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Health Sciences Library Tools and Services

  TOOLS SERVICES
COLLECT
Find and/or create data
CLINICAL DATA FOR RESEARCH
iTHRIV Portal, TriNETX, EPIC, etc. Learn more 

 

SURVEY TOOLS AND DATA MANAGEMENT
UVA-licensed Qualtrics survey tool and REDCap for surveys and project management
RESEARCH SUPPORT
UVA Health experts for consultations and guidance on finding data and securely managing and storing sensitive data throughout the life of your project

 

DISCOVER
Find books, articles, clinical tools and historical materials
BOOKS, ARTICLES, HISTORICAL MATERIALS
Virgo: the UVA library catalog
Browzine: browse HSL journal subscriptions
Point-of-Care: UpToDate, VisualDx, Lexicomp
Article databases: PubMed, Embase, Scopus, WOS, TRIP Pro

 

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
Consultations and customized training on: clinical question development, database selection, developing search strategies, finding unpublished literature, critical appraisal, evidence synthesis, and more
For inquiries related to Historical Collections, email hsl-historical@virginia.edu
ACCESS
Retrieve citations and full text
REMOTE ACCESS
Off-Grounds access to library collections:

- access via library database pages for Netbadge 
  access
- install LibKey Nomad for one-click access

DOCUMENT DELIVERY
Rapid, no-cost, online delivery of articles and books not owned by UVA, or at other UVA libraries, via ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan service
ORGANIZE
Organize and store information and data
MANAGEMENT TOOLS
Literature review software Covidence (UVA subscription) or Rayyan to manage review process
 

Zotero or Lean Library Workspace to capture and manage citations, cite references within a manuscript, and create bibliographies

REVIEW SUPPORT
Consult or collaborate with librarians and data specialists during literature reviews (systematic, scoping, rapid, meta-analysis) 

Assistance with setup and navigation of citation managers and review software

ANALYZE
Prepare and analyze your data
WORKSHOPS
HSL sessions on data analysis and visualization using R, Python, and Qualtrics, GenAI, and more


Learn online via UVA’s LinkedIn Learning

DATA CONSULTATIONS
Personalized assistance by appointment with data cleaning and preparation, questions about research methods and statistics, and preparing data for publication and sharing 
SHARE
Disseminate your research findings

 

JOURNALS AND REPOSITORIES
Find journals in which to publish open access for no fee by using our APC Finder


Find repositories to share your research data and scholarship to meet journal and funder mandates

PUBLISHING AND PUBLIC ACCESS
Assistance with choosing a journal, using preprints, creating an ORCID, and more


Consultations on meeting NIH mandates for public access to articles and data

VISIT
Find a productive library space
SPACES AND ACCESS
Access most HSL spaces 24/7, including UVA Health computers, with a UVA Health badge
Visit Historical Collections by appointment, between Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm
PRINT
Use the for-fee B&W or color printers at the library
ROOM RESERVATIONS
Reserve spaces and study rooms for group work or meetings
SPECIALIZED SPACES
By appointment: get assistance with our Presentation Studio or Audio Booth

 

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