The sidewalk between the Hardin Library bus stop and Hardin’s parking lot beginning Monday, Oct. 10. The closure is expected last through Friday, Oct. 21. Access to the first floor entrance will be available only from the direction of the parking lot. Please be careful if you must make your way from the VA Loop bus stop area.
Homecoming is here once again.
Hardin Library will be closed on Saturday, October 29 due to the home Iowa vs. Northwestern football game. Kickoff is 2pm. The 24-hour study is available.
Cambus routes will detour Friday afternoon starting about 4pm. More information
Iowa City Transit will move the downtown interchange to Court Street starting Friday morning until the end of the day. More information
Many streets in downtown Iowa City will begin closing at about 4:30-5pm to accommodate the parade which begins at 5:45pm. More information
For better data, research, costs, and patient outcomes: consult your medical librarian.
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- Banks, D. E., Shi, R., Timm, D. F., Christopher, K. A., Duggar, D. C., Comegys, M., & McLarty, J. (2007). Decreased hospital length of stay associated with presentation of cases at morning report with librarian support. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 95(4), 381–387. https://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.95.4.381
- Brettle, A., Maden, M., & Payne, C. (2016). The impact of clinical librarian services on patients and health care organisations. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 33(2), 100–120. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12136
- Brettle, A., Maden-Jenkins, M., Anderson, L., McNally, R., Pratchett, T., Tancock, J., Thornton, D., & Webb, A. (2011). Evaluating clinical librarian services: a systematic review: Evaluating clinical librarian services. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 28(1), 3–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00925.x
- Marshall, J. G., Sollenberger, J., Easterby-Gannett, S., Morgan, L. K., Klem, M. L., Cavanaugh, S. K., Oliver, K. B., Thompson, C. A., Romanosky, N., & Hunter, S. (2013). The value of library and information services in patient care: results of a multisite study. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 101(1), 38–46. https://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.101.1.007
- McGowan, J., Hogg, W., Campbell, C., & Rowan, M. (2008). Just-in-Time Information Improved Decision-Making in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS ONE, 3(11), e3785. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003785
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Beginning this month, construction will begin in Hardin Library that will transform the space into one that we hope will be more welcoming and more relevant to your needs. By the end of the project, which will take two years:
- quiet study space on the 4th floor will be expanded,
- 3rd floor study space will be upgraded, and
- Hardin staff offices will all be located in a central area on the 3rd floor (except for the Curator of the John Martin Rare Book Room).
Among the anticipated improvements include the addition of more group studies on the 2nd and 3rd floors and updating of the individual study rooms on the 4th floor. The 4th floor improvements are thanks to a grant funded by the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust.
The first activity you will notice at Hardin will be on the 4th floor. Beginning August 8, most of the print books published before 2010 will be removed and sent to the Library Annex to accommodate the expansion of study space on the that floor. The book move will take place in two stages, each lasting about a week, in August and in December. Most of the current books in Hardin’s collection are electronic and so will continue to be easily accessible from anywhere. If you need an older print item, books at the Annex can be requested and delivered to Hardin for pick-up or even sent to your office or home (although not to dorm rooms). Older books with high use can be permanently returned to Hardin.
Later in the month, beginning approximately August 22, work will begin on the 1st floor to build offices for the Vice President for Research’s Environmental Health and Safety group. Also this fall, public restrooms on the 3rd and 4th floor will be enlarged and improved. Restrooms on the 1st and 2nd floor are scheduled for upgrades next year.
The gender neutral restroom on the 3rd floor is being remodeled and after remodeling Hardin Library will have 2 gender neutral restrooms.
We know that construction will be disruptive, but Hardin will remain open and metered parking will continue to be available in our lot. We have asked that the noisiest work be done overnight, when it will disturb the fewest number of people. Earplugs are available at the 3rd floor service desk and in the 24-hour study. We will keep you updated through signage and blog posts.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, you can use our anonymous feedback form or contact any Hardin staff member. You can always contact me directly at janna-lawrence@uiowa.edu or at 319-335-9870.
Janna Lawrence, MLIS, AHIP, FMLA
Director, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
Here is how to set up EndNote to find full text so you can save entire articles in your library.
To set up Find Full Text:
- From the Edit menu, select Preferences.
- Click on Find Full Text.
- In the Open URL Path box, enter:
https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/openurl/01IOWA/01IOWA_SERVICES - If you are using EndNote from off-campus, you will need to enter https://login.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu beside the box labeled Authentication URL.
NOTE: It is advised that you do not select the box “automatically invoke find full text on newly imported references” that appears at the bottom of the box. Attaching full text for all references is often unnecessary and will interfere with use of library during the process.
Find Full Text:
- Select the desired references in your EndNote Library.
- Right click and then select Find Full Text from the pop-up menu.
- Click OK on the copyright notice. EndNote will begin looking for full-text and will track its progress in the blue side panel.
- When EndNote finds a PDF, a paperclip appears in the attachment column, and the PDF appears in the File Attachments field of the reference. Click on the PDF to open the article. PDFs are stored in the Endnote library’s .data file, in a folder called PDF.
- If EndNote can only find an HTML version of the article, a link to that version appears in the reference’s URL field.
Enable UI Link
By enabling UI Link in EndNote, you can easily get to the full-text of an article from the EndNote record
- From the Edit menu, select Preferences.
- Click on URLS and Links.
- Paste the following into the box labeled ISI Base URL:
https://login.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=http://gateway.isiknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi
- You can now click OK.
- To use UI Link, click on a record, then go to the References menu and select URL and then OpenURL Link. Use UI Link to find full text, or to launch an interlibrary loan request, if the item is not available electronically.
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Set up EndNote to Find Full-Text
EndNote can attempt to locate the full text (PDF or HTML) of articles in your library. Full text availability is limited to journals to which the UI Libraries subscribe electronically and for which full text is available. If the Find Full-Text function does not locate a given article, try the UILink option below. (NOTE: this service produces error messages when used off-campus. Clicking either “yes” or “no” on error messages and signing in when you see the login screen should allow this to work from off-campus)
To set up Find Full Text:
- From the EndNote menu, select Preferences.
- Click on Find Full Text in the left frame.
- In the Open URL Path box, enter:
https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/openurl/01IOWA/01IOWA_SERVICE - If you are using EndNote from off-campus, you will need to enter https://login.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu beside the box labeled Authentication URL.
To find full-text:
- Select the desired references in your EndNote Library.
- From the References menu, select Find Full Text.
- Click OK on the copyright notice. EndNote will begin looking for full-text and will track its progress in the side panel.
- When EndNote finds a PDF, a paperclip appears in the attachment column, and the PDF appears in the File Attachments field of the reference. It also appears in the far right pane when the reference is open. To open the PDF, click the icon in the File Attachments field or click the “book” icon in the lower corner of the open reference. PDFs are stored in the Endnote library’s .data file, in a folder called PDF.
- If EndNote can only find an HTML version of the article, a link to that version appears in the reference’s URL field.
By enabling InfoLink in EndNote, you can easily get to the full-text of an article from the EndNote record, without attaching the PDF.
Enable UI Link
- From the EndNote menu, select Preferences
- Click on URLS and Links
- In the box labeled ISI Base URL, copy and paste this into the field:
https://login.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/login?url=http://gateway.isiknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi
- To use UI Link, select a record, then go to the References menu and select URL and then OpenURL Link. The UI Link window should appear.
Linking PDFs or Other Files to EndNote References
Sometimes, EndNote won’t be able to locate a PDF. In that case, if you have the PDF, you can manually attach it. You can also attach other types of files to citations. The file can be on your own computer or on the Internet.
- Open the reference to which you wish to link.
- To link to a file on your computer, select a citation, go to the References menu and choose File Attachments and then Attach File…. Locate the file and click Open.
- To link to a file on the Internet, simply type (or paste) the URL into the reference’s URL field.
Need personalized help? Contact your librarian!
Libraries respect everyone’s freedom to read what they choose. Staff across all University of Iowa Libraries selected some of their favorite banned books this year:
1984 | George Orwell |
The 1619 Project | Nicole Hannah-Jones |
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Sherman Alexie |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X | Malcolm X and Alex Haley |
120 Banned Books | Nicholas J. Karolidas |
All American Boys | Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely |
All Boys Aren’t Blue | George M. Johnson |
All Quiet on the Western Front | Erich Maria Remarque |
And Tango Makes Three | John Richardson and Peter Parnell |
Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging | Louise Rennison |
Barefoot Gen | Keiji Nakazawa |
The Best Little Boy in the World | Andrew Tobias |
Bless Me, Ultima | Rudolfo Anaya |
Blood and Chocolate | Annette Curtis Klause |
Bone (GN Series) | Jeff Smith |
The Book Thief | Zusak |
Books Under Fire | Pat R. Scales |
Born a Crime | Trevor Noah |
Brave New World | Aldous Huxley |
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Dee Brown |
Captain Underpants | Dav Pilkey |
Carrie | Stephen King |
Catch-22 | Joseph Heller |
Charlotte’s Web | E.B. White |
The Chocolate War | Robert Cormier |
The Color Purple | Alice Walker |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-time | Mark Haddon |
The Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank |
Drama | Raina Telgemeier |
Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury |
Forever | Judy Blume |
Fun Home: A family tragicomic | Alison Bechdel |
gender queer | Maiai Kobabe |
George | Alex Gino |
The Giver | Lois Lowry |
The Glass Castle: a memoir | Jeannette Walls |
Go Tell It On the Mountain | James Baldwin |
The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
The Handmaid’s Tale | Margaret Atwood |
Harry Potter | J.K. Rowling |
The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas |
His Dark Materials | Philip Pullman |
The House on Mango Street | Sandra Cisneros |
The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya Angelou |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Rebecca Skloot |
In Cold Blood | Truman Capote |
In the Dream House | Carmen Maria Machado |
In the Night Kitchen | Maurice Sendak |
Invisible Man | Ralph Ellison |
James and the Giant Peach | Roald Dahl |
To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee |
The Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini |
A Light in the Attic | Shel Silverstein |
Maus | Art Spiegelman |
Of Mice and Men | John Steinbeck |
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Ransom Riggs |
The New Jim Crow | Michelle Alexander |
Nickel and Dimed | Barbara Ehrenreich |
Olive’s Ocean | Kevin Henkes |
Out of darkness | Ashley Hope Perez |
The Outsiders | S.E. Hinton |
A People’s History of the United States | Howard Zinn |
Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi |
Rainbow Boys | Alex Sanchez |
A Separate Peace | John Knowles |
Sex is a Funny Word | Cory Silverberg |
Silent Spring | Rachel Carson |
Slaughterhouse Five | Kurt Vonnegut |
Something Happened in our town | Marianne Celano, et al |
Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson |
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You | Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi |
Their Eyes Were Watching God | Zora Neale Hurston |
The Things They Carried | Tim O’Brien |
Thirteen Reasons Why | Jay Asher |
This Day in June | Gayle Pitman |
Ulysses | James Joyce |
What My Mother Doesn’t Know | Sonya Sones |
When I was Puerto Rican | Esmerelda Santiago |
Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak |
A Wrinkle in Time | Madeline L’Engle |
You Can’t Say that | Leonard S. Marcus (editor) |
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty | Greg Neri |

Welcome to Mary Thomas, Hardin’s newest liaison librarian! Mary joined the Hardin staff on August 15, 2022 and is a recent graduate of the Master of Library Science program at Emporia State University and did an internship at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Boulder Labs Library. Mary was also a member of the 2021-2022 cohort of the Research Training Institute of the Medical Library Association, a competitive online program designed to provide training in advanced research methods to health sciences librarians. Mary’s research on the use of Mental Health First Aid training for library staff resulted in a virtual poster presented at the 2022 conference of the Medical Library Association in May.
Mary previously lived in Boulder, Colorado, where she received bachelor degrees in Psychology and English are from the University of Colorado. While working as a high school English teacher, she realized she could combine her interests in information literacy and health information in one job as a medical librarian.
After several weeks of orientation and training at Hardin, May will become the liaison to several departments, including Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Neurology, and will join other Hardin librarian in teaching Hardin Open Workshops sessions. Mary is excited to be able to use her teaching and librarian skills with her new community at Hardin.
by Janna Lawrence, Hardin Library director
As part of the construction projects currently underway at Hardin, most print books published before 2010 will be moved to the Library Annex.
In August, 40,000 books were permanently moved to the Annex; these were from the beginning of the call number range, starting with A and going through QR92 L5 C66. The remainder of the pre-2010 collection, approximately 50,000 books, will be moved to the Annex in December.
After ingestion into the Annex, which may take several months, you will be able to request these books through the InfoHawk+ catalog for pick up at Hardin or another campus library, or even delivered to your office or home (although currently not to residence halls).
If you require a book that you believe has been moved to the Annex but is not yet available there, please request a copy through Interlibrary Loan. We will obtain a copy for you from another library, at no cost to you.
Because e-books make up the majority of books in Hardin’s current collection, we hope that this change will have minimal impact on users. If a book located at the Annex is used frequently or is needed for course reserve, it can be returned to Hardin’s shelves. Hardin books published before 1980 have been located at the Library Annex for several years.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, you can use our anonymous feedback form or contact any Hardin staff member. You can always contact me directly at janna-lawrence@uiowa.edu or at 319-335-9870.
by Heather Healy, Clinical Education Librarian
Hardin Library has many evidence-based clinical tools for you to use in your practice or coursework.
Many have an app version available. See Mobile Resources Guide for installation.
- Evidence-based summary, point-of-care tool
- DynaMed Editorial Team monitors over 450 medical journals and guidelines organizations
- Team of practicing physicians appraises and summarizes the evidence
- Embedded citations of specific studies and DynaMed evidence levels
- Mobile app available
- Evidence-based summary, point-of-care tool
- Combines latest research evidence, guidelines, and expert opinion
- Step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis
- Referenced studies are listed and full-text is linked when available
- Mobile app available
- Evidence-based summary, point-of-care tool
- Recognized faculty of experts synthesize the latest evidence and practices and provide detailed recommendations
- References are provided for recommendations
- Mobile app available
Essential Evidence Plus and AHFS DI Essentials
- Evidence-based summary, point-of-care tool
- Includes 13,000 conditions, diseases, and procedures
- Strength-of-evidence recommendation ratings
- Evidence-based summary, point-of-care tool for drug information
- Strength of recommendation and strength of evidence ratings
- Includes many tools, including Drug Interactions, IV Compatibility, Drug Comparison, and more
- Mobile apps available
- Search the overviews in ClinicalKey using the dropdown menu by the search box
- Overviews that are easy-to-scan, actionable information on diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, screening, and prevention of diseases and conditions
- Content developed by Elsevier’s Point of Care Editorial team (global community of 4800 physicians)
- Mobile app of ClinicalKey available; look for results labeled as Clinical Overviews
- Truncated summaries of Cochrane systematic reviews
- Easy-to-read, clinically focused
- Actionable, and designed to inform decision-making at point-of-care
- Contains a clinical question, short answer, ability to drill down to evidence
- High-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making
- Includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, a gold-standard of medical literature
- Includes the Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), a repository of trial citations
- Summarizes the best new evidence for internal medicine from over 120 clinical journals.
- Research staff and clinical editors rigorously assess scientific merit of medical literature
- Point-of-care search interface for PubMed
- Allows focusing search by clinical question type (therapy, diagnosis, etiology, prognosis, or clinical prediction guides)
- Can also focus searches on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 articles by category (treatment, mechanism, long COVID, and more)
- Evidence-based information and ratings for over 90,000 dietary supplements, natural medicines and integrative therapies
- Includes interaction checker, effectiveness checker, and a nutrient depletion checker
Carlisle Isley, BFA, is an artist, papermaker, bookmaker and world traveler. She grew up in a multicultural world in seven different countries — a neither/nor world that cannot be stereotyped as a typically “white American childhood.”
The non-traditional way she was raised allowed her to engage, understand and respect many other cultural voices. In June of 2021 she moved from Rwanda to Iowa City to pursue a Masters in Library Information Science. Having access to information will allow a person to discover and empower their identities as information seekers. She believes her purpose is to promote information literacy so a community can have the tools to get their voices and thoughts heard.