Celebrating 30 Years of Lane Library on the Web

Picture it: Palo Alto, California 1994. The Web is only 5 years old, dial-up internet is the norm, and the information superhighway is still under construction. One of the earliest web browsers, Mosaic, is just hitting the mainstream. A little start-up called Yahoo! was launched by Stanford graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo as… Read more Celebrating 30 Years of Lane Library on the Web

Harnessing the Power of Scopus and SNIP for Interdisciplinary Collaboration

As medical researchers race to find answers to real-world problems, the need for interdisciplinary collaboration has never been greater. Complex global challenges—ranging from public health crises to climate change—require insights from multiple disciplines. At Lane Medical Library, we understand the importance of leveraging the right tools to identify impactful research and foster collaborative opportunities. One… Read more Harnessing the Power of Scopus and SNIP for Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Holiday 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 Intersession Winter Intersession hours will begin on Friday, December 13, and end on Sunday, December 22. If you need late-night study space, Hohbach Hall at Green… Read more Holiday Hours

Holman Papers Now Open for Research

A collection of the personal papers of Dr. Halsted Holman (1925-2024), Emeritus Professor of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford Medicine, is now open to researchers in Lane Medical Library. Lane Library staff worked with Dr. Holman from 2019 through 2023 to acquire his papers. The finding aid for the collection, which provides an inventory of… Read more Holman Papers Now Open for Research

Thanksgiving Week Hours

In observance of Thanksgiving, Lane Medical Library will be closing early on Wednesday, November 27, at 5 pm. We will be closed from Thursday, November 28 through Saturday, November 30. During this closure, all services will be unavailable. We will be open on Sunday, December 1 from 12 pm to 6 pm. We are grateful… Read more Thanksgiving Week Hours

Newly Digitized Historical SOM Press Releases

When Stanford’s School of Medicine moved from San Francisco to Palo Alto in 1959, its news bureau began to issue press releases about developments at the school. Lane Library has now digitized nearly 6,000 pages of press releases from 1959 through 1986, allowing for full-text searching of names, dates, and key terms. Explore the digitized… Read more Newly Digitized Historical SOM Press Releases

Dia de los Muertos 2024

The Offices of Medical Student Wellness (OMSW) and Student Affairs (OMSA) is hosting our 7th annual Día de los Muertos altar from November 4th to November 6th in D-CORE (located on the bottom floor of Lane Library) for the Stanford Medicine community. Please bring photos or your ofrenda (offerings) honoring loved ones to the altar on November 4th starting at 8:30AM. For those unable to attend… Read more Dia de los Muertos 2024

ConsumerLab & NatMed Pro: Tools to Evaluate Dietary Supplements & More

Are you curious about the efficacy of dietary supplements, natural medicines, wellness products, and alternative therapies? Do you get patient questions about health and wellness products they see marketed on social media? Or are you curious about alternative therapies for conditions you treat? Today we are sharing two resources for finding evidence-based information about these… Read more ConsumerLab & NatMed Pro: Tools to Evaluate Dietary Supplements & More

Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Emily Zinn

Every month, we are spotlighting an amazing member of our library staff. This month, meet Emily Zinn, our new Processing Archivist on our Medical History Center Team. What do you do at the library? I process the Medical History Center’s archival collections, getting them ready for researchers to use! This involves arranging and describing materials,… Read more Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Emily Zinn

Meet Latasha: National Medical Librarians Month

Every October we celebrate medical librarians for their invaluable contributions to furthering the work of healthcare providers, researchers, and medical educators. In this fast-paced, quick information, AI world, health science librarians are the best resource for timely, verified health information. In this blog series, we delve into the experiences and insights of some of our… Read more Meet Latasha: National Medical Librarians Month