'We are pleased to announce that we are presenting an extensive programme of information and searching skills courses. They are held 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 each Monday (with the exception of 29 October) in the Loungue in the Postgraduate Centre (nr. Eccles Old Rd).

Here is a summary of what is covered in each course

Course 1: Beginner’s guide to searching Health Information

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• How to evaluate a website – what to look for – the good, the bad and the ugly!
• Register for an ATHENS ID
• Access and search reliable, specialist websites for health information
• Search smart: How to get more out of Google
• How to use the Trust books and journals catalogues

Course 2 (Searching Skills I): Beginner’s guide to literature searching

Course 2 (Searching Skills I): Beginner’s guide to literature searching

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Formulate a search strategy
• How do I know which words to chose?
• How to display your results
• How to access full-text journal articles from your search
• How to save your search for future reference

Course 3 (Search Skills II): More tips for literature searching

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Plan a search
• Formulate a focused search question
• Understand and use the database index (such as MeSH) to carry out an effective search
• How to re-run your search and deliver new results to your desktop
• How to remove duplicate results
• How to use ‘clinical queries’ on Medline and introduction to filters

Course 4: Finding the evidence: specialist evidence-based review sources: Up-to-Date, Dynamed and Cochrane Library

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Search, browse and understand the format of a topic review in Up-to-Date
• Search, browse and understand the format of a topic review in DynaMed
• Search and browse the Cochrane Library
• Understand the key elements of a systematic review
• Understand the statistical representations of results in a Cochrane Systematic Review

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For a booklet showing times and dates the courses are run please click here

Alternatively, please telephone or 0161 206 5405 or e-mail the library for details