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The Hirsh Health Sciences Library is proud to unveil its newest curated collection: the Writing & Citation section. Our librarians have been hard at work putting together a new section of resources to help students with all their writing needs.
The Writing & Citation section is located on the bookshelf to the right of the 4th floor circulation desk.
Writing & Citation books are marked with white tape with blue lettering.
What’s it all about?
These resources are tailored to help students write academic papers, journal articles, grant applications, and more. In addition to helping students succeed in their academic writing and prepare for publication, the resources in the Writing & Citation section will help students write succinctly and clearly.
The collection features a number of citation style guides, including:
- The Chicago Manual of Style
- The AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors
- The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: The Official Guide to APA Style
Don’t know where to start?
Our Research & Instruction librarians are available to assist students with their research and to help them navigate the resources in the Writing & Citation section. Schedule a librarian consultation today.
As always, writing consultations with Christine Smith, MS, RD will continue to be available. The 45-minute consultations are free to all current Tufts health sciences students and can be scheduled here or by scanning the QR code stationed in the Writing & Citation section.
Please join us in welcoming our new Reference Assistant, Katie Kidwell! She started just before the winter holiday break and has already seamlessly integrated herself into our staff.
Originally from the Midwest, she moved to Boston a decade ago. She has a masters in higher education and spent the last 8 years working in college housing and residence in the city before deciding she wanted to be a librarian when she grew up. She’s currently earning her MLIS from Simmons and also works part-time at the Somerville Public Library. When she’s not working or studying, she loves to watch movies and argue about them with friends, enjoys cooking but not baking, and can be found digging through records and vintage glassware at antique shops around the country.
If you haven’t met her yet, say hello next time you stop by the Desk!
We’re offering a new service this semester: Virtual data management office hours! Our librarians Allie and Paige are here to help with your tricky data management questions at any stage of the research cycle. Whether you have to write a data management plan for a grant, find somewhere to share the data you’ve collected, or just realized you need a better system for organizing your files, come chat with us for ideas and guidance.
We will be holding office hours at 11am on the first and third Fridays of every month up to June. Office hours are open for anyone affiliated with Tufts Health Sciences – students, faculty, and staff. Once you register, you will receive a link to the Zoom room. If the room is empty when you join, don’t worry – we’ll get an email that you’re waiting and be right there!
If you have a complex question that might need more time to untangle, or just want to make sure that you have our undivided attention, you can always book a private appointment with Allie or Paige.
Photo by A. LaVertu, 2022
Happy 2023! Welcome to Tufts if you are new student this semester – and – welcome back if you are returning student!
Let’s the new year’s enthusiasm go to waste! If you have told yourself that you’d like to get better at literature searching or learn to use a citation management tool, now is your chance. That’s way we are kicking this semester’s Workshops@Hirsh with workshops are guaranteed to get you off on the right foot. We hope you can join us!
Workshops are held on Wednesdays from 2-3pm via Zoom, unless otherwise noted. Registration for workshops is required. A Zoom link and password will be sent to registrants.
Click on the workshop link to learn more about the workshop and to register .
Please note that workshops are open to only Tufts-affiliated individuals.
PubMed: An Introduction
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Description:
This workshop will introduce you to PubMed, the world’s premiere biomedical literature database. We will review the content of this database, planning and executing a search strategy, narrowing search results, finding full-text, and exporting results to a citation management program.
Zotero: the Basics
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Description:
This session will introduce you to Zotero, a free citation management tool. With Zotero, you can:
• collect references from web sites via your browser of choice
• drag and drop PDFs to create references
• generate in-text citations and bibliographies in Word documents
This session is for beginners – no previous experience required!
Avoid getting in an “entanglement” with the Block this Academic Year. Blocks stay on your account until the end of the year, July 1st. If you are running late to return an item, give us a call (617-636-6705) or email (hhslcirc@tufts.edu) to avoid getting streamed on Facebook Live.
As a reminder here are the block levels:
- 1st Offense – Suspension of all borrowing privileges, to be lifted 24 hours after item is returned
- 2nd Offense – Suspension of all borrowing privileges to be lifted one week (7 days) after return
- 3rd Offense – Suspension of all borrowing privileges to be lifted one month after return and notification to the dean
- 4th Offense – Suspension of all borrowing privileges for the remainder of the current semester and notification to the dean
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The end of the semester is finally within reach! We will be closing at 5pm on Thursday, December 22nd and will remain closed throughout the university break.
Thursday, December 22nd: 7:45am-5pm
Friday, December 23rd- Monday, January 2nd.
We will reopen for regular hours at 7:45am on Tuesday, January 3rd.
Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year from all of us here at Hirsh!
Prop your laptop at a more comfortable angle for your wrists with this laptop stand…
…or raise it to your eye level with this one!
By popular demand, the circulation desk now has laptop stands available for checkout. There are two varieties available: an angled laptop riser, and a laptop pedestal with adjustable height.
We encourage students to check these out at the circulation desk rather than using the books in the library’s collection to prop up their laptops while working.
Ergonomic support is proven to be good for your spine, but unfortunately the use of our books for non-research purposes increases the wear and tear on their spines. The next time you prepare for a long study session by checking out a laptop or phone charger from the circulation desk, ask us about the new laptop stands!
The Day of Turkey is upon us, and we hope that you are leaning into an extra-long weekend of relaxation, reconnection, and food. Lots of food.
Oakland turkey by Doug Letterman is in the Public Domain
Your Hirsh Health Sciences Library team will also be taking some time to relax and unwind (and eat), we will have reduced hours this coming week.
The Library will close at 5:00 pm on Wednesday November 23, and remain closed until Sunday November 27 at noon. Building hours will remain the same.
We hope you enjoy some rest and relaxation over the holiday. Maybe get a head start with this Washington Post article “This farm offers turkey cuddling. No, really.”
They’re baaaack…..PINECONE TURKEYS!!!!!!!
Starting at 12pm this Thursday 11/17 and Friday 11/18, you can stop by the Library Service Desk and create your own feathered, freaky friend!!! There will be googly-eyes galore, fabulous feather and all the hot glue you can handle! Please stop by and make one of these beauties!
On Friday, November 11, the library will have reduced hours in observance of Veterans Day. The circulation desk will be open from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The building will still have normal card swipe access and will be available for you to study in.
The service desk will return to normal hours on Saturday. Librarians will be available for consultations on Monday, November 14.
We hope you enjoy the long weekend!
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