In addition to being partners in the classroom, the library supports education research and scholarship. Librarians provide consultations and instruction for YSM educational programs, including the Master of Health Science – Medical Education Track Degree Program and the Education Scholar Fellowship, sponsored by the Center for Medical Education.
Topics discussed include, but are not limited to, enhancing learners’ skills in searching the biomedical literature to locate papers on health professions educational scholarship, identifying what resources to search to maximize retrieval of relevant literature, and suggesting journals to disseminate research results.
PubMed is the premiere database to find biomedical literature, but not necessarily the most effective or efficient when searching for educational topics. Librarians can guide education scholars to additional resources/databases to expand their search including the education literature and other potential sources. See below for a selected list.
Librarians are available for consultation or possible collaboration on educational research projects. To learn more about how the library can support your scholarship in this area, please contact Judy Spak, head of Academic Research and Education at the medical library.
Selected journals and resources
Selected databases with education literature
- CINAHL - full-text nursing and allied health journals, plus books, nursing dissertations, evidence-based care sheet and quick lesson disease overviews, and CE modules.
- Education Research Complete - covers all levels of education and includes books, journals, and conference papers.
- Embase - for accessing biomedical literature, including journals indexed in MEDLINE.
- ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) - journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers and more.
- PsycInfo - citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.
- PubMed - biomedical citations from MEDLINE and PubMed Central provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Scopus - peer-reviewed abstracts and citations in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
- Sociological Abstracts - international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
- Web of Science - broad selection of journal articles, conference proceedings, book chapters, and reviews.