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Preparing for Upcoming Federal Public Access Policies: What Does it Mean for School of Medicine Researchers?

By , , , , and — October 18, 2023

In August 2022, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memo: Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research (OSTP 2022 Nelson Memo), that directs federal agencies to update their public access policies per OSTP 2013 Holdren Memo. The policies pertain to publications, scientific data underlying publications, and  [Read more]

Archives and Rare Books

Virginia Minnich, Professor of Medicine

By — October 18, 2023

This short biography of Virginia Minnich (1910-1996) was researched and written by Ellen Dubinsky and first appeared in Becker Medical Library’s digital exhibit, Medical Journeys: Transplanting medical knowledge across the world (2007-2009). Born on January 24, 1910, Virginia Minnich was raised on her family’s farm in southern Ohio. Economic conditions forced Virginia to delay starting  [Read more]

Archives and Rare Books

Bob Hope’s Cookbook Fundraiser for St. Louis Children’s Hospital

By — October 17, 2023

The famous actor and comedian Bob Hope raised money for St. Louis Children’s Hospital throughout his career.  On numerous occasions throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, he visited with patients, served as the host at Children’s Hospital fundraisers, and organized several celebrity golf tournaments in St. Louis — with all benefits going to the hospital.   [Read more]

Archives and Rare Books

Leonhard Thurneisser and the Secrets of Alchemy

By — October 16, 2023

There are plenty of treasures scattered throughout our rare book holdings, but we’re currently enamored with Leonhard Thurneisser zum Thurm’s Quinta Essentia, a wonderfully illustrated alchemical poem that’s a definite highlight of the Robert E. Schlueter Paracelsus Collection. Like Paracelsus himself, Thurnheisser led an itinerant life. Born in 1531 in Basel, he learned the craft  [Read more]

Announcements

All modules of Ditki are now available

By — October 4, 2023

Ditki (formerly Draw it to Know it) provides an efficient learning platform for faculty, students, and clinicians. Through a rigorous process, Ditki Medical & Biological Sciences presents anatomy and science in an instructive format that flows logically, so comprehension comes naturally, and memorization comes easily. Interactive exercises, drills, quizzes, and downloadable flashcards are available.

Modules include all human body systems along with subject modules on biochemistry, neuroscience, genetics, and histology among others.  Board preparation tutorials for USMLE/COMLEX QBanks are also available. The Board Prep materials provide questions and rapid-review tutorials, designed to save you time as you review.

Scholarly Publishing

September 2023 Scholarly Communications Round-up

By , , and — September 20, 2023

Learn more about upcoming events for Open October 2023, new SciENcv tools for NSF applicants, and My Bibliography. Open October 2023 Join us for a series of seminars highlighting trends in open science, open data and open access. The Keynote seminar, Expanding public access: Perspectives from NIH, NSF and NASA, will feature Jessica Tucker, Martin  [Read more]

Announcements

ILLiad Update

By — September 18, 2023

Becker Library Technology Services, working closely with Collection Management, has updated the Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) request web pages. The new pages are mobile-friendly and more accessible. Users can now retrieve a full history of requests and search across active and previous requests. To learn more about Interlibrary Loan at Becker Library: https://becker.wustl.edu/using-the-library/requesting-materials If you have  [Read more]

Mastering Information

SciComm Seminars Return

By — September 5, 2023

Our #SciComm Seminars are back this fall with exciting new topics to expand your science communication toolbox. Here are some highlights from the 2022-23 #SciComm Seminars series: Beth Prusaczyk, Assistant Professor of Medicine, drew from her experiences in policymaking and journalism for valuable tips on how to prepare, deliver, and follow up on your advocacy  [Read more]

Archives and Rare Books

The Humors and You! Medieval Health, Diet, and Humoral Theory

By — August 31, 2023

Practitioners of humoral theory took the idea of a balanced diet to a whole new level as they incorporated the consumption of food and drink into their medical belief system. A prevalent medical practice in medieval and early-modern Europe, humoral theory has its roots as far back as Hippocrates and Galen in ancient Greece. The four  [Read more]

Science and Informatics

Free Bioinformatics Training at WUSM

By — August 25, 2023

Becker Medical Library offers free trainings to introduce researchers to the fundamentals of biomedical research computing, basic programming concepts and tools, and to prepare researchers for ongoing learning. Have you participated in any of the introductory genomic data analysis workshops through Becker Medical Library?  Are you interested in additional in-depth training to learn more about  [Read more]

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