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Clinical Practice and Research

Clinical Librarian Services

The Dana Health Sciences Library offers a variety of services to support clinical practice and research. Contact a librarian for further support and information.


Literature Searches

Librarians can help refine a research question, teach search strategies, and conduct literature searches for UVMMC clinicians.

Clinical Questions

Support is provided for clinicians looking for literature surrounding a specific clinical question or study.

Didactic Sessions

The library offers instructional sessions about general or specific library resources to all clinical and educational groups.

Journal Clubs

For journal clubs, the library can provide article location support as well as knowledge about critical appraisal.

Data Consulting Services

Systematic Review Service

"A systematic review attempts to identify, appraise, and synthesize all the empirical evidence that meets pre-specified eligibility criteria to answer a given research question. Researchers conducting systematic reviews use explicit methods aimed at minimizing bias, in order to produce more reliable findings that can be used to inform decision making."

-About Cochrane Reviews, Cochrane Library

Support for Publishing

Citation Management

Citation management (sometimes called reference management software or reference tools) allow users to curate their own collection of materials, organize them and then cite them in manuscripts or media. It is most useful for streamlining the process of writing a paper with properly formatted citations, but has many other benefits as well, such as having a place to put all of your PDFs of important journal articles. Contact a librarian for assistance with citation management.

UVM supports 3 tools that can help you to track research information, take notes, collaborate with classmates and colleagues, prepare manuscripts and more.