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

Need a survey or test?

  Start here: PsycTESTS, HaPI and Mental Measurements Yearbook If you want to: Use a test or survey – Develop your own test – Look at how a particular topic is studied – Find tests relevant to a systematic review or grant proposal start with these 3 databases available through Lane Library. If you don’t… Read more Need a survey or test?

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

Take the 2019 Stanford Medicine Data Survey

Lane Medical Library is asking Stanford Medicine researchers and affiliates to participate in its 2019 Data Survey. Responses from this survey will inform the development of the library’s new data services program. It includes questions about the type of data you work with, what software tools you use, and if you desire training on specific… Read more Take the 2019 Stanford Medicine Data Survey

[2019 Lane Exhibit] Adelaide Brown: A Stanford Medicine Pioneer

Lane Medical Library wishes everyone a happy new year by launching its 2019 annual exhibit in the library hallway — Adelaide Brown: A Stanford Medicine Pioneer. It is about Adelaide Brown, a woman who received her MD degree from Cooper Medical College (the predecessor to today’s Stanford Medicine) in 1892. Brown took on many initiatives and leadership… Read more [2019 Lane Exhibit] Adelaide Brown: A Stanford Medicine Pioneer

Try ECRI Guidelines Trust™

With July 2018 the shutdown of the National Guideline Clearinghouse, NGC, users are without an easy to use resource with strict inclusion criteria and quality assessments. To help fill the vacuum, the ECRI Institute is building the ECRI Guidelines Trust as a reliable repository of graded clinical practice guidelines. Their 471 guidelines, available via free registration… Read more Try ECRI Guidelines Trust™

Changes to Kanopy Access

Stanford Libraries announced the “Changes to Kanopy Streaming Service” effective December 15. Due to the cost model Kanopy uses, Stanford Libraries, as well as several other academic libraries, are adjusting their access plans. Please click here for the announcement from Stanford Libraries. Summary of Stanford’s changes to Kanopy Beginning Winter Quarter 2019, the Libraries will subscribe… Read more Changes to Kanopy Access

Lane Holiday Hours 2018-2019

Lane would like to wish everyone happy holidays! During Stanford University’s winter intersession from Dec 24, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019, Lane’s services will be limited. Please see this page for details of Lane holiday hours and services: http://lane.stanford.edu/about/winterclosure.html Services Available on a limited basis Renew a book online Visit the library (limited hours) DocXpress (limited… Read more Lane Holiday Hours 2018-2019

A Charitable Offer from Lane Medical Library

Lane Medical Library wants to offer you an opportunity to be charitable and to forgive your fines and late fees at the same time. From now until January 11, 2019, you can pay off fines and fees while providing food for people in need in our community. Lane will reduce your fines in return for… Read more A Charitable Offer from Lane Medical Library

Secret Cures of Slaves: People, Plants, and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

Lane gratefully received Secret Cures of Slaves: People, Plants, and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World as a gift of the author, Dr. Londa Schiebinger, John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University. “In this book, Londa Schiebinger examines medicine and human experimentation in the Atlantic World, exploring the circulation of people,… Read more Secret Cures of Slaves: People, Plants, and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World