Reminder: MedMoth is back! Once again students, residents, and faculty will share their stories virtually THIS WEEK – THURSDAY OCTOBER 1 at 7:00 p.m. EDT. This is always a hit! I am sure there will be COVID stories.
The Lamar Soutter Library (LSL) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) is pleased to announce the publication of our FY 2020 Annual Report.
Fire and Wood, a pyrography collection by fourth year medical student Zach Michaels, will be on display in the library throughout the end of October. Zach is taking a research year studying suicidality before applying to a psychiatry residency. About his collection, he says:
Recognizing the demand for study space and the popularity of the Library study carrels, the Lamar Soutter Library has set aside all study carrels on the 2nd and 3rd floors for individual student use.
Downloading PDFs from the Library's website just got easier! A new feature has been added to the Library website. In the tabbed search box at the top of the home page you can find the "Get PDF!" tab. Enter a DOI or a PMID and in just a couple of clicks you can retrieve the PDF if it's available.
We’re excited to announce a new update to the LSL website: the A-Z Database list! The new list allows you to narrow down our list of 130+ databases by subject or by database type, which can really take some of the guessing out of your searching.
The Lamar Soutter Library will be re-opening its doors on Monday, August 3, at 8:00 a.m. We are excited to be opening the Library space for your study needs.
"It took the Pandemic to reveal the resilience and grit and engagement that was within us all along,” Dr. Michael Hirsh writes in the latest blog post from The Interstitium. But the real challenge will be maintaining this momentum, he explains.
Hello and happy Summer from the staff of Lamar Soutter Library! It's been so long since we've seen you in person and we want to remind you – we're still here for you. Enjoy!
Beginning on Monday, June 15, 2020 at 3:00 a.m. the Library’s Proxy service will undergo a major update. During the transition time Library users may experience some disruption to their access to Library online resources through the Proxy service.
This narrative medicine podcast explores how health providers and trainees think about their experiences in medicine. Not about how they make diagnoses, but how they relate to their patients and what makes them tick.
There are some new and exciting classes and workshops being offered by the LSL librarians. These classes will explore different resources for searching and managing literature along with traditional and alternative metrics for measuring scholarship.