Faculty librarians for Health and Medicine are available to meet staff and students for one to one appointments to discuss:
Appointments can be over the phone or online using Zoom or Microsoft Teams.
You will receive an initial confirmation email to your Lancaster University email address. This will be followed up with an email specifying room details, or a link to the online meeting. It may be possible to arrange a meeting outside of these times. Contact facultylibrarians@lancaster.ac.uk
We'd love to hear from you at any time with your feedback or success stories!
Please contact us with further questions and suggestions for improvements.
Do a cited reference search in GoogleScholar to be confident you have found all the relevant material on your topic. This is best done when you have completed your search in the databases and have identified the key papers. Simply put each title into GoogleScholar and see who has cited that paper. This brings you right up to date and ensures there are no significant gaps in your results.
Set up alerts so that you know when new papers are published in your field.
Practical tip: Make a 'test set'
In each database, papers will have an ID number, e.g. a Pubmed ID (PMID).
Librarians cannot devise search strategies for students. We can offer advice, training and feedback on:
For members of staff who need assistance devising searches for a review, we are happy to meet to discuss your project and offer advice and training. We don't currently offer a literature searching or information specialist service, or have a chargeable service that you can cost in to your project. At some times of year we may have more capacity than others. Please email facultylibrarians@lancaster.ac.uk to discuss your needs.