Bradley A Long

Embedded Health Sciences Librarian
Associate Librarian
Harrell Health Sciences Library Research and Learning Commons, Penn State College of Medicine
University Park Regional Campus, Centre Medical Sciences Building, Suite 308, 143 Hospital Dr. , State College, PA 16803
814-689-6740
717-531-8626 (department)
717-531-8635 (fax)
bal56@psu.edu
https://hershey.libraries.psu.edu/about/contact-us/bradley-long

About Me

Since 2017, Brad has provided satellite library services for Harrell Health Sciences Library at the College of Medicine's University Park Regional Campus in State College, PA. He possesses over 30 years of experience in medical libraries.

Education History

MSLS, Library Science - Clarion University of Pennsylvania - 1994
BSHS, Health Sciences - Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania - 1991
Bradley A. Long

Academic Support Areas

Medicine – University Park Curriculum, MD/MBA Program, Penn State Health - Centre County, University Park Family and Community Medicine Residency, Medical Student Research (MSR)

Research Interests

Consumer health information, start-up academic health sciences programs, COVID-19 infodemic.

Teaching Interests

Evidence-based medicine, research and evidence synthesis methodologies.

Publications

PAUSE for Your Health: A New End-User Tool for Evaluating Consumer Health News and Online Resources, Reference Librarian, 2023

Age and political leaning predict COVID-19 vaccination status at a large, multi-campus, public university in Pennsylvania: A cross-sectional survey, PLoS One, 2023

Doing Away with “Database:” Exploring Medical Library Website Design, Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 2020

Building new 21st century medical school libraries from the ground up: Challenges, experiences, and lessons learned, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2019

Addressing a Discovery Tool’s Shortcomings with a Supplemental Health Sciences-Specific Federated Search Engine, Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 2017

Adductor canal block versus femoral canal block for total knee arthroplasty: A meta-analysis: What does the evidence suggest?, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2016

Interlibrary loan and e-journals: Do you know your library's site licenses, Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 2007

Educating the next generation of serialists, Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 2006

OPACs and e-journals: Issues to consider, Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 2006

Simple tips for selecting a link resolver, Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 2006

Hospital librarianship in the United States: At the crossroads, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2002

Other Publications

Book/Film/Article Reviews

Review of the film N of 1, Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO)

Review of the book The clinical research handbook: A practical guide to designing, conducting, and publishing clinical research, Doody's Review Service (online), 2026

Review of the book Managing infodemics in the 21st century: Addressing new public health challenges in the information ecosystem, Doody's Review Service (online), 2025

Review of the book Systematic reviews to support evidence-based medicine: How to appraise, conduct and publish reviews, 3rd edition, Doody's Review Service (online), 2024

Review of the film Saving minds, Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO), 2024

Review of the film 76 days, Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO), 2022

Review of the film Death Is but a dream, Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO), 2022

Review of the film How I Live, Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO), 2021

Review of the film Recovering Ruffin, Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO), 2021

Review of the film Let them eat dirt: The hunt for our kids' missing microbes, Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO), 2020

A review of EndNote Basic, Doody’s Collection Development Monthly, 2019

Review of the book Searching skills toolkit: Finding the best evidence, 2nd ed., Doody's Review Service, 2015

Review of the book Making waves: New serials landscapes in a sea of change, Doody's Electronic Journal, 2003

Review of the book E-serials: Publishers, libraries, users, and standards, Doody's Electronic Journal, 2003

Review of the book Helping the difficult library patron: new approaches to examining and resolving a long-standing and ongoing problem, Doody's Electronic Journal, 2003

Newsletters

A great resource for bilingual consumer health, Mid-State Literacy Council: The Latest, 2021

Harrell Library provides review of new Web of Science search interface, @Harrell.lib, 2021

The Librarian Reserve Corps, Against the Grain - Rumors Blog, 2020

The LWW Health Library: Clerkship/clinical rotations collection at the Penn State College of Medicine: University Park Curriculum, Doody’s Collection Development Monthly, 2019

Staffing the “born digital” library, MLA News, 2017

The start-up culture at the "born digital" library, MLA News, 2017

Budgeting for an Opening Day Collection in “Born Digital” Libraries, MLA News, 2016

Serving the unaffiliated mental health practitioners in central New York, The MARquee, 2008

Others

A review of Rayyan, Doody’s Collection Development Monthly, 2026

Personal protective beliefs and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic at a large, multi-campus, public university in Pennsylvania: a cross-sectional survey [preprint], Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2024

Pennsylvania State University fall 2021 COVID-19 infodemic survey [data set], 2023

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