Information Skills for Health

 Ebsco offer a range of training webinars for users of their main databases. Sessions are delivered as webinars, please sign-up online: 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. •       Thursday, 23rd May @ 10.00am 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. •  Thursday, 9th May @ 10.00am   •  Tuesday, 21st May @ 10.00am   Supporting Systematic Reviews using EBSCOhost Part 1 This 60-minute session will introduce the concepts of searching the healthcare literature to support systematic reviews from initial frami

 Make sure you are ready to start your dissertation by first learning how to conduct a successful literature search. Follow these steps to get the rights skills so you get the right evidence. Do you need a comprehensive introduction to literature searching? Complete our etutorial. Let Rhonda take you through the steps to create your literature search plan. Options within the literature searching tutorial Feeling confident already? Check our literature searching flashcards to make sure you’re comfortable with all the steps to follow. Can you identify all the steps? example of a literature searching flashcard Want help to get started with your question? Use these tutorials and tools to help you to identify your question and complete your literature search more effectively; complete the relevant worksheet to help you to breakdown your question: Identify your question - learn how to breakdown your question to help you to identify the information you need Using PICO  - use

 NHS staff can access a range of healthcare-specific bibliographic databases. You'll be able to complete a comprehensive literature search to find key evidence on your topic. But which databases do you need? Complete our really short online tutorial Which NHS database do you need? to find our which database is the best for you and how you can access it. selection page in the etutorial

 The following webinars are available from the Ebsco training team. Please use the links to book a session directly with ebsco: Seven Steps to the Perfect PICO Search in CINAHL (60 mins) CINAHL Ultimate is just one of the information resources a nursing researcher can utilise to execute perfect PICO search. Considered to the definitive tool for nursing and allied health professionals, CINAHL Ultimate provides fast, easy access to top nursing and allied health journals, evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons, and continuing education modules. Join this 60-minute webinar to learn more about using the PICO clinical framework to structure a search and retrieve relevant, UK-specific content. • Monday, 15th April @ 2.30pm   • Tuesday, 30th April @ 10.00am   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. • Thursday, 25th April