Monthly Archives: November 2008

How Do You Find Out Who Cited a Particular Paper?

By Rebecca | Published: November 7, 2008

Use Web of Science, a multidisciplinary database that is the leading source for cited reference searching.  This database can also be used if you want to find similar articles to an article you are interested in.  Web of Science can be found on the Library of the Health Sciences Gateway page.
Here’s how to do a [...]

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Extended Hours. Again.

By rraffer2 | Published: November 6, 2008

The Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana will be open extended hours this coming weekend because of the M1 tests on Monday, November 10th.
The Library will be open:
Friday from 8:30am to 8:00pm
Saturday from 9:00am to 8:00pm
Sunday from 1:00pm to 10:00pm
And the Library will open early on Monday at 7:00am
Good luck!!!

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Free Lactation and Drug Database

By Rebecca | Published: November 5, 2008

Want to know how a particular drug’s effect on a breastfeeding mother and her baby?  LactMed (Drugs and Lactation Database) is a free, peer reviewed database from the National Library of Medicine that includes information on levels of various drugs and chemicals effects on breast milk and the baby.  The database may also recommend alternate [...]

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Voting for new chairs in Daley Library Nov.3-9

By lnaru | Published: November 3, 2008

This year, the Library is replacing many of the built-in counters and older tables in the Richard J. Daley Library on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors with new computer tables as well as installing new computers.
During election week, November 3 – 9, the Library is seeking students’ help in selecting chairs that [...]

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Fight School Segregation! exhibit documents movement to improve Chicago schools

By lnaru | Published: November 3, 2008

Drawing on documents and photographs from the Chicago Urban League Records and other collections in UIC’s Special Collections and Archives Department, the exhibit “Fight School Segregation! Building a Protest Movement in Chicago,” features the movement for racial integration and equality within the Chicago Public Schools.
Between 1957 and 1966, civil rights activists, teachers, parents, [...]

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