Powering Discovery and Design:
Your Complete CDU Library Toolkit Nov 2026
For the researchers, faculty, and students at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU), driving health equity requires two critical skills: conducting rigorous science and communicating findings clearly. To bridge this gap, the CDU Health Sciences Library provides a powerful pair of digital mentors: the Research: Undergrad to PostDocs Guide and the APA Citation and Writing LibGuide. Together, these resources help transform your academic ideas and research into polished papers ready for submission as course work or publication.
Step 1: Execute Flawless Science
Before you can draft a paper, you need solid, academic support for your hypothesis – database research is your best resource, and the library licenses over 40 databases. The Research: Undergrad to PostDocs Guide acts as a personal blueprint to the first steps of database research. This comprehensive LibGuide serves as a mentor-in-a-browser, tailored to clarify the scientific process and meet CDU users at their skill level, whether undergraduates or post-Doctoral fellows. It even demystifies modern challenges, such as the ethical integration of AI tools within your research workflows. And instead of leaving you to hunt & peck your way through the maze of CDU databases, this guide also offers organization resources like EndNote (licensed), Zotero (free) to securely store your citations and help maximize your writing effort.
Step 2: Write with Professional Polish(licensed
Once your research support data is secured, the CDU APA Citation and Writing LibGuide steps in to ensure your manuscript meets strict academic standards. Generic internet citation generators often stumble over dense health science formats, but this guide is curated for the CDU writing community.
Crucially, it teaches writers how to pivot between audiences. For example, a nursing student will find exact templates for a student's title page, while a family medicine resident can immediately access instructions on formatting a blind-review manuscript for a peer-reviewed medical journal. And EndNote remembers how to "cite in content," so you don't have to. Beyond a basic reference list, the guide offers a "Writing Basics" toolkit that covers complex paraphrasing and medical word mechanics.
The Ultimate Research Synergy
High-impact science demands both rigorous data and flawless presentation. Pairing the Research Guide with the APA Guide, you bypass the trial-and-error of formatting and methodology.
Visit the CDU Health Sciences Library website today. Bookmark both guides to streamline your workflow from the initial hypothesis all the way to submission.
REMINDER: The Librarians of the HSL Library are always available for training, research assistance/consultation, or brainstorming.
See: Research: Undergrad to PostDocs Guide APA Citation and Writing LibGuide
What are Lib Guides?
Guides (LibGuides) at Your Service, Sept 2026
Are you a new CDU student looking for info about what the Library has for your program? Your textbooks?
Are you an instructor teaching a new course and wondering if the Library has anything to support you or your students?
Let us introduce the CDU library guides (LibGuides) collection. Over 75 LibGuides are covering most aspects of CDU education and research. Every program (AA RT to DNP/MD/MHS-PA to Residencies) has a LibGuide. There are guides which highlight resources on healthcare/medical subjects (genetic counseling) or topical interests such as Fair Use/copyright in the classroom or research publication.
LibGuides are electronic, all-in-one guides to the resources available through the Library. They pull together CDU electronic resources (e-journals, eBooks, videos, and databases) as well as the print (the Reserve and loan book collections) in a concise format.
The Program LibGuides follow a standard format of current semester (FA25) textbooks by course on the cover page. The next Tab is generally program basics of background info, pertinent journals, and recommended readings. Board exam and test prep software, clinical sim resources, a library page (databases, reputable websites, and tutorials), and lastly, a Citation and Writing Guide. We aim to make LibGuides comprehensive and easy to use.
The HC/medical subject and topical interest LibGuides also follow a standard format, which is easy to use and may be linked to program pages or other CDU resources. Examples of these LibGuides:
Journal Master List: every subscription past and current.
AV, Poster Services, and Loan Laptops instruction guide.
Here is the direct link to where you can find all topics in the CDU LibGuides
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