Improvisation. How to Build a Blog. Computational Neuroscience. The History of Rock. Cryptography.
All of these are MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses. The MOOC revolution is making the best teachers and classes available at no cost to anyone with an internet connection.
Please join us at Miner on Thursday, May 30 at HIGH NOON when librarians Linda Hasman and Valorie Hallinan will explore MOOCs.
Take a look at our latest titles below!
Design and analysis of experiments in the health sciences
Pfenninger & Fowler’s procedures for primary care
Swanson’s family medicine review : a problem-oriented approach
Evidence synthesis for decision making in healthcare
Gerontological nursing : review and resource manual
Williams Library will have additional staffed hours starting in June 2013. We will be expanding our Tuesday hours to 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m!
New Hours:
Monday: Not staffed
Tuesday: 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Wednesday: 8:30a.m.-noon
Thursday: 8:30a.m.-noon
Friday: 8:30a.m-4:30p.m.
Congratulations to Valerie Aarne Grossman for her publication “Hot Topics: CT Contrast and Intraosseous Lines: Friends or Enemies?” in the March 2013 issue of Journal of Radiology Nursing!
Access Journal of Radiology Nursing from our subscribed E-Journals list
Senior EndNote Trainer Donna Kirking from Thomson Reuters will visit URMC on Thursday, April 4 to teach two free classes: EndNote Web for EndNote Users and Advanced EndNote: Tips & Tricks.
These are one-time only classes open on a first-come, first-served basis. EndNote Web is scheduled for 9:30 am - 11:30 am and Advanced EndNote is noon - 1:30 pm on Thursday, April 4.
Both Bonnie and I will be away from the office tomorrow, so Williams Library will be not be staffed until Bonnie returns on Tuesday, February 19th.
I will return to Williams Library will be on Wednesday, February 20th.
If you need assistance, please feel free to send an email to hh_library@urmc.rochester.edu or call the Miner Library Answer Desk at (585) 275-3361.
Have a great weekend and stay warm!
Please join us on Tuesday, February 5th for a workshop sponsored by the Nursing Research Council & Williams Library!
Location: Department of Education Classroom, 4th Floor
Time: 2pm-3pm
RefWorks: The Basics
Save time. Get organized!
Whether you are conducting research, creating a poster presentation, or need to make a bibliography, RefWorks will save you time and frustration.*
Objectives:
1. Organize your references
2. Store articles for easy retrieval
3. Create bibliographies
No registration required, computers seats available on a first come, first served basis.
*What is it? RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool that allows you to import references from databases and format them for papers and bibliographies. RefWorks helps you organize and share your citations with others, and create bibliographies in a variety of formats (MLA, APA, etc.). RefWorks is free to the University of Rochester community. For help, see your librarian today!
Would you like to make a big difference in someone’s health and welfare with only a little effort and NO MONEY? It’s a no-brainer, right?
This year, University of Rochester Libraries are partnering with a local volunteer organization called Sample Soap to collect as many toiletry items as we can between now and December 21. Sample Soap does not accept money; it’s all about the toiletries you don’t want – or grabbed from your last hotel stay. (Oops! Did we say that out loud?!?)
We invite you to contribute any extra toiletries that you have lying around your house or falling out of the medicine cabinet every time you open it. It’s easy! Just place them in the white Sample Soap buckets available at Edward G. Miner Library (Medical Center), Rush Rhees or Carlson Libraries (River Campus), Bibby Library (Eastman Dental Center), and Williams Library (Highland Hospital).
Examples include unopened soaps, shampoos, lotions, sewing kits, diapers, and cosmetics – basically any toiletries. Toothbrushes and toothpaste are especially needed, as these sorts of items are often not covered by food stamps or other government programs. Please note that donated items can be either full-size or travel-size.
Since its founding in 1990, Sample Soap has distributed over 50,000 pounds of toiletries to some of Rochester’s neediest citizens, including:
* Families and youth in transition
* The homeless
* Battered women
* AIDS Survivors
* Rape victims
* Migrant workers
Thanks for considering this worthy cause!
You can find out more about Sample Soap from their website and you can also join Sample Soap’s Facebook Page
October, as well as being MLA’s National Medical Librarian Month, is also Health Literacy Month.
A very brief definition of health literacy = the ability to understand basic health information.
The US Health Resources and Services Administration defines it as “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information needed to make appropriate health decisions and services needed to prevent or treat illness.”
Low health literacy is more common among the elderly, socio-economically disadvantaged, and minorities. Health literacy is a major public health concern.
Examples of low health literacy include:
Difficulty finding accurate health information
Trouble finding healthcare services
Misunderstanding diagnosis
How can we help?
Healthcare providers can identify those with low literacy and use plain language terms to explain medical conditions to their patients. For patients for whom English is a second language, providers can offer patients handouts in their primary language, and a translator to help with communication and comprehension.
Finally, we, everyone, can recommend, and help others access reliable health information online. The following are two great resources put together by health workers and librarians (and they are available on your smartphones!):
MedlinePlus www.medlineplus.gov Offers quality health information in English and Spanish. The websites’ Health Topics covers medical conditions and wellness and there is a medical dictionary to explain medical terms. This website is created by the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.
CLIC-on-Health http://cliconhealth.org Provides a portal to local health information resources, particularly geared towards Rochester and New York State residents. This includes information on nutrition, support groups, physicians, and healthcare in other languages and much much more!
EndNote is one of two bibliographic management programs available to you free of charge at UR. (RefWorks is the other program.)
With EndNote, you can search online databases, organize references, images, and PDFs, and instantly create in-text citations and bibliographies. Plus, you can choose from thousands of bibliographic styles, including APA, AMA, and other commonly used styles in medicine and health.
