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Searching the Literature

                      Library Support for Researchers
Staff from the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library have prepared several tools to assist you in doing a high quality review of the literature in your area of interest. These have been constructed in consultation with Yale's Human Investigation Committee (HIC) with a special eye toward the literature review needs of principal investigators in mind. That said, anyone doing research should find value in the information on these pages.

These are meant to be guidelines and suggestions for best practice. Librarians are available for consultation on both general matters of technique and database selection as well as specific search strategies. There are also regularly scheduled library classes for those who wish to improve their searching skills.

  

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Researcher with laptop.
Doing Quality Literature Searches
… provides practical advice on issues including scope, comprehensiveness and currency in finding both biomedical information from both traditional and non-traditional sources
           in HTML Format
Brief Searching Tips
… tips and techniques for effective and efficient searching
          Coming Soon
Literature Searching Guidelines Checklist
… created in consultation with Yale's Human Investigation Committee, this tool may be used by principal investigators or others
           in PDF Format  Acrobat.
Drug Safety: Literature Search Process Model
… a review of the general steps to follow as you approach a search for drug information. Includes a detailed list of drug resources, both electronic and print, that are available either at the Medical Library or from the Medical Library's web site
           in PDF Format  Acrobat.
Drug Information Searching Flow Chart
… step by step procedures for a search for drug information. Includes a sample search.
          Coming Soon
For more information, contact one of the library professional staff on the HIC team:

Mark Gentry, Clinical Support Librarian
Email: mark.gentry@yale.edu
Phone: 785-2163

Jan Glover, Education Services & Reference Librarian
Email: janis.glover@yale.edu
Phone: 737-2962

Charles Greenberg, Head of Reference
Email: charles.greenberg@yale.edu
Phone: 737-2960