Search our library catalog for “anatomy” and you’ll find hundreds of books, journals, software and AV materials. Some things are online and some are in the library. There are lots of species represented… small, large, domestic, ruminant, lab, exotic, avian, amphibian, reptile, primate, chordate and vertebrate. The topics range from basic anatomy to clinical, neurological, …
Check out the Library of Things Scatter Map that the Massachusetts Library System has compiled for things like museum passes, cookware, garden seeds and home tools. As a resident of Massachusetts, you can get a local public library and a Boston Public Library card. Your local library and Boston Public Library have lots of online …
The Farmers’ Market has started back up for the 2019 season. We had some beautiful donations of cucumbers, peppers, squash and eggplant. All of the money collected is donated to the Travis Fund for Needy Animals. The market is located just inside the Library entrance, in Loew Medical Education Center. posted 07/26/2019
Almost every topic in the news today has a One Health component. The Library has created a display to show some of the One Health topics and issues that are of concern: public health, veterinary medicine, human medicine, wildlife management, environmental health, climate change… the list goes on. National One Health Day is November 3rd. …
We have gotten some comments in our suggestion box in the past year. I have decided to interpret ‘Library’ as the entire Loew Medical Education Center building when answering the suggestions. Could we please replace the old ticking clocks with silent (potentially digital) ones? — Yes, we are ordering a new (hopefully) ‘silent’ clock. There …
To celebrate Diversity Month, the library asked for input on four statements. Here is what we heard and this is what it looked like. Describe yourself with one word. life-enriching positivity one-of-a-kind resourceful driven sensitive creative (twice) unapologetically me I’m a doer private awkward introvert What is a part of your identity that you hide? …
The week of April 8th is National Library Week. In recognition of this, Tufts Now has stories about each of the Tufts Libraries. The Veterinary Library article features our oldest book (1571, The Rules of riding… in Italian); most popular item (laptops); unusual items; and interesting new books. posted 4/11/2019
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others? Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. The library has created a display to honor Dr. King. We chose the theme of ‘service’. The display has stories about Cummings students, faculty, staff and our volunteers. Rescuing wildlife trapped in oil spills A volunteer in …
We’ve created a small wellbeing collection, near our comfy chair reading nook. Some of the topics include self-esteem, mental health, financial planning and career planning. Come take a look! posted 12/17/2018
A $10 print subsidy has already appeared in students’ JumboCash accounts. The money can be used to pay for printing on any of the Tufts campuses. And another piece of good news… if you do not use your print subsidy by the end of the academic year, it will roll over into the new academic …
The summer library display features local travel tips. The suggestions include places in Grafton, the Worcester area and farther afield. There are numerous zoos, aquariums, animal sanctuaries and other fun activities in our area. And did you know… the MBTA has a special $10 summer weekend commuter rail fare from June 9th-September 2nd. The fare …
With all of the stress that surrounds the end of an academic year and finals, we decided to have a display of humorous books. Surprisingly enough, we have quite a few funny books in our collection. We also have a “joke of the day.” Have you seen them? They are all about animals (naturally)… we …
Essential Evidence Plus is the latest addition to the Tufts Libraries’ collection of tools for finding evidence-based medicine literature. It includes some veterinary topics. For a more complete search of the EBVM/EBM literature, try some of the other tools listed below. BestBets for Vets: Begun by the University of Nottingham, BETs are reviews of the …
Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week, February 11th-17th! Visit the Library next week and share a random act of kindness that you have given or received. Post a message on our board; inspire others and spread kindness! posted 2/11/2018
Cummings Thrives, Office of Student Affairs and the Veterinary Library collaborated to create a wellness display in the library. Guess the number of jelly beans in the jar. The person with the best guess takes home the jar. Write your feelings on a piece of paper… Cummings Thrives is polling how our students …
Did you know that Tufts Libraries have online movie and music collections, in addition to the thousands of online books, journals, databases and podcasts? Find any of the things in the list by searching the Tufts University web site or the Tufts Library Catalog. Streaming video collections Swank Digital Campus Kanopy OntheBoards Medici PBS Video …
Dr. Dodman’s books have been translated into many languages. When he retired, he cleaned out his office and sent us two boxes of books in Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch, Chinese and Japanese. Dog who loved too much… in Italian, Finnish, Dutch and Chinese Cat who cried for help… in Italian, German, Chinese …
The Loew Medical Education Center Teaching Lab is getting a much needed renovation this summer. After a delayed start, work on the renovation finally began last week. The space was gutted. This week they are doing the layout; framing; saw cutting the slab (noisy!); rough installation of the electrical, plumbing and ducts. They will try …
We now have four ways to a print at Tufts: [NEW] Upload your print job by logging on to https://jumboprint.tufts.edu with your Tufts username and password. [NEW] Email jumboprint_bw@tufts.edu or jumboprint_color@tufts.edu with your print job as an attachment. You will need to register your Tufts or non-Tufts email the first time you submit a print …
Tufts Libraries have two journal-specific mobile apps. Browzine and Read by QxMD let you view and browse journals from your tablet or mobile device. Browzine is designed for Apple and Android devices, but also has a web browser version. Read by QxMD is similar to Browzine, but specifically for medical and scientific research. Go to …
At long last, the print subsidy has arrived. $10 was automatically added to all Tufts students’ JumboCash accounts in January. The $10 can only be used for printing; it cannot be used for food purchases. The subsidy was requested by Tufts undergraduate students and is a service provided by the Tufts Libraries. reposted 2/21/2017; …
A book from the Veterinary Library’s John A. Seaverns Equine Collection is on display at the Directed Looking Gallery at the Tufts University Art Gallery, part of their Spring 2017 exhibits. Ordini di cavalcare, et modi di conoscere le nature de’ caualli, di emendare i lor vitij, & d’ammaestrargli per l’uso della guerra, & giouamento …
The JAVMA instructions for authors have just been updated, the first time since 2004. Since many of you publish in JAVMA, Here is the JAVMA editorial announcing the update. AVMA resources for authors include: Instructions for authors AVMA Manuscript Central Copyright Assignment Agreement and Authorship Form Guidelines for Preparations for Scientific Abstracts posted 01/27/2017
The library got 12 ebooks this summer: Atlas of normal radiographic anatomy & anatomic variants in the dog and cat by D.E. Thrall, I.D. Robertson (2016) Avian medicine edited by J. Samour (2016) Clinical equine oncology by D.C. Knottenbelt et al.(2015) Dentistry in rabbits and rodents by E. Böhmer (2015) Equine clinical immunology edited by …
Do you need to have some fun? Run around a little? Clear your mind? The library has some games you can check out. We have a football, soccer ball, volley ball, paddle ball, hacky sack, frisbee, Twister, Backgammon and a deck of cards. Take a study break and check out one of our “toys”. posted …
We gave away tomato plants in the Library this week and spawned a feeding frenzy. John Mapel of Mapel Nurseries and Steve Libuda gave us 56 tomato seedling 4-packs on Thursday. They were all claimed within 45 minutes of the email broadcast to the campus! So on Friday, John and Steve brought us another 50 …
Library staff and our student workers have created a display about client communications. It’s a combination of books and journal articles in our collection. It’s just inside our door. Here is what the library student workers picked out… Beyond customer service: keeping clients for life by Richard F. Gerson Client satisfaction pays: quality service for …
Welcome back and Happy New Year! Nancy Meyer built this Bookish Snowman from things she found in the library. posted 1/7/2016
Plumb’s Veterinary Drugs is a wonderful online resource to have. It is one of the places to look up veterinary drugs. You can search by drug, class name, alias, or browse alphabetically. You have to be on campus, using VPN or VDI to access it. Register your computer and then bookmark PVD. Plumb’s is also …
The construction workers are gone for now (they’ll be back later to work on the roof) and the various spaces in Loew are (almost) back to normal. Thank you Timberline Construction for getting the work done and cleaning up afterwards. We are ready for the new academic year. The microscopes are back in the Teaching …
Tufts Libraries have all kinds of things in our collections. In addition to the thousands of electronic journals, books and databases, here are a few of our other online resources that you might enjoy checking out. Mango Languages Designed to give users comprehensive conversational language and grammar skills. The basic course (10 lessons) focuses on …
The work is progressing. I don’t have any details to share, but here are some more pictures (thank you Keith). I know it looks bad, but for any of you looking for a quiet study space, the construction folks leave at 2pm. Luckily the weather has been pretty nice, so the lack of air conditioning …
We are open and we can get to most of our journals and books, but… the demolition has begun, HVAC is turned off and it’s a little bit noisy for short periods of time. Here are some pictures. First floor reference area First floor south wall (Rt. 30 side) Second floor journal stacks Second floor, …
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The maintenance work finally really got started this week with power washing the exterior of the building. It’s relatively quiet today, but will probably be noisy next Friday 6/12. The work scheduled for the next couple of weeks includes: power washing the building in preparation to repairing the bricks and mortar, HVAC work, some demolition …
Loew Medical Education Center will be undergoing a deferred maintenance project this summer. The work will include replacing the roof, chillers and boilers, repointing bricks, replacing windows and addressing moisture problems. There will be days when there is no air conditioning and there will be some power outages. Please call and ask us what work …
The Veterinary Library is celebrating spring! The Cummings Community Garden had a seed planting workshop on March 25. Approximately 20 people joined together to plant seeds, learn about growing seeds, ask questions and share expertise. Some of these seedlings are now “living” in the library, enjoying the beautiful, abundant light we get through our windows. …
Cummings staff have authored publications on many subjects over the years. Come see the book display in the library. The topics include: anatomy anesthesia animal welfare behavior equine neonatal medicine ethics exotics & birds genetics goat medicine hematology international veterinary medicine neurobiology oncology physiological chemistry physiology practice management radiography surgery ultrasonography. posted 11/17/2014
Signs a journal or publisher might be “predatory” or that it might not be a good fit. The journal is not listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The journal is not listed in Ulrichs (Tufts login required). It is not widely available on major databases. The publisher is not a member of …
The Tufts Scholarly Communication Team is celebrating Open Access Week with seminars about research data management and scientific publishing. They have information about OA Week on their website and a full list of events. The Tufts Scholarly Communications Team’s goal is to provide information for faculty, staff, and students about all aspects of the process used …
Celebrate the Freedom to Read September 21−27, 2014 Banned Books Week is an annual event, highlighting the value of free and open access to information and drawing attention to the harms of censorship. Check out this article posted by the American Library Association which includes a link to frequently challenged books. For more information on …
The Library’s web site has been updated to include a link to veterinary specialty board reading lists for our residents and a search tool called JumboSearch. A link to the Resident Reading Lists is on the left side of our web page. At the request of some of our residents, we’ve created pages that integrate …
The library’s summer hours begin on May 29 and run through August 18. We will be open Monday-Thursday 8:00am-6:00pm, Friday 8:00am-5:00pm, and closed on the weekends. posted 5/19/2014
The library hopes to once again host a Farmer’s Market this summer with produce donations from the Cummings community. All money collected will be given to the Travis Fund for Needy Animals so, think of the Travis Fund when planning your garden. Look for email notices on market days and contact Betsy Like at x87925 …
What does ‘One Health’ mean to you? Come see the display in the Veterinary Library. We are proud to feature posters created by our students, articles written by our faculty, a local newspaper article featuring one of our students, in addition to other materials. Tufts at Tech Education and Partnerships in One Health by Dr. …
The library has lots of books to give away! Unfortunately we are running out of space and can’t keep the second copies of non-current editions of popular books such as Smith’s Large animal internal medicine, Pavletic’s Atlas of small animal reconstructive surgery, and many others. Come browse our shelves of free books and take as …
This isn’t library related, but it’s a very interesting video presentation given by Amy Cuddy, a professor and researcher at Harvard Business School, where she studies how nonverbal behavior and snap judgments affect people from the classroom to the boardroom. Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are posted 2/21/2014
Have you ever thought about giving your clients an information prescription? Directing them to some web sites where they can learn more about their pet’s disease or treatment? Here is an interesting article to read. Kogan LR, Schoenfeld-Tacher R, Gould L, Viera AR, Hellyer PW. Providing an information prescription in veterinary medical clinics: a pilot …
The Veterinary Library Staff would like to think that our encouragement helped the Red Sox win the 2013 World Series. posted 11/1/2013
October 21-27 is International Open Access Week ! There has been a lot of buzz in the news about open access with the recent “sting” article in Science by John Bohannon and Nature’s special edition on the Future of Publishing. Two interesting commentaries about the sting article, written by people in the Harvard Office for …
Data Citation Index is a database of data sets. Need a nutrition data set for geriatric dogs? Or maybe a data set for horses and West Nile Virus? Data Citation Index is an international repository, covering the social sciences, physical sciences, life sciences, arts and humanities. It’s available on the Web of Knowledge search platform. …
Do you need a book from the Tisch, Ginn or Hirsh Library? You can now request it from within the library catalog. Look for the “Request Item” button. The book will be delivered to the Veterinary Library; we’ll send you email to let you know it’s in and waiting for you to pick it up. …
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Do you know that the Veterinary Library has books and journals dedicated to the topics of nutrition and diets for dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, fish and humans? We even have a horse treats recipe book. Our oldest book dates back to 1743 (come ask and we’ll show it to you). Some of our oldest books …
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Library summer hours begin today, May 24th. Our hours during the summer are: Monday–Thursday 8:00am–6:00pm Friday 8:00am–5:00pm Saturday-Sunday closed We will close at 5pm on Wednesday July 3rd. We will be closed all day on Monday May 27th (Memorial Day) …
The Veterinary Library now has a mobile version of our web site. We’ve included our library hours, links to TUSK, PBL Resources, the library catalog, directions, our full web site and the TCSVM web site. posted 3/6/2013
Check out the new Export to Refworks link that appears in library catalog records (example). Look for the link on the right side of the screen, as seen in the image below. Questions about Refworks or how to use it? Come see me. posted 3/6/2013
Tufts has a new database that focuses on searching for and accessing data repositories. Data Citation Index allows researchers to search and assess research data from data repositories across disciplines and around the world. Search for research data, including data studies, data sets from a wide range of international data repositories and connect them with …
The Veterinary Library loves your donations of veterinary books and journals (and other related subjects), but we can’t always keep them. We may already have the book or journal in our collection. We do not have enough space to keep everything. The items may be older than we would like for our collection. But, we …
The Provost’s Office announced a new round of funding for open access publishing. Applications for the next round of awards are due February 7, 2013 with notification in February 2013. For more information about the Provost’s Open Access Fund, visit Scholarly Communications at Tufts University. The web site describes what open access is, some of …
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Open Access Week was October 22-28, 2012. The week has past, but publishing in open access journals and the issues surrounding open access are still present. The Scholarly Communications at Tufts University web site describes “open access”, some of the issues, and provides information about the Provost’s Open Access Fund. Applications for the next round …
A new Library display features TCSVM authors. Come see Dr. Kumar’s just published clinical anatomy book and new editions of Dr. Engelking’s books. Also on display are books about animal rights, goat medicine, anesthesia, critical care, diagnostic imaging, hemoparasites, and more. And did you know… TCSVM faculty, staff and students have published nearly 100 articles …
A small, informal Farmer’s Market is taking place every Tuesday and Friday in the Library. Some gardeners, overwhelmed by their harvest, have decided to try selling their surplus vegetables and fruit. All proceeds collected are being donated to the Travis Fund. The first two market days were very successful. So far there have been tomatoes, …
Check out the new scanner in the Library, just inside our entrance. You can scan and send documents to email or Google Docs, save to a flash drive, or print. It’s faster and easier to use than our old scanner and it’s free! The library staff will be happy to show you how to use …
The summer Seaverns Equine Collection displays encompass the Olympics and humor. Visit the Library and lighten up your day with some humor, or read about equine Olympic events, history or personalities. posted 7/3/2012