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October is National Medical Librarians Month

October is National Medical Librarians Month and Hardin Library is celebrating with a display in honor of our librarians. You can learn more about us, which departments we serve and our research and personal interests. The display is located to your left as you enter Hardin Library on the 3rd floor (Special thanks to TrishContinue reading “October is National Medical Librarians Month”

American Pharmacists Month

October is American Pharmacists Month!  The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) reminds the public, policymakers, and other health care professionals to  “Know Your PHARMACIST, Know Your MEDICINE.”  If you are on Twitter, follow #APhM2012 see how people are celebrating American Pharmacists Month. For information on the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program at the University of Iowa CollegeContinue reading “American Pharmacists Month”

RefWorks Issues Resolved

Problems related to last night’s hardware upgrade for RefWorks have been addressed and testing has shown IP authentication and other functionality returned to normal. All users will need to clear their internet browser cache of cookies and restart their browsers before attempting to log back in again. RefWorks has apologized for the inconvenience and appreciatesContinue reading “RefWorks Issues Resolved”

New App for Accessing the National Library of Medicine’s FREE Mobile Resources

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest medical library recently released a mobile app that is intended to serve as the authoritative guide to all of their mobile resources.  You can use this app to find information about health topics, prescription drugs and more. The best part about this app is that allContinue reading “New App for Accessing the National Library of Medicine’s FREE Mobile Resources”

Learn to use EndNote with our free workshop Thursday, July 12

EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations.  The class willContinue reading “Learn to use EndNote with our free workshop Thursday, July 12”

Mobile Version of Drug Information Portal

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Drug Information Portal is now available for mobile devices. http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/m.drugportal This mobile optimized web site covers over 32,000 drugs and provides descriptions, drug names, pharmaceutical categories, and structural diagrams.  Each record also features information links to 19 other resources including NLM PubMed, NLM LactMed, and Drugs@FDA.

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, June 2012

rbr newsletter 2012 6 Sir THOMAS BROWNE (1605-1682). A true and full coppy of that which was most imperfectly and Surreptitiously printed before under the name of Religio Medici. [London]: 1643. Browne was not only a noted physician, but one of the great English writers and philosophers of the 17th century. His works deal moreContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, June 2012”

American FactFinder

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 PuertoContinue reading “American FactFinder”