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Nancy Terry

Informationist

Nancy Terry joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library in 1995. At the NIH, Nancy supports the Program on Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology (PRAE) in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). She also supports the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy and Evaluation (ASPE), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services. She also serves as the Point of Contact for the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease.

Prior to joining the NIH, Nancy worked for 5 years as a biomedical reference and hospital liaison librarian at the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library at George Washington University, and for 10 years at the Washington Hospital Center Library as a clinical librarian.

Education:

  • MLS, Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
  • BS, Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  • BA, Library Science Education, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

What Can I Do For You

  • Comprehensive searching of published and gray literature including filtering and synthesis of search results for evidence-based patient care and public health, research, publications, presentations, systematic reviews and meta-analyses projects
  • End-user and group instruction on searching article databases [PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, Web of Science, others]
  • End-user and group instruction on bibliographic management tools [EndNote]
  • Cited reference searches
  • Manuscript support [editing and references support]

Conference Papers

  • Butera G, Livinski A A, Terry N, Cooper D.Lessons Learned: Creating a Systematic Review Service Model that Expands the Librarian’s Role.Paper presented at Special Library Association SLA 2022 Source Forward;2022;Charlotte, North Carolina.

Conference Posters

  • Butera G, Livinski A A, Terry N H, Muir N L.Yes! You Do Really Need to Write and Register Your Review Protocol.Paper presented at Medical Library Association & Special Library Association 2023 Annual Conference;2023;Detroit, MI.

Journal Articles