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Effective database searching for NHS staff (Location: Cruciform Hub)

05 March 2019, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

This 1-hour session aims to give you a brief introduction to the range of e-resources available through your NHS OpenAthens account and how to get the most out of it from anywhere you are.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

UCL Cruciform Hub

Location

Cruciform Hub Small Cluster B.1.15B
Cruciform Building
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

Location: Cruciform Hub. You will learn how to carry out a literature search on MEDLINE / OVID SP effectively to find articles and evidence to help answer your research questions as well as developing an understanding on how to search effectively other databases provided through OVID SP such as EMBASE.

Learning objectives:

  • Introduction to the range of e-resources available via OpenAthens
  • How to get the most out of your OpenAthens account from anywhere you are
  • How to carry out an effective literature search using MEDLINE / OVID SP
  • How to search effectively other OVID SP databases such as EMBASE.

This course is open only to UCLH NHS staff who have a valid Library card and an OpenAthens account.