Purpose
To provide
reference assistance for research, teaching, administrative and patient care to
MUSM faculty, staff, residents, students, and community members.
Procedures For Requesting Reference
Services
Ask at the
circulation desk in the Medical Library for the Reference Librarian on duty.
The telephone number is (478) 301-4056. An e-mail message may also be sent to
the Reference Staff: reference.ill@gain.mercer.edu.
Hours Of Service
A
Reference Librarian is usually available Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
Types Of Service
Quick
Reference: The Reference Services staff can assist you in locating factual
information such as addresses and telephone numbers of health professionals,
medical schools, publishers, medical abbreviations, definitions, etc. Questions
may be posed in person or by mail, telephone, or electronic mail. Normally,
these questions should be answered within minutes of your inquiry.
Research Assistance: For more in-depth
questions, Reference staff can help you determine the best sources for your
topic and show you how to use them. Reference staff can help you with your
literature searches.
Locating Materials: The Reference
staff can tell you if we own specific books, journals, and audiovisuals and can
help you find them in the Library and/or online.
Verification: Many books and journal
articles cannot be located due to incorrect or incomplete citations. This
includes many of the references cited at the end of professional journal
articles! Reference staff can assist you in identifying the correct citation
when you are trying to find a specific article.
Reference Checking: The Reference
staff will check references attached to manuscripts being submitted for
publication for accuracy and for conformation to the format required by the
journal. Turn-around time will vary with workload and length of reference list.
