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Hello! I am running a search in PubMed for breastfeeding and related terms (breast milk, lactation, etc.). I was wondering about using the term "nursing" as a synonym, but this is obviously problematic because that term is more commonly used for the profession of nursing, which has many, many results ...

Hello all, The ACRL Health Science Interest Group’s next Friday Forum is scheduled for Friday, May 3rd at a NEW time from 1:00-2:30 EDT (10-11:30 Pacific, 11:00-12:30 Mountain, 12:00-1:30 Central). You do not have to be a member of ACRL to join us! Title: Advanced Searching for Evidence Synthesis ...

The recording, slides, and chat transcript are available on our research guide. These are currently listed in the Most Recent Friday Forum box at the top of that linked page for your convenience. However, the contents of this box will change next month after we present another forum, and this one ...

Hello all! The ACRL Health Science Interest Group’s next Friday Forum is scheduled for Friday, April 5th from 12-1 EDT (9am-10am Pacific, 10am-11am Mountain, 11am-12pm central) on Zoom. You do not have to be a member of ACRL to join us! Title: Evidence Synthesis: Managing the Faculty Consultation ...

Hello all, I asked the organizer if it was ok to share this with HSIG. Information below. Dear Colleagues, A friendly reminder that the next Public Services Open Mic presentation is scheduled for Thursday, April 4th at 1:00 PM CST. The topic of the presentation is "Talking about Predatory Publishers ...

Hello all! The ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group is again offering our popular (First) Friday Forum Series. The next one will be held on Friday, March 8th at 12-1pm EST (9am-10am Pacific, 10am-11am Mountain, 11am-12pm central). Please join us on Zoom for a discussion of evidence-based research practices. ...

Hello! I'm trying to find some pros and cons of starting a peer-reviewed graduate student journal for nursing like this one from the University of Pennsylvania. Do you have any other examples for nursing or health sciences? I was able to find a few medical student journals, but none for nursing ...

Hello all, I received a request to develop scholarly publishing classes/workshops for DNP and nursing PhD students at my institution, as well as a webinar for faculty. I know the faculty are particularly interested in journal selection, differentiation, impact factors, and avoiding predatory journals. ...

I am interested on any recent data collected on the number of librarians per capita of students in colleges and universities in the United States. By "librarians", I am looking for the number of library employees that are 1) in a librarian position that requires an MLS, and 2) interact directly with ...