Medical Sciences Library - Staff Profiles

Howdy! I am an Evidence Review & Synthesis Librarian for Texas A&M University Medical Sciences Library. Prior to Texas A&M, I served as liaison librarian to health sciences, nursing, and pharmacy departments at the University of Texas at Tyler and as a reference assistant at LeTourneau University. I am passionate about supporting research through expert literature searching. My experience includes training graduate students in complex database searching, providing mediated search services, and guiding student and faculty researchers through systematic, scoping, and integrative reviews.

• Provide guidance for evidence synthesis projects, including systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and more
• Help with conducting thorough literature searches in biomedical databases and grey literature resources
• Connect you with software to support and streamline the review process including Covidence, Mendeley, and Zotero 

Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP), MLA

Medical Library Association (MLA)

• Systematic Review Services Specialization I, received June 2024
• Systematic Review Services Specialization II, received March 2025

South Central Chapter / Medical Library Association (SCC/MLA)

Master of Library & Information Science, Valdosta State University, 2023

Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, Baylor University, 1999

Presentations

• Rodgers, E. (2025, October 27). A toolkit for librarians supporting student evidence synthesis projects [Poster presentation]. SCC/MLA 2025 Annual Meeting, Little Rock, AR, United States.

• Foster, M., Rodgers, E., Holland, K., & LaPreze, D. (2025, September 17). A fireside chat with Margaret Foster and the team at Texas A&M Systematic Reviews [Invited presenter]. Health Bytes with Region 3 Webinar Series.
  https://youtu.be/im_BtqIgPMs?si=lrQ6xwTOmN5hKtJL

Publications

• Gipson, C. S., Naldoza, T. Ringhofer-Brown, C., Stamer, K. A., Elliott, B., Holstrom, J. M., & Rodgers, E. G. (2025). Retention of RN-to-BSN students: An integrative review. Journal of Nursing Education, 64(7), 429-435. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20250314-01 

Research Protocols

• Hermanns, M., Murley, B., Haas, B. K., & Rodgers, E. G. (2024, December 11). Community based exercise programs for adults with chronic disease: A scoping review protocol. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/3QB8S
• Mastel-Smith, B., Garner, J., Kimzey, M., & Rodgers, E. G. (2024, July 17). Factors affecting community participation or engagement for people with dementia. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/4YUF3
• Rowan, L. A., Lake, P., & Rodgers, E. G. (2024, October 22) A scoping review of auricular stimulation for anxiety in college age students. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/AZ9W4