Infohawk + is the new public catalog which searches by default all UI Libraries holdings + many of our subscribed literature databases. Infohawk, the traditional catalog, has retired. This tool is similar to SmartSearch in that it is a discovery tool, which means that it is iintended to be a starting point for finding information. WhenContinue reading “InfoHawk+, UILink replace library catalog and InfoLink”
Category Archives: New Resources
Curriculum-Based Library Instruction Book edited by Amy Blevins published
Amy Blevins, Clinical Education Library at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences and adjunct faculty in the Department of Internal Medicine edited Curriculum-Based Library Instruction: From Cultivating Faculty Relationships to Assessment. The book is part of the Medical Librarian Association Book Series published by Rowman and Littlefield. Chapters were also written by University of Iowa LibrariesContinue reading “Curriculum-Based Library Instruction Book edited by Amy Blevins published”
Announcing the completion of the William Osler Pamphlet Collection
About William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians, and he was the first to bring medical students out of the lecture hallContinue reading “Announcing the completion of the William Osler Pamphlet Collection”
Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine Historical Photographs
University of Iowa College of Medicine Historical Photograhs are now available through the Iowa Digital Library. The collection includes 194 images from 1844-2010. The collection is a composite of several collections held at the Hardin Library including two boxes of lantern glass slides from ca. 1910. The original slides are now housed in the UniversityContinue reading “Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine Historical Photographs”
More dissertations available online
The Libraries now subscribe to Proquest Digital Dissertations, which includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Most U.S. and Canadian dissertations from 1997-present are available as downloadable pdfs. For more information, see the library guide toContinue reading “More dissertations available online”
Wiley Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials – new e-book
The Wiley Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials is now available online. The encylopedia is a compendia of basic concepts, methodologies, and applications in clinical trials. Topics include: overview & basic statistical concepts concepts of design and analysis of clinical trials methodologies and issues for clinical data analysis
Rare Morphological Work Added to Rare Book Collection
Recently, the John Martin Rare Book Room acquired a rare copy of Edward Tyson’s 1699 book, Orang-outang, sive, Homo sylvestris, or, The anatomy of a pygmie compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man… The book constitutes of the most important works in the history of comparative morphology. Physician, Edward Tyson, studiedContinue reading “Rare Morphological Work Added to Rare Book Collection”