Research Guides: Himmelfarb Headlines: February/March 2025

Director's Desk

The FY25 budget cycle brought challenges which resulted in changes to Himmelfarb’s collections. To meet budget targets, we identified three book-heavy resources, AccessSurgery, AccessAnesthesiology, and MedOne Neurosurgery, and did not renew our licenses to these resources. While all three resources had some titles that received a good amount of use, the cost of the package compared with the total usage was high. AccessSurgery will remain available through June 2025 and AccessAnesthesiology’s access will continue until early May 2025, after which both licenses will expire. Our access to MedOne Neurosurgery has already ended. We also did not renew our license to NatMedPro and access to that resource will end in April.

What's New at Himmelfarb Library

New Database: GlyGen
Himmelfarb’s GlyGen database is live! GlyGen is a data integration and dissemination project for carbohydrate and glycoconjugate related data and is accessible through our databases.

2025 Art Show - Now Accepting Submissions
Calling all artists, photographers, and crafty hands! Our 2025 annual Art Show is just around the corner and we want to see what creative endeavors you are the most proud of! The first day of our show will take place on Tuesday, April 22nd at the Himmelfarb Library lobby and will run until May 15th. We are currently looking for submissions of almost all mediums or formats, physical submissions can be brought to the Circulation desk; or emailed to Temitayo Wolff at himmelfarb@gwu.edu.

CINAHL - PICOT tool
CINAHL's new search interface offers the option to search by PICOT (Population/patient/problem, Intervention, Comparisons, Outcome, Time) in addition to searching by keyword and CINAHL subject terms. To search by PICOT, select PICOT just above the search boxes on the CINAHL search page.

Virtual Reality (VR) Headsets
The Library’s Virtual Reality Headsets are available to be used at Himmelfarb! If you are unsure how to use our Headsets, Ian Roberts hosts an informative session every 4th Wednesday of the Month in the afternoon on the First Floor of the Library near the Circulation Desk. If you have any questions or would like to inquire further about our Headsets, please contact Ian at imroberts@gwu.edu.

Video Streaming selection
If you are looking for audio or visual materials, Himmelfarb’s digital collection, which currently offers access to 46 documentaries related to public health and health policy can be viewed through our website. If you are offsite, make sure that you are connected to GW’s VPN before accessing these videos.

Data Preservation Efforts and Data Sources
A new Data Preservation Efforts and Data Sources research guide is now available from Himmelfarb Library's website to support users in finding and preserving research datasets. This research guide is the result of work by the Research Data Management Task Force, a collaborative effort between Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library, Libraries and Academic Innovation, GW Information Technology, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, and the Office of Ethics, Compliance, and Risk.

The Annual Himmelfarb Art Show!

Exhibit your art in Himmelfarb Library!

The Himmelfarb Art Show gives artists from the SMHS, GWSPH, and Nursing an opportunity to share their talent and passion. We accept most forms of our for our 1 month art show: painting, drawings, photographs, jewelry, needle and yarn work, digital, etc. - and love seeing the diverse ways our students, faculty, and staff express their creativity!

Submitted items will be displayed on the first floor of the Himmelfarb Library from Tuesday, April 22 through Thursday, May 15. We encourage all students, faculty, and staff within the SMHS, GWSPH, and SON to submit their artwork. We are accepting submissions at the first-floor service desk starting Monday, March 17 through Monday, April 21.

There will also be an opening reception on the first floor of the library on Tuesday, April 22, from 4-5:30pm.

We happily accept artwork of all kinds, including digital artwork for inclusion in our Virtual Art Show. To see items from past Himmelfarb Art Shows, check out the collection in our Health Sciences Resource Commons.

If you would like to make a submission to the Virtual Art Show or if you have any other questions, please reach out to Temitayo Wolff at temitayo.wolff@gwu.edu.

Virtual Reality Headset and Apps Demos

Step into the world of virtual reality! Are you curious to learn about VR technology? Himmelfarb Library is offering a monthly demo of its Oculus 2 VR headsets and some of the apps installed on them. We’ll show you how to use the headset and controllers, and you can try out some of our health and wellness apps installed on the Oculus headsets.

Lexidrug New Features

If you haven’t used Lexidrug in a while, you might not be aware of some great new features that will improve your experience. You can find these features online or through Lexidrug’s convenient mobile app!

Sustainable Development Goals Added to Scopus

Have you ever wondered about the impact of your research after its published? How does your research have an impact on the world beyond your specific research domain. The Scopus research database now makes it possible for you to explore the impact of your research (and other researchers’ work) via a new Impact assessment which is based on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals!

New Books at Himmelfarb

Are you looking for books to assist in your research that can be accessed online? Here are several titles that have recently been added to the collection. If you are looking for other ebooks that are not mentioned here, take a look at our databases which offer holdings to more of our ebooks.

Introducing Jeet Vora, Project Coordinator, GlyGen Database

We have a guest profile for this issue, Jeet Vora, Project Coordinator for GlyGen Database. GlyGen is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences to facilitate glycoscience research by integrating diverse kinds of information related to glycoscience, including glycomics, genomics, proteomics (including glycoproteomics), cell biology, developmental biology, and biochemistry.

Faculty Profile - Interview with Miro Liwosz, Assistant Dean of Online Learning and Instructional Technology

Himmelfarb Library continues this feature in our newsletter that lets us become better acquainted with our friends and colleagues at the George Washington University. We learn more about Miro Liwosz, Assistant Dean of Online Learning and Instructional Technology at GW's School of Nursing in this issue.

Student Profile - Meet Riley Decker

Riley Decker is a student at GW’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus in Ashburn. She is in the premedical post-baccalaureate program.

Himmelfarb Headlines: February/March 2025