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Happy National Nurses Week

By
Sarah Andrews
– May 7, 2012Posted in: News

logoNational Nurses Week celebrates the diverse ways America’s 3.1 million registered nurses work to save lives and improve health.

Iowa Nurses

Nursing facts

  • In 2011, Americans again voted nurses the most trusted profession in America for the 12th time in 13 years in the annual Gallup poll that ranks professions for their honesty and ethical standards.
  • Nursing is the largest of the health care professions, and continues to grow. More job growth is projected in nursing than in any other occupation between 2008 and 2018.
  • The profession has grown by 5.3 percent since 2004, a net growth of more than 150,000 RNs.
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Congratulations to our graduates!

By
Sarah Andrews
– May 7, 2012Posted in: Hardin Library Staff

Congratulations to Hardin’s student employees who graduate this month!

Amanda Langdon M.A. Library and Information Science
Graduate Certificate from Center for the Book		 Amanda plans to work in special collections or public libraries.  She would like to live and work in Wales, Colorado, or the Pacific Northwest.  picture of Amanda Langdon
Elizabeth Holdsworth M.A. Library and Information Science Liz plans to work as a medical librarian.
Sea a Joung B.F.A. Painting Sea a plans to attend graduate school for an MFA in painting.
Brett Mayfield B.A. English with honors
Minor Political Science		 Brett will begin working as an intern at Midwest Writing Center this summer.  He will pursue a career in publishing or at a nonprofit.  picture of Brett Mayfield
Colleen Quaid B.A. Communication Studies
B.A. Sport Studies
Minor Spanish		 Colleen will be working for the WNBA team Chicago Skye in Chicago.
Erika Bjorklund With distinction
B.A. English
B.A. French
B.A. Studio Art		 Erika will begin working as an intern at Cuisine at Home magazine this summer.  She intends to pursue a career in magazine or book publishing.  picture of Erika Bjorklund
Qiana White B.A. Psychology
Minor Sociology		 Qiana plans to attend receive an M.A. in Counseling.  She wants to work with recovering alcoholics and drug addicts.  picture of Qiana White
Tabitha Byrum B.S. Psychology Tabitha plans to attend graduate school in Psychology, hopefully in California.
Alexander Stanton B.A. Political Science Alex will be working for Johnson County Secondary Roads this summer.  In two years he will move to Des Moines and pursue a career in state government.  picture of Alex Stanton
Krystal Rusk B.A. Art History
B.A. Anthropology
Certificate in Museum Studies		 Krystal is currently pursuing internships or an entry-level job.  She plans to attend graduate school for Museum Studies.  picture of Krystal Rusk
Phu (Mary) Truong B.A. Interdepartmental Studies, Health Sciences Track Mary plans to work for a year and then attend Nursing school.
 Rachel Litterer  B.A. English Certificate in Medieval Studies Rachel plans on finding a full-time job, preferably in a library. In the future, she plans to attend graduate school.  picture of Rachel Litterer
Brittany Laine B.A. Marketing
Minor Human Relations		 Brittany plans to return to the Chicago area and work in business.
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Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2012

By
Donna Hirst
– May 3, 2012Posted in: Notes from the Rare Book Room, Rare Book Room

MONDINO DEI LUZZI (d. 1326). Anatomia Mundini. Marburg: In officina Christiani Egenolphi, [1541]

This edition of Mondino’s anatomy was prepared by Johannes Dryander, called Eichmann, who is generally regarded as one of the first anatomists to make illustrations from his own dissections. This important and rare book is especially interesting for its woodcuts. Nearly half of the plates were copied from Berengario da Carpi’s commentary on Mondino’s Anothomia published in 1521 and most of the remaining plates are Dryander’s. Many of them were taken from Dryander’s Anatomiae first issued in 1537 and at least six of his plates are believed to have been taken from Vesalius’ Tabulae anatomicae sex. Only forty-one of the original forty-six plates are present in Hardin’s copy.

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Longer hours and free coffee to help you get ready for finals!

By
Sarah Andrews
– May 1, 2012Posted in: Fun, News, Services

The Hardin Library will have extended hours on Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5.

Friday, May 4  7:30am-Midnight

Saturday, May 5  10:00am-Midnight

We will be serving free coffee beginning at 6pm on Friday, May 4 through Finals Week.  The coffee is provided by Linda Walton, Assistant University Librarian and Director, Hardin Library.

picture of cup of coffee

photo by mhaithaca

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RefWorks down for maintenance Sat 11pm – Sun 4am

By
Sarah Andrews
– May 1, 2012Posted in: News, Services

 

This weekend, ProQuest has scheduled a Maintenance Window that will affect all RefWorks services for a few hours.refworks graphic

 

The Maintenance Window is schedule to start at: 11:00 PM, Saturday, May 5th .  The work should take about 5 hours, ending at: 4:00 AM, Sunday, May 6th.

 

While this work takes place, RefWorks services including RefMobile, RefAware, and Write-N-Cite will be unavailable.

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Deberg publishes article on Planning Your Evidence Search

By
Sarah Andrews
– April 26, 2012Posted in: Hardin Library Staff
​Jennifer Deberg, Clinical Education Librarian at Hardin Library recently published an article with members of the nursing community at UIHC in the February 2012 issue of Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing.  The article “Evidence Into Practice: Basic Steps for Planning Your Evidence Search” by Jennifer Deberg, MLS, OTR, Susan Adams, PhD, RN, and Laura Cullen, MA, RN, FAAN can be read following this link http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2011.11.001.
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American FactFinder

By
Chris Childs
– April 25, 2012Posted in: Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

American FactFinder provides access to the population, housing and economic data collected by the Census Bureau.  You can find information from the 2000 and 2010 Census, American Community Surveys (ACS), Population Estimates and the Economic Census and Surveys. Some of the data from these programs may not be available for rural communities.  Information on Puerto Rico is also available in Spanish.

Searches can be done by:

Topic

Geography

Race & Ethic Groups

Industry Codes

To start searching American FactFinder, go to http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

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NLM Announces New Look for NIHSeniorHealth

By
Chris Childs
– April 12, 2012Posted in: News

In March, the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) released a redesigned version of NIHSeniorHealth, the National Institutes of Health consumer health Web site for older adults, launched in 2002. The redesign improves usability and modernizes the appearance throughout the site. Changes incorporate user feedback about the site as well as results from usability testing of proposed designs with seniors.

The redesign includes:

  • New NIHSeniorHealth Banner makes it easier to find information on the website
  • New left-side navigation to make searching for topics easier
  • New search feature that shows top ten results for a search topic

To take a look at the NIHSeniorHealth redesign, go to http://nihseniorhealth.gov/

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Watch President Obama’s speech streamed today

By
Sarah Andrews
– April 12, 2012Posted in: Uncategorized

Didn’t get a ticket to see the speech today at the Fieldhouse?  It’s not too late!

The Hardin Library will stream the speech live in the Information Commons East, beginning at 1:20pm.

 

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2012 County Health Rankings Available

By
Chris Childs
– April 12, 2012Posted in: News

More than 3,000 counties and the District of Columbia can compare how healthy their residents are and how long they live with the 2012 County Health Rankings.  The Rankings are an annual check-up that highlights the healthiest and least healthy counties in every state, as well as those factors that influence health, outside of the doctor’s office. The Rankings highlight the importance of critical factors such as education rates, income levels, and access to healthy foods, as well as access to medical care, in influencing how long and how well people live.

To take a look at the 2012 County Rankings go to http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/#app/

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