Join us via Teams to learn about search strategy development, literature searching and navigating databases.
June
Tuesday 10 June, 11.00 am - 12.00 pm
Friday 20 June, 10.00 am - 11.00 am
Thursday 26 June, 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm
July
Friday 7 July, 11.00 am - 12.00 pm
Friday 18 July, 11.00 am - 12.00 pm
August
Friday 1 August, 11.00 am - 12.00 pm
Friday 22 August, 11.00 am - 12.00 pm
The sessions will address the following topics:
• Access Full text articles and resources provided by HNE Health Libraries and CIAP
• Use the PICO method to formulate a ‘searchable’ clinical question
• Develop relevant terms for your search
• Select a database appropriate for your searching needs
• Use MESH subject headings to define search terms
• Use truncation, wildcards, and phrases
• Combine search terms using Boolean Operators to build a Search Strategy
• Apply limits to your search results to increase relevancy
• Save, and email your search results from an Ovid database
