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HMSOM Medical Elective: Developing Search Skills

Developing Your Search Skills: An Overview

Welcome to the Developing Searching Skills Elective! This two-week elective will focus on developing your advanced literature searching techniques. We will dive into advanced features of PubMed, Scopus, Grey Literature databases and sources, pre-print servers, and others. 

The final output of this course will be a narrative literature review on a topic of your choosing, and a 10-15 minute oral presentation. Your narrative literature review needs to be uploaded to your class folder by 11:59pm on Sunday, 10/22.

We are looking forward to having you in our elective!

Christopher Duffy, MLIS, AHIP - christopher.duffy@hmhn.org ; 973-275-2787, Margaret Dreker, MPA, MLS - margaret.dreker@hmhn.org

 ZOOM LINK for each session will be sent in welcome email

Final Projects - Google folders, PPT, Prisma and final lit review

Add before class download Zotero & LibKey Nomad. See the links on the left. 

Zotero will help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research.

LibKey Nomad is a browser add-on that facilitates access to articles available through Library subscriptions.

Block J Calendar 10/9/2023 - 10/22/2023

The following is the schedule for Block J: Monday October 9 - Sunday October 22, 2023

Monday, October 9, 2023 Class Overview - Developing your Research Question 10 am-12pm
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 PubMed Searching, Zotero 10am-12pm
Thursday, October 12, 2023  Grey Literature, Pre Print Servers 10am-12pm
Monday, October 16, 2023  Establishing Your Research Identity 10am-12pm
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Librarian 1:1 Meeting schedule between 8:30am - 12pm  
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 Seminar: Putting the Houses of Knowledge Synthesis in Order: Differentiating Between 8 Different Kinds of Literature Reviews

12:30pm - 2pm

 
Friday, October 20, 2023  Final Presentations 10am-12pm
Sunday, October 22, 2023 Final Literature Review, Final Prisma Flowchart and Power Point due. Upload into Google Folder due by midnight

 

Block K Calendar 10/23/2023 - 11/5/2023

The following is the schedule for Block K: Monday October 23 - Sunday November 5, 2023

Monday, October 23, 2023 Class Overview - Developing your Research Question 10 am-12pm
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 PubMed Searching, Zotero 10am-12pm
Thursday, October 26, 2023  Grey Literature, Pre Print Servers 10am-12pm
Monday, October 30, 2023  Establishing Your Research Identity 10am-12pm
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Librarian 1:1 Meeting schedule between 8:30am - 12pm  
Friday, November 3, 2023  Final Presentations 10am-12pm
Sunday, November 5, 2023 Final Literature Review, Final Prisma Flowchart and Power Point due. Upload into Google Folder due by midnight