Well the semester is moving quickly towards the halfway point and with that papers and other things are coming up.  If you need any help please do not hesitate to contact me as I am here to help, if I can.  The best way to contact me is through email:  rebrown2@vcu.edu . I am finding myself more out of the office than in lately, but I will respond relatively quickly to most emails that I receive.  I am here to help so please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.

Here at the library and across campus there are many things going on that of interest to those in the SON and I just want to call your attention to them.  

"Whetting Your Appetite for Research" - Brown Bag Series

VCU Libraries and the Center for Clinical & Translational Research hold excellent talks on various topics that deal with research and pull on the expertise of researchers here at VCU.  They are excellent sessions that would be of real use to anyone who is interested in research and publishing.   You just need to bring yourself, something to eat (drinks are included) and bring an interested friend if you want.  Some of the upcoming workshops are:

Effective Literature Searching to Support Your Research

October 27, 2011, 12­ - 1PM   Tompkins­-McCaw Library, Room 2-­012   

Tips for effectively and efficiently conducting a literature search using library resources & services 

Presenter: Barbara Wright, Research Services Librarian, Tompkins-McCaw Library 

Show Me the Money 

November 17, 2011, 12 ­- 1PM   Tompkins­McCaw Library, Room 2-­012   

Discover how to find an appropriate mechanism to fund your research 

Presenter: Jessica Venable, Grant/Research Analyst, Office of Research 

Workshops of interest this Month: If you or someone you know needs some help with any of these databases, please let them know. All of these take place at TML unless otherwise indicated.

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Th Thursday, October 6, 2011 -  Noon             Film Screening: Secret Life of the Brain: The Aging Brain (Hunton Student Center)

·         Friday, October 7, 2011 -  7:00pm              A Literary Evening with Tayari Jones  (University Student Commons)

·         Monday, October 17, 2011 - Noon              PubMed  (Hunton Student Center)

·         Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - Noon        Drug Information Resources

·         Thursday, October 20, 2011 -  Noon           Finding Health Statistics Online (Hunton Student Center)

·         Monday, October 24, 2011 -  10:00am        RefWorks  (Sanger Hall)

·         Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 4:00pm          Where's the Evidence?

·         Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - Noon        Web of Science  (Hunton Student Center)

·         Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 1:00pm     Open Access Scholarly Publishing for Faculty (Cabell Library)

·         Monday, October 31, 2011 - 4:00pm &  5:00pm  Grave Robbing, Goblins, and Ghouls: Anatomical Education in 19th Century Richmond Tour  (MCV Campus/Egyptian Building)

New Books and other Resources  (Electronic and On the Shelf)

Nursing informatics : where technology and caring meet / Marion J. Ball ... [et al.], (editors).

Tompkins-McCaw Library RT50.5 N875 2011 Normal Loan 

Evidence-based teaching in nursing : a foundation for educators / Sharon Cannon, Carol Boswell.

Tompkins-McCaw Library RT73 .C29 2012 Normal Loan 

Clinical research for the doctor of nursing practice / Allison J. Terry.

Tompkins-McCaw Library RT75 .T47 2012 Normal Loan 

NCLEX-PN exam prep [electronic resource] / Wilda Rinehart, Diann Sloan, Clara Hurd.

Internet Resources RT55 .R56 2011eb