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Website of the Week: Health News Review

Website of the Week
(This new series will highlight a new website from different disciplines every week.)

Health News Review
http://www.healthnewsreview.org/


This website evaluates health related news stories featured in the media to see if they accurate or if they written for shock value.  Physicians from Health News Review evaluate current health news on ten different criterion, including:

  • Does the report exaggerate human consequences?
  • Are treatment costs mentioned in the report?
  • Are the harms of treatment options discussed?


Advice for New Students

Check out these editorial articles from the New York Times.  They are written by instructors who have been teaching in colleges around the United States for many years.

For students who are not new: what piece of advice do you have for new students?  Post any thoughts you have in the comments.

Welcome Back

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Monday-Thursday 7:30am-9:30pm
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We offer:

  • Internet terminals
  • Free printing
  • Paperback collection of current fiction
  • “New Books” display
  • Interlibrary Loan for books and articles we don’t have in our collection
  • Research assistance available any time or by appointment