Document Delivery is very pleased to welcome Amy Harding, who began a term position on January 12th for the duration of Clare Cheong’s maternity leave. Amy obtained her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and while a student at Harvard was Circulation Supervisor at their Lamont Library. In 2005-06 Amy worked with the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia as the Atlantic Book Festival Coordinator, and in 2007 Amy was a teaching assistant with the Ryerson University’s Writing Centre.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Launches Mobile Web Site
Relevant, credible health information is now available on your mobile device. Visit m.cdc.gov on your mobile phone or PDA for information on seasonal flu and public health emergencies.
This site is designed to be easily read and navigated from mobile devices and will soon feature even more health and safety topics.
Direct to CDC Mobile Site at: m.cdc.gov
Article by Linda Bedwell
Congratulations to Linda Bedwell on having her article “IM a Librarian: Extending Virtual Reference Services through Instant Messaging and Chat Widgets” published in Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library & Information Practice and Research. It’s all about Live Help and was co-authored with librarians from Mount Saint Vincent and Cape Breton universities. Read it now!
ScienceDirect Life Sciences E-Book Series
The Kellogg Health Sciences Library has acquired the Life Sciences Electronic Book Series Package from Elsevier ScienceDirect. Titles include Advances in Applied Microbiology; Advances in Cancer Research; Advances in Genetics; Advances in Immunology; Methods in Cell Biology; Progress in Brain Research; and Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology. View a complete list of the titles included in this package (Excel) .
All titles are now available in Novanet.
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB)
The Kellogg Library has just added this electronic version, which is available from vol. 32(1994), to their print journal holdings. DTB’s aim is to provide informed and unbiased information on medical conditions, medicines and other treatments to enable people to make informed choices.
True to this objective, DTB is wholly independent of pharmaceutical industry, government and regulatory authorities. DTB is also free of advertising and other forms of commercial sponsorship. The full text of this journal is available via Novanet and our ejournals search page.
Elsevier ScienceDirect Life Sciences electronic Book Series Package acquired
The Kellogg Health Sciences Library has acquired the Life Sciences Electronic Book Series Package from Elsevier ScienceDirect . Titles include Advances in Applied Microbiology; Advances in Cancer Research; Advances in Genetics; Advances in Immunology; Methods in Cell Biology; Progress in Brain Research; Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology. Click here for a complete list of the titles included in this package (Excel) .
All titles are now available in the Novanet Online Catalogue.
Salmonella alert from Canadian Food Inspection Agency
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume various snack foods described below because these products may be contaminated with Salmonella. Please visit their website for a list of these products.
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) now available online
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin is now available from v. 32(1994)- via the web. The print version of this title is available in the Kellogg Health Sciences Library from 1970. DTB contains information on conditions and treatements and is noted for unbiased drug information for physicians and pharmacists. DTB claims to be wholly independent of the pharmaceutical industry, Government and regulatory authorities. DTB is also free of advertising and other forms of commercial sponsorship.
Access this title through Novanet or connect directly now.
RefWorks session at the Carleton Campus
Wednesday January 28 10 – 11:30 Basic
Monday February 9 11 – 12:30 Advanced
Thursday February 19 1 – 2:30 Basic
All sessions will be held in the Carleton Computer Lab
Register here.
For more information on the sessions, click here.
Green Libraries: How Can the Libraries Be More Sustainable?
This month Dalhousie is launching its College of Sustainability and the Environment, Sustainability & Society (ESS) program, an initiative that VP Academic Alan Shaver is predicting will bring about a “significant transformation” of the university.
The Libraries play a vital role on campus and it’s important for us to keep pace with this locally and globally critical trend. How do you think we can take an active part in the sustainability movement at Dal? Let’s talk about it!