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I joined the MGH Institute of Health Professions in 2008 and have loved being here. Each year brings new challenges, and I couldn't ask to work with better people: faculty, staff, and students alike.

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I live in Roslindale with my incredible family and 3(!) cats. I just sent my oldest off to college in Seattle, which means my life is in for some pretty major changes.

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The staff of the Bellack Library is here to help students with all of their information needs.

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https://library.mghihp.edu

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We love questions! Visit our Ask a Librarian page to contact us via email or book an appointment.

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In addition to the many videos you'll find embedded in your courses, the library offers a large array of Guides and Tutorials. Especially interesting are our guides to Community Health Topics.

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and for a bigger version of the Research Roller Coaster image...

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Heaven knows the library budget is not limitless. Figuring out what you need to support your scholarship is one of my biggest challenges. I look at capstone reference lists, interlibrary loan requests, and get lots of input from faculty in an attempt to identify emerging needs as well as areas that might not need as much support anymore. Feel free to reach out if you see an area that could use more attention. My wishlist is ever-growing!

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Too obvious?

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I have many favorites like the Museum of Bad Art in Somerville and La Specola in Florence. One of my all time favorites and one I've returned to several times, is Walter De Maria's Earth Room, a second floor apartment in Manhattan's Soho neighborhood filled with dirt.

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It seems like travel always involves a lot of paper: tickets, tourist maps, receipts, etc. I'm a bit of a pack rat by nature; so I couldn't just throw it all away when I returned home. So now I take it all and make a visual representation of my trip. Here's one from a recent trip to see the Clash's London Calling exhibit at the Museum of London (please forgive my poor snapshot).

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Screen capture of part of the front page of the Bellack Library's Guide to Literature Reviews.

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Helping people with the methods and analysis of scoping and systematic reviews is a great part of my job. It's a chance to be more intimately involved with the research than the work of supporting literature searching. If anyone is thinking of pursuing this type of project, please don't hesitate to get in touch!