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 ; Margaret Dreker, MPA, MLS - margaret.dreker@hmhn.org ; Kyle Downey, MLIS - kyle.downey@hmhn.org
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A 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.
| Monday, March 10, 2025 | Class Overview - Developing your Research Topic | 10am - 12pm |
| Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | Zotero & PubMed Searching | 10am - 12pm |
| Thursday, March 13, 2025 | Grey Literature & Pre Print Servers | 10am - 12pm |
| Monday, March 17, 2025 | Overview of PRISMA Flow Diagram, Research Presence, OrcID & Choosing Where to Publish | 10am - 12pm |
| Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | Librarian 1:1 Meeting (schedule appointment between 8:30-12pm) | 8:30am - 12pm |
| Thursday, March 20, 2025 | Final Presentations (Match Day, Friday, 3/21/2025) | 10am - 12pm |
| Sunday, March 23, 2025 | Final Literature Review, Final Prisma Flowchart and Power Point due. Upload into Google Folder | due by midnight |
| Monday, April 7, 2025 | Class Overview - Developing your Research Question | 10 am-12pm |
| Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | PubMed Searching, Zotero | 10am-12pm |
| Thursday, April 10, 2025 | Grey Literature, Pre Print Servers | 10am-12pm |
| Monday, April 14, 2025 | Overview of PRISMA Flow Diagram, Research Presence & OrcID, Choosing Where to Publish | 10am-12pm |
| Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Librarian 1:1 Meeting (schedule appointment between 8:30-12pm) | 8:30-12pm |
| Friday, April 18, 2025 | Final Presentations | 10am-12pm |
| Sunday, April 20, 2025 | Final Literature Review, Final Prisma Flowchart and Power Point due. Upload into Google Folder | due by midnight |
