JEFFLINE for Researchers: Student Research Resources, Jefferson Resources for Student Research

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Identify and Contact Jefferson Researchers

Knowing more about the research interests and expertise of your potential mentor will make you a more useful member of the team, and help you choose a good research experience.

Jefferson Academic and Clinical Departments: Information about research programs for some TJU departments is available by choosing the department name, then the Research and Publications link.

TJU Faculty Research Profiles: Many TJU faculty have profiles in Jefferson's Faculty Interests database. The profiles describe their research interests, grants, publications, patents, professional activities and contact information.
Search the database by name, department or research topic to find out more about research interests on campus. To identify research topics, start by searching All Fields, putting phrases in quotes: "molecular biology," and using an asterisk for truncation: hepat*
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Find More Specialized Details About Researchers

Funding: Search NIH CRISP (Computerized Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) to identify federal funding the investigator has received for biomedical research.

Publications: Search MEDLINE, or CINAHL to identify publications by the investigator. Limit by including "Jefferson" in the institutional field, as necessary.

Citations: Find out how frequently papers by the investigator have been cited by other researchers, by searching ISI Science Citation Index (available on CD at the Library or by requesting an online search).

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