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Brown Library’s First Born-Digital Publication Awarded Prize by the American Historical Association

Prize will support a companion website to amplify the pedagogical and public engagement possibilities of Furnace and Fugue. The American Historical Association has awarded the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History to Furnace and Fugue: A Digital Edition of Michael Maier’s Atalanta fugiens (1618) with Scholarly Commentary, the first born-digital monograph developed by Brown Library’s First Born-Digital Publication Awarded Prize by the American Historical Association

Workshops and Teaching Support for the Health and Biomedical Community

Do your new residents need an introduction to our resources for evidence-based practice? Would your research team like an overview of what’s new with PubMed searching and online resources? Teaching Support HBLS librarians are available to support classes, research groups, and labs by providing instruction on effective and efficient literature searching, citation management tools, evidence Workshops and Teaching Support for the Health and Biomedical Community

Best Bets for Full Text Access to Journal Articles in the Health and Biomedical Sciences

Brown has access to thousands of online journals, but sometimes it’s hard to know the quickest route to the articles you need. Streamline your research workflow with these tips:  BruKnow Searching in BruKnow? Click on “Download PDF” or “Available Online” to access the article. If you’re in BruKnow and have expanded your results to resources Best Bets for Full Text Access to Journal Articles in the Health and Biomedical Sciences

Library Data Management and Publishing Support Services

The University Library’s research data management and publishing support services are available to all Brown-affiliated faculty, staff, and students, including clinical faculty with Brown credentials. Learn about our full array of research support services at https://library.brown.edu/info/research-support-services/. Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) In 2022 the University renewed its license for LabArchives electronic lab notebooks. LabArchives has no Library Data Management and Publishing Support Services

Literature Reviews and Evidence Synthesis Projects in Health and Biomedical Sciences

Health and Biomedical Library Services (HBLS) provides support for traditional literature reviews as well as evidence synthesis projects. Our service is growing: in 2021, the  members of the HBLS team partnered on 30 literature reviews (including systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and meta-analyses), and in 2022 we’re on track to surpass that number by another 5-10 Literature Reviews and Evidence Synthesis Projects in Health and Biomedical Sciences

New Resources: McGraw Hill Medical Suite plus Expanded DEI Titles, More

Full McGraw-Hill Access Medical Suite  The Library recently upgraded our subscription to the full McGraw-Hill Medical Suite. In addition to AccessMedicine, we now provide access to 16 McGraw-Hill Medical and specialty collections, including AccessPediatrics, AccessPharmacy, AccessEmergencyMedicine, and JAMAEvidence. These collections include critical textbooks, test prep materials, procedures videos, calculators, and more. You can find all New Resources: McGraw Hill Medical Suite plus Expanded DEI Titles, More

Maia Weinstock ’99 Presents CARBON QUEEN: The Life of Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Nanoscience Innovator

Join the John Hay Library on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 for a book talk by Maia Weinstock ’99, author of Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus (MIT Press, 2022). The talk will take place from 1 – 1:45 p.m. in the Lownes Room* of the John Hay Library, followed by Q&A Maia Weinstock ’99 Presents CARBON QUEEN: The Life of Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Nanoscience Innovator

Brown Library publishes five new volumes in the “Race & … in America” digital book series

Open access publication expands series delving into comparative perspectives on the roots and effects of racism in the U.S. For the second year running, the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown partnered with the Office of the Provost on the pioneering Race & … in America webinar series, a Brown Library publishes five new volumes in the “Race & … in America” digital book series

Reserve Rockefeller Library Group Study Rooms

Rockefeller Library group study rooms will be available for reservation by Brown students starting Monday, September 19. Current Brown student ID holders can reserve the space online at https://libcal.brown.edu/reserve/groupstudy. Signs with QR codes leading to the online reservation system are posted on each of the bookable rooms as well. Rooms can be reserved for two Reserve Rockefeller Library Group Study Rooms