Why Every Scientist Needs a Librarian

March 5, 2026
Rebecca Williamson, SDSU Library Communications
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Senior Business Management student Omar Aguilar gets research help from Health Sciences and Research Data Librarian Margaret Henderson

A recent Nature article discusses how librarians can help you with your research.

Why every scientist needs a librarian: Librarians can be key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open. By Amber Dance. Nature, 23 February 2026.

The SDSU Library can help with more than just books and journal articles. We can help with most of the services mentioned in this article. SDSU Librarians can help with expert searching, systematic and scoping reviews, finding and managing research data, and citation management. Beyond research, we can help with open access publishing, impact measures, working in our makerspace, citizen science, digitization services, selecting AI tools, and more. We are here to help.
                                    Margaret Henderson
                                    Health Sciences and Research Data Librarian

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