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NYUHSL has created several bookmarklets that you can add to your web browser to help you retrieve articles faster than ever before. With these tools you can search citations quickly in PubMed and Google Scholar, and access articles easily when you're off-campus. Click here for instructions and links.

The Faculty Bibliography is a service of the NYU Health Sciences Libraries that gathers citations to publications of NYU faculty into a single easy-to-use database. It was recently upgraded to consolidate citations from faculty at the School of Medicine, College of Nursing, and College of Dentistry; improve the data structure; and improve name matching.

The Archives' new exhibit, Pioneers in Public Health, The NYU-Bellevue Contribution, is located on the first floor of the Medical Science Building near the Thomas Murphy Sr. Conference Room. The focus of the exhibit is on the contributions from NYU and Bellevue pioneers that changed the course of medical history, from proving the clear links between unsanitary living conditions and infectious diseases to emphasizing the importance of public health and the vital role it plays in the prevention of disease.

NYUHSL's Document Delivery form has been simplified to make it easier than ever to order books, chapters, and articles, including interlibrary loan. As always, you can use the PubMed ID (PMID) of an article to automatically fill in the form. You can also see a history of items you've ordered over the past 90 days. Learn more about our fast and comprehensive document delivery services.

Google Scholar Citations recently became available to all interested users. This tool aims to make it easier to track your publications and where they've been cited, by using a statisical model to gather articles and citations automatically. You can read more about the tool in the blog post that announced the private beta this summer.

The National Library of Medicine has announced the winners of its first-ever software development challenge. Entrants were asked to use NLM's data and tools in innovative ways, resulting in a web-based gene retrieval and prioritization tool, an anatomy study guide, a semantic search and discovery application, and more. The winners include websites to use on your desktop computer as well as iOS and Android apps for your phone or tablet. All of the tools are free.

Elizabeth Harman
Associate Professor of Philosophy, The University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
Friday, November 4, 2011

RSVP required

Ehrman Medical Library, Bellevue Medical Library, and Waldmann Memorial Dental Library in the VA building are all open on Monday, August 29. Herman Robbins Library at HJD and the library at Sterling Forest are also open via swipe access, but unstaffed today. There may be some reduced hours and services depending on staff availability. For specific questions, please choose your location from the Locations menu at left and call ahead.

The CDC has released an update on their investigation into Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections associated with travel to Germany. In addition to a description of cases in people who have recently traveled to the Hamburg area, it also describes clinical features and offers links to key resources.

On Saturday, May 7, a crane will be positioned that swings over the Medical Science Building. For safety reasons, all areas of the library including the Quiet Study Space must remain closed for the day. Of course, our electronic resources will be available remotely as usual. If you are looking for study space, you might use the Waldmann Dental Library located in the VA building on the second floor, south. VA security will require you to go through a metal detector and show your current NYU ID with 2011 sticker. Note that Waldmann has a different Wi-Fi and printing set-up from Ehrman.