Anyone who has watched a stage or film version of Henry V (such as the 1944 Olivier version, infused with echoes of World War II, or the critically acclaimed 1990 […]
APL Technical Digest – Now 100% Online
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) built a craft for NASA that’s been in space for a decade and passed Pluto last year. And remember the little “pill” that […]
Recycling Roundup
With classes back in session, the library literally becomes a second home for many of you as a refuge from the heat. All that note taking, coffee drinking and draft […]
John Staige Davis: Hopkins Alum and Pioneering WWI Plastic Surgeon
Plastic surgery has become something we take for granted in modern medicine as an important tool for healing those injured in warfare, but that wasn’t always the case. In the […]
10 Tips for an Impressive Presentation
By guest blogger, Michelle Bedolla, a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University. Presentations are big components of conferences, classes, and work. They allow you to spread your knowledge to a […]
Walk Like a Librarian
Walking is not generally considered a sport. I beg to differ; walking has been part of my fitness routine for years. Last year I decided to challenge myself and signed […]
Enigmatic Edgar
Edgar Allan Poe’s death in Baltimore on October 7, 1849, ensured that the writer and the city would be forever linked. On October 7, 2016, come celebrate Poe’s life and […]
Recent Growth of Preprint Servers
To understand why preprint servers are different, let’s start with a quick review of the article publishing process. (For a more entertaining review and explanation of preprint servers, click on […]
Clueless about Chemistry? Me, too…
Doing research in Chemistry and have no idea where to begin? Please, come to the library’s Information Desk and ask to speak with the librarian on duty! But, here’s a secret: you can […]
How Do We Learn?
Guest blogger: Macie Hall, from the CER‘s Innovative Instructor. One of the online educational news sources that CER staff follow is Tomorrow’s Professor, edited by Rick Reis, a professor in Mechanical Engineering at […]