HSLS Schedule of Classes September-October 2011
HSLS offers classes on database searching, software applications such as Adobe Photoshop, bibliographic management, molecular biology and genetics, and library orientations. For more information visit...
View ArticleHSLS Staff News
The HSLS Staff News section includes recent HSLS presentations, publications, staff changes, staff promotions, degrees earned, etc. News Barbara Epstein, HSLS director, will chair the Medical Library...
View ArticleFinding Keepsakes in an Unusual Place!
You never know what treasures you’ll find in an old file cabinet! Recently, while cleaning out several old file cabinets in Falk Library, Administrative Specialist Nelson Galloway came across two class...
View ArticleChanges Coming to the CMC
Do you remember Falk Library’s Learning Resource Center (LRC)? The LRC was created in 1982 with a donation of audiovisual equipment in memory of Pharmacology Professor Paul L. Mclain. Since then,...
View ArticleHealthCAS Cohort-2 Visits Pitt
The second cohort of students enrolled in Pitt’s online Certificate of Advanced Study in Health Sciences Librarianship (HealthCAS), visited HSLS and the School of Information Sciences (iSchool) for an...
View ArticleSo, What Does It Mean to Be a Regional Medical Library?
In the June 2011 HSLS Update, we announced that HSLS was awarded a five-year contract from the National Library of Medicine to serve as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for the National Network of...
View ArticleNew PubMed Feature: Bolded Search Terms
Your PubMed search results now include bolded search terms. This new feature allows you to quickly locate where your search terms appear within each record. Bolded terms also include terms that have...
View ArticleTreasures from the Rare Book Room: 27th General Hospital in New Guinea
In the Forward to the Quarterly History, Volume 1, Lt. Colonel George L. Beatty writes: “It is our hope that this history may be of some interest, and possibly of some small value to other medical...
View ArticleHSLS E-Books: STAT!Ref
STAT!Ref is one of several e-book platforms to which HSLS provides access. While some platforms only include e-books from a single publisher, STAT!Ref provides access to e-books from multiple...
View ArticleLiaison Librarians Work in Partnership with Health Sciences Schools
Do you have a question about how to search a specific database? Feeling overwhelmed and not sure where to begin researching a topic of interest? Ask for help from your school’s liaison librarian....
View ArticleAccess to HSLS E-Resources from Home
As a Pitt or UPMC affiliated patron, you can access HSLS online books and journals even when you are not on campus or at a UPMC facility. Start by clicking the Remote Access link on the upper-right...
View ArticleIntroduction to the Computer & Media Center
The Computer & Media Center (CMC), located on the second floor of Falk Library, is open to UPMC and Pitt health sciences faculty, students, and staff. The computer lab and helpdesk services are...
View ArticleDirectors Reflections…Welcome to Students and Faculty!
It seems as if the summer has barely started, but we’re already greeting new students and faculty, and planning fall term orientations and workshops. This “welcome-back” Update issue includes articles...
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