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Take Your Child to Work Day in the Library

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June 26, 2017

Take Your Child to Work day isn't complete without a visit to the Medical Library. The Research & Education Librarians provided activities and a serving of information to children attending the event at SIU School of Medicine.

Children had a choice of online activties:

ToxMystery

Help Toxie the cat frind the hazards in her house.

ToxTown

Explore and learn about environmental health concerns where you live, work and play.

Understanding Medical Words

Learn how to put together parts of medical words.

Button-making proved popular with all groups.

Some finished buttons

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