Literature Searching Healthcare Databases (NHS)

We are now running 2 versions of this course:

Literature Searching Core

This is a 2 hour course for NHS staff 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
  • NHS Athens username / password
  • Previous attendance on the course "Health Essentials Online" is advised, though not compulsory

Training Dates

August Monday 5th 2:00 pm
  Thursday 22nd 10:00 am
  Friday 30th 10:00 am
September Tuesday 3rd 11:00 am
  Thursday 12th 10:00 am
  Friday 20th 11:00 am
  Tuesday 24th 11:00 am
 October Wednesday 2nd 10:00am
  Wednesday 9th 2:00pm
 November Monday 4th 2:00pm
  Friday 8th 11:00am
  Thursday 14th 3:00pm
  Tuesday 19th 10:00am
  Thursday 21st 2:00pm
  Thursday 28th 2:00pm
 December Monday 2nd 2:00pm
  Tuesday 3rd 2:00pm
  Tuesday 10th 6:00pm
  Thursday 12th 10:00am
  Tuesday 17th 10:00am
  Wednesday 18th 11:00am

Literature Searching Plus

A 2 hour course for NHS staff based on the Literature Searching session above, this also includes:

  • building on skills developed in the Literature Searching session
  • dealing with more complex searches

Prerequisites

  • Previous attendance on the core Literature Searching Healthcare Databases course (see above)

Training Dates

There are no dates this quarter.

Location

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

Book a Course

You can book a place on a training course by contacting the training and support librarians or by using the online booking form.

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More Information

For more information about this training course please contact one of the training and support librarians