Susan Steelman, MLIS Associate Professor Head of Education and Reference Services Phone: 501-686-6737 Email: steelmansusanc@uams.edu

Susan Steelman, M.L.I.S., is an Associate Professor in the UAMS Library, Education and Reference Services Department. Susan is Head of Education and Reference Services and one of two expert searchers providing professional literature searches for research, clinical and professional purposes for all UAMS faculty and staff. Her educational responsibilities include teaching CME and CNE classes on PubMed, consumer health and public health resources. She holds a BA in English Literature and a minor in History from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA. Susan earned her Master of Library and Information Science from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA in 1994.

Susan began her medical librarian career at the Delta Health Education Center Library in Helena, AR. In 1996, Susan began her tenure with the UAMS Library as Coordinator of Outreach Services. Currently Susan is coordinating the new Research & Clinical Search Service (RCSS). Susan is active professionally with the Medical Library Association and has served on many committees and held elected office with the regional group, the South Central Chapter of MLA.

Liaison To:

• ANGELS
• Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
• Nursing Department, UAMS
• Patient Education Advisory Committee, UAMS

Areas of Emphasis:

• Database Searching
• Research Support
• Evidence Based Medicine
• Patient Education
• Consumer Health
• Outreach

Instructor For:

• PubMed - All Levels (Including CME & CNE classes)
• Clinical & Research Databases (Including CINAHL, PsychINFO, Web of Science etc.)
• Responsible Literature Searching
• Staying on Top of the Literature
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Knowledge-Based Resources for Pubic Health Professionals (2 hours)
• Knowledge-Based Resources for Epidemiologists (2 hours)

Selected Publications, Presentations & Posters:

Steelman SC, Ryan ML, Holt A. "Changing the Search Behavior of a Public Health Workforce: Descriptive Quantitative Analysis of the Arkansas Public Health Virtual Library". Poster presented at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, May 22, 2007, Philadelphia, PA. [Research Award: 2007 Contributed Poster - Second Place]

Steelman, SC. Responsible Literature Searching Techniques. Presented at General Clinical Research Center's Educational Training Seminar, October 10, 2006, Institute on Aging, Little Rock, AR.

Ryan, ML, Steelman, SC. Arkansas' Public Health Information Project: An analysis of public health workers information needs. Paper presented at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, October 24, 2005, Little Rock, AR.

Steelman SC. Planning, Design, Equipment and Software: Blueprint for Building a Consumer Health Web Site. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. 2003; 7(1):17-31.

Steelman S. Marketing of an Academic Medical Library: Avenues of Opportunity. Arkansas Libraries. 2000 May/June; 57(3):18-22.