What's New @ HHSL

Memorial Day Hours for HHSL

Kathryn Houk — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:20 +0000

This Monday, May 27, is Memorial Day.

In honor of the holiday, the Hirsh Health Sciences Library will be open special hours from noon to 7 pm.

Enjoy your long weekend!

CC photo courtesy of Ben Franske on Wikimedia Commons.

Need Protein Information? Try NCBI Protein!

Kathryn Houk — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:30:57 +0000

The National Center for Biotechnology Information collects and curates thousands of protein sequences and related information, so it’s a great place to start if you need information fast.

Step 1: Go to the library homepage at www.library.tufts.edu/hhsl and click the PubMed@Tufts link.

Step 2: In the search box type: “ProteinName AND OrganismName[organism]” and select Protein from the dropdown menu on the left. Click search.

Step 3: Filter by RefSeq on the top right. (These are all standardized and approved protein sequences.)

Step 4: Click on a record of interest.

Step 5: Explore! The links in the right column allow you to find information about the coding gene, see conserved domains, find species with homologous genes, view 3D protein structures, view pathways that contain the protein (often from KEGG), and much more!

Have questions or need help? Contact katie.houk@tufts.edu to schedule a consultation!

Congratulations Tufts graduates!

Thomas Quinn — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:00:47 +0000

This Saturday, May 18, the Service Desk on the 4th floor will be closed, as there is a reception for graduates that will be taking place.

Credit: j.o.h.n. walker

We at the Hirsh Health Sciences Library would like to wish a hearty congratulations to all of the students graduating this weekend! They all put a stupendous amount of work into their degrees, and deserve every bit of adulation.

We’d also like to offer a special congrats to the graduates who have been working here at HHSL: Mikhael Andaya, Shugufa Basij-Rasikh, Joseph Ogbonna, and Sharda Patel. Thank you for all of your hard work and help, and we wish you the best of luck in your future careers!

Have a good weekend, and congratulations again!

HHSL 6th Floor Under Construction May 23rd through June 2013

Sarah Parent — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:13:09 +0000

Starting May 23, the sixth floor of the Library will be closed for the construction of a new classroom and more study space. The floor will remain closed through June.

Image used under CC license via Morgaine on Flickr

Explore the Medical Toolkits!

Kathryn Houk — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:37 +0000

Searching for basic information about a disease, treatment, signs & symptoms, or medical policy? The Toolbelt may be just the resource you need to find your answer.

Located in the orange “Popular Links” dropdown menu on the library homepage, the PBL Toolbelt can be accessed by logging into TUSK with your Tufts username and password.

Each toolkit is organized into a broad category for easy browsing. Each list is made by a librarian and contains the most useful and popular resources for answering common medical questions. The majority are electronic resources so you can access them from home!

We even include a useful guide for evaluating the resources you find to ensure they are top quality.

We welcome comments and feedback about the toolkits via our feedback survey!

Thank You & Farewell, Eileen!

Kathryn Houk — Sat, 11 May 2013 18:46:08 +0000

After 15 years of providing excellent service to the Tufts health sciences campus, we bid a fond farewell to Eileen Moyer, who retired earlier this month.

As an Information Services Librarian, Eileen provided invaluable research assistance and instruction to users on the Boston campus. Eileen helped design the current HHSL web site and was deeply committed to helping students become savvy users of information technology.

In addition to her work at HHSL, Eileen advocates for the humane treatment of greyhound race dogs and serves as volunteer for Greyhound Friends.

Eileen, we wish you a fabulous retirement! Thank you!

Free Books at the Library Service Desk! Friday starting at 10am

Kate Thornhill — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:00:52 +0000

Come and get ‘em! We have a full book truck of books we’re looking to giveaway. Stop by the Library Service Desk around 10am to check out what we’ve got.

Current and Past Library Staff Present Posters at the National Medical Library Association Annual Conference!

Kate Thornhill — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:00:06 +0000

“Planning Educational Outreach with Future Researchers” poster by Katie Houk, MLS

Congratulations to Research and Information Services Librarian, Katie Houk, and past employees Melissa Theroux and Tiffany Tawzer on their poster presentations this past Sunday at the National Medical Library Association Meeting in Boston. Their posters focused on planning outreach and instruction for future researchers on the Boston campus and improving the HHSL reserve collection. Great job ladies!

Melissa Theroux, MLIS, and Tiffany Tawzer, MLIS present their poster on improving the HHSL reserves collection

BioMed Central’s Open Access Journal Selector Tool

Kate Thornhill — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:30:45 +0000

Did you know BioMed Central has developed a way to use semantic technology to help researchers select which BMC journals to publish manuscripts in? This open access journal selector lets you enter your abstract or a description of your manuscript, and then works its magic by searching over 350 open access journals in BioMed Central, SpringerOpen, and Chemistry Central. There’s also a option for you to limit to journals with impact factors. For more information and to try it out visit BMC’s journal selector page. And as always… let us know what you think!!

Congrats and Goodbye to Eli Zoller, Circulation Assistant

Kate Thornhill — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:00:12 +0000

We’re happy to announce that Eli Zoller has accepted a Fellowship in Systems Librarianship at the University of Texas Arlington! In the new position Eli will be responsible for technical leadership and innovative digital initiatives.

Congrats Eli! We’re going to miss you!