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Research Services

Literature Search Services

We Offer

We Can Help With

  • Systematic reviews
  • Literature search strategies and techniques
  • Database selection
  • Reference management options and software
  • Search management tools including Covidence
  • Techniques for locating meeting or conference abstracts
  • Strategies for keeping up with the literature including current awareness tools and automated search alerts

Data Services

We Offer

We Can Help With

  • Best practices in research data management and sharing
  • Compliance with requirements related to the management and sharing of research data (e.g. from a publisher or funder)
  • Data publishing, especially using the Dryad Digital Repository
  • Data security, curation, and long-term preservation

Publishing & Research Impact Services

We Offer

We Can Help With

  • ORCID iDs and other unique author identifiers (e.g. Google Scholar, Scopus ID)
  • Persistent identifiers for research outputs and organizations
  • Tools and techniques for identifying target journals for specific research areas
  • Alternate publishing models including open access journals
  • Strategies for tracking and measuring research impact metrics for journals, articles, authors and groups

Research and Instruction Team

Who We Are

Research and Instruction is the team within Lane Library responsible for actively providing education and research-related support to the Stanford Medicine community, including Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care, and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.

What We Do

The focus of the R&I team is education. Through collaboration, consultation, and training, the team provides expert assistance on topics related to medical education, evidence-based medicine, scholarly communications, research impact, and the management and sharing of research data.

The core R&I team is also integral to Lane Library’s liaison program, which pairs each department within the School of Medicine to an individual librarian.

Stanford Copyright Information

Copyright and intellectual property issues are a part of the fabric of research and scholarly communications, and thus all Stanford faculty, students and staff need a working understanding of copyright law as it impacts their daily lives. The Stanford Copyright Reminder includes informaton about common situtations, recommended practices and copyright law overview.

Stanford Copyright Reminder

Questions?

Not sure where to start or have a quick question? Your liaison librarian can assist, or submit your question to AskUs.