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The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University is pleased to contribute digitized versions of over 180 titles selected from our Historical Collection to the Medical Heritage Library. Many scholars find these additions valuable for learning and research. Individual volumes in DiscoverE will include a link to these volumes.

Our collection contains classics of medicine such as a 1785 edition of William Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, Richard Bright’s three-volume work Reports of Medical Cases, an 1835 edition of the Works of John Hunter, an 1848 edition of John Eberle’s work on Diseases of Children, volumes from the 3rd edition and 4th edition (corrected) of Benjamin Bell’s A System of Surgery, and the first volume of a 1751 edition of Herman Boerhaave’s Praelectiones academicae in proprias Institutiones rei medicae. The collection also includes 18th and 19th century works on pathology, human anatomy, surgery and midwifery.

Lesser-known authors are also represented in the collection, including works on 19th century medical photography by George Henry Fox and L.B.V. Wooley, and publications on alternative medical practices, including homeopathy, hydropathy, the movement cure, and phrenology. The collection also includes works published in the U.S. South, such as the 1844 edition of Simon B. Abbott’s The Southern botanic physician, and Georgia author Seaborn Freeman Salter’s 1883 version of Principles and practice of American medicine and surgery.

Many thanks to the Digital Curation Center at Woodruff Library for digitizing these materials and uploading them to the Internet Archive.  Particular thanks goes to Bonnie Jean Woolger, who handled the digitization and processing of the digital files and to Matt Miller, at Health Sciences, who assessed and prepared the collection for digitization.

by Chris Palazzolo, Head of Collection Management

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The Robert W. Woodruff Library invites undergraduates to submit a research project for consideration for the 2013 Undergraduate Research Awards!

The Undergraduate Research Award recognizes and rewards Emory College undergraduate students who make extensive use of Woodruff Library’s collections and research resources in their original scholarship while simultaneously showing evidence of critical analysis in their research skills. There will be up to three awards of $500 made this year, and at least one will be made to a first-year student.

To be eligible, research projects must have been completed since March 1, 2012. So many projects from Spring 2012 and all of those from Fall 2012 can be included. Projects in all media are encouraged.

In addition to the final version of the research project, students will submit a short (500-750 word) essay describing their research strategies, an abstract of the project, and a bibliography of sources used. Finally, there must be a letter of support from the faculty member who supervised the project.

The due date for all of these materials is 5pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. But don't let that let you procrastinate on the process.

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Levels 6 and 8 of the Woodruff Stack Tower will close for repairs from December 20th through January 14th.  Please consult the map of the Stack Tower for call numbers located on these floors.

** There will be no retrieval service December 20th – January 8th from the affected floors.** 

For materials on these floors, patrons will be referred to Interlibrary Loan, another library, or asked to return on January 9th.  Books on Level 6 may not be available for retrieval until January 11th.  

When requesting is available, please place your request on forms available at the Library Service Desk.  Requests will be pulled every hour until one hour before the library closes.

Please contact the Library Service Desk  for more information.   

Thank you, and we apologize for the inconvenience.

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"Take a picture of me with the dog -- I need to send this photo to my mom so she can feel good about paying full tuition at Emory."

"Awwwright! Let's go pet some puppies!"

"I'm actually super excited."

"I miss my dog so much!"

"This is the greatest thing EVER!"

"This is the best idea ever!"

Woodruff Library staff watched about 200 students smile and relax as they took part in the Library Therapy Dog Study Break
on Wendesday, December 12 in the Jones Room. Students got a chance to pet on the wonderful dogs brought to the library by volunteers
from the Canine Assistants organization. Many of the students told stories about their pets back home to the Canine
Assistants volunteers.

The only problem was that demand exceeded supply! We had to turn away many students, much to our dismay. This has already
prompted discussions of how to accommodate more students the next time we host one of these events, perhaps by having more dogs
in attendance and/or extending the event to two days.

Next time we plan to be spot on!

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Traveling for the holidays?  Staying here, but tired of course work? What could be better than to download a POPULAR READING e-books or audio books free from the library?

You can browse the selection of almost 200 electronic books from the Emory Libraries site (http://overdrive.emory.edu)

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find individual titles via our library search tool, discoverE.

The library offers access to a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles in many different formats (137 ebooks and 56 audio books). We are using the OverDrive distribution platform through which users of our library can download titles to Mac, Windows, or a variety of mobile devices (Kindle, ipad, iphone, MP3 player, etc.) In addition, many audio titles can be burned to CD.

You will need…

• A valid Emory NetID
• Internet access
• A computer or device that meets the system requirements for the type(s) of digital materials you wish to check out
• Free software for the computer or device on which you wish to use the materials available at this site

The site offers extensive HELP screens with screen by screen shots of how to install titles on all types of devices.  Some people have reported difficulties, so please check-out the help videos, like how to install the Overdrive mobile app to your iphone and get content.

Step 1 - Download and install free software

To download Adobe eBooks, you need Adobe® Digital Editions 

To download OverDrive titles, you need OverDrive Media Console™. 

OverDrive Media Console is available for…

    Android v1.5 (or newer)

    BlackBerry v4.5 (or newer)

    iPhone® OS v3.1.3 (or newer)

     Mac OS® v10.4.9 (or newer)

    Windows® 98 SE (or newer)

    Windows Mobile® 5 and 6

Step 2 - Activate the software.  After you have installed the software that you downloaded, you need to take steps to activate the software before downloading digital materials.

Step 3 - Check out, download, and enjoy!   You can check out up to 2 titles at a time for 2 weeks each.  Your Cart will hold up to 4 titles at a time, but if no action occurs they will be automatically removed from your Cart after 30 minutes so that other users can have the chance to check them out.

Finally, you can place holds on 4 check-out titles at one time.  An email will alert you when a HOLD becomes available, and you will have 3 days to check out it out after the notification is sent.

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The Woodruff Library Building is open for Fall Break hours, we are just closing a little earlier on Sat, Sun and Mon.  

Fri, Oct 12: Close at Midnight
Sat, Oct 13: 1 - 6pm
Sun, Oct 14: 1- 6pm
Mon, Oct 15: 8am - 8pm
Tue, Oct 16: 8am - 24hrs

Points of interest in the Library

If you are on the hunt for coffee on campus, Emory Dining can tell you where to go.  You choose the day you need coffee and find what's open all over campus.  You may want to check them out because Jazzman's Cafe will close Sat and will not open again until Wed, Oct 17.  So sorry, no coffee sold in the library during fall break.

But ECIT (Emory's Center for Information Technology) will be OPEN!

Most importantly, Librarians are on hand for research help during fall break.  

The Music & Media Library is also open during the regular Woodruff Library Building hours.  Visit the library or find media collections online.  Here are a few to get you started...

DVD Lending
Online Listening

You might also find our eBook collection of interest.  To learn more about what eBooks are available or help with your eReader, please visit the Libraries' Guide on eBooks.

And remember you can find a workstation on all levels of the Library or print from a workstation in the Learning Commons on levels 1, 2, and 3.

Have a great break!

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Although journal articles are often the most visible products of research studies, the data underlying those articles are in themselves important sources of information.  The careful documentation, preservation, and sharing of research data not only prevents unnecessary duplication of research efforts, but also may lead to new discoveries. That data, however, is difficult to share if it exists only on an external hard drive in a desk drawer.

To promote the preservation and sharing of data, many major funding agencies, including the NSF, NIH, and NEH, now require a data management plan(DMP) as a component of grant proposals. In a DMP, researchers can formulate strategies for storing their data while their study is in progress, preserving their data long-term for the scholarly record, sharing their data with others, and describing or documenting their data to make them computer-readable and meaningful in the future.

To assist Emory researchers with the preparation of DMPs, the Research Data Management group at Robert W. Woodruff Library now offers use of the DMPTool. This free online tool, which is a service of the University of California Curation Center and the California Digital Library, allows Emory researchers to create, save, and revisit their DMPs by logging in with their Emory network ID and password. The DMPTool also provides helpful information and links for each component of the plan.

Need further assistance in preparing a DMP or general guidance on how to manage research data? Contact the Research Data Management group at dataplans@emory.edu.