Go Mobile with Clinical Information

If you use a mobile device and are looking for information and tools check out the Library’s newest resources.

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CAB Direct: Your Global Health Resource

Looking for reliable information on global health? Start your search with the CAB Direct database. CAB Direct’s information is extensive. Areas of research include:

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What Can RefWorks Do For Me?

Maybe you’ve heard of RefWorks, but wondered how it can help you with your research and writing. Take a look at these examples to see how RefWorks has helped your colleagues at UVa.

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Springer Books Available 24/7

The Library’s E-Book collection just got larger with the inclusion of 2800 new titles. Available through Springer Publishers, new books will continue to be added to the collection. Springer is the largest publisher of science, technology, and medicine books.

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Enhance your Skills with a Class or Consultation

Let us help you learn to:

• Locate health information resources for your mobile device
• Find information sources for your research needs
• Use PowerPoint to create presentations or posters
• Manage and create bibliographies with Refworks
• And more!

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Introducing Our Newest Library Member

Rod Martin is the newest member of the Library Service Desk, working evenings.

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You Spoke and We Listened

Thank you to everyone who participated in the recent Inside Information survey. Here is what you told us:

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New Library Exhibition

Every Breath You Take: Tuberculosis Fresh-Air Treatments exhibition will occupy the Library lobby from April 1 to May 12, 2009.

The exhibit includes information, images, and artifacts on the pervasiveness of tuberculosis 1850-1950, the search for cures, establishment of sanitariums to treat patients, and fundraising for treatment and research, along with other topics. The special emphasis is on the various fresh-air treatments for TB patients (mountain air, sea air, desert air, even cave air).

Part of the exhibit is a collection of TB-related posters from the American Lung Association of Virginia. The posters are from Historical Collections and Services of the library and are being exhibited for the first time. Also in the exhibit is a 1925 incubator used to culture TB specimens at the Blue Ridge Sanitarium in Charlottesville.

Drawings will be held for a TB-related movie and for book sets of novels by authors with tuberculosis.

Anyone wishing to arrange a guided tour should contact Sonya Coleman, at 434.982.0576.

April 7th, 2009

Reference Desk Changes Underway

The library world is changing: in-person library visits are declining, while virtual uses of the library Web and resources are on the rise. One way the Library is responding to this change is to expand our services beyond the library walls.

Continue Reading March 31st, 2009

Learning How to Use Multimedia

Wondering how to better incorporate multimedia into your instruction and presentations? The Library has a class for you. In this hands-on program, learn how to integrate 35-mm slides, VHS clips, and ideas for electronic media using Macintosh computers and software.

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