Training

Improve your literature searching skills at the Library.

• Nursing & Allied Health resources
• Cochrane Library
• EndNote
• Finding the Evidence
• Introduction to the Library
• Ovid Medline
• PubMed
• Other Library training by arrangement
• Online training

Nursing & Allied Health Resources

Tutorial: 1.5 hours

• Design a simple search strategy
• Choose suitable subject headings and subheadings
• Refine your results
• Print, email or save results
• Save a search strategy

Session times

• Semester 2, 2024
  • Friday 19 July, 12:00 pm
  • Thursday 8 August, 10:00 am
  • Monday 16 September, 1:00 pm
  • Wednesday 16 October, 2:00 pm
  • Tuesday 19 November, 10:00 am
  • Thursday 12 December, 1:00 pm

Cochrane Library

Tutorial duration: 1 hour

• What is The Cochrane Library?
• Search using keywords and MeSH
• View search results
• Save search history

Session times

• Semester 2, 2024
  • Monday 8 July, 1:00 pm
  • Thursday 8 August, 12:00 pm
  • Thursday 5 September, 9:30 am
  • Wednesday 9 October, 2:30 pm
  • Friday 8 November, 11:30 am
  • Tuesday 3 December, 2:00 pm

EndNote

Bibliographic management software that allows you to: organise references, images, PDFs and other files in a library; and insert citations directly into your document using Cite While You Write.

Get Endnote installed at work or home, or both (RCH only).

MCRI staff and students should contact MCRI IT to get EndNote access. Melbourne Uni staff and students download EndNote from the Uni's website

Tutorial 1: 1.5 hours

Level: Beginner

• View and navigate an EndNote Library
• Import citations into EndNote from various databases
• Change EndNote preferences
• Use online search and find PDFs

Session times

• Semester 2, 2024
  • Tuesday 9 July, 10:00 am
  • Friday 2 August, 10:00 am
  • Wednesday 4 September, 2:30 pm
  • Thursday 3 October, 10:00 am
  • Monday 11 November, 1:00 pm
  • Wednesday 4 December, 2:30 pm

Tutorial 2: 1.5 hours

Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: EndNote Tutorial 1

• Attach files to your EndNote references
• Generate a bibliography of EndNote citations
• Insert citations from EndNote libraries while writing a paper with MS Word
• Edit citations and understand field codes

Session times

• Semester 2, 2024
  • Tuesday 23 July, 10:00 am
  • Thursday 8 August, 2:30 pm
  • Wednesday 11 September, 2:30 pm
  • Thursday 10 October, 10:00 am
  • Monday 25 November, 1:45 pm
  • Wednesday 11 December, 2:30 pm

Demonstration: 2 hours

Level: Beginner - Intermediate
Prerequisite: No special preparation required; this is not a hands-on session

Includes all topics covered in EndNote Tutorials 1 & 2 in a demonstration format.

Session times

• Semester 2, 2024
  • Wednesday 21 August, 3:00 pm
  • Monday 11 November, 10:00 am

Finding the Evidence

Overview of searching different Evidence-based practice resources. Useful for the busy practitioner. Find quick answers to your questions!

Tutorial: 1 hour

• Use PICOT and Boolean algebra to develop a search strategy
• Develop an awareness of Evidence-based practice resources
• Search a variety of Evidence-based practice resources

Session times

• Semester 2, 2024
  • Tuesday 9 July, 12:00 pm
  • Monday 12 August, 10:00 am
  • Tuesday 17 September, 11:00 am
  • Friday 18 October, 10:00 am
  • Thursday 7 November, 1:00 pm
  • Wednesday 4 December, 10:00 am

Introduction to the Library

Work better, work faster. Find the information you need right now! Enjoy a demonstration of how the Library can work for you, in a casual, friendly environment.

Demonstration: 45 minutes

• Tour the Library website; learn what resources are available and how to access them
• Find journals and download articles
• Learn about off-site access
• See how to order items via Document Delivery

Session times

• Semester 2, 2024
  • Monday 22 July, 1:15 pm
  • Thursday 22 August, 9:30 am
  • Friday 20 September, 10:00 am
  • Wednesday 23 October, 11:15 am
  • Tuesday 26 November, 9:15 am

Ovid Medline

This tutorial is also suitable for users of Ovid's Embase.

Tutorial: 2 hours

• Design a simple search strategy
• Choose suitable subject headings and subheadings
• Use Explode and Focus
• Use Limits to reduce results
• Save a search strategy
• Print, email or save results

Session times

• Semester 2, 2024
  • Thursday 11 July, 1:00 pm
  • Tuesday 20 August, 11:00 am
  • Friday 13 September, 11:00 am
  • Monday 14 October, 10:30 am
  • Wednesday 13 November, 2:00 pm
  • Tuesday 10 December, 10:00 am

PubMed

This training is best suited for those using PubMed as their primary database.

Tutorial: 1.5 hours

• Search using thesaurus (MeSH)
• Combine search lines
• Limit search to reduce results
• Save search

Session times

• Semester 2, 2024
  • Tuesday 23 July, 1:00 pm
  • Wednesday 28 August, 10:00 am
  • Friday 20 September, 11:00 am
  • Monday 28 October, 1:00 pm
  • Thursday 21 November, 10:00 am

Other Library training by arrangement

Sessions include:

• Individual help with literature searching
• Group training sessions in your department

Online training

EBSCO training

Select an upcoming session title and follow the registration instructions to join, or see these pre-recorded sessions: Keyword searching in CINAHL and Search using CINAHL headings. These tutorials advise limiting your search to "Full text" to get a manageable number of results. This means your results will only contain references from journals that the Library subscribes to.

EndNote

See the EndNote Guide from the University of Canterbury, NZ; help guides from the University of Queensland; or the EndNote YouTube channel.

Ovid video tutorials

Ovid support offers short video tutorials at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine

A self-paced introduction to the process of EBM. From the Duke University Medical Center Library, and the Health Sciences Library at University of North Carolina.