News from the Libraries
Libraries Receive NN/LM 2015-2016 Resource Library Award
April 30, 2015
The UT Health Center Libraries have received a 2015-2016 Resource Library Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) South Central Chapter (SCR). The award supports outreach services provided to communities in a 33-county area in South Texas through the Briscoe Library in San Antonio, the Ramirez Library in Harlingen and Laredo Regional […]
Featured New Books for May 2015
April 30, 2015
The Brewsters : an interactive adventure in ethics for the health professions, 2nd ed. / editors, Jeffrey P. Spike, Thomas R. Cole, Richard Buday. Houston, Tex. : Archimage Inc., c2011. WB 60 B848 2011. Click here to view the Full Catalog Record The color atlas of internal medicine / editors, Richard P. Usatine, Gary Ferenchick, E.J. Mayeaux Jr., […]
Rare Anatomical Books on Display April 8
April 7, 2015
The P. I. Nixon Medical Historical Library will have a collection of rare anatomical books on display for the public on Wednesday, April 8 from 3:00 – 5:30 pm. Tables of the skeleton and muscles of the human body by Bernhard Giegfried Albinus, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem by Andreas Vesalius, and Albrecht Durer’s […]
Changes Coming to the Library’s Catalog in June
April 7, 2015
Over the next several months, library staff will be “migrating” the library’s catalog and integrated library system (ILS) to a new open source system. The library has maintained the same ILS since 1998. The ILS manages the life of a book, journal, database or other resource from the moment it is ordered until it is […]
Librarians to Exhibit at Two Campus Events
April 7, 2015
The UT Health Science Center Library will be represented at two campus events in April. Fiesta of Education, April 9. The First Annual Fiesta of Education will be held on April 9 from 3:00-6:00 p.m. in the Holly Auditorium. The event is designed to feature how faculty are engaging students and innovating in the classroom. […]
History of Medicine in Poetry
April 7, 2015
Once again in honor of Poetry Month, the History of Medicine Society of the Friends of the P. I. Nixon Medical Historical Library will be meeting in the Howe Conference Room on April 22, 2015 at 6:00 pm to discuss the history of medicine in poetry. UTHSCSA faculty, students, and staff will be reading selected […]
Historical Bexar County Medical Society Membership Records Available Online
April 7, 2015
Last fall the Special Collections of the UT Health Science Center Library received a Rescuing Texas History Grant from the University of North Texas to fund digitization of applications and photographs of members of the Bexar County Medical Association born 1910 or earlier. Many of these records are a unique resource for historical and genealogical […]
Featured New Books for April 2015
April 7, 2015
Advanced topics in forensic DNA typing [electronic resource] : interpretation / John M. Butler. Oxford : Academic Press, 2014. Click here to view the Full Catalog Record Aging [electronic resource] : oxidative stress and dietary antioxidants / edited by Victor R. Preedy. Oxford : Academic Press, 2014. Click here to view the Full Catalog Record […]
News From the Libraries – March 2015
March 4, 2015
The March issue of News from the Libraries is now available. For links to individual articles, see the table of contents below. Book Giveaway March 5-8 History of Medicine Society Lecture. Sex Reassignment Surgery: the Early Years Women’s Health Month Exhibit Historical Book of the Month What’s New in ClinicalKey Featured New Books See all past issues […]
Book Giveaway March 5-8
March 4, 2015
The Briscoe Library will have a book giveaway March 5th – 8th. The book giveaway will start at 9 a.m. on Thursday March 5th at the entrance of the library, and will continue through Sunday March 8th. Books to be included in the giveaway are old editions withdrawn from the library’s collection, or donations given to the library but not […]