Amber Mak
Welcome!
Hello! I am the School of Medicine librarian here at the UW Health Sciences Library. In my current role, I provide primary support to students, faculty, staff, and colleagues in reference, research, instruction, and large project needs from the School of Medicine. Additionally, I also provide support to related research initiatives and programs, including UW Medicine, Residency programs, and other UW-affiliated centers and clinics.
Health Sciences Librarians serve the University of Washington health sciences community by sharing information about library collections, services, department-specific resources, procedures for requesting new materials, and by supporting the teaching, clinical, and research needs of the UW health sciences community.
How I Can Help You
For students, I can:
- Meet with you individually to help you develop your research skills or discuss research strategies.
- Recommend the best databases for your research.
- Help you find resources and information for your assignment, research, reviews, lab work, or other purposes.
- Help you find full-text articles, books, and other materials.
- Introduce you to citation management tools like Zotero and Endnote.
- Provide information support relating to publication.
- Recommend ways to monitor the literature on an ongoing basis.
For instructors, I can:
- Provide library content for your Canvas course..
- Create a webpage tailored to a class assignment or scholarly project.
- Introduce your students to research tools and strategies via a guest lecture or workshop.
- Meet with your students individually to help with literature reviews and class projects.
For researchers, I can:
- Help develop effective search strategies for PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsycInfo, CINAHL, & more
- Assist with systematic reviews or other literature reviews
- Assist with literature searches in support for grant applications, protocols, presentations, & other research challenges
- Refer you to data management, citation management, or publishing support at UW
- Teach a workshop tailored to your group's needs.
- Help you investigate publishing questions on topics like reputable & predatory journals, preprints, and open access.
- Help you with grant-related questions on topics like biosketches, SciENcv, & the NIH public access policy.
- Help you track down tricky citations