Join us for some yummy treats! Cupcakes, cookies and sweets galore. Plus a used book sale! (That is, books of all kinds, not medical texts.) Cash only. Each year, Becker Library adopts a needy family from the neighborhoods surrounding the Medical Center as part of the annual Washington University Medical Center Holiday Outreach Program. [Read more]
On Wednesday, Dec. 20, Becker Library’s Archives and Rare Books Division will host the Annual Display of Rare Anatomical Texts from 2 to 5 p.m. in the King Center on the library’s seventh floor. The exhibition is a unique opportunity to see a selection of spectacular medical works dating from the Renaissance to the 20th [Read more]
We’re excited to announce the launch of the new Becker Library email newsletter! Each month we’ll compile helpful news, info and tips and deliver it right to your inbox. Topics are as varied as the services we provide, including science and informatics support, clinical resources and mobile apps, author support, grant applications and compliance, health literacy, archives [Read more]
Join us for some Halloween fun! Becker Library is hosting its second annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest from Oct. 24-27 in the library atrium. Anyone may enter. Simply bring your decorated pumpkin to the library during regular hours on Oct. 24. The top two carved, painted or otherwise decorated pumpkins will win a prize. Staff and patrons may vote in [Read more]
Becker Library is pleased to announce the annual license fee for GraphPad Prism has been reduced to $40 per computer.
Embase is a powerful biomedical database available to the Washington University Medical Center community via Becker Medical Library. We are now pleased to offer two Embase training courses:
Digital Commons@Becker achieved a major milestone this week as the digital repository for the School of Medicine surpassed the mark of 1 million items downloaded.
As you are almost surely aware, a solar eclipse will be visible across much of the United States, including right here in St. Louis, on Monday, August 21, 2017. It’s kind of a big deal – after all, the last total solar eclipse near St. Louis was in 1442! Hopefully, you are also aware that [Read more]
Becker Medical Library would like to welcome the Class of 2021 to Washington University School of Medicine! Below are some of our information services and resources that will help you make the most of your time here at WashU. In order to use most of Becker Library’s electronic collection, you will need to be on [Read more]
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