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Literature Searching using PubMed (Location: Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health)

22 October 2019, 10:30 am–12:00 pm

Location: Wolfson Centre, cluster room I. This session will enable you to carry out an effective search in PubMed, a key biomedical literature database, to find articles and evidence for your course work, research, or clinical questions.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library

Location

Cluster Room I (1st floor)
Wolfson Centre
43 Mecklenburgh Square
London
WC1N 2AJ
United Kingdom

You will be able to:

  • Run an effective literature search independently
  • Understand what MeSH terms are and why they are used
  • Understand how PubMed ‘interprets’ your search terms
  • Filter out literature for evidence-based practice
  • Save your references and access full-text articles
  • Save your search
  • Take advantage of all features of the PubMed site

Who should attend?

Members of staff or students from any discipline who want to learn or update their knowledge of literature searching using PubMed

This session is also part of the Doctoral School Skills Development Programme. Postgraduate research students at UCL should book a place by logging in via the programme website.

About the Speaker

Heather Chesters

Deputy Librarian, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library