Research Assistance

Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences provides personal assistance for research support and information discovery, including advice on database selection, search strategy recommendations, verification of citations, location of current and historic information in all formats, and citation management suggestions. Matas Librarians will also do in-depth literature searches on request. The librarians gladly help in the location of full-text electronic resources and advise on best practices for utilizing the entire electronic collections of Tulane University.

Contact us at (504) 988-5155 if you have problems with full-text access from off-campus or from a hospital or clinic. 
Matas Librarians also offer information seminars customized to fit any information need.
The Information Services Department is staffed by Research Support Librarians from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Virtual assistance is provided as soon as possible.

Systematic Review Service

The Tulane University Libraries Systematic Review Service is a program to support researchers in performing high quality systematic reviews. We advise and partner with research teams to conduct comprehensive searches of the literature to produce systematic reviews (SR) that are both transparent and reproducible.

Interlibrary Loan

Use this service to request articles, book chapters, and books from our nationwide network of health sciences libraries.
Our free Interlibrary Loan service is available to the downtown campus and Tulane National Primate Research Center. Articles are supplied in electronic format (PDF) within several business days. Books may take longer, depending on shipping.

Books obtained through Interlibrary Loan must be returned to the Matas Library before the due date. The Matas Library complies with US Federal Copyright Law and CCC Copyright Guidelines and Best Practices.

For clinical/patient care emergencies, submit your request and contact the Matas Library at (504) 988-5155.

Liaison Program

The Matas Library the premier information and knowledge management resource for faculty, researchers, staff and students of the Schools of Medicine, Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and the Tulane National Biomedical Research Center. Through collaboration with departmental faculty and staff, liaisons and library liaisons, a clear channel of communication between the academic and research components of the Health Sciences Campus and the librarians who provide information and technology resources can be established.

This 2-way communication serves to:

• Determine the specific needs/wants of the departments through collaborative planning ensure that those needs are met and services customized
• Promote library resources and services to educate users about our information access tools
• Help library users identify and access biomedical resources
• Provide workshops on research tools or on topics of special interest specifically geared to the departmental faculty and research staff
• Answer questions, resolve problems, and interpret library policy
• Highlight the library as the "knowledge management center" for sustaining healthcare education, research and information delivery
• Make information literacy and essential component of student learning and faculty development
• Provide librarians as information consultants for departments