Dr. Davidson's lecture will be held in the HSC Lecture Hall West from Noon to 1 pm.

Feel free to bring your lunch.

New Software

Harriet K & Philip Pumerantz Library now has Nvivo, Endnote X6 and SPSS installed in computers in the library.  Endnote X6 and SPSS are present in all the computers (first, second and third floor) while Nvivo is installed in five computers on the second floor computer room and one computer on the third floor computer room.  Affiliated users can use the second and third floor computer rooms.  Affiliated users are currently enrolled students, staff and faculty of WesternU, alumni, clinical and adjunct faculty, and OPTI-West residents. 

EndNote X6 is bibliographic management software that will help you collect and organize citations. Nvivo is qualitative data analysis software, and SPSS is quantitative data analysis software.

The librarians can provide expert level training in EndNote X6, introductory training in Nvivo and have no training in SPSS. The librarians recommend WesternU users login to the WesternU YOUPortal, https://you.westernu.edu, and then navigate to Lynda.com for SPSS training.

For any questions, please contact the library at reference@westernu.edu. 

National Library Week 2013

Using EndNote featuring Cite While You Write
This workshop presumes that attendees have a basic familiarity with EndNote.  In this workshop, you will learn how to use Cite While You Write with Microsoft Word.  Cite While You Write allows you to insert references into your paper as you write it, saving you tons of time.  Most importantly, the reference list will automatically be generated in the format that you select.  Attendees will also learn how to modify output styles.

Facilitated by Alicia Prosser, MLIS
5:30pm - 6:30pm, Monday, April 15, 2013
2nd floor teaching lab
Limited to 12 seats.  Sign up here.


Effective Studying & Relaxation Techniques
Please note:  This workshop will be held in HEC Lecture Hall 1 & streamed live to Lecture Hall 1 in Lebanon.  Registration is NOT required.

This workshop will be taught in collaboration with Dagmar Cofer and Hector Arroyo in the LEAD office.

Just in time for finals!  In this workshop, you will learn strategies to study effectively for your exams.  You will learn how to recognize important concepts in a lecture and how to study them.  You will also learn techniques to help relax and focus your energy in a meaningful way.

Facilitated by Dagmar Cofer, MS, MAMS & Hector Arroyo Ed.D.
5:30pm - 7:00pm, Tuesday, April 16, 2013
HEC Lecture Hall 1 & Lebanon Lecture Hall 1


Mobile Apps for Medicine
Handheld devices are commonplace in today’s medical practice.  They can be used at the point of care to access information on diagnosis, patient care, and pharmaceutical dosing. 

In this workshop, an online tour of the handheld research guide will be given. This tour will expose attendees to the various library resources that offer Mobile Apps and sources for software downloads. 

Facilitated by Rudy R. Barreras, Reference Librarian
5:30pm - 6:30pm, Wednesday, April 17, 2013
2nd floor library teaching lab
Limited to 12 seats.  Sign up here.


Using Images in Presentations
Please note:  This is an online workshop via AdobeConnect.  Registration is NOT required.  Please log in as a Guest.  This workshop will be recorded.

Because medicine is a visual science, high quality images are an important aid in diagnosis and teaching. In this workshop, participants will learn how to locate images in SpringerImages for use in presentations.  Participants will learn how to create a personal account in SpringerImages.  A personal account allows users to save images and searches for future use, and create PowerPoint presentations and PDF files. Using images from AccessMedicine, MD Consult, UpToDate, VisualDx, and the library’s Images Research Guide will be discussed but not demonstrated.

If you’ve never used AdobeConnect, please log in early to run through the “tech check.”

Facilitated by Ruth Harris, MLIS
7:00pm - 8:30pm, Thursday, April 18, 2013
Online via AdobeConnect


**Workshops will be cancelled if fewer than 3 participants register.

To see a list of upcoming library workshops, please see the Library Workshops page.

Assessment in Action

Harriet K & Philip Pumerantz Library is becoming involved in assessment research.  The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Assessment in Action program has accepted Ruth Harris’ assessment research looking at the impact of library instruction on various topics related to student learning. These topics include Finding the Evidence for Evidence-Based Practice, Health Literacy, Web Evaluation and Keeping Up with the Literature. 

The Harriet K & Philip Pumerantz Library is one of the 75 libraries selected for the Assessment in Action program among 98 applicants. Click this link for more information about the Assessment in Action program.

Life & Limb - The Toll of the American Civil War

The perspectives of surgeons, physicians, and nurses are richly documented in the history of Civil War medicine, which highlights the heroism and brutality of battlefield operations and the challenges of caring for the wounded during wartime. Life and Limb: The Toll of the Civil War focuses on battlefield injuries and life-saving but extreme surgeries, which left hundreds of thousands with permanent disabilities, their missing limbs a silent reminder of the conflict that split a nation.

From April 15 - July 31, 2013, The Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library will be hosting a traveling exhibition created by the National Library of Medicine. Come join us for the Opening Reception of Life and Limb: The Tool of the Civil War on April 15, 2013 from  2:00 – 4:00 pm. For more information please call (909)469-5323 or email circ@westernu.edu.

Paleo CSI Speaker Series

Stop by the Pumerantz Library on March 21, 2013 to hear Dr. Brian Kraatz talk about prehistoric mammalian fossils of Asia and Arabia.

Refreshments will be served at 5 pm and the lecture will begin at 5:30.

For more information call 909-469-5323.

Life of Henrietta Lacks Book Talk

The Diversity and Inclusion Book and Film Club at the City of Hope has been reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and they have  invited Henrietta’s son, Sonny Lacks, to speak in February.

He and his daughter Kim will be at the Pasadena Public Library Thursday, February 28 at 7 PM and will sign books after the program.  

The event being held at the Pasadena Public Library is cosponsored by City of Hope.