Sarah Hughes, MSLIS, MA 
Health Sciences Librarian 
Drexel University Libraries 

Introduction 

Epistemonikos is an open access, multilingual, health decision-making tool that is freely available to anyone with internet access. The website is maintained by the Epistemonikos Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Santiago, Chile. Originally called the Epistemonikos Database, it was founded in 2012 with the admirable goal of creating an easy to use and accessible global repository containing the best available evidence in … read more

Heather Edmonds, MLIS, AHIP-D, FAAO 
Director of Library Services 
New England College of Optometry 

Editor’s Note: This month, we are celebrating Heather Edmonds, who has served as a Librarian Selector for Doody’s Core Titles since 2020.  

Provide a brief description of your library and its services. 

I’m the director of the library at the New England College of Optometry (NECO) in Boston, where our role is to help the vision scientists, clinicians, faculty, and students who make up our community find, use, and evaluate information. We have two other terrific librarians on staff. We’re small, but mighty!  

How did you get started in health sciences librarianship? What brought you to the profession? 

The 22nd edition of Doody’s Core Titles is now available! Over 200 Content Specialists and Librarian Selectors have crafted 2,507 expert recommendations to help sharpen your collection development efforts. To find out more visit the website today!

This is an update of a Publisher Profile we published in 2018. You can read the original profile here. 

GIDEON has been a continuously growing resource for information on infectious diseases and microbiology since its founding in 1992. Compiling data from National Health Ministry reports, peer-reviewed journals, and other health publications, GIDEON is a user-friendly application for diagnosing diseases, … read more

The third installment of our 2024-25 Doody’s Special Topics List series explores the realm of LGBTQ+ health. This broadly defined category covers a full spectrum of healthcare topics, including primary care, mental health, reproductive health, aging, and much more. The books on the list highlight healthcare needs for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse patients, including intersectional perspectives such as Two-Spirit people, queer people of color, and autistic transgender individuals. The list includes … read more

Pamela Harris-Haman, DNP, CRNP, NNP-BC 
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner 
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 

Dr. Pamela Harris-Haman has been a Doody’s Review Service book reviewer since 2021. She reviews Nursing Administration, Management, and Leadership titles with Editorial Review Group Chair, Dr. read more