Faculty-Librarian Collaboration: Developing Health Sciences Undergraduate Students’ Research Skills

Alessia Zanin-Yost, Slippery Rock University
Marilia Antúnez, The University of Akron

Marketing Libraries Journal, volume 7, issue 1, pages 38-50.
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Abstract: Undergraduate students in health and allied health professions need to develop information literacy (information literacy) skills to decide which interventions, therapies, and methods should be used to improve the quality of life of their clients. These skills are learned through a combination of academic and clinical exposure. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an essential set of skills and knowledge all health sciences students should have to make the best clinical decisions. However, information literacy and EBP skills are seldom taught together, deemphasizing their natural connection. Collaboration between faculty and librarian can enable this correlation. The paper is a call to invite librarians to collaborate with teaching faculty to integrate information literacy skills in health disciplines to improve the quality of student research, meet professional standards, and help them understand EBP fundamentals that they will carry with them after graduation. 

Keywords: Academic libraries, instruction, partnerships, communication

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Zanin-Yost, A. & Antúnez, M. (2023). Faculty-Librarian Collaboration: Developing Health Sciences Undergraduate Students’ Research Skills.  Marketing Libraries Journal, 7(1), 38-50. Retrieved from  https://journal.marketinglibraries.org/fall2023/03_MLJv7i1.pdf