Category Archives: e-Books

A Guide to Ebooks at UCSF

Posted on February 14, 2013 by David

  The move from print to online copies of books continues as the UCSF Library expands its collection of ebooks and our annual purchase of ebook titles starts to outstrip print titles. Already UCSF faculty and students often request ebooks … Continue reading →

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eBooks on Evidence-Based Practice from Joanna Briggs Institute

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Min-Lin

The Joanna Briggs Institute is a world leader in evidence-based healthcare. Its evidence-based practice model is considered a benchmark for the healthcare industry. JBI Evidence-Based Nursing Databases has been available to UCSF Medical Center since last August. Now, the Library … Continue reading →

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Current Protocols: Step-by-Step Research Techniques and Procedures for the Biomedical Sciences

Posted on September 12, 2011 by David

Need to quickly find peer-reviewed, up-to-date, and easy-to-follow protocols and techniques for biomedical and life sciences laboratory research?  Then check out the UCSF Library’s online collection of Wiley’s Current Protocols, which take the novice researcher from very basic skills like … Continue reading →

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Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences: Lectures with Videos, Graphics and Images

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Min-Lin

The UCSF Library now has access to the Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences: Collection One, a collection of over 50 lectures covering 5 series: Integrated Systems Physiology: From Molecule to Function to Disease, Developmental Biology, Cell Biology of Medicine, … Continue reading →

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Online Guides to Navigate Your Topics

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Josephine

You’re on the hunt for information, but where should you start? Check out our new online guides created by the Library’s subject experts.   Major benefits of using subject guides: Save time trying to figure out what resources to use … Continue reading →

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NEW! Thieme’s e-Books: Find and Download Colorful Medical Illustrations

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Min-Lin

The UCSF Library has a new addition to its e-book collection – The Thieme E-Book Library. The Thieme E-Book Library provides you with access to Thieme’s Flexibook and Color Atlas series. Check out Thieme’s exciting, world-renowned full-color photos and illustrations with full texts that are now available … Continue reading →

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New Online Books!

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Peggy

The library has recently added Springer e-Books to its online collections. This is a comprehensive collection of books covering many disciplines, including medicine, biomedical and life sciences, behavioral science, earth and environmental science, chemistry, physics and more. To get to … Continue reading →

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