The author of Unaccountable is Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H., a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a professor of Health Policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. “… Unaccountable is a powerful, no-nonsense, non-partisan diagnosis for healing our hospitals and reforming our broken healthcare system.” –Bloomsbury Press “A searing indictment from the inside, [...]

The Jefferson Digital Commons is a great place to learn about Jefferson history and to access historical materials from the University Archives and Special Collections.  Over the past year (Jan 2012 to Jan 2013) the download counts for select historical assets have been impressive. Here are some highlights: Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletins have been [...]

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka is the February selection for the Jefferson Book Club. A gorgeous novel by the celebrated author of When the Emperor Was Divine that tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as “picture brides” nearly a century ago. In eight [...]

Jefferson subscribes to Pivot to provide researchers with a tool to identify grants and other funding opportunities. Formerly called Community of Science, the vendor redesigned and re-branded the service with the “Pivot” name last year.  Chris Horn, a trainer from ProQuest, will be on campus Wednesday, January 23 for a noontime session. Christine Arenson, MD, [...]

RefWorks has launched a new feature that will keep you logged into the service as long as you have accessed your account within the past 14 days.  This improvement will make it easier to access RefWorks without having to constantly supply your log-in credentials.  If you do not access your account within the 14 day [...]

Need to brush up on your RefWorks skills, or just want a quick introduction to the software? Sign up now for a webinar tutorial, conducted by RefWorks trainers. Please note that registration is limited and enrollment is required. How to teach RefWorks 2.0 in 15 Minutes (taught in 30 minutes) During this 30-minute session, you’ll [...]

On January 7, 2013, renovations will begin on the second floor of Scott Library. The construction of 10 small-group collaboration suites along the east and west sides, is expected to take 7-8 weeks and we will keep as much of the second floor open as possible during this time. The new rooms, for groups of [...]

2012 wraps up with the Jefferson Digital Commons (JDC) archiving 6,655 assets and registering 1,209,115 full-text downloads. Approximately 407 new items were added to the JDC during the last quarter of 2012. One year ago, the JDC had 4,370 assets.  Over the past year 2,285 new assets were added, averaging a little more than 6 [...]

The open access movement experienced a dramatic increase in popularity this year as evidenced by the 2012 data.  Some of the more interesting statistics include: In PubMed Central: 2.6 million articles; 821 per day/1 article every 2 minutes (up 300,000 in past year) 1,462 journals actively participating (up 168 in past year) 1,023 journals offer [...]

The New Year brings many resolutions and changes. The folks at the National of Library of Medicine have been busy improving Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) for 2013! MeSH is the controlled vocabulary used to index articles in the MEDLINE®/PubMED® database and it can be a powerful tool for refining and improving your search strategies. What’s [...]

Librarians at Scott Memorial Library are constantly being asked where Jeffersonians should be publishing their research. Impact factors are one good metric for figuring out where to publish and Scott Library does offer an online subscription to Journal Citation Reports from 2008 to 2011 from JEFFLINE. Another approach is to consider where you should not [...]

Over 700 Thomas Jefferson University dissertation titles have been added to the Jefferson Digital Commons.  Dating from 1951 to 2012, the dissertation titles are indexed by all major search engines, including Google, Bing and Yahoo, and provide another method for researchers to locate research produced by Thomas Jefferson University graduates. If a researcher desires to [...]

Going After Cacciato: A Novel by Tim O’Brien is the January selection for the Jefferson Book Club. Please take a moment to join or renew your membership for 2012-2013! Members meet every other month to discuss a democratically selected book. Open to all members of the Jefferson community–students, staff and faculty. “To call Going After [...]

The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection is updated monthly. Below is a list of new talks that have been added to the collection in the last month. Members of Thomas Jefferson University are invited to enjoy these new talks as well as the entire collection of over 1500 talks. Calcium Signaling II: Calcium and Disease [...]