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HSL Extended Hours Spring 2015

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The Health Sciences Library will remain open 24 X 7 for extended hours from: Friday May 8, 9:00 pm until Wednesday May 20 at 4:00 am. From May 20 until June 27, the Library will continue being open regular hours:

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Upcoming Workshops on the NIH Public Access Policy

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The Health Sciences Library is now offering workshops and support for NIH Public Access Policy (NIHPAP) Compliance. The Policy requires all NIH funding-supported articles to be submitted to PubMed Central within 12 months of publication in a scholarly journal. Lack

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New Library Faculty Publication

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Ann Whitney Gleason, Head of the Health Sciences Library, is the author of the recently published book Mobile Technologies for Every Library, published by the Medical Libraries Association. More Resources Mobile Resources and Apps for Library Research – Health Sciences

Posted in Health Sciences Library, HSL, Scholarly Communication

Call for Participation – Survey of Faculty Use of Author IDs

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Are you a faculty member or researcher at Stony Brook University? Have you published in academic journals? If so, we need your help. We are conducting a survey on the utilization of author identification and research networking tools. Survey link:

Posted in Health Sciences Library, Libraries, Library Outreach, Science and Engineering Library

Michael Bailou Huang Elected to IFLA Standing Committee on the Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

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Nominated by the American Library Association (ALA), Michael Bailou Huang was elected as a Standing Committee member on the IFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section for the term 2015-2019. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the

Posted in Global Initiatives, Health Sciences Library

Public Access to NSF-funded research

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Of interest to Stony Brook University researchers, the National Science Foundation (NSF or Foundation) has developed a plan outlining a framework for activities to increase public access to scientific publications and digital scientific data resulting from research the foundation funds.

Posted in Health Sciences Library, Open Access, Scholarly Communication

Workshop – Introduction to Bioinformatics Databases

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There are a vast number of bioinformatics databases, software tools, and resources available on the web covering a wide range of biological data including genes, genomes, sequences, molecular structures, proteins, gene expression and genetic variation. This workshop will help you

Posted in Health Sciences Library

Spring Break 2015 Hours

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What’s more fun than being in the library during Spring Break? The Libraries hours for Spring Break 2015: Spring Break Hours:  Friday, March 13, 2015 – Sunday, March 22, 2015 Friday March 13 Saturday March 14 Sunday March 15 Monday

Posted in About Us, Health Sciences Library, Hours

Systematic Reviews Workshop March 5

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Considering doing a systematic literature review, but not sure how to get started or what is involved? The Health Sciences Library is offering a one-hour Introduction to Systematic Reviews workshop this Thursday, March 5, 1-2pm in Classroom 1. The session

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SBU Libraries Research Tips Pinterest

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Hi Everyone!  I’m your library intern Emily and this week I want to introduce SBU Libraries Research Tips Pinterest page! Pinterest is a useful tool for students because it links them right to the information source webpage and the specific article

Posted in Health Sciences Library, Information Literacy, Libraries, Library Outreach, Stony Brook University