Renee Rau
Information Services Librarian
USC Libraries Norris Medical Library
Email:
renee.rau@usc.edu
Office:
2003 Zonal Ave.
Research Areas
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the health sciences librarianship
- Graphic Medicine & health humanities
- Reproductive health information and access
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6258-3334 Responsibilities
Instruction and research support for Keck School of Medicine students, faculty, and staff, including:
- MD program
- Graduate degree programs (Master's and PhD)
- Master of Public Health (MPH) program
Support includes:
- Assisting Keck School of Medicine students and faculty find, use, and understand information to support their learning, work, and research
- Answer questions and concerns related to USC Libraries, databases, and research queries
- Develop instructional workshops, curriculum, and one-on-one appointments about Evidence Based Practice/Medicine (EBP/EBM), databases (i.e. PubMed, Clinical Key, etc), information literacy, among others.
- Provide reference services to all health sciences users
Education
San José State University, MLIS, Library and Information Science, Fall 2020
Washington State University, MA, History, Spring 2017
California State University, Fullerton, BA, American Studies, summa cum laude, Spring 2014
Subject Matter Expertise
- Medicine
- Public Health
I can help you with...
- Citation Management & Tools
- Data & Statistics
- Evidence Based Practice
- Instruction
- Open Access
- Reference Assistance
- Research Strategies