How to Use This Guide
This guide is a starting point for research in Medical Humanities and its intersections with medical ethics, gender, race, and ethnic studies.
This guide will cover:
Colby Libraries: Books, Journals, Databases
Research Tools and Techniques
- Mind Mapping/Concept Mapping
This technique helps you organize your thoughts, explore relationships between different topics, and brainstorm keywords.
To help with this technique, check out Credo General Reference.
Use ConnectedPapers.com to see how research is connected. This tool uses Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to locate papers and then creates a visual representation using Gephi of relevant research based around co-citation and bibliographic coupling.
Library Services
- Schedule a research consultation with your subject specialist
- A list of subject specialists can be found here: https://www.colby.edu/libraries/research-help/subjectspecialists/
- Subject specialists can assist you with:
- Research Strategies
- Locating subject-specific databases and materials
- Connecting you to other helpful resources or research services
- Submit general library queries using Ask Us: https://libanswers.colby.edu/
- Report an issue with e-resources: support@colby.libanswers.com
