Science Reference Librarian / Biomedical Specialist
John Crerar Library, room 127
Phone: (773) 702-8552
Fax: (773) 702-3317
lowrie@uchicago.edu
Slides from some recent presentations:
Subject searching in CINAHL
Introduction to Library Resources (talk to UCH physical therapists)
Introduction to Endnote
A Brief Biography (from Spring 2004 issue of LIBRA):
Hello, I'm Reed Lowrie, the new biomedical reference librarian at the John Crerar Library. I'm very pleased to have joined such an excellent staff working in a world class library. I'm originally from Washington state, but have since lived in mainline Philadelphia, Memphis, and northern New Hampshire. In fact, this is a return to Hyde Park for me, as I spent several years here in the 1980's both getting a masters degree in English at the University and working in a local restaurant while my wife finished her Ph.D. More recently, I spent ten years working at various positions in the Biomedical Libraries at Dartmouth College. I took a break from that to get a masters in library science from the University of Illinois in 2002. I began here at Crerar last June in a temporary position and joined the staff permanently in January. My initial work has been to redesign some of the Crerar web pages, including a large rearrangement of the science databases (see http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/crerar/db/ ). I've also been putting together an exhibit at the Regenstein Library on the work of Dr. Bernard Fantus, the father of U.S. blood banking (see http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/curex.html#u ). My next project is to redesign the medicine and biology subject guide web pages. I also provide instruction and outreach services to the campus biomedical community. Why might you want to contact me? Well, I can help you with MEDLINE searches, or searching other databases in biology or medicine; I can troubleshoot problems with accessing electronic resources; I can help you find print and digital resources for your students to use; I can help you with EndNote problems, or just show you how to use it; in fact, if there's anything to do with any aspect of the library that you want to know about, I encourage you to contact me. If I don't know the answer I'll know where to find it: that's something reference librarians are good at.