NML Thanksgiving Holiday Hours

 

NML will observe the following schedule for the Thanksgiving holiday:

Wednesday	November 25, 2009	7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday	November 26, 2009	CLOSED
Friday	November 27, 2009	9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday	November 28, 2009	9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday	November 29, 2009	9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

After-Hours Study in Seaver Plaza Café

Wish you had someplace to study when the library’s closed?  Well now you do!  Effective immediately, HSC Seaver Plaza Café is available to students after-hours and on weekends.  In addition to existing vending machines outside Seaver, a coffee/tea/hot chocolate vending machine soon will be added.

No Flu for You

Check out these sites for the latest information about the H1N1 flu.

PubMed has a Different Look

If you’ve used PubMed recently, you will have noticed that the National Library of Medicine has launched a redesigned interface for searching the medical literature.  The database’s functionality remains the same, but a number of changes to the site were made.   

Browse New eResources Added Last Month - October 2009

See here for a listing of eResources added to the Health Sciences Library website during the past month.

Some of these items are restricted to those with a USC username and password.

Advanced EndNote Q & A Session

Do you have questions about using EndNote? Thomson Reuters Customer Education Specialist Doug Nguyen will hold an advanced EndNote question-and-answer session November 17, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. in the Norris Medical Library’s 2nd floor computer classroom.

For questions regarding this session, contact Pamela Corley, Research Support Librarian, at 323-442-1125, pcorley@usc.edu.

Do You Diigo?

Have you heard about Diigo ? Diigo (pronounced deego) is a free social bookmarking tool with a difference. It can be used to grab entire Web pages and make annotations right on top of the content.

Electrifying!

We heard you! Input from students requesting additional electrical outlets put in motion a project to install more outlets on both the upper and lower levels of the library. 

RSS, Delicious, Email Alerts Workshop 10/28

• Use RSS Feeds, Delicious and Email Alerts to stay organized and up-to-date! RSS Feeds: go to one place to receive automatic updates on database searches, health news, journal tables of contents, blogs, and more
• Delicious: web-based program to help you organize and share your bookmarks
• Email alerts: receive Table of Contents or Early Release Article alerts for selected journals

Join us Wednesday 10/28 from 12-1pm in the West Conference Room. Free pizza and bottled water provided.

Books and Veggies are Good for You

Why not pick up something to read while buying veggies at the HSC farmer’s market Wednesday?  The Norris Medical Library will be selling medical books and leisure reading materials at the bargain price of $2 each. Come by our table in the quad from 11-2 on Wednesday October 28 and find some great deals!