Cambridge University Libraries course timetable
March 2016
Tue 22 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
April 2016
Mon 4 |
Medicine: PubMed
Finished
Learn how to get the most out of your literature searches on PubMed in this hands-on session |
Critical Appraisal For Doctors
Finished
Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context.' Amanda Burls, What is Critical Appraisal?, Feb 2009 'An Introduction to Critical Appraisal' will help you understand how to critically appraise a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). Using the CASP Checklist the course covers samples and sample size, randomisation, bias, statistics, significance (P Values and Confidence Intervals) and relevance. We ask that you read a paper that will be provided before you attend the session, in order for us to make the best use of the time together. |
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Thu 7 |
Before undertaking any piece of primary research it’s important to be aware of as much of the existing literature as possible. A systematic literature review can also be a research end in itself. And it’s not something to be taken lightly. But how can you be sure you’re being as rigorous as necessary? How can you manage the references you find, document the process, and also know when to stop searching? If you need to do a systematic literature review, and you’re not able to make sense of the search strategy behind this paper then this course is for you. Please bring along details of your own topic so that the session can be tailored to address your specific needs. |
Fri 8 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at doctors. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
Critical Appraisal For Nurses
Finished
Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context.' Amanda Burls, What is Critical Appraisal?, Feb 2009 'An Introduction to Critical Appraisal' will help you understand how to critically appraise a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). Using the CASP Checklist the course covers samples and sample size, randomisation, bias, statistics, significance (P Values and Confidence Intervals) and relevance. We ask that you read a paper that will be provided before you attend the session, in order for us to make the best use of the time together. |
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Wed 13 |
Medicine: Endnote
Finished
A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with EndNote |
Thu 14 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
Mon 18 |
Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography
Finished
How to take the bile out of your bibliography, and ensure that it's not the most time-consuming part of your work. A variety of tools will be showcased: EndNote, EndNoteWeb, Zotero, Mendeley. |
Tue 19 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at doctors. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
Wed 20 |
One session - four medicine and life science databases - widest coverage for your literature search. PubMed is great, but it doesn't cover all the journals relevant to life sciences and medicine. Embase, Web of Science and Scopus can also be relevant and each covers unique material. Come to this hands-on session to learn how to get the best from each of these "4 tops". |
Thu 21 |
Medicine: Mendeley
Finished
A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley |
Fri 22 |
Orientation Tour
Finished
The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme. |
Mon 25 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
Wed 27 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context.' Amanda Burls, What is Critical Appraisal?, Feb 2009 'An Introduction to Critical Appraisal' will help you understand how to critically appraise a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). Using the CASP Checklist the course covers samples and sample size, randomisation, bias, statistics, significance (P Values and Confidence Intervals) and relevance. We ask that you read a paper that will be provided before you attend the session, in order for us to make the best use of the time together. |
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Critical Appraisal For Nurses
Finished
Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context.' Amanda Burls, What is Critical Appraisal?, Feb 2009 'An Introduction to Critical Appraisal' will help you understand how to critically appraise a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). Using the CASP Checklist the course covers samples and sample size, randomisation, bias, statistics, significance (P Values and Confidence Intervals) and relevance. We ask that you read a paper that will be provided before you attend the session, in order for us to make the best use of the time together. |
May 2016
Fri 6 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
Mon 9 |
Medicine: Mendeley
Finished
A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley |
Tue 10 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at doctors. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
Wed 11 |
Medicine: Current Awareness
Finished
This course will teach you how to keep up to date with all the new research in your field. |
Orientation Tour
Finished
The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme. |
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Fri 13 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
Mon 16 |
One session - four medicine and life science databases - widest coverage for your literature search. PubMed is great, but it doesn't cover all the journals relevant to life sciences and medicine. Embase, Web of Science and Scopus can also be relevant and each covers unique material. Come to this hands-on session to learn how to get the best from each of these "4 tops". |
Tue 17 |
Medicine: PubMed
Finished
Learn how to get the most out of your literature searches on PubMed in this hands-on session |