HSLS Helps Spread Holiday Cheer to Children
HSLS participated in this year’s Karing for Kids Project by purchasing gifts to help make this a brighter holiday season for homeless children.
View ArticleTreasures from the Rare Book Room: Photography and Medical Books, Part 2
Part 1 of this article appeared in the October issue of the HSLS Update, and gave a brief overview of the history of photography and medical books. Part 2 explores the fascinating ties between art and...
View ArticleiSchool Partner Student Interning at HSLS
The iSchool Partners Program is a scholarship program that offers opportunities for students enrolled in the MLIS program to gain practical library experience. This year HSLS is hosting Marion Couch....
View ArticleNobel Laureate Presentations in Henry Stewart Talks
HSLS provides access to the Henry Stewart Talks: Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, which publishes audiovisual presentations by the world’s leading experts. The collection is organized into a...
View ArticleHSLS E-Books in Nursing
The Nursing section of the HSLS Health Sciences E-Books by Subject list contains links to a number of online books of interest to nursing students, nursing school faculty, and clinical nurses. The...
View ArticleMeet the Staff of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle...
In the June 2011 HSLS Update, it was announced that HSLS was awarded a five-year contract from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to serve as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for the National...
View ArticleIntroducing HSLS MolBio Video Tutorials
Do you need to do any of the following, but don’t know where to start: Predict transcription factor binding sites? Identify protein interaction partners? Browse a region of the human genome? Create a...
View ArticlePubMed Health: A New Web Site for Clinical Effectiveness Information
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information recently released PubMed Health, a Web site that specializes in presenting clinical effectiveness research....
View ArticleNew Workshop on Editing your Digital Images with Photoshop
Since its inception 17 years ago, the HSLS Adobe Photoshop for Beginners Workshop has emphasized the basics of image editing using this powerful software package. Coming in the spring of 2012, this...
View ArticlePublishing Decisions Affect Author Impact
Publication choices create a cascade of consequences affecting not only authors, but also colleagues, research institutions, and scientific disciplines. Copyright can be managed to the best advantage...
View ArticleDirector’s Reflections
As traditional in this December issue, listed below are the donors who supported HSLS with monetary gifts and in-kind contributions in the past year (December 2010–November 2011). These thoughtful...
View ArticleGlobal Health Exhibit Coming to Falk Library
Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health, a traveling exhibit produced by the National Library of Medicine, is coming to Falk Library January 16, 2012, through February 25, 2012. The...
View ArticlePalPITTations Concert in Falk Library on December 16
Get into the holiday spirit by joining us for a holiday concert performed by the PalPITTations, an a capella vocal group of health sciences students from the University of Pittsburgh. The PalPITTations...
View ArticleFalk Library Holiday and Winter Recess Hours
Over Pitt’s winter break, Falk Library will have modified hours: Friday, December 23 through Monday, January 2: CLOSED Tuesday, January 3: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday, January 4: Resume regular hours...
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