Researcher support
HSL librarians partner with and connect researchers in the health sciences to expertise and tools that support the research lifecycle.
Meet with a librarian
Our librarians teach individuals and small groups information-seeking skills that support teaching, learning, and research. This service is available to U of M health sciences faculty, staff, and students. If you are part of another U of M college or school, contact the Libraries.
Librarians provide personalized support to
- refine your research question,
- identify library resources to answer your question,
- create search strategies to find relevant studies, and
- get started with citation managers.
Literature search
Connect with a librarian to request literature searches to find articles that support research projects, courses, grants, publications, and more. The literature search service is free to all U of M faculty and staff. Students can meet with a librarian for literature search help.
Through this service, librarians partner with individuals or groups to find relevant articles by
- clarifying research questions,
- identifying relevant databases,
- optimizing search strategies,
- delivering search results in a variety of formats, and
- documenting search methodologies.
Systematic review and evidence synthesis
Librarians partner with research teams to conduct evidence syntheses. These are syntheses of all previously conducted research on a topic and represent the highest level of evidence in research. The service is free and available to U of M researchers.