About this Orientation
This guide is meant to help you search for academic literature. Searching for these kinds of sources is a bit different than your typical Google search, so it's important to understand the differences before getting started.
The first few sections explain what scholarly literature is, where it's found, and how it's different than other sources you might find online. The next part shows you how to find these sources. The final part shows you how to explain to others what sources you found and how to record them in your paper (also known as citations).
Don't Stress. Learning to search and find literature takes time. It will get easier the more you do it. The library and the librarians are here to help.
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library offers electronic collections, information management and analysis tools, technology-rich collaborative spaces, and a team of subject experts.
The WHSC Library is located at 1462 Clifton Road on the plaza level across from the Whitehead Biomedical Research Building.
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
1462 Clifton Rd, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-8727
Email us at
http://health.library.emory.edu/ask-librarian
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Melissa Deuber, MSIS, Nursing and Research Impact Informationist
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
melissa.deuber@emory.edu
As a subject librarian for the School of Nursing, I'm a primary contact for all things Library-related. Contact me for assistance with:
- Searching in PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, etc.
- Using bibliographic management systems (e.g. Zotero and EndNote).
- One-on-one research consultations.
- Literally anything else. Seriously. There's no such thing as a stupid question.
- Software Available at WHSC LibraryIncludes Genomic & Proteomic Analysis Tools, and computers with Specialized Software for qualitative, quantitative, and geospatial analysis.