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Telephone 713.794.2048
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nbonds@twu.edu
jquintero1@twu.edu
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Closed 5 Sep Labor Day
Mr. José Luis Quintero, our Health Sciences Librarian, can help you find books and journal articles, locate the best databases for your research and projects, and help you find all the information you need to make the best grades and get your efforts understood. He is fluent in Spanish and English.
Email: jquintero1@twu.edu
Phone: 713-794-2485
Work Hours: 9 AM - 6 PM, Monday - Friday
Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs of Houston visited TWU Houston 29 November. In our TWU Houston lobby, here are TWU students greeting Willa, a Mi-Ki breed certified therapy dog . Doty Olson, Willa's owner/trainer, greet faculty, staff, and students.. All get the opportunity to learn about the purpose and value of therapy dogs in health care, including helping military veterans with PTSD, amputees, those with Alzheimer's disease, prisoners and others. The visit was co-sponsored by Houston's office of Student Life and the Houston Library.
The Houston Library, room 4132, has a wonderful nap pod where you can enjoy a refreshing 20 minute snooze, so come give it a try and stop feeling so tired!
Remember in the event of a storm, the Houston TWU building has designated shelter in place parts of the building illustrated here
The TWU library homepage, the Twitter handle @TWULibrary and the Facebook page show updates on library news, as well as reports on technical issues and content changes regarding library resources. Databases may have temporary downtimes.
Did you know that Medicare is 58 years old? See Medicare for information.
| EVENT | MONTH |
| American Red Cross Month | All Month |
| Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month | All Month |
| Brain Injury Awareness Month | All Month |
| Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month | All Month |
| Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month | All Month |
| National Athletic Training Month | All Month |
| National Nutrition Month | All Month |
| National Social Work Month | All Month |
| Baby Sleep Day | Mar. 1 |
| National Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness Week | Mar. 1-6 |
| Employee Appreciation Day | Mar. 3 |
| Endometriosis Awareness Week | Mar. 3-9 |
| Brain Injury Awareness Day | Mar. 4 |
| Dental Assistant Recognition Week | Mar. 5-11 |
| National School Social Work Week | Mar. 5-11 |
| National Dentist Day | Mar. 6 |
| Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered Day | Mar. 9 |
| MS Awareness Week | Mar. 12-18 |
| Patient Safety Awareness Week | Mar. 12-18 |
| Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week | Mar. 12-18 |
| Healthcare HR Professionals Week | Mar. 15-19 |
| Certified Nurses Day | Mar. 19 |
| National Poison Prevention Week | Mar. 19-25 |
| World Social Work Day | Mar. 21 |
| World Tuberculosis Day | Mar. 24 |
| National Doctors Day | Mar. 30 |
| Anesthesia Tech Day | Mar. 31 |
Welcome to the Houston Library LibGuide for Nursing
Welcome to the TWU Libraries' Nursing Subject Guide! Here you will find a variety of suggested databases, credible internet sites, videos, and other information sources to help guide your research. Houston campus faculty, staff and students may obtain borrowing privileges to the Texas Medical Center Library and other libraries by applying in our Houston Library, room 4132. Remember your TWU Librarians. For TWU Students, appointments with Librarians are available to help you learn information resources and how to locate good information tools to be self-sufficient in the future. For Faculty and Staff, TWU Librarians provide the information needed.
Dr. Damon Cottrell is the Interim Dean of the College of Nursing (Denton) and can be reached at dcottrell@twu.edu. For Houston, Dr. Paula Clutter is the Associate Dean and Professor of the Houston Stark College of Nursing and can be reached at 713.794.2101, email pclutter@twu.edu.
The Houston Center Library Room 4132 (at the Houston campus) has books from TWU's School of Business, Department of Health Care Administration, School of Nursing, Department of Nutrition & Food Sciences, School of Occupational Therapy and the School of Physical Therapy, also. Available for Houston TWU faculty, staff, and students to consult in the library, all of these materials (books, audiovisuals and journals) are specially selected and added to the collection by your faculty and staff. There is a pc/scanner available to print in b&w or color at the adjacent Mega Computer Lab. The Library also has Laptops and Chromebooks for checkout. Most of these materials are available to you to check out during hours of operation, so come browse the different collections and see what the Houston library has to offer you.
Please know that "Textbooks, reference, non-circulating, media materials, and Houston Reserve Items may not be requested through Interlibrary Loan (ILL)."
Houston's TWU building has shelter in place locations in the event of a storm, here.
The Future of Nursing is YOU!
You may request one COVID test kit per address from the United States Postal Service, starting 19 January 2022. Go to https://special.usps.com/testkits to order.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID and Smallpox/Monkeypox information
US White House statement on Monkeypox
State of Texas Coronavirus Disease COVID-19 Resources and Monkeypox Resources
City of Houston COVID, Monkeypox Resources and information on pollen and other health data
The US National Center for Post Traumatic Distress is at the US Veteran's Administration for everyone to access: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/index.asp
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