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Open Access is the way that new knowledge is made easier | Faculty guest post

By Willow Fuchs During the month of Open Access Week (October 19-25) we will be highlighting a number of guest posts from University of Iowa Faculty and Staff who have personal experience making their work Open Access.  We appreciate their contributions. The first guest post is by Associate Professor, Rachel Marie-Crane Williams, Ph.D. University of Iowa, Continue reading “Open Access is the way that new knowledge is made easier | Faculty guest post”

Hardin Librarians activity at Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association Meeting | 2015

Hardin Library staff will be presenting posters and papers at the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. The conference theme is Librarians + Evidence = Proof. Eric Rumsey, Janna Lawrence and Xiaomei Gu will present a paper Food Diet & Nutrition: A Tricky Search in PubMed. This paper details theirContinue reading “Hardin Librarians activity at Midwest Chapter, Medical Library Association Meeting | 2015”

August Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library

MARCELLO MALPIGHI (1628-1694). De pulmonibus observationes anatomicae. In Thomas Bartholin’s De pulmonum substantia & motu diatribe, Copenhagen, 1663 Anatomist, embryologist, physiologist, and microscopist, Malpighi was instrumental in the development of embryology and histology and also a great microscopic anatomist. Malpighi made many scientific contributions, but many  consider his discovery of the pulmonary circulation the most important. De pulmonibusContinue reading “August Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”

Honoring Dr. David Sackett, father of evidence-based-medicine

Last week Dr. David Sackett, considered by many to be the father of evidenced-based medicine, passed away. He founded the first department of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics in the world at McMaster University, Ontario in 1967 and established the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine in the UK in 1994. In honor of Dr. Sackett’s tremendous impactContinue reading “Honoring Dr. David Sackett, father of evidence-based-medicine”

Learn to conduct a systematic review literature search with our free workshop Wed., April 22, 12-1pm

This class focuses on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a systematic review. Topics include: learn to develop a search strategy deciding which databases to search how to seek out grey literature for a given topic selecting journals for hand searching documenting search strategies saving and organizing references.Continue reading “Learn to conduct a systematic review literature search with our free workshop Wed., April 22, 12-1pm”

Birthing, Midwifery, Obstetrics books available in the John Martin Rare Book Room

Bibliography of books featured in the John Martin Rare Book Room Open House, March 26, 2015   1. Eucharius Roeslin (ca. 1490-1526). De partu hominis, et quae circa ipsum accidunt, adeoque, de parturientum & infantium morbis atque cura. Frankfurt: Apud Chr. Egenolphum, [1551]. First published in German in 1513 as, “Der swangern Frauwen und hebammen Rosegarten,” thisContinue reading “Birthing, Midwifery, Obstetrics books available in the John Martin Rare Book Room”