Are you a budding academic writer?

Academic writing can seem a daunting prospect although with the right support and information it can be more achievable than you think. In this first set of editorial comments of 2016, editors from all sections of the Health Information and Libraries Journal outline the origins of the individual section of the journal which they oversee and highlight some of the things you might want to consider when thinking of submitting your writing for publication.

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[2]  Audrey Marshall.  Calling all students!!! , 2012, Health information and libraries journal.

[3]  Younghee Noh.  A study comparing public and medical librarians' perceptions of the role and duties of health information-providing librarians. , 2015, Health information and libraries journal.

[4]  Hannah Spring,et al.  Theories of learning: models of good practice for evidence-based information skills teaching. , 2010, Health information and libraries journal.

[5]  B. L. Ho,et al.  Information-seeking trends of medical professionals and students from middle-income countries: a focus on the Philippines. , 2013, Health information and libraries journal.

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[7]  Raechel A Damarell,et al.  Searching PubMed for a broad subject area: how effective are palliative care clinicians in finding the evidence in their field? , 2015, Health information and libraries journal.

[8]  Erin M Watson.  Leisure reading collections in academic health sciences and science libraries: results of visits to seven libraries. , 2014, Health information and libraries journal.

[9]  Elizabeth C. Whipple,et al.  Utilizing an integrated infrastructure for outcomes research: a systematic review. , 2016, Health information and libraries journal.

[10]  F. Ware.  The development of a blended learning approach to delivering information skills training to large health related student audiences with limited staff resource. , 2011, Health information and libraries journal.

[11]  Maria J Grant,et al.  A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. , 2009, Health information and libraries journal.

[12]  Jason Eyre.  Context and learning: the value and limits of library-based information literacy teaching. , 2012, Health information and libraries journal.

[13]  S. Naeem,et al.  Clinical information needs and access in primary health care: a comparative cross-sectional study of rural and non-rural primary care physicians. , 2015, Health information and libraries journal.

[14]  Jeannette Murphy.  Trend spotting--whither health science librarianship? , 2011, Health information and libraries journal.

[15]  Su Golder,et al.  The performance of adverse effects search filters in MEDLINE and EMBASE. , 2012, Health information and libraries journal.

[16]  Erin M Watson.  The importance of leisure reading to health sciences students: results of a survey. , 2016, Health information and libraries journal.

[17]  Isioma Elueze,et al.  Evaluating the effectiveness of knowledge brokering in health research: a systematised review with some bibliometric information. , 2015, Health information and libraries journal.

[18]  Bruce Madge,et al.  The increasing globalization of health librarianship: a brief survey of international trends and activities. , 2005, Health information and libraries journal.

[19]  Hannah Spring.  If you cannot beat them, join them! Using Health 2.0 and popular Internet applications to improve information literacy. , 2011, Health information and libraries journal.

[20]  Helen Buckley Woods.  Know your RO from your AE? Learning styles in practice. , 2012, Health information and libraries journal.

[21]  Morwenna Rogers,et al.  A mapping review of the literature on UK-focused health and social care databases. , 2015, Health information and libraries journal.

[22]  Hannah Spring.  An investigation into the barriers to and priorities for research engagement in health librarianship , 2014 .

[23]  C. Maillart,et al.  Information behaviour of French-speaking speech-language therapists in Belgium: results of a questionnaire survey. , 2016, Health information and libraries journal.

[24]  Combating plagiarism: the role of the health librarian. , 2013, Health information and libraries journal.

[25]  Aoife Lawton,et al.  A review of competencies needed for health librarians--a comparison of Irish and international practice. , 2015, Health information and libraries journal.

[26]  Andrew Booth,et al.  Systematic searching for theory to inform systematic reviews: is it feasible? Is it desirable? , 2015, Health information and libraries journal.