Category: News

Covidence: The Tool You Need to Manage Your Review

Are you a seasoned researcher looking to streamline your systematic reviews, or are you just embarking on your first review project? Either way, Covidence is here to make your academic life easier. With its user-friendly interface and powerful features, it can reduce the time spent on your reviews by up to 35%. What’s more, it… Read more Covidence: The Tool You Need to Manage Your Review

Visual Dx

With over 43,000 curated medical images, Visual Dx offers health professionals a powerful tool to support the differential diagnosis process.  Once you have entered a symptom, medication, or diagnosis into the search box, the database will generate peer-reviewed photographs that visually represent potential medical conditions, such as skin diseases, ranked from most to least probable.… Read more Visual Dx

Announcing Our Holiday Hours - 2023

In observance of Thanksgiving, Lane Medical Library will be closing early on Wednesday, November 22, at 5 pm. We will be closed from Thursday, November 23 through Saturday, November 25. During this closure, all services will be unavailable. We will be open on Sunday, November 26 from 12 pm to 6 pm. Lane Medical Library… Read more Announcing Our Holiday Hours - 2023

In Conversation with Editorial Board Members

Celebrating Peer Review Week 2023’s theme, Peer Review and the Future of Publishing. With the rise of generative AI, preprints, and other changes to the publishing industry, it can feel like a lot is changing in the world of scholarly communication. In the spirit of the Peer Review Week 2023 theme, Peer Review and the… Read more In Conversation with Editorial Board Members

Bay Area Open Science Group 2022-23 Reflection

Authors: Sam Teplitzky (0000-0001-7071-332X), Ariel Deardorff (0000-0001-8930-6089), Sam Wilairat (0000-0002-5836-4523) Introduction The Bay Area Open Science Group (BAOSG) is a collaborative community for Bay Area academics and researchers interested in incorporating open science into their research, teaching, and learning. This June we completed our 3rd year of programming, offering 9 sessions to our community members… Read more Bay Area Open Science Group 2022-23 Reflection

Welcome New MD & PA Students!

As a new Stanford medical or physician assistant student, you now have access to library tools and services to help guide you through your journey at Stanford. Here’s a quick overview of some key resources for students. Exam Prep Resources We have resources to help you study for license and shelf exams including BoardVitals, Exam… Read more Welcome New MD & PA Students!

Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Boglarka Huddleston

What do you do at the library? I am the manager of the Research & Instruction team at Lane. My team supports the education and research initiatives of Stanford Medicine. I also oversee the liaison program, and research data and literature review support services.  What did you do before coming to Lane Library? I was… Read more Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Boglarka Huddleston

Use Altmetric Explorer to Uncover New Ways to Measure your Impact

What is Altmetric Explorer?  Do you know who is talking about your research online? Are you interested in measuring your research impact outside of citation metrics? If so, check out our new resource, Altmetric Explorer.  You can use Altmetric Explorer to learn:  Where engagement with research in your field is happening online Who is talking… Read more Use Altmetric Explorer to Uncover New Ways to Measure your Impact

All Abuzz About FOLIO

Update: FOLIO is live! Our week-long migration by all campus libraries was successful! Big changes are coming soon for Lane Library staff and their behind-the-scenes workflows. As a result, our users may experience temporary disruptions to our services and website between now and September. Here’s what’s changing: Lane Library and Stanford University Libraries are migrating… Read more All Abuzz About FOLIO

Dean Minor’s Summer Reading List

Lloyd B. Minor, MD, Dean of Stanford School of Medicine, recently shared his 2023 summer reading list on social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, & Instagram). Describing his recommendations, Dean Minor stated:  “This summer, I’ve been drawn to books exploring how technology and the arts can influence our consciousness and perception and bring about transformative change in the world… Read more Dean Minor’s Summer Reading List