Library Support for Faculty
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The Alumni Medical Library offers a wide variety resources and services supporting education at the Boston University Medical Campus.
- Print collections: 30,000 book and 1,500 journal titles
- Digital collections: 461 online books, 3,854 online journals and 209 bibliographic databases
- Subject guides: 113 subject guides to electronic resources
- Curriculum Integrated Activities: BUSM
- ISI Journal Citation Reports NEW
Request that the Library purchase a resource by submitting a book or journal request.
Librarians are available to provide a number of on request services supporting course instructors, including:
- Assignment assistance: Librarians can arrange computer labs for drop-in course-integrated student training.
- Information liaison services: A Librarian can be assigned to your class to act as a point-of-contact for students as they navigate Library resources.
- Curriculum-integrated training: Librarians can visit your class or provide hands-on information literacy sessions in the Library computing labs.
- Faculty training: Librarians can provide training for faculty on Library resources.
- Reference services: Librarians are available M-F, 8:30-5 at the reference desk.
If you have questions or would like to arrange for the above services contact The Reference Desk [(617) 638-4228, refquest@medlib.bu.edu], .
The Library provides a number of online services supporting course instructors, including:
- Subject pathfinders: Librarians can create subject guides to provide easy access to information resources
- Web support: Librarians can design and maintain web portals to information relevant to your course and students.
- Tutorials: Librarians can design online tutorials guiding students through the search process.
- CourseInfo: Librarians can help you connect library resources to your CourseInfo site and provide feedback on information related discussions.
- Medical Image Resources: A selection of websites featuring medical images is available from the Library's homepage. Please be aware of copyright when using these sites.
If you have questions or would like to arrange for the above services contact David Flynn [(617) 638-4271, dflynn@bu.edu], Head of Library and Information Management Education .