Thursday 23 June 2011

Quantitative Critical Appraisal


Do you need to critique or assess the merits of a published article?

This one hour session will show you what to look for when critically appraising a quantitative research paper.



By the end of the training participants will have:


- Understanding of the principles of critical appraisal in quantitative research

- Awareness of the different levels of evidence

- Understanding of results diagrams

- Awareness of appraisal tools

- Practice appraising a quantitative research paper


Wednesday 13 July – 12.00

Wednesday 24 August – 12.00


Sessions last for one hour and you will need to read a given article in advance

Book a session on ESR under ‘Critical Appraisal’ or contact the Library on 8016 for advice.


We can also arrange sessions at a time to suit your group.

Tuesday 21 June 2011

Training Dates: July / August 2011


Support your professional practice by learning how to search the Healthcare Databases for journal articles.

Join us for a 1 hour hands-on session and learn how 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

July / August dates:
Tues 5 July - 14.00
Wed 13 July - 10.00
Mon 18 July - 17.15
Thurs 28 July - 10.30
Fri 5 Aug - 14.00
Tue 9 Aug - 14.00
Wed 24 Aug - 10.00

We can also organise a session at a time to suit you or your group.

Book on ESR or call x8016 for advice.

Friday 3 June 2011

New Books in April and May

We have just issued our latest New Books List, which contains almost 100 new items.

There are several texts on Diabetes, including Depression and Diabetes and Clinical Dilemmas in Diabetes.

We also have new editions in the Lecture Notes series including General Surgery, Gastroenterology and Hepatitis, and Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

The latest editions of the Intermediate & Advanced Life Support texts from the Resuscitation Council are also now available.

See the complete list for all new titles, and check our online catalogue NewhamCat to search our full range of stock.

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