Academic health sciences library research support

Academic health sciences library research support.

On September 3, 2003, the Medical Library Association adopted a policy statement on the role of expert searching in health sciences libraries. The policy highlighted the need for more thorough literature searching following the unfortunate death of a healthy research volunteer in a clinical trial that might have been prevented by a more complete literature review [1–3]. In light of this policy,...

The academic health sciences library and serial selection.

A review of efforts to formulate basic medical journal lists and a report of a survey of subscriptions held in academic health science libraries is presented. The subscriptions held by thirty-seven libraries were analyzed to determine those held by 60-100% of the sample. A comparison of those titles subscribed to by 90-100% of the sample reveals that most of these titles appear in the lists for...

Building capacity in a health sciences library to support global health projects.

This paper describes how a large, academic health sciences library built capacity for supporting global health at its university and discusses related outcomes. Lean budgets require prioritization and organizational strategy. A committee, with leadership responsibilities assigned to one librarian, guided strategic planning and the pursuit of collaborative, global health outreach activities. A w...

The first professional position: expectations of academic health sciences library employers.

An analysis of reference services usage at a regional academic health sciences library.

serials in favor of electronic: criteria for decision making. Libr Coll Acq Tech Serv. 2002;26:369–78. 4. Wulff JL, Nixon ND. Quality markers and use of electronic journals in an academic health sciences library. J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 Jul;92(3):315–22. 5. De Groote SL. Citation patterns of online and print journals in the digital age. J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 Oct;96(4):362–9. DOI: 10.3163/1536-5...