Training
All library training is FREE!
- About library training
- Finding the Evidence
- EndNote
- RefWorks
- Lunchtime @ the library
- Medline (Ovid)
- CINAHL (Ebsco)
- Embase
- The Cochrane Library
- Other library training by arrangement
- Online training
About library training
Improve your literature searching skills at the library.
Sessions can be booked for small groups from one department to train together, or for individuals in open sessions.
Download our 2-sided, 3-fold brochure, or pick one up at the library.
Finding the Evidence
Searching Evidence-based practice resources. Useful for the busy practitioner. Find quick answers to your questions!
Demonstration
- Use PICOT and Boolean algebra to develop a search strategy
- Develop an awareness of Evidence-based practice resources
- Search a variety of Evidence-based practice resources
Session times
Thursday 22 July, 9:15 - 10:15
Thursday 2 September, 11:00 - 12:00
Monday 15 November, 9:30 - 10:30
Endnote
We do not currently offer tutorials in EndNote. EndNote tutorials are back! Nearly. We are almost ready to deploy institutional copies of EndNote X4 to library members (not a member? Join now!). Watch this space, the hospital bulletins, or the Library Update for details. We will continue to offer support and answer queries about EndNote. Contact the library for assistance, or try these excellent online resources.
While you're waiting, you might like to try RefWorks.
RefWorks
An online research management, writing and collaboration tool, designed to help researchers gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies. Get the Fact Sheet on registering and logging in.
Tutorial 1
Level: Beginner
Prerequisite: None
- Create an account and log in, on or off site
- Enter references
- Navigate the database
- Display and manage references
- Attach a file
- Use the My List feature
- Edit references
- Search the database
Session times
Tuesday 13 July, 9:15 - 10:45
Thursday 26 August, 2:00 - 3:30
Monday 18 October, 9:30 - 11:00
Monday 15 November, 11:00 - 12:30
Tutorial 2
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: RefWorks Tutorial 1
- Share references and folders
- Create a bibliography using Write-N-Cite
- Create a reference list from a folder of references
- Use the output style preview feature
Session times
Wednesday 30 June, 2:00 - 3:00
Tuesday 20 July, 9:15 - 10:15
Wednesday 8 September, 2:00 - 3:00
Monday 1 November, 9:30 - 10:30
Friday 3 December, 12:30 - 1:30
Lunchtime @ the Library
Work better, work faster. Find the information you need right now! Bring your lunch, bring a colleague, and enjoy a demonstration of how the Library Service can work for you, in a casual, friendly environment.
Session A
Tour the library website
Navigate the library website, learn what resources are available and how to access them.
Session times
Thursday 22 July, 12:30 - 1:00
Thursday 2 September, 12:30 - 1:00
Friday 19 November, 12:30 - 1:00
Session B
Using the Journals List
Find journals and download articles. Use the password list to access journals off site. Learn how to use the online Interlibrary Loan form to request items not held by the library.
Session times
Thursday 22 July, 1:00 - 1:30
Wednesday 2 September, 1:00 - 1:30
Friday 19 November, 1:00 - 1:30
Medline
Tutorial 1
Level: Beginner
Prerequisite: None
- Design a simple search strategy
- Choose suitable subject headings and subheadings
- Use Explode and Focus
- Use Limits to reduce results
- Print, email or save results
Session times
Tuesday 20 July, 2:00 - 3:00
Thursday 12 August, 10:00 - 11:00
Wednesday 8 September, 10:00 - 11:00
Monday 18 October, 2:15 - 3:15
Friday 19 November, 10:30 - 11:30
Tutorial 2
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: Medline Tutorial 1
- Limit and increase results
- Use "free text" searching
- Save a search strategy
- Field searching
Session times
Wednesday 30 June, 11:15 - 12:45
Tuesday 3 August, 2:00 - 3:30
Thursday 26 August, 10:00 - 11:30
Wednesday 22 September, 10:00 - 11:30
Monday 1 November, 2:15 - 3:45
Friday 3 December, 10:30 - 12:00
CINAHL
Tutorial
Level: Beginner
Prerequisite: None
- Design a simple search strategy
- Choose suitable subject headings and subheadings
- Use Explode and Major Concept
- Use Revise Search to reduce results
- Print, email or save results
- Save a search strategy
Session times
Tuesday 20 July, 10:30 - 12:00
Wednesday 8 September, 11:30 - 1:00
Monday 18 October, 11:30 - 1:00
Monday 29 November, 9:30 - 11:00
Embase
Tutorial
- Design a simple search strategy
- Choose suitable subject headings and subheadings
- Use Explosion and Major Focus
- Use Edit Search to reduce results
- Print, email or save results
- Save a search strategy
Session times
Wednesday 30 June, 9.30 - 11:00
Tuesday 10 August, 9:30 - 11:00
Monday 4 October, 2:00 - 3:30
Friday 3 December, 2:00 - 3:30
The Cochrane Library
Tutorial
- What is The Cochrane Library?
- Search using keywords and MeSH
- View search results
- Display and navigate around documents
- Save search history
Session times
Thursday 22 July, 10:30 - 11:30
Thursday 2 September, 9:30 - 10:30
Monday 15 November, 2:00 - 3:00
Other library training by arrangement
Sessions include:
- Individual help with searching
- Library tours
- Group training sessions in your department
- Introduction to MIMS Online
Online training
- RefWorks
- Choose from a selection of short, online video tutorials. Also see General Information, which includes a Fact Sheet, user guides, help documentation, and FAQs.
- EndNote
- See EndNote Basics and EndNote Extras from the University of Canterbury, and self-teaching tutorials for versions 7 through to X2, from the University of Queensland.
- CINAHL
- See video tutorials from Ebsco Support: CINAHL with Full Text: Advanced Searching Techniques (8 mins) and CINAHL Plus with Full Text Advanced Searching (6 mins).
- DynaMed
- See video tutorials from Ebsco Support: Basic Searching (5 mins) in your web browser, or try DynaMed on your BlackBerry (4 mins), or iPhone or iPod touch (6 mins).
- OvidSP video tutorials
- View or download these video tutorials from the medical library at the Yale University School of Medicine. Titles include "Saving Searches in Ovid SP", "Exporting Ovid SP Search Result to EndNote", and "Combining and Limiting Searches in Ovid SP".
- Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
- A self-paced introduction to the process of EBM. From the Duke University Medical Center Library, and the Health Sciences Library at University of North Carolina.
- The Cochrane Library
- - Guide to the Cochrane Library from the Australasian Cochrane Centre.
- - Tutorials from Wiley InterScience (requires free registration): The Cochrane Library - an introduction; Tips on Advanced and MESH searching; Setting up Saved Searches and e-mail Alerts.
- NetTutor
- Training guides for using the Internet. Ohio State University has developed a series of web-based tutorials, including "Getting Started on the Web".
