Cambridge University Libraries course timetable
May 2016
| Wed 11 |
Medicine: Current Awareness
Finished
This course will teach you how to keep up to date with all the new research in your field. |
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Orientation Tour
Finished
The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme. |
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| Fri 13 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
| Mon 16 |
One session - four medicine and life science databases - widest coverage for your literature search. PubMed is great, but it doesn't cover all the journals relevant to life sciences and medicine. Embase, Web of Science and Scopus can also be relevant and each covers unique material. Come to this hands-on session to learn how to get the best from each of these "4 tops". |
| Tue 17 |
Medicine: PubMed
Finished
Learn how to get the most out of your literature searches on PubMed in this hands-on session |
| Wed 18 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
| Thu 19 |
Medicine: Endnote
Finished
A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with EndNote |
| Fri 20 |
Before undertaking any piece of primary research it’s important to be aware of as much of the existing literature as possible. A systematic literature review can also be a research end in itself. And it’s not something to be taken lightly. But how can you be sure you’re being as rigorous as necessary? How can you manage the references you find, document the process, and also know when to stop searching? If you need to do a systematic literature review, and you’re not able to make sense of the search strategy behind this paper then this course is for you. Please bring along details of your own topic so that the session can be tailored to address your specific needs. |
| Mon 23 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at doctors. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
| Tue 24 |
Medicine: Mendeley
Finished
A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley |
| Wed 25 |
Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography
Finished
How to take the bile out of your bibliography, and ensure that it's not the most time-consuming part of your work. A variety of tools will be showcased: EndNote, EndNoteWeb, Zotero, Mendeley. |
| Thu 26 |
Medicine: PubMed
Finished
Learn how to get the most out of your literature searches on PubMed in this hands-on session |
| Tue 31 |
Medicine: Writing for Publication
Finished
A course designed to take you step-by-step through academic writing and publication, with tips and resources to make writing up as simple as possible. The course will demystify the peer-review process, and help you to improve the precision and clarity of your academic writing. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk |
June 2016
| Wed 1 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
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Orientation Tour
Finished
The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme. |
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| Thu 2 |
Medicine: Endnote
Finished
A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with EndNote |
| Thu 9 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. |
| Fri 10 |
Medicine: PubMed
Finished
Learn how to get the most out of your literature searches on PubMed in this hands-on session |
| Mon 13 |
One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk |
| Wed 15 |
Medicine: Endnote
Finished
A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with EndNote |
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Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context.' Amanda Burls, What is Critical Appraisal?, Feb 2009 'An Introduction to Critical Appraisal' will help you understand how to critically appraise a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). Using the CASP Checklist the course covers samples and sample size, randomisation, bias, statistics, significance (P Values and Confidence Intervals) and relevance. We ask that you read a paper that will be provided before you attend the session, in order for us to make the best use of the time together. |
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Critical Appraisal For Nurses
Finished
Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context.' Amanda Burls, What is Critical Appraisal?, Feb 2009 'An Introduction to Critical Appraisal' will help you understand how to critically appraise a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). Using the CASP Checklist the course covers samples and sample size, randomisation, bias, statistics, significance (P Values and Confidence Intervals) and relevance. We ask that you read a paper that will be provided before you attend the session, in order for us to make the best use of the time together. |
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| Fri 17 |
Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography
Finished
How to take the bile out of your bibliography, and ensure that it's not the most time-consuming part of your work. A variety of tools will be showcased: EndNote, EndNoteWeb, Zotero, Mendeley. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk |
| Mon 20 |
Before undertaking any piece of primary research it’s important to be aware of as much of the existing literature as possible. A systematic literature review can also be a research end in itself. And it’s not something to be taken lightly. But how can you be sure you’re being as rigorous as necessary? How can you manage the references you find, document the process, and also know when to stop searching? If you need to do a systematic literature review, and you’re not able to make sense of the search strategy behind this paper then this course is for you. Please bring along details of your own topic so that the session can be tailored to address your specific needs. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk |
| Tue 21 |
Medicine: Mendeley
Finished
A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley |