Through hands-on practice and discussion, learn how to find and evaluate scientific information this January in an intersession course called Landscape of Scientific Information. The class will be led by science […]
Keep an Eye on Your Stuff!
I know you love MSEL and the BLC. I know you think of these places as part of your living space and spend oodles of time here. But I (and […]
Will the Real Dr. Jones Please Stand Up?
Are you tired of searching for yourself in Google Scholar, Scopus, or Academic Search Complete and finding other people who share your family name? This is a serious problem for […]
JHU Funding for Open Access
“Set the Default to Open Access” is the theme of Open Access Week 2012. To help JHU authors move to Open Access publishing, the Sheridan Libraries and the Welch Medical […]
Help Us Test New Article Search Tools
During your time at JHU, you will probably have to search for journal articles about a topic for research or classwork. As librarians, we try to make that process as […]
Count von Count Presents: The Library
A library’s primary raison d’etre is to obtain and make available resources that support your research, teaching, and learning. We have spent many years building a great collection that includes […]
Summertime at MSEL
You might think that MSEL empties out over the summer. Fewer people come in but we aren’t empty, by any means. Who are these intrepid researchers, risking the heat of […]
Why You Should Sign the Open Access Petition
I want you to sign a petition asking the White House to make research articles supported by government funds freely available online. Even though they have reached the magic 25,000 […]
All Studying, All the Time
Spring Fair is history. Classes end May 4th. Reading period is May 5-8, and finals are May 9-17. To help with this turbo-charged calendar, the Hut and all the levels […]
Finding the Right Author
Names aren’t unique and that’s a problem in the biblioverse. How many different authors are named John Brown, Mary Stewart, or Yuan Wang? Library catalogers have been working on authority […]