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March is Women's History Month

Celebrate Women’s History Month by stopping by Lane’s new exhibit “Adelaide Brown: A Stanford Medicine Pioneer,” located in the exhibit area near the entrance to Lane Library.   The exhibit recounts how this nineteenth-century graduate from Cooper Medical College (the school that later became Stanford Medicine) became an early champion of women’s health care in California. A… Read more March is Women's History Month

Create your own virtual library of high-impact NUTRITION journals with BrowZine!

To celebrate the National Nutrition Month, Lane developed the tips to build your own nutrition collections with BrowZine. Follow the instructions on the Lane Library Blog to register with BrowZine Once registered, click on My Bookshelf, then create and name a Bookshelf for the nutrition journals you want to follow, e.g., My Top Nutrition Journals.… Read more Create your own virtual library of high-impact NUTRITION journals with BrowZine!

Quality Spine Care

Lane appreciatively received Quality Spine Care: healthcare systems, quality reporting, and risk adjustment as a gift of the author, John Ratliff, Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center. Features: Provides insight on quality reporting in different healthcare systems Illustrates the state of the art in spine quality reporting: the first… Read more Quality Spine Care

Go beyond PubMed for Research on Nutrition and Food Science!

March is National Nutrition Month! Lane is highlighting Natural Medicines Database, CAB Abstracts and Global Health as its March “Resources of the Month.” Natural Medicines Database Unbiased, evidence based database Look up interactions between supplements, prescription, and over-the-counter medications Clinically relevant and evidence backed dosing information for specific conditions Evidence based data on efficacy and safety Patient… Read more Go beyond PubMed for Research on Nutrition and Food Science!

Women in Data Science (WiDS) Regional Event at Lane

Lane is pleased to be an official ambassador of Women in Data Science (WiDS)* and to host an affiliated event WiDS Palo Alto @ Stanford Lane Medical Library.  On March 4, 2019, we will livestream the WiDS opening session followed by a panel discussion with information professionals who have built careers in data science. All the tickets… Read more Women in Data Science (WiDS) Regional Event at Lane

Two Books in Health Services Research

Lane gratefully received Health Disparities in the United States and Introduction to US Health Policy as gifts from the author, Donald A. Barr, Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University. Health disparities in the United States The health care system in the United States has been called the best in the world. Yet wide health disparities persist between… Read more Two Books in Health Services Research

Lane's First Online CME Course Free to All

Lane Medical Library has just launched Locating and Using Medical Information in the Digital Age,” a collection of short CME modules aimed at improving medical information management skills. Designed to meet the educational needs of a wide variety of medical specialties and professions (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, etc.), this course will describe and demonstrate various strategies and tools… Read more Lane's First Online CME Course Free to All

UpToDate MobileComplete Available

You now have the option of downloading the content of UpToDate (with or without graphics) to your mobile device. It means you don’t need an internet connection to access UpToDate. However, good Wi-Fi is required for initial download and subsequent full content updates. Options for downloading: -1- All Topics and Graphics (1.1 GB/local storage req)… Read more UpToDate MobileComplete Available