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December
2013
News from the University of Colorado Health Sciences
Library
December 2013
Rare Book Profile: William Beaumont’s Experiments and Observations
on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion.
William Beaumont’s Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion (Plattsburgh: F.P. Allen, 1833) marks a breakthrough in the understanding of digestive physiology. Some of Beaumont’s revelations include the fact that digestion is primarily chemical rather than physical, and the effects of factors such as spices, temperature, exercise, and emotions. Beaumont’s […]
Epub Ahead of Print
If you find an article that is listed in PubMed as an “epub ahead of print” it means that the publisher has listed the article online before it is available in print. Epub ahead of print articles may not be accessible to our users even if the library subscribes to the journal. Fortunately, these articles should […]
ATLAS.ti Short Course
The next ATLAS.ti short courses will be held at the following times in the Anschutz Medical Campus library: Beginner Short Course: Thursday, January 16, 9 am-12:30 pm Intermediate Short Course:
Tuesday, January 23, 9 am-12:30pm Registration is now open at http://cctsi.ucdenver.edu/training-and-education/Pages/ATLASti.aspx. If you have questions, please contact the instructor of the course, Doug Fernald, directly […]
ICYMI: Shaken not stirred
The BBC reported recently on a study of fictional spy James Bond’s alcohol intake. The researchers at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust found Bond’s consumption to be four times the amount recommended for men. The article includes an infographic illustrating the findings. Critical appraisal may reveal that unfinished drinks due to spy related interruptions, such as […]
NIH Names Dr. Philip E. Bourne First Associate Director for Data Science
National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D, announced today the selection of Philip E. Bourne, Ph.D., as the first permanent Associate Director for Data Science (ADDS). Dr. Bourne is expected to join the NIH in early 2014. “Phil will lead an NIH-wide priority initiative to take better advantage of the exponential growth […]
Record your frustration with journal paywalls
Here at the Anschutz Medical Campus we have access to lots of lovely full text journal content, managed by the even lovelier librarians of our Health Sciences Library Collection Management team! (This is our Library blog, so a shameless self reference seems appropriate!) But there are limits to our resources so you will sometimes […]
The entire history of US infectious disease surveillance reports at your
fingertips
The newly released Project Tycho™ database has digitized the entire history of US infectious disease surveillance reports that have been published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and precursor journals since 1888. Why you ask? The project hopes to advance the availability and use of public health data for science and policy. Dana Abbey, […]
Finding Researcher for Collaborative Scholarship
On a large campus like ours, we sometimes wonder if someone we don’t know is engaged in similar research right here on campus! Recently, I was asked to help find collaborators in Colorado for by a campus researcher. There are two techniques that can further this search: 1) The “Colorado PROFILES” search engine for biomedical research expertise […]
New Exhibit – Picture This: Photographs in 19th Century Illustration
While they continued to use lithographs, engravings, and woodcuts, nineteenth-century authors and publishers took advantage of advances in photographic and printing technology to improve the accuracy and quality of illustration. A sampling of medical publications from the Health Sciences Library’s Rare Books Collection is featured in the exhibit case on the 3rd floor, between the elevator […]
