HIST 159: History of Disease and Health

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HIST 159: History of Disease and Health

Medical Department--Influenza Epidemic 1918....Nurses in Boston Hospital equipped to fight influenza

Image courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration accessed via Wikimedia Commons

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Please check out our Library FAQs for information about library access and services this fall semester. 

Please note that research assistance will be available from anywhere live via Chat and Zoom 60+ hours a week, Monday-Sunday.  You may chat with a librarian through the pop-out link on the library home page: https://www.hofstra.edu/library/.  Through chat, librarians can share your screen and guide you through searches of relevant library resources, assist you with citing your sources, recommend online databases, etc.  Walk-up reference services will not be available.  HOWEVER, if you are in the Axinn Library - or anywhere else in the world - you may chat live with a librarian by visiting the library home page and clicking on the LIVE CHAT button on the right side of the page. 

You can also make a research appointment by visiting https://libcal.hofstra.edu/appointments/.  Appointments are one-on-one and enable you to have a conversation about your research and clarify your information needs. 

If the reference desk is closed, you may text or email your reference questions to our reference librarians 24/7 by visiting:  https://libanswers.hofstra.edu/.  We will respond to your inquiries ASAP when the reference desk hours resume.