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UHL Libraries & Information Services provide training on how to find high quality information and how to search online resources more effectively. All sessions are free to our full and student members. We provide face-to-face training, guides and e-learning.

Face-to-face training 'How to' guidesE-learning

Let us help you find, use or create information during one of our scheduled training sessions. Advance dates are available on our online training calendar, and bookings can be made, via KnowledgeShare (UHL or LPT Athens password required) or on HELM (UHL staff). For more information, please contact one of the libraries.

If you can't make one of the scheduled sessions, contact one of the libraries and we will arrange a time with you individually or with a group of your colleagues.

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Find out more about our training courses:

Bullet Finding High Quality Information - Where to Start?

Bullet A step-by-step guide to searching for literature

Bullet Critical Reading Made Easy: Introduction to Research Methodologies & Statistics

Bullet Critical Reading Made Easy: Practical Appraisal

Bullet Health Literacy Awareness

Bullet Writing for Publication

Bullet RefWorks

- A step-by-step guide to searching for literature (full version) PDF icon
- A step-by-step guide to searching for literature (summary version) PDF icon
- Searching databases using the Ovid interface PDF icon
- Searching databases using the EBSCO interface PDF icon
- Searching databases using the ProQuest interface PDF icon
- Searching multiple databases using the Ovid interface PDF icon
- Guide on how to use various functions on each of the database interfaces PDF icon
- RefWorks: getting started PDF icon

Health Education England have produced some e-learning on literature searching. You can access this collection of modules here. Please be aware that these modules are not created by us and may differ a little from how we teach these skills in our training.


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