Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library
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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Services for Faculty and Staff

McGoogan Library New Employee Orientation

The McGoogan Health Sciences Library offers services to support faculty and staff research and teaching. Faculty and staff who are new to UNMC are invited to contact the library for a one-on-one orientation.

Liaison Librarians

Liaison librarians are focused on the needs of UNMC colleges, institutes, and departments. They serve as:

  • A point of contact for library-related questions
  • Instructors who can help faculty and students navigate the world of information and library resources
  • Advocates for faculty and staff needs within the library

Library Services

Scholarly Support

Researcher Services

The library helps transform UNMC’s research and scholarly output through all stages of the research lifecycle.

We accomplish this through:

  • Serving as a nexus for tools, resources, and expertise
  • Playing a pivotal role as partners at all points of the research lifecycle
  • Raising awareness of best practices
  • Facilitating accessibility of UNMC’s scholarly output
  • Helping researchers save time so they can focus on their education, basic science, population, or clinical research

Library Support for Researchers

Data Services

  • Data management consultations and education opportunities
    • Work one-on-one or attend webinars on organizing, cleaning, and preserving datasets
  • Data curation
    • Provide services to researchers to properly curate data for long-term use and preservation
  • Data visualization
    • Workshops and consultations on visualizing data for publications

Instruction Support

  • Instruction in information literacy and research skills developed by library faculty who specialize in instruction
  • Journal article and ebook links for Canvas can be found in our online catalog. Learn more with this quick guide (PDF).
  • The library wants to make course texts available to students to help reduce attendance costs. Tell us what you need and the number of students, and we will do our best to add books to the library collection. Send your title lists for consideration to Alison Bobal, head, collection development and metadata.

Collections and Tools

Volunteer Faculty and Clinical Instructors

Volunteer faculty and clinical instructors can ask their home department to request an ID and password from UNMC ITS in order to access the library’s online journals, books, and databases in support of their role as an educator. Volunteer faculty may request literature search services and interlibrary loan (copies only for educational purposes in direct support of teaching or grand rounds. See the Collection Access and Services for Special Groups policy for more information.

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