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📍 Places you can find me, other than here 📍
Discord: discord.gg/wEfXQU9Rft
Substack: medlibsmiscellany.substack.c…
lurking mostly, not that active at
Mastadon: @[email protected]
Post and Hive: tcshields
I don't know who needs to hear this, but any "virtual meeting" that doesn't need to have cameras on or screen sharing is just an overly complicated phone call.
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Tea for TB is here!!! This is not a drill!!
Soft launching Keats & Co., a new tea company from @thegood_store that sources the world's best tea for you (from Chai to Earl Grey) and delivers it straight to your door. Plus, 100% of the profit goes to fund tuberculosis care in impoverished communities. good.store/collections/all-t…
Today in #medlibs "MeSH things that make me sad/ rage": "Involuntary Fertility Control"[Mesh] "Behavior that interferes with a woman's autonomous reproductive decision-making. Year introduced: 2018" The specificity of women and that year. Ooof. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/202347…
On the upside, there's only 1 result, but STILL. That it is an option for indexing is... just a lot. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3238…
Fun fact: PubMed's new wildcard feature maxes out at 256 uses. Ask me how I know. 😅 #medlibs #expertsearching
ALT screenshot of PubMed error messages: "Search is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later." and "Cannot search because the number of wildcards (*) exceeds 256."
In other #medlibs -adjacent news, this headline from @statnews Morning Rounds email says it all: "Pregnancy and childbirth are more dangerous in the U.S. than any other high-income nation" - based on Commonwealth Fund report released today commonwealthfund.org/publica…
👀 "PubMed search syntax now supports expanded use of the asterisk (*) wildcard character.... wildcards can be used in the middle of a term or phrase, and multiple wildcards can be used in the same term or phrase." #medlibs #PubMed #expertsearching
nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj…
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CADTH librarians have had a huge impact on evidence synthesis in Canada and Beyond. Their work is amazing, and they've made major contributions to the field for so many years @CADTH_ACMTS
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Stop CADTH from slashing information services - Sign the Petition! #medlibs #canmedlibs chng.it/GJwyR8Vpws
Re LRT: the delay in posting the latest @Medlibs_Misc episode is all on me. The last couple of months have been... a lot. Big thank you to @carrieprice78 for taking care of this, and @ZapTheLibrarian for being an awesome guest.
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We're back, kicking off 2024 and Episode 14 with a special guest, @ZapTheLibrarian!
Your regular co-hosts, @tcshields and @carrieprice78, have a lot of questions about Zahra's search tips and so much more!
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