Library liaisons can support your course in a number of ways, including and not limited to those listed below:
Develop online learning objects (Canvas modules, videos, tutorials) which meet course or assignment learning objects.
Provide in-class instruction sessions on aspects of information literacy.
Student consultations: Ensure that we have maximal availability in our schedules during a particular period of the semester.
Identify and/or purchase texts, tools, and resources for your course.
TIP: It can be important to understand the number of uses that are allowed for each electronic resource. Look for license or use numbers with a collection.
Browse video, book, journals and other materials for use in your courses. Reach out with any questions.
eBooks
The library has millions of Ebooks. Some are in collections or certain vendors may cover specific disciplines. Be aware that not all ebooks have unlimited access. If it is not clear to you, please reach out. Below are the main vendors for health sciences Ebooks. You can explore directly or search for a book in Scholar OneSearch. All of the "Access" databases include core texts for that discipline.
Medical case files including topics in medical ethics. Text, images, audio. Some resources such as flash cards may require an individual McGraw Access account. Please register for a McGraw account then return to this page and use the above link for access.
Includes 29 of the most important physical therapy textbooks, including Duttons Orthopaedic Examination, Evaluation, and Intervention and OSullivan, Physical Rehabilitation, fully searchable and continuously updated.
Access 400+ procedure and exercise videos on exercise and rehabilitation techniques and interventions, self-assessment tools consisting of 1100 interactive self-assessment questions to prepare for the NPTE exam, a unique cadaver dissection tool, cases designed to help physical therapy students learn in the context of real patients, and concise outlines of common conditions and disorders. The F.A. Davis PT Collection is available on the same digital platform as McGraw-Hill Educations AccessPhysiotherapy.
An online collection of information for beginning and advanced researchers looking for the best methods to use in their research. Full access to Books & Reference, Cases Part 1, Datasets Part 1, and Video: Practical Research and Academic Skills.
A curated collection of films for the Northeastern community, including feature films as well as high-interest documentaries. You may use Scholar OneSearch to find out if Northeastern has a particular film. Closed captions and transcripts included. Films provided by HBO and Neon Films cannot be viewed outside of the U.S.
Instructors may request access via the request form in Kanopy.
Many public libraries offer Kanopy and other streaming services for free use with a library card, so check with your local library if you wish to use Kanopy outside of academic use.
Immersive and interactive video content related to mental health for patients and training for practitioners.
It presents and documents nearly 200 Virtual Reality experiences, as well as some serious games and apps, for teaching and research in counseling, social work, psychology, health sciences, and related programs. Access to some immersive experiences on VR equipment may require registration with a Northeastern email address.
Counseling and Therapy in Video provides video to help train students in counseling, social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling.
Course Reserves
Course reserves are library materials that faculty request to be set aside for use in certain courses during a particular semester.
Course reserves may consist of electronic (online) materials, print (hard copy) materials, or a combination of the two.
It is important to plan ahead for your semester titles as some may take longer to make available.
Learn more about the Library's Course Reserve program.
Scheduled throughout the year, they cover citation managers, research strategies and more. All session are Open to all! View a list and register. Some recordings are available later.
The library has a series of tutorials available in Canvas as well as a dedicated page on the web. They vary from general tips to ones on specific topics for identified disciplines.
Citation Support
Librarians are often asked to provide support for citing. It might be how to cite in a specific format, such as APA or AMA, or it might be how to use a citation management tool.
We have seen the most use for EndNote, Mendeley and Zotero. Organize citations and share them with your research team using citation management software.
Data visualization or information visualization is a very broad term used to describe any visual representation of information. This can be anything from charts and graphs, to sketches and diagrams, to posters and presentations. Anything that help communicate information visually. Here at Snell, we usually help people with things like creating dashboards, maps, and tables of data.
Map AccessMedicine and AccessPhysiotherapy Content to Your Course
McGraw-Hill offers course content maps to map resources from their digital medical sites to your syllabus. This will save you time from searching through their content. They are constantly being updated. See which programs are mapped with the Content maps link below.
A selection of courses with mapped content includes:
Advanced Practice Nurses
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Doctor of Pharmacy
Physician Assistant Program
Healthcare Professionals During COVID-19
MSN Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
MSN Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
A summary of a research article that appears at the beginning of the document. Reading the abstract may help you decide if you want to read the full article.
A geographic information system (GIS) software developed by Esri. ArcGIS enables you to analyze, visualize, and interpret spatial data for better decision-making.
Written content on a narrow subject and published in a periodical or website. In some contexts, academics may use article as a shortened form of journal article.
A group of libraries in New England that work together to share resources with students, faculty, and staff of member libraries. Northeastern University is a member of this group. Requesting a consortium library card is free to Northeastern students.
A free library available to people who work, live or attend school in Massachusetts. Boston Public Library's collection includes physical and digital access to books, journals, and films.
A label of letters and/or numbers that tell you where the resource can be found in the library. Call numbers are displayed on print books and physical resources and correspond with a topic or subject area.
Catalog
A list of all the items in a library's physical collection. Modern catalogs are searchable databases. Catalogs include information about the item's:
title
creator
publication
subject
availability
location in the library
Also called a catalogue, OPAC. Historically a card catalog.
Software that can help you collect, organize, and cite sources. The library provides training on five specific citation managers: BibTeX, EndNote, Mendeley, RefWorks, and Zotero. Also called citation management software, citation management tool or reference manager.
Physical materials assigned by an instructor and held at the library. These materials are generally restricted to in-building use for a limited period. At faculty discretion, some materials may be checked out overnight or for a few days.
A searchable collection of similar items. Library databases include resources for research. Examples include: a newspaper database, such as Access World News, or a humanities scholarly journal database, such as JSTOR.
A searchable online storage space for video files, images, and documents. Specialized digital repositories collect materials related to a theme or institution.
Northeastern University Library manages the Digital Repository Service (DRS). The DRS collects digital material related to Northeastern University's history and academic work.
A unique number assigned to some digital content. DOIs do not change even if the online location or ownership of the resource changes.
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation (ETD)
A digital version of a thesis or dissertation produced by a master's or Ph.D. student. Most theses and dissertations written by Northeastern University students are ETDs. Interested researchers can find Northeastern ETDs in the Digital Repository Service. Theses and dissertations written before 2007 are only available in print format in the Northeastern University Archives.
A broad category of research in which existing research is reviewed to clarify what is known. Evidence synthesis uses explicit and reproducible methods. Common types of evidence synthesis include systematic reviews, scoping reviews, integrative reviews, and umbrella reviews.
The entirety of an article or book, as opposed to a summary or description. Libraries often provide access to the full text as an attached file or in a web reader.
A computer-based means of storing, analyzing, and displaying geographic data. Researchers use Geographic Information Systems to create maps and charts.
A way of examining and interpreting data about geographic locations, or spatial data. Geospatial analysis examines spatial data to gain insights and identify patterns or trends. Also called geospacial analysis.
A library service that allows you to request resources your library does not have. At Northeastern University, this service is free. Materials are delivered electronically when possible.
A meaningful word or phrase in a source’s database or catalog record. Keywords are often used as search terms to retrieve records that contain the word or phrase.
A search setting that removes search results based on source attributes. Limiters vary by database but often include publication date, material type, and language. Also called: filter or facet.
Marginalia
Notes, comments, annotations, sketches, added to the margins of a text. These can be typed or hand-written. Marginalia can include headers, footnotes, and sidenotes. In some cases, marginalia are written by the author of a text, but is often notes made by a reader.
Metadata
Information associated with a resource, usually organized in a specific way. The word metadata means "data about data".
Metadata varies but often includes title, creator, and format. Descriptive metadata makes it possible to find and identify resources in a collection. When the metadata in a collection is standardized, the predefined structure is called a metadata schema.
Research or data available for free. Open access resources are sometimes labeled with an unlocked padlock symbol. These resources often have permissive licenses that support re-use and sharing.
Words used to connect multiple search terms to bring back targeted results. Operators can be used to reduce or expand the number of search results. Operators include:
Well-regarded review process used by some academic journals. Relevant experts review articles for quality and originality before publication. Articles reviewed using this process are called peer reviewed articles. Less often, these articles are called refereed articles.
A free and open-source Geographic Information System (GIS) application. This tool set enables you to capture, analyze, visualize, and share geographic data. QGIS is a Mac-friendly alternative to ArcGIS.
To transfer information from one format to another. Example: Scanning a paper newspaper to create an online or PDF version. Reformatting includes digitization.
A webpage or pages created by librarians to guide your research in a field or course. Research guides include links to resources, tutorials, and other information.
The removal of a published article from a journal. A journal’s editors or editorial board can decide to retract an article when it has serious errors. Errors that can result in retraction include:
A book or article written by academic researchers and published by an academic press or journal. Scholarly sources contain original research and commentary.
Scholarly articles are published in journals focused on a field of study. also called academic articles.
Scholarly books are in-depth investigations of a topic. They are often written by a single author or group. Alternatively in anthologies, chapters are contributed by different authors.
Common filetype (.shp) for points, lines, or polygons. This filetype is widely used in Geographic Information Systems, specifically ArcGIS. Various free shapefiles are available online.
A library database that searches a broad range of resources. Material in Scholar OneSearch includes:
Scholarly, newspaper and other articles
books & eBooks
streaming music and video
board games
archival material
Scholar OneSearch also includes information about material held at Northeastern’s libraries. Researchers can use ScholarOne Search to organize their research and manage borrowed items. To best serve Northeastern University's widespread community, ScholarOne Search has different views:
The Online / Global network view shows all online material.
The Boston view shows all online material and items held at Snell Library.
The Oakland view shows all online material and items held at the F. W. Olin Library.
Appropriate views for each global campus are included on their Global Campus Portal.
A source focused on sharing news and information of interest to an industry. Trade publications are often published by industry associations. Periodicals related to an industry are called trade journals.
An unrepeated string of numbers and letters used to recognize and differentiate material. Also called an identification number. Examples include American citizen's’ social security numbers or published books' ISBNs. A persistent identifier (PID) is a long-lasting type of unique identifier. Persistent identifiers allow you to locate a resource with a URL. Examples include electronic articles' Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) and digital materials' handles.