How to promote your research and scholarly output
Both ORCID and ResearchGate are two sites that help make your research more discoverable to the research community. Librarians enjoy exploring new tools and when…
Plastic Bag Ordinances
The city I live in recently joined the growing list of local U.S. governments using public policies to attempt to reduce reliance on thin plastic…
New MeSH Terms for Public Health
Hello PH/HA Members, When the end of the year approaches, the NLM announces upcoming changes to MeSH terms. Many of the changes for 2018 relate…
PH/HA Travel Stipend Blog Post
Kathleen Amos was this year’s winner of the PH/HA Travel Stipend. Kathleen used the travel stipend to attend this year’s MLA conference. You can read all…
Chapter News: Hurricane Harvey: Voices from the Storm
Editor’s note: The following article was submitted, at our request, by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) South Central Region (SCR) office. Because…
Internet Resources: Breast Cancer: Financial and Assistance Resources
Submitted by Lisa Huang, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA; edited by Talicia Tarver Breast Cancer Awareness Month may be over,…
Internet Resources: Research Data Management, Part Two: Data Reuse
Submitted by Jane Kinkus Yatcilla, Veterinary Medical Library, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; edited by Talicia Tarver Editor’s note: Part 1 of this column on Research…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch Rx for Reading Doctors should start hanging posters in clinics and offices to “Read” like the posters that hang in libraries.…
Internet Resources: Research Data Management, Part One: Self Help
Submitted by Jane Kinkus Yatcilla, Veterinary Medical Library, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; edited by Talicia Tarver Editor’s note: This month’s Internet Resources column is…
Internet Resources: Bibliotherapy and Poetry Therapy
Submitted by Judy Griggs, Family Resource Center, Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH; edited by Talicia Tarver In 1966, the Association of Hospital and Institution Libraries…
Internet Resources: Skin Cancer Awareness and Prevention
Submitted by Talicia Tarver, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond Editor’s Note: Submissions to this column are always welcome for consideration! Please…
Congratulations to Melissa Rethlefsen for winning the section research award
Congratulations to Melissa Rethlefsen for winning the section research award for herself and her two section coauthors of the paper “Librarian co-authors correlated with higher…
Internet Resources: Zika Virus
Submitted by Richard McGowan and Carlita Anglin, NYU Health Sciences Library, New York University–New York; edited by Talicia Tarver The Zika virus, a member of…
Internet Resources: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Submitted by Talicia Tarver, Tompkins-McCaw Library, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is an enigmatic condition defined by a prolonged period of fatigue (lasting…
Internet Resources: Birth Defects Prevention
Submitted by Talicia Tarver, Tompkins-McCaw Library, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in thirty-three babies is born…
Internet Resources: Epilepsy: The Disease of a Thousand Names
Submitted by Frances Delwiche, Dana Medical Library, University of Vermont–Burlington, VT; edited by Talicia Tarver Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by a history of…
2015 Sewell Stipend Recipients
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Sewell Stipend to attend the 2015 APHA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. Alex Carroll, University of Maryland Jamie…
Internet Resources: Asthma
Submitted by Lauren Wojcik, Clinical Education Center Library, Seton Healthcare Family, Austin, TX; edited by Talicia Tarver Asthma affects approximately 25 million people in the…
FYI
Submitted by Donald Welch Medical Articles in Wikipedia? Are you a fan of Wikipedia? Do you like…or detest…the articles? Soon, the editors of those articles,…
Internet Resources: The Write Stuff: Resources for Scholarly Writing and Publishing
Submitted by Talicia Tarver, Health Sciences Library, Louisiana State University Health Science Center–Shreveport Whether you are preparing your own scholarly paper or assisting clients with…