The Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and UBorrow system will be down for maintenance Tuesday, July 9 from 8-11pm. You will not be able to log in to the system or request loans from 8-11pm.
Please log in and request materials after the system returns.
The Hardin Library will be closed Thursday, July 4th for the national Independence Day holiday.
The library will be open regular hours Friday, July 5th from 7:30am-6pm.
The library will be open shorter hours Saturday, July 6th from 10am-2pm.
The library will be open regular hours Sunday, July 7th from Noon-9pm.
The 24-hour study will be available at all times with a UIHC Badge or Iowa OneCard.
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.
ITS will update the TLS certificate used for wireless clients connecting to eduroam at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, June 4.
The service won’t be interrupted but will require a manual confirmation of the new certificate on most devices except Android and Chromebook. Instructions on how to accept the new certificate on your devices can be found on the Wireless Certificate Upgrade support article.
If you are unable to connect to eduroam after 9am on June 4, 2019, simply “forget the network” (existing eduroam connection) and set it up again using the instructions.
For further assistance, contact the ITS Help Desk at its-helpdesk@uiowa.edu or at 319-384-HELP (4357).
by Linda Walton, Associate University Librarian
The UI Libraries has published a finalized list of cancelled subscriptions to journals, databases, and e-books. These cancellation decisions were made after considering feedback from the campus community. Some titles were retained as a result of feedback.
Titles cancelled were low use, or carried a high cost per use, or duplicated content available in other sources.
We will continue to monitor requests for titles and we will also watch for changes in subscription costs in the future. Both variables will inform decisions in the future.
The Libraries saved $600,000 and met its budgetary goal for this year.
Information about cancellation project and decision process
All annual loans due in June, 2019 may now be renewed for another year.
You may renew your loans:
You may return books to any University of Iowa Library.
You may return books to Hardin Library via campus mail. Please include a campus mail book return form with each book.
We want you to succeed, and here are some of the ways we want to help making studying at the Hardin Library easier:
Hardin Library printing and public computers are provided by ITS.
Color printing is available from ALL public computers. Simply select ITC-Color as your printer and release the job from the print release station on 3rd Floor or in the Information Commons West.
Color printing is 15 cents per side. Black and white printing is 3 cents per side. We are quite a bargain!
Using Google Scholar off campus requires changing some settings in order to view full-text articles.
Access Google Scholar from Hardin’s A-Z database list or directly at http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/GoogleSch.
Then change settings as below:
Go to Settings
Click on Library Links
Make sure The University of Iowa – ViewIt@UILink has a check mark next to it and SAVE that setting
Then look for the ViewIt@UILink link in the results to get to University of Iowa subscribed content.
Explore the “Cite” and “Cited by” features
We are happy to announce OpenHawks, a campus-wide grant program that funds faculty efforts to replace their current textbooks with Open Educational Resources (OER) for enhanced student success.
OER (such as textbooks, videos, assessment tools, lab books, research materials or interactive course modules) are free for students and carry legal permission for open use. The open licenses under which these items are released allow users to create, reuse, and redistribute copies of the resources.
Removing cost barriers to course materials opens student access and positively impacts learning. OER provide further benefit when faculty fully integrate free resources into their curricula by “remixing” or tailoring materials to enhance specific learning objectives.
Acknowledging the rising costs of educational resources and increasing financial pressures on students, the UI Libraries works to provide creative solutions in partnership with other campus units. As a result of this collaborative work, OpenHawks grants support faculty efforts to use OER at any level: adopting or remixing existing materials, developing open access assessment and learning tools, redesigning courses, or creating an original OER to share under an open license.
Call for Proposals: Here you can find more information about OpenHawks and instructions for applying. Spring 2019 applications are due on April 26, 2019.
Application: Once you’re ready to apply, click here and complete your application in Qualtrics. (You can find a PDF version of the application questions here.)
Evaluation Rubrics: These are the criteria reviewers will use to make funding decisions.
Funding is available at several different levels depending on the type of projects applicants wish to complete. Some projects require more time and resources than others, and our award structure is meant to reflect that. See below for the award types available:
| Award Type | Award Range | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Adoption | $500-$1,000 | Use an existing open textbook for a course with no editing and minimal course adaptation required. |
| Remixing | $750-$2,000 | Adapt, update, combine, or improve existing OER to replace a currently used textbook. Use of library-licensed materials may also be considered. |
| Support Materials | $1,000-$3,000 | Develop test bank questions, teaching support materials, quizzes, interactive learning aids, or other support materials for existing OER. |
| Course Redesign | Up to $5,000 | Redesign a course around the use of OER. |
| OER Creation | Up to $10,000 | Create an original Open Educational Resource to be used in a course and shared under an open license. |
Please contact Mahrya Burnett (mahrya-burnett@uiowa.edu), UI Scholarly Communications Librarian, to find out more.