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From April 15th to May 15th Columbia University will have trial access to an app that delivers thousands of academic journals to your iPad (Android and iPhone support planed for the future). BrowZine presents journals that the library already subscribes to formatted appropriately for the iPad.
To learn more about what BrowZine can do watch the introductory video or download the app from the link below and start exploring.
Have you seen the poster asking you to tap in and tap out?
The Health Sciences Library is collecting data on traffic patterns in the library by asking that you tap in and tap out with your ID card each time you come to the library. This simple step will help us to better understand who is using the library, when and for how long, informing future space planning.
Questions? Contact Michael Koehn, mdk2126@columbia.edu, (212) 305-9213.
Need to check a physician’s specialty certification? The Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists is now available as a searchable online database. You can find it in CLIO, the library catalog, or use the following link.
Go to the ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists
Once at the Official ABMS (American Board of Medical Specialties) Directory website start your search with the ‘Search’ button in the top navigation bar.
As a part of our plan to improve your study room experience the library will be making a number of changes, including:
- Displaying each room’s reservations (as of 8am) on the door to clarify when the rooms are reserved
- Removal of frosted glass on study room doors to allow room use to be determined without interrupting others
- Increased maintenance checks by staff to ensure the rooms are clean and markers stocked
- Providing cleaning wipes to help students keep the rooms clean
Over the next few months we will also be running an observational study. The data will allow us to better address the other issues brought up in the survey. So keep an eye out for further improvements in the fall!
In collaboration with the Scholarly Communication Program and the Columbia University Libraries, we will be sponsoring a panel discussion on the topic of communicating computational science. Computational approaches in science have increased the complexity in disseminating research results and misunderstandings surrounding these methods can hamper research use. An interdisciplinary panel (see below) will discuss the practices, polices and tools that can improve communication of research on April 4th at the Morningside Campus Faculty House and via webcast. The webcast will be available online and in a group viewing in room LL1 109A-B of the Hammer Health Sciences Building.
Neil Chue Hong, Director of the ...
The Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library currently has a trial subscription to the clinical care tool, DynaMed. While the trial subscription, which includes mobile app access, will continue until June we are seeking your feedback during the month of April as a part of our evaluation and purchasing decision making process.
If you haven't yet tried DynaMed we encourage you to visit it from your desktop or try the mobile app first. Then let us know what you think.
DynaMed, an evidence-based clinical reference tool, is offering access on your mobile device as well as desktop access as a part of our trial subscription through June 2013. The mobile app is available on a wide variety of devices including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Blackberry and Android devices.
Access web-based version of DynaMed
To use the mobile application you will need a DynaMed serial number and a Skyscape account. Detailed instructions are listed below and on DynaMed's mobile access page.
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In this issue:
- New exhibit on early medicine in Hammer
- MD Conference Express on trial
- Resource spotlight
- "Watering hole" attacks - reminder of unique password importance
... and more
Archives & Special Collections, Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library, is pleased to announce the opening of its new exhibit, Medicine in the Early United States, 1790-1830, which can now be seen on Lower Level 2 of the Hammer Health Sciences Building.
The early years of the new nation –from roughly the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 until the deaths of the last Founding Fathers circa 1830 – was a period that saw the beginnings of a medical infrastructure in the U.S.: the country’s first medical journal began publication; hospitals were established; medical societies proliferated; and there was a dramatic increase in the number of medical schools – from 4 in 1790 to 24 in 1830.
On display are books, journals, manuscripts and ephemera which illustrate this formative era. Viewers can see a copy of the...
Since 1981 the United States has celebrated Women's History Month during March. Inspired by this theme Nature recently produced a special issue featuring the challenges women still face in science and the CUMC Office of Communications created an interactive timeline chronicling achievements by women at CUMC.
Read Nature's coverage of the gender gap in science.
Check out CUMC Celebrates Women in Medicine