The 5 Things you Should Know for Pharmacy Instruction

1. “5 THINGS YOU SHOULD
KNOW… BY THE TIME
YOU GRADUATE…”
Jeffrey, your librarian
PHARM LIBRARY RESEARCH INSTRUCTION, 2/1/17

2. 1. Understand your assignment/instructions.
2. Find background information using reference works.
3. Focus your topic and find current information from reliable sources.
4. Collect, read, evaluate and write what you have learned.
5. Use information ethically and with integrity (cite your sources using APA
format): Give credit where credit is due… Properly cite the information
you have found so others will be able to follow your research trail).
1. APPLY CRITICAL THINKING

3. ▸core online/textual sources for professionals
▸major sources of drug information from patients
▸trends in the field for both professionals and patients
▸local, national, and international organizations
2. UNDERSTAND THE MAJOR
WORKS IN YOUR FIELD AND HOW
TO USE THEM!

4. ▸Google search operators
▸Google Scholar
3. SEARCH GOOGLE LIKE A
ROCK STAR!

5. ▸Good, “free” science information on the open web is hard to
find.
▸Know the difference between real news and fake news (civic
online reasoning)
▸Great article from NPR on how to self-check the news and
get the facts.
4. GOOD SOURCE
EVALUATION BECOMES
INSTINCTUAL!

6. ▸wireless bypass and other campus IT productivity tools
▸research mobile apps, plug-ins, and desktop clients
▸citation export services and generators (EBSCO exports,
EasyBib, etc.)
5. USE YOUR
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS!

7. HERE
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