Education and Outreach

Welcome to the Education page of the Galter Health Sciences Library. The Education Team strives to meet the educational, clinical, and research needs of the Feinberg School of Medicine community. Read on to learn more about the Education Team and how we can support the information needs of you, your program, or your department.

Meet the Education Team!

Click a name to find out more about that team member's interests and responsibilities. If you don't know who you should contact for your particular need, see the list of services on this page or email the Education Team directly.

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Course-Integrated Library Instruction

anatomy modelLibrarians can work with faculty to integrate information management skills into your course. Contact Stephanie Kerns, Head, Education and Outreach/Curriculum Librarian, at (312) 503-1201 or Email Stephanie.

We can provide:

  • Hands-on sessions
  • Demonstrations in the classroom
  • Flexibility - we will work with your schedule
  • Training in library resources such as literature databases and educational software
  • EBM search skills training
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Residents and Clinical Departments

StethoscopeLibrarians can help residency programs fulfill information competencies as well as provide information management training to your clinical faculty and staff. Each department or program is assigned a liaison librarian. See which librarian has been assigned to your department or program.

Here are some of the services we can offer:

  • EBM and search skills training and testing
  • Collaboration at departmental meetings and morning reports
  • Journal club assistance
  • Information competencies and outcomes assessment
  • Resource recommendations
  • Resident Reading Lists
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Resources for Students

stained glass manWe have created resource guides of relevant journals, books, databases, and web sites for the various student groups at the Feinberg School of Medicine.

Click the links below to find out more:

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Researchers and Basic Sciences Departments

MicroscopeLibrarians can partner with basic sciences faculty and researchers to provide timely access to relevant data and literature resources. Contact Pamela Shaw, Biosciences/Education Librarian at (312) 503-8689 or Email Pam.

The services we offer include:

  • Visiting departments to alert users of new resources
  • Directing users to appropriate resources
  • Creating subject and program based resource guides
  • Assisting with text based search systems
  • Scheduling workshops by experts on the use bioinformatics databases and other research tools
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Course Reserves

bookcase Are you a student who needs access to Electronic Reserves? Or a faculty member who would like to place an item on Course Reserve? Contact Stephanie Kerns at (312) 503-1201 or check out our pages on course reserves.

 

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Library Workshops and Training By Request


laptopThe Galter Library offers monthly classes in PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, EndNote, and more.

See our current class schedule

We can also accommodate requests for training and consultations for individuals and groups, either at the library or at your office/department on the Chicago campus.

 

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For further information, contact us

This page last updated Jan 15, 2009.