Beta Projects

Taubman Health Sciences Library

THL Beta Projects are experiments that the Web 2.0 team are currently working on. These are works in progress, but we want you to try them and let us know what you think. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please email us at hsl20@umich.edu.

For MLibrary Labs projects, click here.

Interactive Maps to THL Libraries

Find an on a map and see a picture of the building it's located in with our new Library Map application. Get directions to the library of your choice. We also have locations of various parking structures and spots nearby the libraries.

THL Events and Workshops Calendar

The THL Events and Workshops Calendar is an embedded Google Calendar that can help you keep up to date on everything happening at the Libraries. The calendar includes public THL events, outreach events and workshops provided by the MLibrary. You can view the calendar by clicking here.

Facebook Pages

The Taubman Health Sciences Library have created a page on Facebook for patrons of the library to stay up to date on events, library hours, and anything else going on at the library. Both the Public Health Library and the Taubman Health Sciences Library have their own pages:

• THL on Facebook
• PHLI on Facebook

Facebook Applications

THL is proud to present various Facebook applications that we've been working on. Some are useful; others are just for fun. We hope you try them out and let us know what you think!

• Pubmed Search lets you search PubMed within Facebook. You can also save interesting articles or share them with friends.
• Workshops at PHLI displays the latest upcoming PHLI workshops right on your profile.
• Shushed by a Librarian lets you virtually shush and be shushed by anyone, regardless of whether or not you hold an ALA-accredited degree.

UM THL Resources iGoogle Gadget

Access subscription resources from Google! iGoogle is a personalized Google page that you can create and modify by logging in to your Google account. The THL Resources gadget includes links to the Taubman Health Sciences Library' subscription resources. These links will require you to login with your uniqname and Level 1 (Kerberos) password, and will grant access to our most frequently used resources, including PubMed with MGetIt, ISI Web of Science, MD Consult, Micromedex, and more. Add the THL Resources Gadget today!

UM THL iGoogle Tab

UM-THL Tab includes some of the most frequently requested gadgets and feeds in the health sciences. The tab can be customized; gadgets and feeds can be added or deleted depending on your needs.  You can also change the background theme for this tab.  The UM-HSL Tab includes the following feeds and gadgets to get you started:

• University of Michigan Library Search gadget
• UM THL Resources gadget
• JAMA Current Issue
• NEJM Recent Articles gadget
• Epocrates search gadget
• Johns Hopkins Weekly Health News Podcast feed
• FDA Press Releases feed
• The Lancet feed