Welcome back L2s!

We’d be remiss if we didn’t welcome back our hard working second year medical students, who started class this week.

Remember, your textbooks for MIP, Path, SPM and Pharm are all online – links & more info here: http://libguides.lsuhsc.edu/spm200

Image courtesy of The Tiger Rag Digital Collection.

New Resources Abound

Two new full-text resources have been added to Electronic Resources:

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Over 140 full-text reference books (550+ volumes) covering subjects ranging from Multicultural Studies to Medicine to Social Science to the Arts. Titles include:Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior, Encyclopedia of Aging, Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography.

America’s Historical Newspapers
This collection provides searchable American newspapers to enable users to explore America’s past. Available here: African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 and selected Louisiana historical newspapers including the New Orleans Times-Picayune (1837-1936). (On campus only at this time.)

Both resources are provided through a consortial agreement with LOUIS, the Louisiana Library Network

Free Emergency Medicine Clerkship Primer

Interested in emergency medicine? The Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM) group put together an EM Clerkship Primer addressing the unique aspects of EM for the medical student. You can access this free guide to your EM clerkship at http://www.saem.org/saemdnn/Portals/0/NTForums_Attach/ED%20Primer.pdf
Via Academic Life in Emergency Medicine