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Ebsco training for database searching: October 2023

 Ebsco are offering a number of webinars to help users get to grips with their healthcare-based databases. These are available to NHS users as well as students.

Searching CINAHL Databases – Basic level searching (60 mins)

This session will introduce basic searching concepts on CINAHL (for all versions) the most widely used and respected research tool for nurses, students and allied health professionals. In this session we will look at keyword (free text) searching, refining search results, viewing, printing & emailing results.•       Monday, 9th October @ 12.00pm https://calendly.com/rcrookes/searching-cinahl-basic-level?month=2023-10&date=2023-10-09

Searching CINAHL Databases – Advanced level searching (60 mins)

This session will introduce more advanced search concepts on CINAHL (for all versions). In this session we will look at Subject Searching, combining search results, saving and re-running saved searches, creating, and sharing custom folders.•       Wednesday, 18th October @ 2.00pm https://calendly.com/rcrookes/searching-cinahl-databases-advanced-level?month=2023-10&date=2023-10-18

Systematic Searching in MEDLINE on EBSCOhost (60 mins)

This session will introduce advanced search concepts for searching MEDLINE. In this session we will look at developing a complex search strategy, incorporating wildcards and proximity search operators, running freetext and MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) searches, and applying available filters to focus search results.•       Monday, 23rd October @ 12.00pm https://calendly.com/rcrookes/systematic-searching-medline?month=2023-10&date=2023-10-23

Creating Alerts in CINAHL and MEDLINE (45 mins)

This session will demonstrate how to keep current with the healthcare literature using search and publications alerts on the EBSCOhost interface.•       Wednesday, 11th October @ 10.00am https://calendly.com/rcrookes/creating-search-alerts-in-cinahl-medline?month=2023-10&date=2023-10-11

Supporting Systematic Reviews using EBSCOhost Part 1 – Searching (60-minutes)

This session will introduce the concepts of searching the healthcare literature to support systematic reviews from initial framing of a question, to demonstrate searching using one example of a framework – PICO - searching both keywords and subject terms for CINAHL and MEDLINE on the EBSCOhost interface.•       Thursday, 12th October @ 10.00am https://calendly.com/rcrookes/supporting-systematic-reviews-using-ebscohost-part-one?month=2023-10&date=2023-10-12

Supporting Systematic Reviews using EBSCOhost Part 2 – Managing Results (60 minutes)

This session will introduce options for managing search results after searching the literature on CINAHL and MEDLINE, in support of systematic reviews. This session will look at available options including using personal Folders to store and retrieve searches and references exporting to bibliographic software, such as EndNote and RefWorks.•       Monday, 16th October @ 12.00pm https://calendly.com/rcrookes/supporting-systematic-reviews-using-ebscohost-part-2?month=2023-10&date=2023-10-16

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