Karen Sorensen, Reference Librarian, co-authored an article, titled “The impact of active video gaming on weight in youth: a meta-analysis,” published in Clinical Pediatrics (Phila), 2015.

This October, as in previous years, Aurelia Minuti, Head of Reference & Educational Services, was asked by Aaron D. Fox, M.D., M.S., course director  of the Research-Based Health Activism elective course, to teach fourth year medical students how to perform efficient literature searches and conduct systematic reviews. 

As part of the same course, Nancy Glassman, Assistant Director for Informatics taught the students how to manage the results with EndNote, one of the citation management software programs available through the library.

At the conclusion of the course, after the students presented their final proposals, Dr. Fox expressed appreciation for the knowledge imparted to them by the librarians:

“Thank you for participating as faculty once again this year.  Your session on systematic reviews and efficient literature searches is so important for [the students’] development in research.  I hope you will consider teaching again in the elective next year. The students and I are grateful for your contributions.” 

For more information and for any questions, contact the Reference Department at 718.430.3104 or askref@einstein.yu.edu

The new digital collection from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) iincludes:

• The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton, published in London in the year 1660, and one of the first books on the issue of depression.
• The anonymously penned, Treasure for Poore Men, a popular manual published in London in 1565 and containing recipes such as “A medicine for the eye if it be hurte with a thorne” and “a migraine in the head”.
• Reports about various local hospitals and other charitable organizations in Britain during the 18th century, including Guy’s Hospital in London (1734), Lying-In Charity for Delivering Poor Women at their Own Habitations (1772), and the Asylum for Orphan Girls (1786).
• Pamphlets advertising patent medicines and popular guides to health and reproduction.

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