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Stories from the Collection: Women of UNMC a McGoogan Sessions Health Sciences History Hour

McGoogan Sessions Health Sciences History Hour: Stories from the Collection: Women of UNMC
Date and time: Tuesday, March 26, 2024, noon–1 p.m. CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)

Join DiAnna Hemsath, archivist, at McGoogan Library, on Tuesday, March 26 from noon–1 p.m. CDT and peek into UNMC’s past. This session will explore women who shaped UNMC’s early history and is open to all UNMC, clinical partners (Nebraska Medicine and Children’s Nebraska) and public audiences. Individuals interested in attending must register online via Zoom.

Why should you attend?

  • Analyze and contextualize the political, cultural, and social history of early UNMC history as it pertains to women.
  • Gain an understanding that history is an evidence-based discipline that requires identifying reliable primary sources, such as those available in McGoogan Library’s special collections and archives.
  • Evaluate historical narrative as an argument built from evidence and interpretation and open to rigorous questioning and critique.

Plague, Pox and Pestilence: How Humans Interpret Disease a McGoogan Sessions Health Sciences History Hour

McGoogan Sessions Health Sciences History Hour: Plague, Pox and Pestilence: How Humans Interpret Disease
Date and time: Thursday, March 21, 2024, noon–1 p.m. CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)

Join Erin Torell, rare books librarian, at McGoogan Library, on Thursday, March 21 from noon–1 p.m. CDT to learn how humans describe and understand disease through scientific writings, medical illustration, early graphic medicine, poetry, microscopic slides, and treatments. This session is open to all UNMC, clinical partners (Nebraska Medicine and Children’s Nebraska) and public audiences. Individuals interested in attending must register online via Zoom.

Why should you attend?

  • Get an inside look at some of the library’s rare books that date back hundreds of years
  • Discover how humans understood disease in the past and how that has influenced the present day
  • Expand your health sciences history knowledge

Introducing Health Sciences History Hour

Health Sciences History Hour is an hour-long session led by archivists and a rare books librarian from the McGoogan Library’s Robert S. Wigton Department of Special Collections and Archives. Health Sciences History Hour sessions are part of the library’s McGoogan Sessions instruction series and are open to anyone who is interested in the history of health sciences. Let archivists and librarians take you on a journey through the university’s archival materials, artifacts and rare books.  

View upcoming Health Sciences History Hour sessions on our Instruction webpage. 

Types of Literature Reviews part of the McGoogan Sessions series

McGoogan Sessions: Types of Literature Reviews
Date and time: Tuesday, March 12, 2024, noon–1 p.m. CDT
Location: Online (Zoom)

Join Danielle Westmark and Kim Harp, education and research services librarians, at McGoogan Library, on Tuesday, March 12 from noon–1 p.m. CDT to learn about the types of literature reviews from systematic to rapid, the amount of time expected for each review, and what review is right for your topic. This session is intended for all UNMC and clinical partners (Nebraska Medicine and Children’s Nebraska) audiences. Individuals interested in attending can register online via Zoom.

Why should you attend?

  • Learn how to place your research question(s) into context
  • Ensure your research is trustworthy by conducting accurate literature reviews
  • Discover what type of review is the right one for your topic