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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.

“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 […]

 

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 […]

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 […]

Directory of Open Access Journals is one of the leading databases for you to find open access journal articles, and for those of you who already use DOAJ to find articles you most likely noticed it […]

The Tufts Libraries will be migrating to a new web server on the morning of Sunday, April 29th. While we do not expect any problems to arise during the migration, there may be minor disruptions in HHSL web site […]

 Debra Berlandstein, Associate Direct of HHSL
HHSL’s Associate Direct, Debra Berlanstein, was recently highlighted in TuftsNow for her involvement in a systematic review to find out if it is safe […]

Bravo to Katie Houk and Kate Thornhill on their posters at the April 3, 2013 University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposium! And special congratulations to Kate on being awarded […]

What is scholarly communication?

Scholarly communication refers to “the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly […]

The following eJournals are now available for the Tufts community, most as a direct result from requests by faculty and students.
Check out the latest:

Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of […]

 “But does it really work?”  In our sound-bite saturated news media, it’s difficult to discern which health studies demonstrate effectiveness and which studies do not. How do we know when medical news is […]

Need a break from studying, but you’re still interested in reading about health science topics? Check out the New York Times blog, Well. The blog has a range of health related topics, among them are personal […]

Have you tried EcoSal?

 EcoSal is “a continually expanded and updated archive of the enteric bacterial cell” licensed by the library.  It’s comprised of several hundred modules of information and interpretation […]

In February,  Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and Tufts University School of Medicine launched PROFILES, a free online networking tool for researchers. PROFILES is a free, online […]

Changing the world is simply… “a matter of trying.”  Susan Love

Susan Love (b. 1948), pioneering breast cancer surgeon and researcher, co-founder of the National Breast Cancer Coalition

“I went to […]

Pictured are longtime benefactors of the Hirsh Health Sciences Library, Dean Emeritus Henry H. Banks and Mrs. Banks, whom we thank for their recent donation of books including:

The latest volumes of the […]

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEDICAL SCHOOL’S CLASS OF 2013!!!

Are you in search of American health and community related datasets or health informatics tools? Data.gov is part of President Obama’s administration’s Open Government initiative and provides free and open […]

“Good quality health care should be possible everywhere, even in poor, remote areas.”  Sumaira Yaftali

Sumaira Yaftali (b.1982), physician at Malalai Maternity Hospital in Kabul, the biggest women’s hospital in […]

Praised by the Washington Post, ”For more than 20 years, Health Affairs has been a must-read for anyone with a serious interest in medicine, health care, and health care policy.” as a Tufts community member […]