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The Jan and Mien Heersink Reading Pavilion will be closed from Wednesday at 8 a.m. to Thursday at noon, for the Faculty of Health Sciences Research Plenary.
This event celebrates the research achievements of the Faculty’s graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Winning posters will be on display in the reading pavilion the afternoon of the 16th, with an Awards Reception to follow.
Apologies for any inconvenience regarding the closure.
Due to an unfortunate error, most of the McMaster LibAccess accounts have been deleted. You have two choices for regaining access to the McMaster online collections:
- Use your MACID username and password. Not sure if you have a MACID? Verify your MACID.
- Re-establish your LibAccess account by registering again using your barcode. Re-register for LibAccess.
If you don’t know your barcode contact hslib@mcmaster.ca.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
We’ll be closing earlier for the spring and summer months. As of today, our hours are:
Mon – Thurs: 8am – 9:45pm
Fri: 8am – 7:45pm
Sat: 10am – 5:45pm
Sun: 10am – 5:45pm
More on the Health Sciences Library’s service hours.
Dr. William Shragge, Professor Emeritus in the Dept of Surgery, McMaster University and chair of the undergraduate medical education program from 1985-1990, founding Chief of Staff in Hamilton Health Sciences, passed away on April 20, 2012.
We’re hosting the 5th annual Day in Faculty Development on Wednesday, April 25 and, in order to set up for this event, the reading pavilion will be closed that morning.
Sorry for any inconvenience. We’ve still got lots of comfy seats left for you in other spots.
The Health Sciences Library’s large group study room, 1B20, is now open to all students for quiet study during exams. This extra study space will be available:
April 9, 2012 – April 26, 2012
Good luck on your exams!
Find out by watching this short video from North Carolina State University Libraries:
HSL is open from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Good Friday, April 6, and regular hours for the rest of the weekend: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 10:45 p.m.
Have a great holiday weekend!
Have you ever wished you could login to LibAccess from a Google Scholar search and not have to navigate to the library’s website? These two tools allow you to skip the library’s website and login to LibAccess or search our catalogue right from your browser.
LibAccess bookmarklet
The LibAccess bookmarklet can be installed in Firefox or Internet Explorer browsers to make logging into LibAccess quicker than going through the library’s website. More on using the LibAccess bookmarklet.
LibX extension
The LibX extension can be installed in Firefox browsers so that you can search the library’s catalogue from your browser or using the right-click menu, without having to go the library’s website. More on using the LibX extension.
The New England Journal of Medicine is celebrating its 200th anniversary as a respected publisher of innovative medical research.
The journal is celebrating with a special anniversary website, including an interactive historical timeline. And here at HSL, you can access:
- the online version of the journal ( http://www.nejm.org/medical-index )
- a facsimile of the first edition of the journal, from 1812
- special noteworthy editions chronicling medical breakthroughs such as a vaccine for measles and the first description of cat-scratch fever.
For more information about archival issues, please contact our Archivist, Anne McKeage, at mckeage@mcmaster.ca
