The Health Sciences Library at McMaster University offers services, resources and expertise to support knowledge-based health-care and lifelong learning.
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27 Feb 2024
McMaster University's Health Sciences Library is proud to host an online panel on March 5 @ 1pm with prominent women cartoonists (comic creators) and graphic novelists, who will chat about their work and the challenges they've overcome. Register here: qr.link/1lPNwh
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15 Jul 2024
Check out the latest release of our newsletter HSL Happenings, Vol. 2, Issue 3: Celebrating the Health Sciences Archives! sway.cloud.microsoft/7E2m83h… #archives
ALT HSL Happenings icon, with a 50th Anniversary of the Health Sciences Archives icon.
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4 Jul 2024
Uncover the recently processed archives of Mary Tremblay (1944-2009), a researcher and advocate on the history of disability, rehabilitation, and human rights in Canada. View a finding aid here: db.healthsciarchivesmcmaster… @McMasterU @machealthsci @SRSMcMasterU @maclibraries
ALT Photo of Mary Tremblay taken in 1989.
ALT Photo of the processed records in the Mary Tremblay fonds.
![An advertisement during the Second World War aimed at highlighting that “Deaf Can Fight Too!” by using the New Symphonic Acousticon hearing aid. [1943?]](https://venexa.site/media/GRq4OIJXIAAbFM5.jpg)
ALT An advertisement during the Second World War aimed at highlighting that “Deaf Can Fight Too!” by using the New Symphonic Acousticon hearing aid. [1943?]
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3 Apr 2024
All Mac libraries have run out of solar eclipse glasses. Glasses will be handed out at official eclipse events in the city, and there is availability online. Just be sure they are ISO certified 12312-2.
To the lucky 21,600 who received glasses from HSL, enjoy the eclipse!
ALT Eclipse glasses out of stock at all Mac libraries
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McMaster Health Sciences Library retweeted
12 Mar 2024
Are you a McMaster University researcher looking for open access publishing opportunities at reduced or no cost? McMaster libraries now offer an open access journal search tool.
Learn more: library.mcmaster.ca/news/mcm…
Search tool: search.scifree.se/mcmaster
ALT A student researcher wearing a white lab coat uses a micropipette in a McMaster University research space with the Centre for Discovery in Cancer Research.
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8 Mar 2024
To honor International Women's Day, the Health Sciences Archives is pleased to release our online exhibit, In Her Hands: A Century of Women Shaping Healthcare in Hamilton. View online exhibit here: qr.codes/MnKQsR
ALT Poster with the text In Her Hands: A Century of Women Shaping Healthcare in Hamilton. Includes images of Elizabeth Bagshaw, Mary Tremblay, May Cohen, and Roberta Bondar.
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8 Mar 2024
🗓️Thurs March 14 from 2-3p, a furry friend will be stopping by to provide some canine companionship to help subdue stress!
Don't miss your chance to pet a pup!
(and if you do miss it, Biscuit's back on April 9)
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6 Mar 2024
We have a table set up in HSL with GOODIES in return for filling out our survey!
Or you can just fill it out online now😁. There's 10 $100 Visa Gift Cards up for grabs. secure.insyncsurveys.com.au/…
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6 Mar 2024
Update: Goodies are gone, but we still want to know your thoughts.
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5 Mar 2024
HSL is giving away free copies of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in celebration of #InternationalWomensDay
Enter here for a chance to win a copy: bit.ly/3uXGXik
ALT The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks book for giveaway
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29 Feb 2024
We are resupplied with eclipse glasses, so come get them before they're gone again!
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27 Feb 2024
Well, we HAD eclipse glasses, but we've given away all 2400 in less than 2 days. If we can get more, we'll let you know, but for now, we are ALL OUT!
Glasses are still available at @MacMillsLibrary and @ThodeLibrary
ALT HSL is out of eclipse glasses for now
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McMaster Health Sciences Library retweeted
15 Feb 2024
Register for this engaging discussion with @KanninOsei, senior associate dean, health equity and systems transformation @UCalgaryMed.
From racism to anti-racism - examining the past and designing the future of medicine in Canada 👇 @FHS_FacAffairs
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McMaster Health Sciences Library retweeted
14 Feb 2024
Join us on Thursday, February 22 from 8:30-10 a.m. for Healing Narratives: A Black History Month Art Symposium. This event will feature an array of artists and storytellers in celebration of Black History Month. Register today! @BHMatMac eventbrite.ca/e/healing-narr…
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15 Feb 2024
We are excited to release HSL Happenings, Vol 2, Issue 2, Winter! Some of the highlights from this issue include tips on searching PubMed, a new resource called GIDEON, and updates from the Health Sciences Archives. View the newsletter here: sway.cloud.microsoft/QvFdCTp…
ALT Image depicts the decorative cover of the HSL Happenings newsletter, with a stylized heart within a book, and a wintery background.
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McMaster Health Sciences Library retweeted
24 Jan 2024
Have you ever wondered about the meaning behind @mcmasterhsl’s yellow bench?
Learn about @McMasterU‘s friendship bench and how it can help open the door for conversations about mental health. 👇
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18 Jan 2024
Learn to search our most popular databases like a pro!
Our Winter Workshop courses are now open. Register now at hsl.mcmaster.ca/workshops
#ovid #medline #cinahl #databases
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McMaster Health Sciences Library retweeted
10 Jan 2024
Thanks to funding from @macokanagan, the Health Sciences Library (@mcmasterhsl) has Host Your Own Book Club Kits available – with the topics of each title focusing on equity, diversity and inclusion. 👇
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10 Jan 2024
Our new display highlights our EDI-focused Book Club Kits, now available to all Mac members!
EDIA and Indigenous Reconciliation Librarian Laura Banfield shares why these stories matter: healthsci.mcmaster.ca/health…
ALT Book Club kit display
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