Training
All library training is FREE!
- About library training
- Finding the Evidence
- EndNote
- Lunchtime @ the library
- Medline (Ovid)
- The Cochrane Library
- Other library training by arrangement
- Online training:
About library training
Improve your literature searching skills at the library.
Sessions can be booked for small groups from one department to train together, or for individuals in open sessions.
Download our 2-sided, 3-fold brochure, or pick one up at the library.
Finding the Evidence
Searching Evidence-based practice resources. Useful for the busy practitioner. Find quick answers to your questions!
Demonstration
- Use PICOT and Boolean algebra to develop a search strategy
- Develop an awareness of Evidence-based practice resources
- Search a variety of resources
Session times
Friday 30 May, 11:00 - 12:00
Monday 21 July, 11:30 - 12:30
Tuesday 2 September, 11:30 - 12:30
Thursday 16 October, 1:30 - 2:30
Monday 24 November, 1:30 - 2:30
Endnote
Tutorial 1
- View and navigate an EndNote library
- Change EndNote preferences
- Import citations into EndNote from Ovid Medline and The Cochrane Library
Session times
Thursday 5 June, 12:00 - 1:00
Tuesday 1 July, 3:00 - 4:00
Monday 28 July, 12:30 - 1:30 *Full*
Monday 4 August, 9:30 - 10:30 *Full*
Tuesday 19 August, 3:00 - 4:00 *Full*
Thursday 21 August, 12:30 - 1:30
Wednesday 17 September, 10:00 - 11:00
Monday 27 October, 9.15 - 10:15
Wednesday 3 December, 2:30 - 3:30
Tutorial 2
- Enter references containing images and attached files, and add captions
- Generate a bibliography
- Insert citations from EndNote libraries while writing a paper with MSWord
Session times
Thursday 19 June, 12:00 - 1:00
Tuesday 22 July, 3:00 - 4:00
Monday 11 August, 12:30 - 1:30 *Full*
Tuesday 26 August, 10:00 - 11:00 *Full*
Tuesday 26 August, 3:00 - 4:00 *Full*
Thursday 4 September, 12:30 - 1:30
Wednesday 1 October, 10:00 - 11:00
Monday 10 November, 9:15 - 10:15
Wednesday 10 December, 2:30 - 3:30
Lunchtime @ the Library
Work better, work faster. Find the information you need right now! Bring your lunch, bring a colleague, and enjoy a demonstration of how the Library Service can work for you, in a casual, friendly environment.
Session A
Tour the library website
Navigate the library website, learn what resources are available and how to access them.
Session times
Friday 30 May, 12:30 - 1:00
Monday 21 July, 12:30 - 1.00
Tuesday 2 September, 12:30 - 1:00
Thursday 16 October, 12:30 - 1:00
Monday 24 November, 12:30 - 1:00
Session B
Using the Journals List
Find journals and download articles. Use the password list to access journals off site. Learn how to use the online Interlibrary Loan form to request items not held by the library.
Session times
Friday 30 May, 1:00 - 1:30
Monday 21 July, 1:00 - 1:30
Tuesday 2 September, 1:00 - 1:30
Thursday 16 October, 1:00 - 1:30
Monday 24 November, 1:00 - 1:30
Medline
Tutorial 1
Level: Beginner
- Design a simple search strategy
- Choose suitable subject headings and subheadings
- Use"Explode" and "Focus"
- Use Limits to reduce results
- Print, email or save results
Session times
Thursday 5 June, 10:15 - 11:15
Monday 30 June, 9:00 - 10:00
Monday 28 July, 9:15 - 10:15
Thursday 4 September, 2:30 - 3:30
Tuesday 30 September, 2:45 - 3:45
Tuesday 28 October, 9:30 - 10:30
Wednesday 3 December, 11:00 - 12:00
Tutorial 2
Level: Intermediate
- Brief review of Medline Tutorial 1
- Field searching
- Limit and increase results
- Use"free text" searching
- Save a search strategy
Session times
Thursday 19 June, 10:15 - 11:45
Monday 14 July, 9:00 - 10:30
Monday 11 August, 9:15 - 10:45
Thursday 11 September, 2:30 - 4:00
Tuesday 14 October, 2:45 - 4:15
Tuesday 11 November, 9:30 - 11:00
Wednesday 10 December, 11:00 - 12:30
The Cochrane Library
Tutorial
- What is The Cochrane Library?
- Search using keywords and MeSH
- View search results
- Display and navigate around documents
- Save search history
- Export citations into EndNote
Session times
Thursday 5 June, 9:00 - 10:00
Monday 14 July, 3:00 - 4:00
Tuesday 2 September, 10:00 - 11:00
Tuesday 21 October, 3:00 - 4:00
Wednesday 3 December, 9:30 - 10:30
Other library training by arrangement
Sessions include:
- Individual help with searching
- Library tours
- Group training sessions in your department
- Introduction to MIMS Online
On the Internet
- NetTutor
- Training guides for using the Internet. Ohio State University have developed their own series of Web-based tutorials, including "Getting Started on the Web".
- OvidSP video tutorials
- View or download these video tutorials from the medical library at the Yale University School of Medicine. Titles include "Saving Searches in Ovid SP", "Exporting Ovid SP Search Result to EndNote", and "Combining and Limiting Searches in Ovid SP". These tutorials apply to all OvidSP databases, including Medline and CINAHL.
- Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
- A self-paced introduction to the process of EBM. From the Duke University Medical Center Library, and the Health Sciences Library at University of North Carolina.
- Guide to the Cochrane Library, NICS (National Institute of Clinical Studies)
- Find out about the purpose of the Cochrane Library, who compiles it, the kind of information it contains, and how to search it.
