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Learning, Research, and Clinical Information Services

The Louis Calder Memorial Library Learning, Research, and Clinical Information Services Department is available to work with you on your information, research, and education needs in a variety of ways.

Meet with a Librarian

Learning, Research, and Clinical Information Services Librarians are available at the Calder Library on a walk-up basis and by appointment on Zoom from 9:00am – 5:00pm, Monday – Friday (except holidays).

Call a Librarian

Call us at (305) 243-6648 from 9:00am – 5:00pm, Monday – Friday (except holidays) for instant help over the telephone.

Message a Librarian

Librarians are available on chat and by email at reference@med.miami.edu from 9:00am – 5:00pm, Monday – Friday (except holidays). We reply to all chat messages instantly and to emails within 1-2 business days.

Research Consultations and Individual Training

Email us at reference@med.miami.edu to request a consultation or individual training session on databases, search strategies, citation management (EndNote, Refworks or Mendeley), and much more. Librarians are available from 9:00 – 5:00pm, Monday – Friday (except holidays) in person and over Zoom.

Classes and Group Training

Group training on databases, search strategies, citation management, and much more is available by request. Email us at reference@med.miami.edu with your request and we will contact you to coordinate a specialized training session for your group. The training may be held at the Calder Library’s classrom (max 32 people) or at any campus locations as well as on Zoom.

For a list of available classes see our Training & Workshops page. Librarians are also available to design specialized classes based on your group’s research needs.

Please contact us at least 5 business days in advance to coordinate a group session.

FAQs

Instant answers to our most frequently asked questions are available on the Calder Library Frequently Asked Questions page.

Biomedical Data Services

Consultations and Training

The Biomedical Data Librarian provides consultations on statistical analysis, meta-analysis, software training (SPSS, R, GraphPad Prism, REDCap, and Tableau), and finding data. If you would like to book a consultation or schedule a training session, please email thilani.samarakoon@miami.edu.

Workshops

For a list of available classes see our Data & Visualization Services Workshops page.