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HealthLinks, April 2006

4-11: Medical Information Day

Tuesday, April 11, 2006, or 4-11, is "Medical Information Day". The observance recognizes the invaluable information and vast range of services medical librarians provide for their institutions and local communities.

QUESTIONS?

  • Contact your library liaison, who supports the teaching, clinical, and research needs of each department.
  • Or use the Ask Us tab at the top of each HealthLinks page.

U.S. News and World Report 2007 Graduate School Rankings

US News Annual Graduate School Rankings

  • UW iSchool tied for #3 in health librarianship programs

  • UW School of Medicine ranked #1 school for training primary-care physicians and in Family Medicine and Rural Health programs.
  • Other UW physician education and training programs ranked among the top 10 were: AIDS (4), womens health (6), internal medicine (6), geriatrics (7), and pediatrics (10).

News

Provided by HSL News: UW Health Sciences Libraries' News. For full story click the item title.

  • HSL Storage Items on the Move
    Over the summer, HSL is moving over 1.5 miles of materials from on-site to off-site storage. While items are in transit, they will be temporarily unavailable. Once the materials are in their new home, they can be requested and delivered to HSL using the Request/Place Hold button in the UW Libraries Catalog record. Thank you for your patience during this time.
  • Pay HSL Document Services Invoices Online
    You can now pay your Health Sciences Libraries' invoices from Document Services online with either a Visa or Mastercard. Follow the Order Articles/Books link under the Help tab in Healthlinks. It's secure, fast and easy!
  • Database Changes
    • Databases coming:
      ~ Newsbank Access World News (newspapers)
      ~ Academic Search Complete (magazine & journal articles)
      ~ Business Source Complete (business resources)
    • Departing Databases:
      ~ Research Library (magazine & journal articles)
      ~ ABI/Inform (business resources)
      ~ Current Contents Connect (serials TOC)
    For more information, see the article on the Libraries' web page or ask your liaison for assistance.

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