remind you that if you are looking for current reference or research help on a stem cell related project please contact Ebling Library for the Health Sciences at askebling@library.wisc.edu
Also, if you have questions about the evolution of stem cell research on the UW campus, there is an initiative called the Stem Cell Research Archives Project (SCRAP). SCRAP collects the resources regarding the scientists, labs, patents, news, grants, politics, legislation, or economics of this influential field at UW. For more information on the project contact SCRAP
Filed under: Archives, Reference and Research, Stem Cells
