Welcome to the Bio-Medical Library Diehl Hall 505 Essex Street SE hsl.lib.umn.edu
Public Health Library Liaison + Data Curation Specialist Shanda Hunt, MPH hunt0081@umn.edu (612) 301.1318 UofMN MPH graduate 2008-2010
A Few Key Resources How to navigate the Bio-Medical Library website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCAu0I9qXCI Introduction to MeSH Terminology: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/meshtutorial/introduction/ Difference between Medline, PubMed, and PubMed Central: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/dif_med_pub.html UMN help for BibTeX: https://www.lib.umn.edu/pim/bibtex
Basics of Database Searching Begin at the Bio-Medical Library homepage hsl.lib.umn.edu Select database(s) based on your topic Ovid MEDLINE | Pubmed | ERIC | EMBASE | PsycINFO Use MeSH terminology when possible Medical Subject Headings are indexed, controlled vocabulary Definitions + Tree Structure Demo -- PubMed
Building Your Literature Review Cochrane Reviews Systematic reviews of primary research Internationally recognized as highest standard Look at all evidence, positive and negative Web of Science + Scopus When you can only find one perfect article Grey Literature Data/statistics Examples of existing programs http://www.greylit.org/home Yes, you can Google it, but be analytical
What else do librarians do? Image: http://sebastianraschka.com/Articles/2014_twitter_wordcloud.html
So Much More... Research Best Practices Data Management Metadata collection | File naming conventions | Data collection + backup Data Management Writing data management plans for grants | Long term data preservation | Data sharing On-on-one Dissertation Consultation Identify a search strategy specific to your topic Publishing 1st Manuscript Choosing a publisher | Author rights
And Even More... Grant Funding Internal + External Sources | Auto-alerts Creating an Online Presence Social media for researchers | Open access publishing Qualitative Research Guidance Mixed methods research Software + Tool Instruction Collaboration | Versioning | Statistics
Learning Space 1:Button Studio Virtual Reality Studio Data Visualization Center Productivity Computers Software Group Study
Thank you! One more time… hunt0081@umn.edu