Welcome to the Joseph P. Healey Library. The Library staff is ready, willing and able to assist you throughout the academic year in accessing the wide range of resources available to you as a UMass Boston student or faculty member. Remember your Healey Library Service guarantee: no question will go unanswered! We will endeavor to obtain all of the scholarly materials you need, in a timely fashion, and free of charge.

Life Sciences Initiative: Library Resources in Biomedicine

Governor Deval Patrick at the bill signing.On June 16th, 2008  Governor Deval Patrick signed into law the pioneering comprehensive, innovative Massachusetts Life Sciences Bill. The legislation, a 10-year, $1-billion investment in the life sciences industry, will secure and expand Massachusetts’ life science supercluster. “With this initiative we take our rightful place as a global leader in the life sciences,” said Governor Patrick.

This week’s Research Challenge focuses on this great opportunity.   about Life Sciences Initiative: Library Resources in Biomedicine

New Website... and more!

New!We hope you'll find the Library's new website to be a powerful ally in your learning, research and teaching.  Along with a few new terms ("Course Reserves" instead of e-Reserves, "InterLibrary Loan" instead of ILLiad), you'll find connections to books and media through the new Voyager Catalog interface, a new journal locator, more flexible Databases and Indexes listings, and two new  customized browser extensions. about New Website... and more!


Announcements

Events

  • Mon. Sep. 1, 2008 - Wed. Oct. 29, 2008

    A Faculty Celebration slide show was presented at the Six Degrees event last Spring.  Posters of each slide are on display in the Grossmann Gallery, Healey Library, 5th floor, through the end of September.

  • Sat. Oct. 25, 2008 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

    Photo of two children at Columbia Point in 1963A gala public event to collect photos and oral histories from people who have lived or worked in public housing in the Boston area.  Organized in association with the Boston Housing Authority, Mass. Humanities, the Joseph P. Healey Library, the New England Archivists and a number of local history and cultural organizations.

  • Wed. Nov. 12, 2008 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

    A conversation between two award-winning teachers, Professor Lois Rudnick and Professor Brian White, about the pleasures and pains of teaching seasoned with a modicum of theory, some risk-taking, and transferable ideas for the classroom.  Location: Campus Center Alumni Lounge