Falk Library
200 Scaife Hall
412-648-2040
pwf@pitt.edu

Patricia Weiss, MLIS

Reference & Information Technology Librarian

Areas of Interest

• Controlled vocabulary
• Evidence-based health care
• Medical informatics
• Social media for collaboration and reference services

Classes & Workshops

• EndNote Basics
• Google Scholar vs. MEDLINE for Health Sciences Literature Searching
• It's Good to Share: Collaboration Made Easier with Web-Based Tools
• Making a Dent in Your Paper Silo
• Managing News, Tables of Contents, and Blog Postings with RSS Feeds

Selected Papers & Presentations

• Development of a MeSH-based index of faculty research interests.
  Friedman PW, Winnick BL, Friedman CP, Mickelson PC.
  Proc AMIA Symp. 2000;(20 Suppl):265-9.
• Evidence-based resources and the role of librarians in developing evidence-based practice curricula.
  Klem ML, Weiss PM.
  J Prof Nurs. 2005 Nov-Dec;21(6):380-7.
• Supporting emerging disciplines with e-communities: needs and benefits.
  Spallek H, Butler BS, Schleyer TK, Weiss PM, Wang X, Thyvalikakath TP, Hatala CL, Naderi RA.
  J Med Internet Res 2008 Apr-Jun;10(2):e19.
• Supporting the emergence of dental informatics with an online community.
  Spallek H, Irwin JY, Butler BS, Weiss PM.
  Int J Comput Dent. 2007;10:247-264.
• Use of a MeSH-based index of faculty research interests to identify faculty publications: an IAIMSian study of precision, recall, and data reusability.
  McKibbon KA, Friedman PW, Friedman CP.
  Proc AMIA Symp. 2002; :514-8.