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Peer Navigator Corner: Email Etiquette

Written by: Annalise Miller

At some point during your academic and professional journey, you will likely find yourself emailing a professor, university staff member, or other dignitary person. You might be writing to ask for a letter of recommendation, to apply for a job, or to communicate about an assignment. When that time comes, it is crucial to have solid email etiquette under your belt. Think of it as the art of writing polite, clear, and effective emails. The “rules” of email etiquette may vary depending on the recipient, but having a strong foundation in email etiquette will set you up for success in any situation.

As a college student, communication with professors through email is something that will undoubtedly happen during your years at Mizzou. Make sure that all MU-related emails are coming from your University assigned email address. Before constructing your email, write a clear and concise subject line. This helps clarify what your message is about and will help busy professors prioritize your email. “POL-SC 4641 Discussion Post Grade,” “Absence Notification for ENG 1000 on 2/02/2025,” or “Feedback Request for BUS 2000” are all examples of good subject lines. Subject lines should avoid all caps, emojis, or ambiguity.

Similar to writing a letter, emails should begin with a greeting. Try to avoid informal greetings like “What’s up, Kim,” or “Heyyyyy.” You are emailing a professional, not someone you just met online. “Ms. Kimberly Moeller” or “Dear Dr. Jones” are generally safe options, especially if you are unsure how the person prefers to be addressed. While some professors are fine with being called by their first names, others prefer to be referred to as “Dr.” or “Professor.”

Now, what about the body of your email? Make sure the recipient knows who you are and why you are contacting them in short, direct paragraphs. Do not make your email unnecessarily long or full of extraneous detail. That said, an important part of conciseness is making sure that you do not leave out any relevant information. Say everything that you need to say without being excessively wordy. In terms of follow-ups, try to wait at least 24 hours. This gives the recipient time to respond to your email.

Finally, use a professional sign off to conclude your email. For example: “Best, Annalise Miller” or “Sincerely, Shane Stearman”. You can get creative with this step, as long as you keep it polite and direct. Be sure to thank your recipient before signing off of your email, as well.

Before hitting “send,” do a quick proofread of your email. In emails, use grammar and punctuation as you would in any other piece of professional writing. Make sure that you do not overuse exclamation points (no matter how excited you are to be here at Mizzou) and end your sentences with periods. Do not type anything that you would not want to read out loud, either. Regardless of how mad you may be at a professor for not yet posting your grade, save the rage for ranting to your roommate. By following proper email etiquette, you can ensure effective communication while demonstrating professionalism and respect.

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Example Email:
Subject: POLSC 2000 Grade Inquiry

Dear Professor Smith,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Annalise Miller, and I am a student in your POLSC 2000 class (Section 2, Fall 2025). I am reaching out to inquire about when the final grades for the course will be posted. I understand that grading can take some time, and I just wanted to check if there is an estimated date for when we might be able to view our grades.

Thank you for your time and for all your hard work throughout the semester. I appreciate any information you can provide.
Best regards,
Annalise Miller

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Engineering Faculty Publications (March 2025)

Below is a list of College of Engineering Faculty that have published academic works in the past 30 days. 

Congratulations to all recently published authors! 

Note: Access to full text may be subject to library subscriptions. The below citations were pulled from Scopus

  1. Ali, A., Salazar Vidal, M. N., Flint-Garcia, S., Kumar, R., Lin, M., Wan, C., & Somavat, P. (2025). Phytochemical characterization of eighteen colored corn varieties and coproducts from the 2022 season of the Missouri colored corn adaptation program. Industrial Crops and Products, 227.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.120772
  2. Andrabi, S. M., Shahriar, S. M. S., Tian, Y., Hayati, F., Su, Y., Zhang, F., Sharma, N. S., Wang, G., Wong, S. L., Yan, Z., Huang, G., & Xie, J. (2025). Engineered Peptides-Based Hybrid-Nested Microneedle Effectively Treat Biofilm-Infected Diabetic Wounds. Advanced Functional Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202422150
  3. Bakhshaee, A., Babakhani, P., Ashiq, M. M., Bell, K., Salehi, M., & Jazaei, F. (2025). Potential impacts of microplastic pollution on soil–water–plant dynamics. Scientific Reports, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-93668-0
  4. Bayley, H., Braha, O., Cheley, S., & Gu, L.-Q. (2005). Engineered Nanopores. In Nanobiotechnology: Concepts, Applications and Perspectives (pp. 93–112).   https://doi.org/10.1002/3527602453.ch7
  5. Bociu, L., Broussard, M., Guidoboni, G., Prada, D., & Strikwerda, S. (2025). Comparing Interface Conditions for a 3D–0D Multiscale Interface Coupling With Applications in Tissue Perfusion. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 41(2).   https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.70017
  6. Brown, H., & Edara, P. (2025). Smart Work Zones. TR News, 352, 8–9.  
  7. Calvillo, C. F., Katris, A., Zhou, L., & Turner, K. (2025). Jobs, skills and regional implications of the low carbon residential heat transition in the UK. Energy Policy, 202.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114579
  8. Chen, K.-Y., Shyu, C.-R., Tsai, Y.-Y., Baskett, W. I., Chang, C.-Y., Chou, C.-Y., Tsai, J. J. P., & Shae, Z.-Y. (2025). Effective Non-IID Degree Estimation for Robust Federated Learning in Healthcare Datasets. Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research.   https://doi.org/10.1007/s41666-025-00195-8
  9. Christensen, J., Haberman, M. R., Srivastava, A., Huang, G., & Shmuel, G. (2024). Perspective on non-Hermitian elastodynamics. Applied Physics Letters, 125(23).   https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0224250
  10. Cibulka, T., Tian, Y., Laleh, G. M., & Orton, S. L. (2025). Time-Dependent Compressive Arch Action Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Frame Beams Resisting Progressive Collapse. Journal of Structural Engineering, 151(6).   https://doi.org/10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-13876
  11. Cihan, I. H., Al-Bakri, F. F., & Kluever, C. A. (2025). Discrete-Event Drag Modulation Aerocapture for Mars and Titan Missions. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 62(1), 129–136.   https://doi.org/10.2514/1.A35883
  12. Czajkowski, C., Ma, H., & Pietrowicz, S. (2025). Effect of geometric asymmetry on thermal performance in non-coaxial L-shape oscillating heat pipe. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 164.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2025.108821
  13. Diamond, V. M., Bell, L. C., Bone, J. N., Driehuys, B., Menchaca, M., Santyr, G., Svenningsen, S., Thomen, R. P., Marshall, H., Smith, L. J., Collier, G. J., Wild, J. M., Woods, J. C., Fain, S. B., Eddy, R. L., & Rayment, J. H. (2025). A Systematic Review of the Variability of Ventilation Defect Percent Generated From Hyperpolarized Noble Gas Pulmonary Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.   https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.29746
  14. Elsawi Mahmoud, M., El-Sisi, A., Elbelbisi, A., Elemam, H., & Salim, H. (2025). Performance of CFS trusses self-drilling screws connections under extreme loads. Structures, 74.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2025.108592
  15. Esmaili, F., Qin, Y., Wang, D., & Xu, D. (2025). Kinase-substrate prediction using an autoregressive model. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 27, 1103–1111.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.03.003
  16. Feng, A., Vong, C. N., & Zhou, J. (2022). Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Applications in Cotton Production (Vol. 2, p. 57).   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2027-1_3
  17. Forman, Y., & Harrison, W. L. (2024). Temporal Staging for Correct-by-Construction Cryptographic Hardware. 7–13.   https://doi.org/10.1109/RSP64122.2024.10871125
  18. Fu, L., Tan, J., Jiang, Y., Allakhverdiev, S. I., Xu, Z., & Guo, Y. (2024). GPP estimation of a grassland ecosystem based on photosynthesis-hydrology coordination optimization. 4538–4541.   https://doi.org/10.1109/CAC63892.2024.10864599
  19. Gao, Z., Lv, M., Liu, M., Gu, C., Li, G., Liu, B., Singh, D. J., Zheng, W., & Fan, X. (2025). Novel layered As2Ge with a pentagonal structure for potential thermoelectrics. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 13(11), 5762–5770.   https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tc04065a
  20. Gargees, R. S. (2025). Scholarly Article Classification Leveraging DistilBERT Transformer and Transfer Learning: Vol. 1268 LNNS (p. 566).   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82377-0_45
  21. Glaser, N., Calyam, P., Duan, Y., Li, S., Nuguri, S. S., Ousley, C., Kambhampati, A., Parishani, Z., Joshi, A. C., & Yang, M. (2025). Preliminary Analysis of Empathy-Driven Design and Inclusive Cybersecurity Education: The Initial Phase of the uSucceed Project’s Virtual Reality Curriculum for Neurodiverse Adults in STEM: Vol. 2271 CCIS (p. 271).   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80475-5_19
  22. Goggins, S., Germonprez, M., Lumbard, K., Howison, J., Ram, K., & Du, C. (2025). Open source software field research: Spanning social and practice networks for re-entering the field. First Monday, 30(2).   https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v30i2.13629
  23. Guo, W., Fang, M., Tan, J., Jiang, Y., & Guo, Y. (2024). Forecasting spring frost frequency based on time series decomposition model and machine learning. 5199–5203.   https://doi.org/10.1109/CAC63892.2024.10865201
  24. Heydari, M., Nazerian, E., Huang, Q., & Huang, A. Q. (2024). Zero-Current-Injection Conrol for Reducing AC Current Distortion in Unfolding-Bridge-Based Single-Phase Grid-Tied Inverers. 4799–4805.   https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE55643.2024.10860883
  25. Janes, W. E., Marchal, N., Song, X., Popescu, M., Mosa, A. S. M., Earwood, J. H., Jones, V., & Skubic, M. (2025). Integrating Ambient In-Home Sensor Data and Electronic Health Record Data for the Prediction of Outcomes in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Protocol for an Exploratory Feasibility Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 14.   https://doi.org/10.2196/60437
  26. Jasim, A. M., Xu, G., Young, M. J., & Xing, Y. (2025). Tuning Vacancy in Metal Oxide Support to Enhance Activity and Durability of Pt Catalysts for the Methanol Oxidation Reaction. ACS Catalysis, 4350–4358.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c00259
  27. Jin, Y., Torrent, D., Rouhani, B. D., He, L., Xiang, Y., Xuan, F.-Z., Gu, Z., Xue, H., Zhu, J., Wu, Q., Huang, G., García, P. D., Arregui, G., Chen, Y., Guenneau, S., Wegener, M., Kadic, M., Liu, Y., Li, J., … Zhai, W. (2025). The 2024 phononic crystals roadmap. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 58(11).   https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad9ab2
  28. Jos, B. C., Rajendran, C., & Srinivas, S. (2025). Order acceptance and scheduling on non-identical parallel machines with dependent setup times: New mixed integer programming formulations. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal.   https://doi.org/10.1007/s10696-025-09602-z
  29. Joshi, T., Chan, Y. O., Qiao, Z., Kheirandish-Gozal, L., Gozal, D., & Khalyfa, A. (2025). Circulating exosomes in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea with or without neurocognitive deficits and their effects on a 3D-blood-brain barrier spheroid model. Experimental Neurology, 387.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2025.115188
  30. Jun, I., Wang, B., Gros, J., Dissanayake, A. L., & Socolofsky, S. A. (2025). Modeling the Dissolution and Transport of Bubbles Emitted From Hydrocarbon Seeps Within the Hydrate Stability Zone of the Oceans. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(3).   https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021942
  31. Kumar, R., Wan, C., Flint-Garcia, S., Vardhanabhuti, B., Kuehnel, L., Mustapha, A., & Somavat, P. (2025). Metabolomic profiling of purple corn pericarp phytochemicals and their efficient recovery in deep eutectic solvents with ultrasound-assisted extraction. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 44.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2025.101978
  32. Liu, M., Eric Tseng, H., Filev, D., Girard, A., & Kolmanovsky, I. (2025). Game Projection and Robustness for Game-Theoretic Autonomous Driving. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 26(3), 3446–3457.   https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2024.3514826
  33. Lu, W., He, H., Yu, F., Laffey, J., Urban, A., Griffin, J., Sadler, T. D., & Goggins, S. (2025). Lessons upon Dislikes: Educational Game Design Principles from Players’ Negative Feedback: Vol. 2271 CCIS (p. 347).   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80475-5_24
  34. Mubarak, A. S., Salih, S. S., Kadhom, M., & Ghosh, T. K. (2025). Competitive and non-competitive adsorption of Cd(II) and Pb(II) from aqueous solution using Zr-BADS metal organic frameworks. Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment, 9.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scenv.2025.100231
  35. Nazerian, E., Heydari, M., Yu, R., Huang, A. Q., & Huang, Q. (2024). An All-GaN 800V Three-Level PFC Converter. 2269–2276.   https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE55643.2024.10861813
  36. Oliva, G., Fiorillo, A. S., Laganà, F., Shuvo, M. M. H., Islam, S. K., & Pullano, S. A. (2025). Development of a Sensor Based on a Thin Layer of Zeolite to Monitor Plant Health Through VOC Analysis (Vol. 1334, p. 80).   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82076-2_11
  37. Pérez-López, D. O., Burke, M. J., Hakim, C. H., Teixeira, J. A., Han, J., Yue, Y., Ren, Z., Sun, J., Chen, S.-J., Herzog, R. W., Yao, G., & Duan, D. (2025). Circulatory CCL2 distinguishes Duchenne muscular dystrophy dogs. Disease Models & Mechanisms, 18(3).   https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.052137
  38. Pullano, S. A., Greco, M., Oliva, G., Laganà, F., Islam, S. K., & Fiorillo, A. S. (2025). Thermoelectrical Analysis of Cell Lines with a Pyroelectric Sensor (Vol. 1334, p. 249).   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82076-2_34
  39. Reinhard, A. G., Mehregan, M., Young, M. J., & Maschmann, M. R. (2025). Conformal Nanoscale Conductive Polymer Films on Carbon Nanotube Forests for Electrochemical Water Desalination. ACS Applied Nano Materials.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c00707
  40. Sacco, R., Chiaravalli, G., Guidoboni, G., Layton, A., Antman, G., Shalem, K. W., Verticchio, A., Siesky, B., & Harris, A. (2025). Reduced-Order Model for Cell Volume Homeostasis: Application to Aqueous Humor Production. Mathematical and Computational Applications, 30(1).   https://doi.org/10.3390/mca30010013
  41. Setu, J. N., Le, J. M., Kundu, R. K., Giesbrecht, B., Hollerer, T., Hoque, K. A., Desai, K., & Quarles, J. (2025). Predicting and Explaining Cognitive Load, Attention, and Working Memory in Virtual Multitasking. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.   https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2025.3549850
  42. Sheikhhoseini, R., Abdollahi, S., Salsali, M., Anbarian, M., & Guess, T. M. (2025). Coordination and variability of muscular activation in male athletes with and without subacromial impingement syndrome: A case-control study. PLoS ONE, 20(2 February).   https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319048
  43. Soleimani Dinani, H., Reinbolt, T., Zhang, B., Zhao, G., Gerald, R. E., Yan, Z., & Huang, J. (2025). Miniaturized Wearable Biosensors for Continuous Health Monitoring Fabricated Using the Femtosecond Laser-Induced Graphene Surface and Encapsulated Traces and Electrodes. ACS Sensors, 10(2), 761–772.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.4c02214
  44. Su, L., Wang, D., & Xu, D. (2025). Bridging peptide presentation and T cell recognition with multi-task learning: Machine learning in immunology. Nature Machine Intelligence, 7(2), 170–171.   https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-025-01004-y
  45. Tajima, A., Jiang, W., Marathe, V., & Mozaffari, H. (2024). Enhanced Private Decision Trees using Secure Multiparty Computation and Differential Privacy. 352–359.   https://doi.org/10.1109/ICKG63256.2024.00051
  46. Tao, X., Tan, J., Zhang, J., Allakhverdiev, S. I., Xu, Z., & Guo, Y. (2024). Large Scale and High-Precision Crop Recognition using Satellite Remote Sensing Images. 4624–4629.   https://doi.org/10.1109/CAC63892.2024.10864652
  47. Weger, L., Herrin, J., Okafor, C., Larentzos, J., Brennan, J., Sewell, T., Picu, C. R., & Udaykumar, H. S. (2025). Quantitative analysis of shear band formation around collapsing pores in shocked energetic organic crystals. Journal of Applied Physics, 137(8).   https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0257757
  48. Xie, J., Zhang, Z., Zeng, S., Hilliard, J., An, G., Tang, X., Jiang, L., Yu, Y., Wan, X., & Xu, D. (2025). Leveraging Large Language Models for Infectious Disease Surveillance—Using a Web Service for Monitoring COVID-19 Patterns From Self-Reporting Tweets: Content Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27.   https://doi.org/10.2196/63190
  49. Xu, M., Yadav, P., Liu, X., Gillis, K. D., & Glass, T. E. (2025). Fluorescent Sensor for the Visualization of Amino Acid Neurotransmitters in Neurons Based on an SNAr Reaction. ACS Chemical Neuroscience.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.5c00107
  50. Yan, Q., Nosratabad, N. A., Du, X., Ketelboeter, T., Wan, C., & Cai, Z. (2025). Highly effective lead removal by novel alkaline biochar prepared by pyrolysis of woody biomass impregnated with low-level NaOH. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 18.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2025.100657
  51. Ying, X., Reasad, M., & Wang, B. (2025). Development and laboratory assessment of a subsea particle image velocimetry system for bubble and turbulence measurements in marine seeps. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 23(3), 139–154.   https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10670
  52. Yu, S., & Srinivas, S. (2025). Collaborative Human–Robot Teaming for Dynamic Order Picking: Interventionist strategies for improving warehouse intralogistics operations. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 197.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104082
  53. Zhang, Z., Zhang, N., & Ding, S. (2025). Reactive Astrocytes Release GDNF to Promote Brain Recovery and Neuronal Survival Following Ischemic Stroke. Neurochemical Research, 50(2).   https://doi.org/10.1007/s11064-025-04370-6
  54. Zhou, J., Sheridan, M. A., Tian, Y., Dahlgren, K. J., Messler, M., Peng, T., Zhao, A., Ezashi, T., Schulz, L. C., Ulery, B. D., Roberts, R. M., & Schust, D. J. (2025). Development of apical out trophoblast stem cell derived organoids to model early human pregnancy. iScience, 28(3).   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112099

 

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Reading Revelry: April 2025

Howdy! 

Happy April! In honor of April being National Poetry Month, below are some recommended poetry books. To request any of the titles below, click on the hyperlinked title. If you have any issues placing a request, please contact Amanda May at asmay@missouri.edu

Our picks for April:

 

Ephemera [Book]

Ephemera by Sierra Demulder

If every experience lasted forever and the sands of time never interrupted our most loving moments, there would be nothing to immortalise in writing. In Sierra DeMulder’s melancholic yet beautifully hopeful poetry collection, Ephemera, she writes with the wisdom of someone who has learned to love and lose. Each poem reads delicately and elegantly, just fleeting memories on the page. Split into 4 sections detailing intimate experiences from the painful deaths of family members who clung to life, to passionate love she feels for her own mortal wife, DeMulder plays a sweet song by pulling on her own well worn heart strings. While maintaining a muted emotional intensity, the poems keep their grounding in reality, never straying to supercillous territory, perhaps recognising their own ephemeral quality. DeMulder ruminates on what will come and what will fade. Despite this impermanent nature, you can feel the tender warmth DeMulder holds for her family in every line, even the moments she wishes she could forget.

 

 

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver: Oliver, Mary: 9780399563249: Amazon.com: Books

 

Devotions by Mary Oliver

Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Identified as “far and away, this country’s best selling poet” by Dwight Garner, she now returns with a stunning and definitive collection of her writing from the last fifty years. Carefully curated, these 200 plus poems feature Oliver’s work from her very first book of poetry, No Voyage and Other Poems, published in 1963 at the age of 28, through her most recent collection, Felicity, published in 2015.

 

 

Amazon.com: Ariel (FF Classics) eBook : Plath, Sylvia: Books

 

Ariel by Sylvia Plath

When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left behind a prolific life but also her unpublished literary masterpiece, Ariel. Her husband, Ted Hughes, brought the collection to life in 1966, and its publication garnered worldwide acclaim. This collection showcases the beloved poet’s brilliant, provoking, and always moving poems, including “Ariel” and once again shows why readers have fallen in love with her work throughout the generations.

 

 

 

Making the New Lamb Take: Poems by Gabriel Fried | Goodreads

 

 

Making the New Lamb Take by Gabriel Fried

In Gabriel Fried’s debut volume, the reader weaves through details of daily life, dream-life, and the afterlife. In the process, we find ourselves unexpectedly amidst biblical and mythological stories so intimately retold that they seem populated by friends and relatives. Be sure to also check out Mr. Fried’s new collection of poetry, No Small Thing.

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New MU Authored Trending Article in PubMed

A recently trending article in PubMed was Detection of antibodies against influenza A viruses in cattle co-authored by Yuekan Yang, Lei Shi, Sawrab Roy, Dipali Gupta, Chao Dai, Muhamma Afnan Khalid, Xiu- Feng Wan, and Wenjun Ma from the Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology at the School of Medicine.

What is a PubMed trending article?

Trending articles is a marker of increased interest in a PubMed abstract. Trending articles are those with a significant increase in daily PubMed views in the past two days as compared to the previous baseline period, which is approximately a week.

You can see the full list of trending articles here.

Interested in tracking the impact of your articles after they are published? Email asklibrary@health.missouri.edu to learn how we can help.

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Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

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New Books at the Health Sciences Library

Below are a few of the books we’ve recently added to our online collection. Find the list of this month’s new books here.

Have a purchase recommendation? You can request a book for your teaching or research using this form.

AMA guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment / medical editor, Robert D. Rondinelli 6th edition

The AMA guide is a widely recognized, standardized system for evaluating and reporting medical impairments, used by physicians and healthcare professionals to determine the extent of permanent impairment in various body systems

 

A video atlas of neuromuscular disorders / edited by Aziz Shaibani.

This online title is the first real cases video atlas of neuromuscular disorders. It contains close to 300 video cases taken directly from a real neuromuscular clinic, illustrating a myriad of disorders and shedding light on their diagnosis and treatment, as well as providing updates about many of them. Some rare diseases are also described, giving an opportunity for future diagnosis of these conditions in patients, despite the rarity of the condition and its infrequent presentation in clinic.

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Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

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Peer Navigator Corner: Student Success Center

Written by: Alyssa Westhoff

The Student Success Center provides a variety of services designed to support students’ educational and professional development, and is located in Lowry Mall directly across from the North entrance of Ellis Library. It . The center is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 7:15 p.m., and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Student Success Center is home to specialized services, including the Career Center, Center for Academic Excellence and Success, Community Engaged Learning, Discovery Center, Learning Center, and Transfer Center. Each serves a unique purpose designed specifically to help you succeed. The Career Center helps with resume building, cover letter writing, interview preparation, and professional headshots. The Center for Academic Excellence and Success offers career development, academic enrichment, and financial literacy support. The Community Engaged Learning Center provides opportunities for students to earn credit while engaging in hands-on learning that benefits others. The Discovery Center assists undecided students in exploring their interests and finding the right major. The Learning Center offers academic coaching, peer tutoring through Tiger Tutors, and 24/7 online tutoring in any subject. The Transfer Center is a peer-mentoring network that connects transfer students and helps them navigate campus life. 

All of these services are completely free and are available to all Mizzou students – including you! To schedule appointments or learn more, visit: https://success.missouri.edu/student-success-resources/. I have personally used the Career Center for resume help as well as Tiger Tutoring during my time at Mizzou and can attest to their value. Many students don’t realize the full range of services available, so be sure to take advantage of everything the Student Success Center has to offer!

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Data Analysis Tools Available at Mizzou

There are a few data analysis tools available to you at the university. As well as courses to learn how to use those tools.

R: A statistical programming language that is useful for data cleaning, visualization, and other purposes related to statistical computing and data analysis.  

Python: A programming language that is commonly used for creating data visualizations, data analysis, and performing statistical calculations. 

SQL (Structured Query Language): A programming language used for storing, processing, and retrieving data in relational databases. 

REDcap: A secure application for data collection and survey management.  

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Mizzou Libraries and the Research Cycle

From discovering new resources to tracking your impact, Mizzou Libraries is here to support you every step of the way!

We offer a range of services covering all aspects of the Research Lifecycle, such as:

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Overview of Recent University of Missouri Publications in Medicine and Related Fields: February 2025

Each month we provide an overview of University of Missouri School of Medicine faculty-authored articles in medicine and related fields as well as a featured article with the highest journal impact factor.

This month’s featured article, “Transport and Immune Functions of the Lymphatic System” was co-authored by Dr. Michael J. Davis and Dr. Scott Zawieja of the Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology. The article was published in Annual Review of Physiology (journal impact factor of 15.8 in 2023).

Note that Dr. James Stevermer also had a publication in JAMA as a member of the USPSTF: “Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

See the list of publications in medicine and related fields we retrieved for this month: https://library.muhealth.org/facpubmonthlyresult/?Month=February&Year=2025

How To Create a Data Management Plan

More and more, grants are requiring a data management plan in order to meet their funder requirements. A good data management plan will also help you manage your data and help others use your data if shared.

A good resource available to you at the university is the DMP Tool. This tool provides templates for Data Management and Sharing Plans that comply with NIH and other funder requirements. You can access the tool with your Mizzou email address, enabling you to share your plans with a data librarian for review and access templates containing language specific to Mizzou’s resources.  

Not sure where to start? Schedule a Data Management and Sharing Consultation with a librarian.

If you have a data management and sharing plan already, you can submit your Data Management and Sharing Plan for a Data Librarian to review 

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.