Happy New Year! Here are five tips to get your semester started right:

1. Looking for articles? Install the LibKey Nomad browser plug-in. It will Iink to PDFs (one click!!) while browsing certain sites including PubMed, WOS, publisher websites, and Wikipedia.
2. Speaking of PubMed, use our PubMed link - this will give you the "Find@UVA" option to find articles (a good option to the LibKey plugin above).
3. Working from home (who isn't these days!)? Visit our Connecting from Off-Grounds page to learn how to access library resources.
4. Need to use library printers? Get your laptop or phone set up now on the new PaperCut system.
5. Ask Us! We are here to help you. What questions do you have for us?

Hello Global Public Health students! Here is a worksheet we'll use in class today, Wed Jan 25:

There are several ways to connect to the libraries' online books, journals, and databases from off-Grounds:

These sources review other materials, mostly journal articles, to provide a synthesized account of the best literature on a topic. Often a good starting point for your research.

Multi-Database Interfaces

These interfaces allow you to search collections of library databases at once.

Complete List of All UVA Library Databases

• Visit the A-Z list of library databases to browse the best sources to find literature, either by Title or by Subject

See more Psychology and Social Science databases via the University Library Subject Guides.

• POLITICO PRO

Provides dedicated coverage of 15 policy areas spanning the entire policy landscape and include: Agriculture, Budget & Appropriations, Campaigns, Cybersecurity, Defense, Education, eHealth, Energy, Financial Services, Health Care, Labor & Employment, Tax, Technology, Trade, and Transportation. Its reporters and editors are the most distinguished and expert in their field.

• Policy File Index

Access to timely, updated information for over 75 public policy topics from over 350 public policy think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other entities. Most records link directly to the full-text report, paper, document, or other source.

See more Public Policy databases via the University Library Subject Guides

See our guide to Systematic Review Resources and Services for information on literature databases, citation management, and expert help.

Need access to freely available data to analyze or run statistical analyses? Check out a few, common sources as well as a link to many more:

Free Expert Consultations

• Research @ HSL - Expert assistance with biomedical literature search and data discovery, organizing and managing your research project and bibliography, creating presentations and posters, and disseminating and sharing your research.
• Data @ HSL - Data consultation services and biomedical data and statistics training opportunities. Get expert consultations by appointment on statistical software such as R, python, Stata, SAS, and SPSS
• UVA Research Computing - help with cutting-edge computational resources and issues around optimization, parallelization, workflow, etc.

Software at UVA

• UVA Software Gateway: list of licensed software provided by UVa

Online Learning

• Online courses through UVA's subscription to LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
• E-books through O'Reilly

• NEW! Take an online course through Sage Campus on topics like basic research approaches, navigating information, data literacy, and data science skills 

Free Expert Consultations

• Research @ HSL - Expert assistance with biomedical literature search and data discovery, organizing and managing your research project and bibliography, creating presentations and posters, and disseminating and sharing your research.
• Data @ HSL - Data consultation services and biomedical data and statistics training opportunities. Get expert consultations by appointment on statistical software such as R, python, Stata, SAS, and SPSS
• UVA Research Computing - help with cutting-edge computational resources and issues around optimization, parallelization, workflow, etc.

Software at UVA

• UVA Software Gateway: list of licensed software provided by UVA

Online Learning

• Online courses through UVA's subscription to LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
• E-books through O'Reilly
• Take an online course through Sage Campus on topics like basic research approaches, navigating information, data literacy, and data science skills 

• Find books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos through SAGE Research Methods Online  

  • Contains the Little Green Books, the Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences series that provide short and accessible texts on all kinds of quantitative methods. Providing clear statistical explanations, straightforward empirical examples, and ready-to-use procedures. Volumes address a spectrum of advanced quantitative topics including regression, models, data analysis, experimental design, measurement, survey data, and more.

• Develop and practice real-world skills to transition from campus to the workplace through Sage Skills: Business. Topics include Data Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Organizational Communication, and Professionalism