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Reference Services

We are here to assist you in finding the research you need for clinical care questions, curriculum development, lectures, presentations or general reference. Librarians are available during standard business hours via chat, phone, and email.

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Literature Searches

MCW Libraries offers personal consultations to assist you with literature searching. Consultations may include assistance with refining and focusing your research topic, identifying databases to search, developing a search strategy, and managing your results

Cost for non-affiliated users: $50

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Systematic Reviews

MCW Librarians can help you with more in-depth research projects like a systematic review or meta-analysis, or guidelines. These projects require an exhaustive search of the literature, something that librarians are experts in. Our services include:

identifying appropriate resources to search
crafting expert searches
utilizing advanced search techniques and controlled vocabulary terms that are unique to each resource
deduplicating and storing results in a citation manager

Learn more about the systematic review process and how a librarian can assist.

This service is only available for MCW, Children's Wisconsin or Froedtert Health affiliated users.

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Education and Training

Looking to enhance your literature searching skills, or for training on a library resource? Request specialized training with a librarian. We can customize the training to meet your specific needs, and we are able to work with individuals, small groups or departments.

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Bibliographic Citation Assistance

Receive assistance and training on citation managers to ensure that your references are accurate and the correct citation style.