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Informationists
Informationists
If you are having trouble finding what you are looking for, an informationist from the Taubman Health Sciences Library can help you do a literature search, give you tips for finding questionnaires or other study elements, provide advice on your research topic, teach you advance tricks for database searching, and teach you citation management tools (Refworks, Endnote, Mendeley, etc). Contact them directly to request help.
Nancy Allee (nallee@med.umich.edu)
Emily Ginier (eginier@med.umich.edu)
Mark MacEachern (markmac@med.umich.edu)
Whitney Townsend (whitneyt@med.umich.edu )
Access to Electronic Resources
Access to Electronic Resources
Access to electronic books (ebooks)
Access to electronic books (ebooks)
Access to online journal articles
Access to online journal articles
The U-M Community has access to full text of online journals using the M Get It button. When searching Library databases through the U-M Library site, such as PubMed@UM or Scopus, you will either be connected directly to the online article or to a menu or a menu of options. Instructions on using this can be found at:
MGet It, Library Catalog Search, & Deep Blue - Resources for using Library resources (MGet It, Library Catalog Search, & Deep Blue) from the Taubman Health Sciences Library.
Webinars
Webinars
Click on thumbnail to access recorded presentation
Emily Capillari: eginier@umich.edu
JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis Ch. 10: Scoping Reviews - Aromataris E, Lockwood C, Porritt K, Pilla B, Jordan Z, editors. JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. JBI; 2024. Available from: https://synthesismanual.jbi.global.https://doi.org/10.46658/JBIMES-24-01
PRISMA 2020 - PRISMA and its extensions are reporting guidelines. Use PRISMA in combination with methodology guidelines for your review type. Cite both guidelines in your manuscript
Responsible use of AI in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE 2026)
"Search 101 - SR Database Cheat Sheet." 2020 by Taubman Health Sciences Library is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Last updated: January 2026
COVIDENCE @ UM - Covidence streamlines evidence synthesis with a gold standard process for creating high-quality systematic reviews and evidence syntheses.
Literature Review
Literature Review
Literature Reviews - Guide to conducting literature reviews in the health sciences
Literature Reviews: Key Considerations and tips from knowledge synthesis librarians. Robin Parker, MLIS; Lindsey Sikora, MISt. J Grad Med Educ (2022) 14 (1): 32–35.
https://doi-org.proxy.lib.umich.edu/10.4300/JGME-D-21-01114.1
Constructing and reporting extensive literature searches - Slide Presentation by Mark MacEachern, MLIS
Advanced Searching for LIterature Reviews - by Facilitator: Emily Ginier
A typology of Reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Grant MJ, Booth A. Health Info and Libraries Journal 2009;26:91-108. DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x
Introduction: Engaging researchers on developing, using, and improving knowledge synthesis methods: a series of articles describing the results of a scoping review on emerging knowledge synthesis methods. Straus SE et al. J Clin Epidem2016;73:15-18.
Systematic Reviews - Information on how to conduct systematic reviews in the health sciences
Twelve tips for undertaking a focused systematic review in medical education. Gordon M, Grafton-Clarke C, et al. Med Teach 2018. DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1513642
Why are medical education literature reviews so hard to do? Sullivan GM. JGME Oct 2018;481-485. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-18-00676.1
Reference/Citation Management
Reference/Citation Management
Mendeley Basics - contains guides for using Mendeley and links to access the free download manager
THL Citation Analysis & Impact Factors - Guides, Tutorials and Presentations offered by Taubman Health Sciences Library on Citation Analysis & Impact Factors
Research Guides by Taubman Health Sciences Library
Research Guides by Taubman Health Sciences Library
Database Searching - Guides, Tutorials and Presentations offered by Taubman Health Sciences Library on Database Searching
Grey Literature - Grey literature is the unpublished, non-commercial, hard-to-find information that organizations such as professional associations, research institutes, think tanks, and government departments produce.
Medical Education Resources - provides resources, strategies, and information related to Medical Education, including links to PubMed databases and Ovid Databases for literature searches
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