The University of Iowa Libraries subscribes to Social Explorer which now provides detailed COVID-19 data visualizations by county and state. The available data is approximately two days old.
To find this data:
If you need help with Social Explorer, please contact your librarian.
Hardin Library subscribes to a variety of clinical resources that include free mobile apps for UIowa affiliated users including faculty, staff, students, residents, fellows, and emeritus faculty. Find instructions on how to install on our guide: https://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/mobile.
All of Hardin’s electronic databases and tools are available here: https://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/az.php?s=119595. Most of these sources are responsive and will also work on a mobile device without loading an app.
A more complete list of University of Iowa Libraries electronic resources is available here: https://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/az.php?a=all
If you have difficulty installing apps, please contact us.
Access any of this titles by going to http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/clinicalkey and selecting “books.”
Hardin Library provides a variety of services to help you succeed! 
Your department has a specialist librarian
Every department is assigned a liaison librarian, who can help you with all of your questions about the library and its resources.
Evidence-based medicine resources
Hardin subscribes to DynaMed, the Cochrane Library, JAMAevidence, BMJ Best Practice, and more.
Board review materials
Board Vitals provides question banks, with feedback, for most specialty boards.
Assistance with literature searches and systematic reviews
The UIowa Libraries subscribe to many health science databases, focused on a variety of disciplines and implementations, from point-of-care to basic science research. Your liaison can help you choose the right databases, the right headings, and the right strategy. The Institute of Medicine recommends working with a librarian or other information specialist to plan out your search strategy and to peer-review the final strategy used.
Guide to Getting Started with Systematic Reviews
Health Sciences databases
1139 databases available from University of Iowa Libraries (all disciplines)
Easy access to electronic journals
A-Z list of electronic journals – we may have other issues in print as well!
Browzine lets you make a personal list of journals to read at your computer or use the mobile app.
Work off-campus
All of our library resources are available off-campus but require authentication with your Iowa HawkID and password. Start at Hardin’s website. If you are trying to access library resources off campus from a secure location or behind a firewall, you may need to use the Cisco AnyConnect VPN client. You may also need to use Cicsco AnyConnect from the VA Hospital.
Specialized guides to resources
Find quick help for your specialty or department.
Free interlibrary loan and document delivery
If you need an article or book that the UI Libraries doesn’t have, we can get it for you, for free. And if you need an article that we only have in print, we will scan it for you. If you want a book that is checked out, request it. No limits on the number of requests!
EndNote Desktop and other citation management software
EndNote is freely available for residents, and your liaison can work with you to tame your references.
Mobile resources
Hardin subscriptions provide access to many mobile apps at no charge to you including UpToDate, DynaMed Plus, ClinicalKey, BMJ Best Practice and more.
Hardin Open Workshops
Hardin librarians offer monthly workshops on topics like PubMed, EndNote, and avoiding predatory publishers. We can also bring any of our sessions to you individually or to your group.
Quick help when you need it
Whenever the library is open, we have trained reference staff available to answer questions by phone 319-335-9151, email lib-hardin@uiowa.edu or chat.
159 Health Science databases
Web of Science, Scopus, Micromedex, and more!
NEJM Resident 360
Prepare for your rotations, and provides support for coping with pressures of residency.
Individual and group study/work space
Hardin has individual and small group studies, as well as study carrels and tables. The 24-hour study is available to any UI-affiliated user with your hospital badge or Iowa ID card.
Printing
Black and white self printing is available for .03/side. Color printing is available for .15/side. Printing charges go to your staff account.
eduroam Secure Wireless
The eduroam wireless network is available at the Hardin Library, as well as unsecure guestnet.
Statistical Analysis Software
R, R Studio, SPSS, SAS, Stata and Mathematica are available from Information Technology Services via Virtual Desktop. Not all programs available off campus.
Institutional Repository
The University of Iowa Libraries has an institutional repository where you can deposit unpublished works, open access works, open educational resources and presentations. Contact sarah-andrews@uiowa.edu for more information. Materials in our repository are indexed in Google Scholar.
Books and DVDs for entertainment or families
As the 23th largest research library in the US/Canada, the UI Libraries system has 40,000+ DVDs and millions of books in many languages including Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Arabic as well as a large collection of children’s books. Search the catalog to find them. Materials can be sent to Hardin Library for pickup. You may request up to 15 items at one time and check out up to 1,000.
The libraries now have an ebook with unlimited users of Caroline Criado Perez’s book Invisible Bias: Data Bias in a World Designed For Men.
NPR interview with Criado Perez
Pivot now makes it easier for researchers to search for potential collaborators and external funding opportunities.
University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students may now use the database to identify funding opportunities from governments, corporations, non-profit organizations, foundations, and other private sources. Users may also sign up to receive weekly funding alerts based on their search criteria. Tip: add relevant keywords to your profile in order to better identify relevant funding.
Pivot replaces the University of Iowa’s subscription to the SPIN funding database.
In addition to the funding search tools, Pivot also offers functionality to support research collaborations. Users can search for researcher expertise on the University of Iowa campus or at other institutions within the U.S. and internationally. 3M faculty profiles are included in the database.
Questions about using the Pivot database may be directed to Oliva Smith in the Division of Sponsored Programs at oliva-smith@uiowa.edu or 335-3708.
The launch of Pivot on the University of Iowa campus is a collaborative effort from the Research Development Office, Division of Sponsored Programs, and the UI Libraries.
ROBERT KNOX (1791-1862). Man, his structure and physiology : popularly explained and demonstrated. 2nd ed. London ; New York: H. Bailliere, 1858.
This popular introduction to anatomy and physiology was written by the noted – if somewhat infamous – Edinburgh anatomist Robert Knox. Knox believed that a knowledge of human structure and physiology was vital, forming the basis for a better understanding of the structure and nature of all living bodies.
He hoped that this elementary yet detailed introduction would encourage the reader to pursue further study in not only human anatomy, but also in the field of zoology. One of the best and most enthusiastic teachers of anatomy during the 19th century, Knox’s emphasis upon practical dissection led to his indiscreet and notorious association with the Edinburgh ‘resurrectionists’, Burke and Hare. When their crimes came to light, he was implicated, savagely attacked in the literature of the day, and his effigy was burnt by the populace.
Although exonerated by Burke, an influential committee of his peers accused him of acting incautiously and failing to ensure that his assistants properly vetted their cadaver suppliers. The episode haunted him and tarnished the rest of his career. He then turned his attention to ethnology and anthropology, and found some success in these fields.
You may view this book in the John Martin Rare Book Room, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Make a gift to the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences by donating online or setting up a recurring gift with The University of Iowa Foundation.
View a digitized copy of the original edition of this work at the Internet Archive
Do you need to use a book checked out to someone else? The UI Libraries’ new default option for getting a copy of a book that is in use is to request it through interlibrary loan, rather than recall it from the person who has it checked out.
The Libraries’ interlibrary loan* service will get a copy of the needed material from another library, at no charge to you. On average, it takes 6.5 days to get a book through interlibrary loan. In contrast, when a book is recalled from another user, that user is given at least a week to return it, and sometimes longer, depending on when they had checked the book out. This change also means that materials you have checked out are less likely to be recalled from you.
If you have never requested a book or journal article through interlibrary loan, you will need to fill out a registration form the first time. There is no limit on the number of interlibrary loan requests UI faculty, staff, students, or residents can make, and requests can be for any use, including entertainment.
Books may still be recalled by UI Libraries staff when they are needed for course reserves.
If you have questions about interlibrary loan or any other UI Libraries service or policy, contact Hardin staff at 319-335-9151.
*What are Interlibrary Loans?
Interlibrary loans are materials borrowed from another library for use by a user or loaned to another library for their patron’s use.
The lending library does not know which user has requested the materials.
HIPPOCRATES (ca. 460 B.C.-ca. 368 B.C.). Aphorismorum Hippocratis sectiones septem. Lyons: Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1543.
The John Martin Rare Book Room holds 21 titles by Hippocrates published from 1527 through the 1800’s. This volume, translated from the Greek to Latin is by François Rabelais (ca. 1490-1553?). Rabelais was a French physician, Catholic monk, and noted humanist, best known for his series —Pantagruel and Gargantua –the comic and satirical masterpieces directed against the superstitions and pretenses of his day.
He entered Montpellier to study medicine late in 1530 and by 1532 was physician to the Hôtel Dieu in Lyons. Rabelais compiled and edited the first edition of the present work while at Lyons in 1532. He was one of the first to lecture from Greek texts and, in the book’s dedicatory letter to his good friend Geoffroy d’Estissac, Bishop of Maillezais, indicates that the translation was made from his own ancient text because existing Latin translations were filled with errors. The Greek text of the Aphorismi with its own special title page is added at the end of the book. The book also includes Hippocrates’ De medico, medicine officio liber, Liber de lege, and Liber de specie, acie, visuve, & opsios oculorum corrupta.
You may view this book in the John Martin Rare Book Room, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Make a gift to the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences by donating online or setting up a recurring gift with The University of Iowa Foundation.
Access any of this titles by going to http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/clinicalkey and selecting “books.”