Finding the Evidence : using the healthcare databases

Join one of our hands-on sessions and find out how to search the healthcare databases (Medline, CINAHL etc) for journal articles on specific topics.

By the end of the session you should be able to:
- Plan your search strategy
- Carry out a subject search
- Combine search terms
- Apply limits to your search
- View, save or print your results
- Access any available full text

Tues 4 October 14.00
Wed 12 October 10.00
Fri 21 October 14.00
Mon 24 October 17.15

All sessions last for one hour.
Book on ESR or contact the library on x8016 for advice.

Or we can organise a session to suit you or your group.

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New Books in August

We have loads of new items for you in this month's New Books List. Many are replacing old editions in line with our recent stock revision push, but there are brand new titles too.

New nursing titles include What makes a good nurse? - Why the virtues are important for nurses and Inflammatory bowel disease nursing.

To assist in workplace effectiveness we have Managing professionals, while critical care workers will find Law and ethics in intensive care of great support in decison-making.

And the thought-provoking The plot against the NHS should be of interest to all who work within the service.

There are over 120 new items on the list - go check them out!

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Quantitative and Qualitative Critical Appraisal

Responding to popular demand we're now introducing a Qualitative critical appraisal session.

You can enroll for either the Quantitative or Qualitative sessions or for both (there is a 10 minute break between them)

Thursday 15 September
Quantitative critical appraisal 13.00-14.00
Qualitative critical appraisal 14.10-15.10

The common aims of the sessions are:
- Understanding the principles of quantitative/qualitative critical appraisal
- Awareness of critical appraisal tools
- practice appraising a paper

Individual session aims are available

The practice element for each session involves reading through a given paper (supplied in advance) so you will need to book for each session on ESR (look under 'Critical Appraisal') or contact the library on x8016.

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Quick Introductions

We're holding some drop-in sessions this month to demonstrate a few resources that can help you in your professional practice.

There's no need to book for these sessions - just drop by the CYBER ROOM anytime during the hour and leave when you're ready.

E-Journal Access
Getting to fulltext from a journal reference:
Wednesday 07 September 12.20-13.30
Tuesday 22 September 08.45-09.45

Up-To-Date / TRIP database / NHS Evidence
Quick introductions to EBM resources:
Thursday 08 September 09.00-10.00
Tuesday 27 September 14.00-15.00

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