SMHS Library Resources

Our workshop “How do I choose a ‘credible’ journal?” will be postponed to a later date, to be determined. Registrants will receive a message with the updated workshop date and time in the near future. Please also keep an eye on the blog here as well as in For Your Health for updated information.

Publishing research in an academic journal can be a demanding process for many scholars. With the growing number of academic periodicals, identifying the most suitable journal has become an increasingly challenging task for both new and experienced authors. Join us on Wednesday, March 25 as we discuss the specifics on how to tackle this challenge. […]

There’s a lot of talk about “scholarly publishing” in the academic world, but if what exactly is scholarly publishing? Join us on Wednesday, Mar 4 as we try to help answer that very question. In this seminar, attendees will learn about the structural aspects of scholarly publishing and how historical and socioeconomic context impacts disciplines’ […]

Roses are red, Violets are blue. Romance novels get all the press, but Medical books need love too. This Valentine’s Day we invite you to consider a Blind Date with a Book and find some books that will show you what it takes to make your heart flutter. Read the dating profiles on our Blind […]

Love Data Week, an annual event around Valentine’s Day, celebrates the world of data. Organized by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan, it brings together universities, nonprofits, government agencies, corporations, and individuals for various data-related activities. This year’s theme, “Where’s the Data?” encourages reflection on the data […]

Our clinical campus libraries are leading a workshop on key open access scholarship concepts and discuss transformative agreements to help with publishing costs on Feb. 6. The session will also cover how recent public access mandates affect researchers. Open Access publishing combines immediate online access to scholarly works with the appropriate scholarly citation and credit. […]

As we begin a new semester, it’s the perfect time to get organized with your research. Citation managers are a great way to keep track of your sources as well as create citations! Like your bookmarks toolbar but bigger and better, tools like Zotero allow you to save and organize citations as well as PDFs […]

Have you ever been frustrated by a paywall on a publisher website? Or irritated by the number of clicks to check for full text in PubMed? LibKey Nomad will instantly check for full text availability from our library and present you with the single best and fastest link to download the PDF, view the article, or […]

Days are getting shorter, and mother nature is making it difficult to spend time outside when the sun is actually shining. Additionally, the holiday season and the end of the year can often be stressful for many. So, let’s add finals and Step exams and more onto this already stressful time, right? ACK! While we […]

December is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Awareness Month. Typically, SAD occurs during late fall and winter months, when there is less sunlight and colder weather. Each year, about 5 percent of the U.S. population experiences seasonal depression. Four out of five people who have seasonal depression are women. The main age of onset of seasonal […]