Information Skills

Welcome to the Library’s Information Skills Training pages. We offer a wide programme of FREE training courses to Library members on retrieving high quality health information.  Some courses are timetabled. Other sessions can be arranged for student or staff groups or on a one to one basis at a time that's convenient for you. Click on any course title below for more details, or contact your Liaison Librarian to discuss your training needs.

Healthcare Databases via NLH Search 2.0 for NHS Staff
Advanced Ovid Searching*
Impact Factors and Citation Searching*
Critical Appraisal - an Introduction
E-journals  and E-books for NHS Staff*
Introduction to E-journals*
Evidence and the Cochrane Library*
Evidence-based Healthcare Resources For NHS Staff*
Finding Quality Information*
Health Information on the Net for NHS Staff* 
Improve your Internet Searching Techniques
Keeping Up-To Date *
Library Orientation
Life Beyond Medline — Searching Other Healthcare Databases*
Medline and Cinahl for Beginners
OvidSP*
Planning Online Searches
PsycInfo
PubMed
Reference Checking*
Reference Manager*
Refworks*
Researcher’s Toolbox*
Search Clinic
Web searching- Google and beyond*  

*The courses in bold are  currently timetabled. To book a course you can email us, phone us on 020 8725 5642 or return this booking form to the library  Information Skills Training Booking Form