McGoogan News

McGoogan Health Sciences Library has partnered with two Omaha area attractions to offer free admission for UNMC students. Passes to Fontenelle Forest and El Museo Latino are available for check out by contacting AskUs at 402-559-6221 or askus@unmc.edu. 

The pass lending project is an effort to help UNMC students to de-stress and experience the wider community. The passes can also be beneficial to students new to the Omaha area by providing them a free opportunity to explore the city. 

While it is not new for public libraries to offer community pass lending, it is not as common in academic libraries. Additionally, McGoogan Health Sciences Library is the first library in the Omaha area to partner with El Museo Latino. 

The library is excited to make this new benefit available on campus. Be sure to check out a pass, return it, and repeat whenever you need a break off campus. 

The library has a full calendar of events planned for Fall 2022.

August

The library will be at the Student Involvement Fair August 17. Stop by and see what’s new at the library.

September

Anece McCloud is speaking in CON 1010 on September 16, from 12-1:00. She will discuss her book, “Seeking Personal Validation: The Life and Times of an African American, Female, Academic”. Look for registration for this hybrid event plus book giveaway in early September.

October

Destress and visit the sensory room October 3-7.  Explore all five senses in WHM 6032. 

Loren Olson is speaking October 7 from 12-1:00 about his book “No More Neckties”. Registration for this virtual only event and book giveaway will happen in September.

The Wigton Heritage Center will open an exhibit showcasing the Graduate Studies program in October as well.

November

The sensory room returns November 14-18. Revisit your favorite items in WHM 6032.

December

As always, there will be snacks at the library during Destress Week.

There is something for everyone at McGoogan!

Regular access to AAAS journals (Science, Science Translational Medicine and Science Signaling) has been restored.

Do you login to NCBI to use MyNCBI, SciENcv, or MyBibliography? If so you will need to use a 3^rd party login route like Google, eRA Commons, or ORCID. Contact the NIH Help Desk for assistance migrating accounts if you previously used a username and password login. Additional information can be found on the MyNCBI FAQ page. 

PubMed remains free and open to search. To access full text from the UNMC library, use your UNMC login. Your MyNCBI account is not associated with library access to PubMed or OpenAthens login to get to full-text articles.

In honor of the Wigton Heritage Center’s one-year anniversary, UNMC’s McGoogan Health Sciences Library is announcing the center’s new online exhibit portal.

One year ago — June 29, 2021 — the Wigton Heritage Center opened as a welcome center to the UNMC campus. Showcasing the history of UNMC as an institution and the health sciences professions across Nebraska, the Wigton Heritage Center serves as a catalyst for understanding, experiencing and appreciating UNMC’s legacy.

The new digital exploration of the current exhibit allows visitors to discover more stories, images and artifacts from the library’s special collections. These include recent oral histories and newly acquired materials related to the historical figures that are highlighted in the Wigton Heritage Center’s inaugural displays. The online portal features exhibits on display throughout the Wigton Heritage Center’s three levels.

The site provides additional historical context as well. There are full-length biographies of the individuals highlighted in the Wigton Heritage Center, with expanded narratives that had been shortened in the physical displays due to space constraints.

The online experience also highlights connections between exhibits. For example, McGoogan Library’s Special Collections & Archives team discovered stories about the WAY (Drs. Wigton, Aita and Young) Clinic that unites the legacy of the Swift-Wigton family with the history of the Department of Psychiatry and the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute.

The SCA team also explored the connective narrative between early anatomist Edward Holyoke, MD, and his work with prolific medical illustrator Rose Reynolds, whose illustrations were a critical teaching and publication tool of the time.

The portal is open for the community to explore the history of UNMC and health sciences in the state of Nebraska.