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Public Domain Day 2023

January 1st, 2023, is Public Domain Day. Copyright laws vary by country, but in the United States, works registered or first published in the U.S. in 1927 enter the public domain on January 1st, 2023! The Public Domain and You Did you know that copyright can expire? When the copyright of a work expires, the… Read more Public Domain Day 2023

American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey and supplemental data sets

Data in the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) annual survey database is updated annually, usually in December. In addition to annual survey data, the AHA database includes supplemental datasets and provides quality data with extensive coverage of US hospitals and health systems. Coverage includes demographic, operations, financial, and IT characteristics.  AHA datasets can be used to research COVID-19… Read more American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey and supplemental data sets

Dean Minor's Winter Reading List

Lloyd B. Minor, MD, dean of Stanford School of Medicine, recently shared his new list of recommended reading for the winter on social media (Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter). Describing his recommendations, Dean Minor stated: For my recommended reading this winter, I was drawn to books that illuminated hidden worlds, shared insights about others, and challenged my assumptions.… Read more Dean Minor's Winter Reading List

Winter Closure Hours

We wish you a relaxing and joyful holiday season! Lane Library will be closed during Stanford University’s Winter Closure, but our online resources are always accessible on our website. Winter Closure Hours & Services Lane Library will be closed Wednesday, December 21 through Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Please submit your Literature Search Service requests and DocXpress… Read more Winter Closure Hours

Pharmacist’s Letter

Lane Medical Library recently began subscribing to  “The Pharmacist’s Letter,”  an online monthly publication that enables pharmacists and prescribers to make evidence-based decisions about patient care with informed recommendations and clinical resources.  Access to the entire archive is available from the present to 1996. The Pharmacist’s Letter includes medication recommendations, newly approved drugs, and drugs… Read more Pharmacist’s Letter

Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Salma Berrada El Azizi

Every month, we are spotlighting an amazing member of our library staff. This month meet Salma Berrada El Azizi, Metadata Librarian. What do you do at the library? I recently joined the Resource Management team as a metadata librarian, working behind the scenes to make sure materials are available to patrons, all hyperlinks are up… Read more Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Salma Berrada El Azizi

Explore the Research Landscape with Dimensions

Dimensions is a dynamic, easy-to-use platform that offers a better, faster way to discover, understand and analyze the global research landscape. Users can explore the connections between different researchers and institutions and access scholarly data, such as funded grants, publications, clinical trials, patents, and policy documents, that they have contributed to the academic sphere. This… Read more Explore the Research Landscape with Dimensions

Open Science with Preprints

An interview with Dr. Maya Mathur, Assistant Professor at Stanford University’s Quantitative Sciences Unit and the Department of Pediatrics. Associate Director of Stanford Data Science’s Center for Open and REproducible Science (SDS-CORES). Did you know that posting preprints is one method of contributing to the open access movement? We sat down with Dr. Mathur to… Read more Open Science with Preprints

Updates to Lane Search

We recently made some changes to Lane Search – the main search on our library website. Lane Search is the best way for you to access all of the information Lane Library has to offer including journals, books, databases, articles, and more. Based on usage data and user research, we updated some of the features… Read more Updates to Lane Search

It’s National Medical Librarians Month

In October, we recognize the work of medical librarians and staff, who work year-round to ensure health professionals have access to high-quality information. The theme for 2022 National Medical Librarians Month is “Make Better Decisions Faster: Consult Your Health Information Professional.” At Lane Library, this theme resonates with our mission to accelerate scientific discovery, clinical… Read more It’s National Medical Librarians Month