University of Maryland Baltimore Health Sciences & Human Services Library

University of Maryland Baltimore Health Sciences & Human Services Library HSHSL is the University of Maryland, Baltimore's academic hub for health and human services information.

We connect students, faculty, and researchers with trusted resources, expert support, and inclusive spaces for learning. Since its inception in 1813, the Health Sciences & Human Services Library of the University of Maryland, Baltimore has been dedicated to providing world-class research opportunities and materials for its patrons. Our mission is to meet the health and human services information n

eeds of our diverse constituents through the provision of services, resources and products in the best format, when needed. We support discovery, learning and service, as well as preserving the historical record of the campus.

💉 Roll up your sleeve! The HSHSL and School of Pharmacy Vaccination Clinic is back for UMB students and employees.Join u...
08/19/2026

💉 Roll up your sleeve! The HSHSL and School of Pharmacy Vaccination Clinic is back for UMB students and employees.

Join us Thursday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in our new location: the Collaborative Learning Room on the Lower Level of the HSHSL.

Vaccines will be available for flu, COVID-19, pneumonia, RSV, shingles and Tdap. Sign up for any vaccines you need.

Appointments are strongly encouraged to help ensure vaccine availability and shorter wait times. A limited number of walk-up appointments will be available.

Remember to bring printed copies of your photo ID and medical and pharmacy insurance cards. Some vaccines may require a co-pay, payable by credit card.

📅 Make your appointment through the Safeway vaccine scheduler (safeway.com/vaccinations/group-clinic/UMB2026)
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Are you a UMB student? Consider joining the HSHSL Student Advisory Board!We have a big year planned, and your ideas and ...
08/14/2026

Are you a UMB student? Consider joining the HSHSL Student Advisory Board!

We have a big year planned, and your ideas and feedback will help shape the library’s services, spaces and programs.

Learn more and apply: bit.ly/HSHSL-SAB2026

Pictured: Selected members of the 2025-26 HSHSL Student Advisory Board.

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05/12/2026

Come with Tara Wink, our historical collections librarian and archivist, to pick up a donation of an Asclepius statue (the Greek god of medicine) and ancient surgical instruments. Thank you to the Medical Alumni Association for entrusting us with these pieces!

Tessa Mills, our recent intern from the University of Kentucky, worked with the 1843 volume of the Early School of Medic...
04/13/2026

Tessa Mills, our recent intern from the University of Kentucky, worked with the 1843 volume of the Early School of Medicine Dissertation adding metadata to an internal spreadsheet which will be made accessible for users to more easily use the collection online. She wrote a blog post about some of her findings and her research that you can find on our homepage!

Be sure to follow Tessa on LinkedIn as well!

📷 Image Descriptions
[1] A historical painting depicts a scene inside a ship's lower deck where several sick or injured men lie on the floor, attended by a man in colonial-era clothing administering care. The setting features wooden beams, lanterns hanging from the ceiling, and individuals dressed in 18th-century attire, highlighting maritime medical treatment during that period.

[2] Scan of the title page of Augustus J. Bowie's Dissertation on Scurvy. Text is in cursive and reads: "An Inaugural dissertation upon the nature, cause & etc. of Scurvy by A.J. Bowie, Apt. Surgeon. U.S. Navy"

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