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Advanced Literature Searching in the Health Sciences
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 9 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
What you'll learn
- The components of advanced searches
- How to identify the types of projects dependent on advanced searching
- How to construct advanced searches
- Ways to uncover search-related biases that impact projects
- Procedures for citation management
- Best practices for reporting search strategies
Prerequisite
Instructors
Mark MacEachern
Health Sciences Informationist
Taubman Health Sciences Library, The University of Michigan
Judith Smith
Health Sciences Informationist
Taubman Health Sciences Library, The University of Michigan
Jean Song
Health Sciences Informationist
Taubman Health Sciences Library, The University of Michigan
Tyler Nix
Health Sciences Informationist
Taubman Health Sciences Library, The University of Michigan
Patricia Anderson
Emerging Technologies Informationist
Taubman Health Sciences Library, The University of Michigan
Emily Ginier
Health Sciences Informationist
Taubman Health Sciences Library, The University of Michigan
Whitney Townsend
Health Sciences Informationist
Taubman Health Sciences Library, The University of Michigan
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The University of Michigan is an American university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It also has two regional campuses in the same state, in Dearborn and Flint.
Founded in 1817, it was Michigan's first university, established even before the State of Michigan joined the Union. Also known as UMich or UM, it is renowned as one of the best public universities in the United States.
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