CAHS Medical Library provides tutorials on all our resources. We offer one-on-one education sessions as well as group sessions for your department. Below are some examples of the sessions which may be booked. We are also happy to tailor a session to your requirements. To discuss your requirements and to book sessions, please contact the Library. You may also request training using our Education session form.
Note: CAHS Medical Library has only one librarian. Booking for a session is essential.
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Session title |
Duration |
Content |
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Orientation |
20 mins |
Ø Library tour Ø Borrower registration Ø Introduction to Library services Ø The Library website
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Basic database searching |
45 mins |
Ø Selecting a relevant database Ø Producing an effective search strategy Ø Finding full text Ø Printing/ saving/ exporting results to Endnote.
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Searching for evidence |
60 mins |
Ø Developing a clinical question Ø Using clinical decision-making tools such as BMJ Best Practice, UpToDate. Ø Searching Cochrane, Medline, PubMed and CINAHL databases for systematic reviews and RCTs Ø Printing/ saving/ exporting results to Endnote.
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Keeping up to date
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30 mins |
Ø Introduction to journal table of contents and subject alerting services via database searching Ø Browzine Ø QxMD
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Endnote |
60 mins |
Ø Creating an Endnote library Ø Downloading references from databases Ø Storing articles with their references Ø Inserting references into a Word document and formatting a bibliography. |