Search Skills: focus on OvidSP (Location: Queen Square Library)

This session aims to give you the ability to carry out a literature search using OvidSP databases effectively and find articles and evidence to help answer your research questions. Please note the session has a biomedical focus and covers only Medline, Embase and PsycINFO. By the end of the session you will be able to:

• Run an effective literature search
• Understand what MeSH terms are and how to use them
• Print, save and email your references
• Save your search

Who is eligible to attend? 

UCL staff and students and UCLH staff are eligible to attend. You must be registered with UCL Library Services. While attendees are welcome from across UCL and UCLH, please note that this course focuses on topics relevant to the neurology setting. 

You must make a booking before attending the course. Note that courses may be cancelled at short notice if too few bookings are received; we will send you an email shortly before the course date to confirm your place. 

Due to the nature of this course, participants arriving more than 15 minutes after the published start time will not be permitted to join the session.