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Waivers and Discounts from Elsevier Journals for WashU Corresponding Authors in 2024 

By — October 24, 2024

Earlier this year, Washington University Libraries and Bernard Becker Medical Library signed a four-year (2024-2027) transformative Open Access (OA) agreement with Elsevier that provides access to additional journal content, makes it free to read and share, and offers WashU authors waivers and discounts for OA publishing.    Under the agreement, WashU corresponding authors are eligible for  [Read more]

Archives and Rare Books

One building with two different names

By — October 11, 2024

McMillan, as it is frequently referred to by most campus employees, is a massive 14-story tower with distinctive orange bricks and a terracotta roof that has served as one of the most iconic and recognizable buildings at the WashU medical campus for nearly 100 years. Curiously, the building features two different main entryways, each with  [Read more]

Health and Science Communication

Selected Resources to Recognize Health Literacy Month

By — October 3, 2024

Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others. Nearly half of U.S. adults read between a 7th- and 8th-grade reading level, but health information is often delivered at a 10th-grade level or higher. October is  [Read more]

Archives and Rare Books

Hey Archivist, what’s in this collection?

By — September 20, 2024

Have you ever stumbled upon one of our collections that just looks a little too…sparse on the details? This post aims to discuss what happens when you find a collection that hasn’t been described in detail yet, like the Albert Fuller Papers pictured to the right. If you have spent time looking through the Becker  [Read more]

Archives and Rare Books

Alchemical Extraction : Materia Medica in Baldur’s Gate 3 

By — September 16, 2024

What does multiple awards-winning video game Baldur’s Gate 3 have in common with Becker Medical Library’s rare books collections? In Baldur’s Gate, players can collect plants and monster parts, which are then refined and used in potions that give special effects in the game. This mechanic mirrors the real-life practice of gathering plants and animal  [Read more]

Archives and Rare Books

Dragons Beneath the Skin

By — September 10, 2024

If you hear the word dracunculus in a vacuum, chances are you’ll think of dragons. The frontispiece to the 1674 edition of Georg Hieronymus Welsch’s Exercitatio de Vena Medinensi certainly supports that association. Sitting next to the two Greco-Roman deities Diana and Mercury (identifiable by their shield and staff, respectively) is a dragon, which acts  [Read more]

Health and Science Communication

Making your next conference poster memorable – Part 2

By — September 9, 2024

This is the second of a two-part series on effective poster presentations. Part 1 provided tips for designing and composing an outstanding conference poster.    The moment has finally arrived.   The session featuring your poster is about to start. You set it up last night so that fellow attendees would have a chance to browse it  [Read more]

Archives and Rare Books

Health and Fitness in Ancient Greece: A Renaissance Recounting

By — August 14, 2024

The Olympic Games are a celebration of athleticism and physical skill, traits prized by the Ancient Greeks. But what did the people of antiquity think of fitness and exercise? These topics are explored in De Arte Gymnastica, one of the earliest books on exercise and physical therapy. De Arte Gymnastica was first published in 1569  [Read more]

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