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Literature Searching Ebsco Databases (Keele)

This is a 2 hour course, aimed at Keele staff and students who wish to conduct health information research.

You will learn how to:

• Clarify a search topic
• Choose appropriate sources for searching
• Devise search strategies
• Search for and retrieve relevant information

Course content

• Problems of identifying health information on the Internet
• Formulating a clinical question
• Evaluating and selecting databases
• Devising a search strategy
• Conducting a search
• Refining a search
• Saving, printing and emailing search results

Prerequisites

• Some basic experience of using a mouse and keyboard
• Some prior experience of using the Internet
• Keele username / password

Training Dates

August	Wednesday	21st	1:00 pm
	Wednesday	28th	2:00 pm
September	Wednesday	11th	2:00 pm
	Wednesday	25th	2:00 pm
November	Wednesday	6th	2:00pm
	Wednesday	20th	2:00pm
December	Wednesday	4th	2:00pm

Location

The Health Library, library IT training room GF45b, in the Clinical Education Centre.

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More Information

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