Mastering Information
Banned Medical Books
Every year the Office of Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association celebrates Banned Book Week. This year, Banned Book Week runs September 25 − October 1.
Becker Blog
Mastering Information
Healthcare resources for refugee and immigrant patient populations
Last year over 1600 refugees settled in Missouri and an estimated 3.7% of the state’s population is made up of immigrants from around the world.
Archives and Rare Books
Phrenology exemplified and illustrated or Scraps no. 7 by D.C. Johnston, Boston, 1837
Phrenology has many definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary. My favorite is:
The theory that the mental powers or characteristics of an individual consist of separate faculties, each of which has its location in an organ found in a definite region of the surface of the brain, the size or development of which is commensurate with the development of the particular faculty; the study of the external conformation of the cranium as an index to the position and degree of development of the various faculties. (Phrenology, Oxford English Dictionary c 2016)
Scholarly Publishing
Scholarly Publishing Round-up September 2016
Scholarly Publishing Round-up September 2016
Science and Informatics
Genomics in Medicine: 2016-2017 series begins August 31st
Genomics in Medicine: 2016-2017 seminar series
WHEN: Wednesdays at 4:00 PM
WHERE: Holden Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
Scholarly Publishing
NIH Public Access Policy and Biosketch: Upcoming Classes
Mark your calendars for two upcoming classes.
Archives and Rare Books
A Touch of Medical Humor
This work is disrespectfully dedicated to those who feel that a knowledge of the Human Body, sufficient for the needs of the future Medical Practitioner, can be adequately obtained without post-mortem investigation. It will be seen that with the aid of a few objects borrowed from the gardener, or cook (if she be out), the [Read more]
Announcements
Where Have All the Journals Gone?
If you have visited Becker Medical Library recently you probably noticed that change is afoot. Besides the plastic sheeting blocking access to the 3rd and 4th floors you might have noticed that the bound journals once located on the 2nd through 4th floors are gone.
Announcements
Welcome New Students
Welcome Washington University School of Medicine Students!
Becker Medical Library is here to assist you with your information needs.
Science and Informatics
Partek Flow hands-on RNA-Seq data analysis training at WUSM – August 9, 2016
A Field Application Scientist from Partek will be at WUSM on August 9, 2016 to lead a full day workshop that will provide hands-on training on RNA-Seq data analysis in Partek Flow.