1. Welcome to the Bio-Medical Library
Diehl Hall
505 Essex Street SE
hsl.lib.umn.edu

2. Public Health Library Liaison + Data Curation Specialist
Shanda Hunt, MPH
(612)
UofMN MPH graduate

3. A Few Key Resources How to navigate the Bio-Medical Library website:
Introduction to MeSH Terminology:
Difference between Medline, PubMed, and PubMed Central:
UMN help for BibTeX:

4. 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

5. 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
Yes, you can Google it, but be analytical

6. What else do librarians do?
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7. 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

8. 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

9. Learning Space 1:Button Studio Virtual Reality Studio
Data Visualization Center
Productivity Computers
Software
Group Study

10. Thank you!
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