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Popular e-books
These e-books were the 10 most popular e-books at the library during the 2016-2017 school year. You can search for e-books on our e-resources search page. More information about e-books is available in the E-books Tips and Hints Subject Guide.
Announcements
Announcing the 3rd Annual Becker Library Pumpkin Decorating Contest
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]
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Embase’s Intuitive PICO Search Tool
Translating your PICO statement into a database-ready search strategy is easier than ever with the new Embase PICO search tool. PICO (Patient, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome) is the widely accepted question framework used in Evidence-Based Medicine/Practice to help clinicians diagram clinical scenarios into clinical questions. Generally, when implementing a PICO question in a database like [Read more]
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Resource Spotlight: Henry Stewart Talks
Becker Library subscribes to the Biomedical and Life Science Collection from Henry Stewart Talks (HS Talks).
Archives and Rare Books
New Exhibit: “Introducing the Book – The Title Page from 1500-1900”
How many of you take the time to look at a title page when you buy a new book? Most of the time there’s no real need to do so – we can read the book’s title and author right on the front cover. Hundreds of years ago, however, the title page played a much more important role. During the early modern period, when printed books were first becoming popular, books were usually either sold unbound or with simple paper wrappers. Therefore, the title page was responsible for both providing information about a work and luring prospective buyers.
Science and Informatics
GraphPad Prism License Fee Reduced
Becker Library is pleased to announce the annual license fee for GraphPad Prism has been reduced to $40 per computer.
Archives and Rare Books
The Archives: A Gourmand’s Delight
If you ever stop by to visit the Becker Library archives – and as the archives are open to the public you’re more than welcome to do so – you’ll be asked to follow a few rules. Sign into our ledger book, only look at one folder of archival material at a time, and, please, no food or drinks near the historical documents. Despite this last policy, food often does show up in the archives – in the form of various menus, which are scattered throughout the archival collections.
Announcements
New Embase Classes from Becker Library
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:
Announcements
It’s Health Literacy Month – Be a Health Literacy Hero!
Nine out of 10 adults struggle to understand and use health information when it is unfamiliar, complex and contains jargon. Limited health literacy costs the health care system money and results in higher-than-necessary morbidity and mortality. Yet ensuring patient materials and consent forms use plain, easily understood language sometimes falls through the cracks for busy [Read more]