Christina L. Wissinger, Ph.D.

Health Sciences Liaison Librarian
Associate Librarian

Department Address

E408 Paterno Library
140 Curtin Road
University Park, PA 16802-1811
Office Phone
814-863-1359
Departmental Phone
814-865-7056 (department)
clw68@psu.edu

About Me

Specializes in PubMed training focused on search details, advanced search builder/history, MeSH, and filters.

Coordinates requests for health related materials including: books, journals, databases, videos, virtual reality resources, and innovative teaching resources.

Education History

Ph D, Communications Media and Instructional Technology - Indiana University of Pennsylvania - 2016
MLIS, Medical Librarianship/Informatics - University of Pittsburgh - 2006
MS, Sport Science - Indiana University of Pennsylvania - 2002
BA, Humanities Area Concentration - University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg - 2001

Subject Expertise

  • Biobehavioral Health
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • Health and Human Development
  • Human Development and Family Studies
  • Kinesiology, Exercise, and Sport Science
  • Nutrition

Publications

Safe for work: Online professionalism instruction in the disciplinary context, ACRL 2019 Conference Proceedings, 2019

Using the Extended Parallel Process Model to Frame E-Professionalism Instruction in Healthcare Education, Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2018

Expert Teams in the Academic Library: Going Beyond Subject Expertise to Create Scaffolded Instruction, Journal of Library Administration, 2018

Privacy literacy: From theory to practice, Communications in Information Literacy, 2017

Other Publications

Chapters

Searching for Evidence, Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model and Guidelines 3rd Edition, 2018

Searching for Evidence, Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model and Guidelines 2nd Edition, 2012

Comment/Debates

Is there a place for undergraduate and graduate students in the systematic review process?, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2018

Editorials

Beyond the lab: Virtual reality for undergraduate anatomy and physiology students, College and Research Libraries News, 2021

Others

It’s Not Where You Start or Where You Finish - It’s How You Get There, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 2021

The Language of Privacy and Power in Social Media: A Quantitative Analysis of Ambiguous Content in Privacy Policies, 2016