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Highlights of the library’s digital collections in 2022 featured:
"A Faster Way to Access Full Text" was the most read blog post
Dermatology was the most viewed Specialty Guide
"The nurses' experience of caring for a renal transplant recipient when admitted to hospital" was the most visited article
The New England Journal of Medicine was the most used journal
Creasy and Resnik's Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice, Eighth Edition was the most used eBook
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“Helping others meet their information needs brings me joy. Our collegial, collaborative environment lifts us all up.” - Tierney
Tierney Lyons, MLIS, Research Informationist, works with researchers to efficiently access and organize literature for research and writing and to comply with funder data and publication requirements. Currently, Tierney supports the Research Institute’s initiative to track and highlight Geisinger-author publications. When supporting scoping reviews…
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“As the Digital Systems Informationist, my favorite part is showcasing the library’s digital initiatives that make better health easier for Geisinger providers, researchers, staff, faculty, and students!” - Liz
As our Digital Systems Informationist, Liz Kavanaugh, MLIS, AHIP, works with both the Health Sciences Library and the School of Medicine Library. At the HSL, she maintains the infrastructure of the Digital Systems Initiative. This involves monitoring subscriptio…
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"I like how every day is different: there are a variety of roles that I perform and audiences that I interact with on any given day.” Jess Garsed, MLS
Jessica Garsed, MLIS, Clinical Informationist, Central Region, provides education, literature review, and curriculum information resource consultations for the Residency and Fellowship programs in the Central and Western Regions and the Geisinger School of Nursing at Lewistown.
Jessica works with the Medical Genetics team, particip…
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Mary Jo Devereaux, MLS, Clinical Informationist, Northeast Region, provides education, literature review services in support of the Residency programs in the Northeast Region. As the library liaison with the Nutrition Subcommittee and the GCMC Breast Multidisciplinary Committee, including its quarterly Accreditation Committee meeting, Mary Jo is familiar with the topics presented for discussion. With this knowledge and by serving as the point of contact, she can present current awa…
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The Library can help identify - and refine - your research question by breaking down each step of the research lifecycle:
Quickly identify gaps in your research
Conduct a complete literature review
Create a search strategy
Evaluate your results
Organize your sources and cite them properly
Library’s Guide to Research
Literature searches foray into prior research surrounding your topic. A thorough literature search can result publishing your findings in high impact journ…
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Who are the Informationists and what can they do for the Geisinger community?
These health sciences librarians work closely with individuals, teams, and departments to ensure needed information is available to accomplish assignments. The title change from Librarian to Informationist reflects the focus on the unique information services provided, rather than on library space.
An Informationist’s goals are to:
save you time finding information.
apply best practices to identify high-q…
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