Cambridge University Libraries course timetable

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Wed 13 Jan 2016 – Thu 12 Jan 2017

January 2016

Wed 13	Orientation Tour Finished 10:30 - 11:15 University Library 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.
	Medicine: PubMed Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room Learn how to get the most out of your literature searches on PubMed in this hands-on session
Thu 14	Medicine: Systematic Literature Reviews - A 'How To' Guide Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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 18	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Tue 19	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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".
Wed 20	Medicine: Endnote Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with EndNote
Thu 21	Medicine: Mendeley Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley
Wed 27	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Thu 28	Medicine: Current Awareness Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room This course will teach you how to keep up to date with all the new research in your field.
Fri 29	Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography Finished 10:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.

February 2016

Mon 1	Orientation Tour Finished 12:00 - 12:45 University Library 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.
Tue 2	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Thu 4	Critical Appraisal For Doctors Finished 14:00 - 15:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
Fri 5	Medicine: PubMed Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room Learn how to get the most out of your literature searches on PubMed in this hands-on session
Tue 9	Critical Appraisal For Physiotherapists Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
	Medicine: Mendeley Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley
Wed 10	Critical Appraisal For Doctors Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
	Critical Appraisal For Nurses Finished 14:00 - 15:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
Thu 11	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Fri 12	Medicine: Endnote Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with EndNote
Mon 15	Finding Secondary Literature Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Faculty of Divinity, Room 3 Finding secondary literature to inform and support your research is paramount to any higher-level research. This session focuses on the concepts as well as practical issues, to give participants a more comprehensive understanding of the issues and features of literature searching.
	Medicine: Literature Searching for Doctors Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at doctors. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Wed 17	Critical Appraisal For Nurses Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
	Critical Appraisal For Physiotherapists Finished 14:00 - 15:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
Mon 22	Music Dissertation Skills for Part II students Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Faculty of Music, Dent Room An informal small group session looking at research databases, referencing skills and examples of previously submitted dissertations.
Tue 23	Medicine: Systematic Literature Reviews - A 'How To' Guide Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
Wed 24	Medicine: Current Awareness Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room This course will teach you how to keep up to date with all the new research in your field.
	Showcasing Tools and Resources for Graduates Finished 14:00 - 15:30 Faculty of English, GR06 The session involves multiple showcases with presenters giving concurrent 10 minute demonstrations to small groups of graduates. After each 10 minute presentation, graduates will move on to hear about a new tool/resource. Students self-select and will be able to choose up to 7 out of 12 showcases within the timeframe. Topics covered include: Digital image management & image copyright for theses, Scrivener, Twitter, Evernote, blogging, Zetoc, time management, Zotero, the Warwick Quiz, altmetrics, LinkedIn, and ORCID ids. Presenters include: Grant Young and Huw Jones (UL), Matt Lane (PPD), Jenni Lecky-Thompson (Philosophy), Clemens Gresser (Divinity), Lyn Bailey (Classics), Francoise Simmons and Miki Jacobs (FAMES), Libby Tilley and Helen Murphy (English), Education Faculty Library staff, Georgina Cronin and Yvonne Nobis (Betty and Gordon Moore), and Research Ambassadors (OSC).
Mon 29	Orientation Tour Finished 14:30 - 15:15 University Library 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.

March 2016

Tue 1	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Wed 2	Medicine: Mendeley Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley
	Music Dissertation Skills for Part II students Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Faculty of Music, Dent Room An informal small group session looking at research databases, referencing skills and examples of previously submitted dissertations.
Mon 7	Music Dissertation Skills for Part II students Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Faculty of Music, Dent Room An informal small group session looking at research databases, referencing skills and examples of previously submitted dissertations.
	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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".
Wed 9	Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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 10	Medicine: PubMed Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room Learn how to get the most out of your literature searches on PubMed in this hands-on session
	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Tue 15	Critical Appraisal For Doctors Finished 09:30 - 11:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
	Critical Appraisal For Nurses Finished 11:30 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
Wed 16	Medicine: Literature Searching for Doctors Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at doctors. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
	Critical Appraisal For Physiotherapists Finished 14:00 - 15:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
Thu 17	Medicine: Endnote Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with EndNote
Tue 22	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.

April 2016

Mon 4	Medicine: PubMed Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room Learn how to get the most out of your literature searches on PubMed in this hands-on session
	Critical Appraisal For Doctors Finished 14:00 - 15:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
Thu 7	Medicine: Systematic Literature Reviews - A 'How To' Guide Finished 14:00 - 17:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
Fri 8	Medicine: Literature Searching for Doctors Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at doctors. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
	Critical Appraisal For Nurses Finished 14:30 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
Wed 13	Medicine: Endnote Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with EndNote
Thu 14	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Mon 18	Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography Finished 14:00 - 17:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
Tue 19	Medicine: Literature Searching for Doctors Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at doctors. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Wed 20	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 10:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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".
Thu 21	Medicine: Mendeley Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley
Fri 22	Orientation Tour Finished 16:00 - 16:45 University Library 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.
Mon 25	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Wed 27	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
	Critical Appraisal For Physiotherapists Finished 13:00 - 14:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
	Critical Appraisal For Nurses Finished 15:00 - 16:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.

May 2016

Fri 6	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Mon 9	Medicine: Mendeley Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley
Tue 10	Medicine: Literature Searching for Doctors Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at doctors. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Wed 11	Medicine: Current Awareness Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room This course will teach you how to keep up to date with all the new research in your field.
	Orientation Tour Finished 16:00 - 16:45 University Library 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.
Fri 13	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Mon 16	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room Learn how to get the most out of your literature searches on PubMed in this hands-on session
Wed 18	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with EndNote
Fri 20	Medicine: Systematic Literature Reviews - A 'How To' Guide Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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	Medicine: Literature Searching for Doctors Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley
Wed 25	Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
	Orientation Tour Finished 10:30 - 11:15 University Library 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.
Thu 2	Medicine: Endnote Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with EndNote
Thu 9	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room Learn how to get the most out of your literature searches on PubMed in this hands-on session
Mon 13	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with EndNote
	Critical Appraisal For Physiotherapists Finished 13:00 - 14:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
	Critical Appraisal For Nurses Finished 15:00 - 16:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
Fri 17	Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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	Medicine: Systematic Literature Reviews - A 'How To' Guide Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley
Tue 28	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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". Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk
	Critical Appraisal For Doctors Finished 13:00 - 14:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
Wed 29	Medicine: Literature Searching for Doctors Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at doctors. 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
Thu 30	Medicine: Critical Appraisal - RCT Drug Trials Finished 13:00 - 14:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.
	Critical Appraisal For Physiotherapists Finished 15:00 - 16:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room 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.

July 2016

Tue 5

Medicine: Critical Appraisal - Systematic Reviews

Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room

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.

Wed 27

Library lowdown: A brief introduction to the University Library

Finished 14:30 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Seminar Room, North Wing

A thirty minute introduction to the UL, aimed at those using our facilities and collections over the summer vacation period. An experienced member of staff will meet you in the Entrance Hall then lead you on a twenty minute tour of the UL,taking in the Locker Room, Open Bookstacks, Reading Room and West Room. Ten minutes are reserved after the tour for a question and answer session.

August 2016

Wed 3	Library lowdown: A brief introduction to the University Library Finished 14:30 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Seminar Room, North Wing A thirty minute introduction to the UL, aimed at those using our facilities and collections over the summer vacation period. An experienced member of staff will meet you in the Entrance Hall then lead you on a twenty minute tour of the UL,taking in the Locker Room, Open Bookstacks, Reading Room and West Room. Ten minutes are reserved after the tour for a question and answer session.
Wed 10	Library lowdown: A brief introduction to the University Library Finished 14:30 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Seminar Room, North Wing A thirty minute introduction to the UL, aimed at those using our facilities and collections over the summer vacation period. An experienced member of staff will meet you in the Entrance Hall then lead you on a twenty minute tour of the UL,taking in the Locker Room, Open Bookstacks, Reading Room and West Room. Ten minutes are reserved after the tour for a question and answer session.
Wed 17	Library lowdown: A brief introduction to the University Library Finished 14:30 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Seminar Room, North Wing A thirty minute introduction to the UL, aimed at those using our facilities and collections over the summer vacation period. An experienced member of staff will meet you in the Entrance Hall then lead you on a twenty minute tour of the UL,taking in the Locker Room, Open Bookstacks, Reading Room and West Room. Ten minutes are reserved after the tour for a question and answer session.
Mon 22	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals CANCELLED 14:30 - 16:30 Addenbrooke’s F/G 5 Seminar Room One session covering the Cinahl databases, targeted at allied health professionals. 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
Tue 23	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 15:30 - 17:30 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 4 One session covering the Cinahl database, 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 24	Library lowdown: A brief introduction to the University Library Finished 14:30 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Seminar Room, North Wing A thirty minute introduction to the UL, aimed at those using our facilities and collections over the summer vacation period. An experienced member of staff will meet you in the Entrance Hall then lead you on a twenty minute tour of the UL,taking in the Locker Room, Open Bookstacks, Reading Room and West Room. Ten minutes are reserved after the tour for a question and answer session.
Fri 26	Medicine: Writing for Publication Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 4 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
Tue 30	Medicine: Literature Searching for Doctors Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Addenbrooke’s, N3 Seminar Room One session covering the Medline database, targeted at doctors. 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 31	Library lowdown: A brief introduction to the University Library Finished 14:30 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Seminar Room, North Wing A thirty minute introduction to the UL, aimed at those using our facilities and collections over the summer vacation period. An experienced member of staff will meet you in the Entrance Hall then lead you on a twenty minute tour of the UL,taking in the Locker Room, Open Bookstacks, Reading Room and West Room. Ten minutes are reserved after the tour for a question and answer session.

September 2016

Tue 6	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Addenbrooke’s, N3 Seminar Room 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". 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 7	Library lowdown: A brief introduction to the University Library Finished 14:30 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Seminar Room, North Wing A thirty minute introduction to the UL, aimed at those using our facilities and collections over the summer vacation period. An experienced member of staff will meet you in the Entrance Hall then lead you on a twenty minute tour of the UL,taking in the Locker Room, Open Bookstacks, Reading Room and West Room. Ten minutes are reserved after the tour for a question and answer session.
	Medicine: Systematic Literature Reviews - A 'How To' Guide Finished 14:30 - 16:30 Addenbrooke’s F/G 5 Seminar Room 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
Thu 8	Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography Finished 15:00 - 17:00 Addenbrooke’s, E7 Seminar Room 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
Fri 9	Medicine: Critical Appraisal - RCT Drug Trials Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 5 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.
Wed 14	Library lowdown: A brief introduction to the University Library Finished 14:30 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Seminar Room, North Wing A thirty minute introduction to the UL, aimed at those using our facilities and collections over the summer vacation period. An experienced member of staff will meet you in the Entrance Hall then lead you on a twenty minute tour of the UL,taking in the Locker Room, Open Bookstacks, Reading Room and West Room. Ten minutes are reserved after the tour for a question and answer session.
Thu 15	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals CANCELLED 09:00 - 11:00 Addenbrooke’s F/G 5 Seminar Room One session covering the Cinahl database, targeted at allied health professionals. 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
Fri 16	Medicine: Critical Appraisal - Physiotherapy Interventions Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 5 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.
Mon 19	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Addenbrooke’s, E7 Seminar Room 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". 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 21	Library lowdown: A brief introduction to the University Library Finished 14:30 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Seminar Room, North Wing A thirty minute introduction to the UL, aimed at those using our facilities and collections over the summer vacation period. An experienced member of staff will meet you in the Entrance Hall then lead you on a twenty minute tour of the UL,taking in the Locker Room, Open Bookstacks, Reading Room and West Room. Ten minutes are reserved after the tour for a question and answer session.
Fri 23	Medicine: Systematic Literature Reviews - A 'How To' Guide CANCELLED 10:00 - 12:00 Addenbrooke’s, N3 Seminar Room 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 27	Medicine: Writing for Publication Finished 09:00 - 10:00 Addenbrooke’s, E7 Seminar Room 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
Wed 28	Library lowdown: A brief introduction to the University Library Finished 14:30 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Seminar Room, North Wing A thirty minute introduction to the UL, aimed at those using our facilities and collections over the summer vacation period. An experienced member of staff will meet you in the Entrance Hall then lead you on a twenty minute tour of the UL,taking in the Locker Room, Open Bookstacks, Reading Room and West Room. Ten minutes are reserved after the tour for a question and answer session.

October 2016

Fri 7	Orientation Tour Finished 10:30 - 11:15 University Library 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.
	Music: Graduate tours at the UL Music Department, including a visit behind the scenes Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access materials behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library Music Collections.
	Orientation Tour Finished 12:00 - 12:45 University Library 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.
	Orientation Tour Finished 14:00 - 14:45 University Library 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.
	Music: Graduate tours at the UL Music Department, including a visit behind the scenes Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access materials behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library Music Collections.
Mon 10	Orientation Tour Finished 10:30 - 11:15 University Library 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.
	Music: Graduate tours at the UL Music Department, including a visit behind the scenes Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access materials behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library Music Collections.
	Music: Graduate tours at the UL Music Department, including a visit behind the scenes Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access materials behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library Music Collections.
Tue 11	English Faculty: UL Tour Finished 15:00 - 16:00 University Library An Orientation tour of the University Library for English Faculty students, led by members of the English Faculty Library staff. To book your place, please go to the English Faculty Library's booking system and click on the tour you wish to attend.
	Orientation Tour Finished 16:00 - 16:45 University Library 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.
Wed 12	Orientation Tour Finished 10:30 - 11:15 University Library 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.
Thu 13	Map Room and Cartographic Resources Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Map Room The Map Department contains some 1,100,000 maps, both British and foreign, several thousand atlases and other material. This session, based in the Map Room, is designed to give an overview of holdings and guidelines for accessing and using them.
	Orientation Tour Finished 12:00 - 12:45 University Library 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.
	Music: Graduate library skills - music databases and bibliographies Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Faculty of Music, Dent Room A hands-on session exploring music databases and bibliographies available for research in Cambridge. This session offers the opportunity to focus on your own specific topic
	English Faculty: UL Tour Finished 15:00 - 16:00 University Library An Orientation tour of the University Library for English Faculty students, led by members of the English Faculty Library staff. To book your place, please go to the English Faculty Library's booking system and click on the tour you wish to attend.
Fri 14	Music: Graduate tours at the UL Music Department, including a visit behind the scenes Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access materials behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library Music Collections.
	Introduction to Chinese Resources Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Aoi Seminar Room An introduction to the many resources available through the University Library's Chinese department.
	Orientation Tour Finished 14:30 - 15:15 University Library 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.
	Music: Graduate tours at the UL Music Department, including a visit behind the scenes Finished 14:30 - 15:30 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access materials behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library Music Collections.
Mon 17	Music: Graduate library skills - music databases and bibliographies Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Faculty of Music, Dent Room A hands-on session exploring music databases and bibliographies available for research in Cambridge. This session offers the opportunity to focus on your own specific topic
Tue 18	Music: Graduate library skills - music databases and bibliographies Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Faculty of Music, Dent Room A hands-on session exploring music databases and bibliographies available for research in Cambridge. This session offers the opportunity to focus on your own specific topic
	English Faculty: UL Tour Finished 10:00 - 11:00 University Library An Orientation tour of the University Library for English Faculty students, led by members of the English Faculty Library staff. To book your place, please go to the English Faculty Library's booking system and click on the tour you wish to attend.
	An Introduction to the Manuscripts Reading Room Finished 11:30 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Manuscripts Reading Room An introduction to the Manuscripts Reading Room and the collections of the Manuscripts and University Archives department. The session includes information on using the room, searching collections and services offered by the department.
	Handling Medieval and Modern Manuscripts Finished 12:00 - 12:45 Cambridge University Library, Manuscripts Reading Room An introduction to the correct handling procedures for modern and medieval manuscripts, with demonstrations of how to use rests, cushions and weights, and how to deal with damaged or fragile materials, using items from the University Library collections.
	Orientation Tour Finished 14:30 - 15:15 University Library 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.
Thu 20	An Introduction to the Manuscripts Reading Room Finished 11:30 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Manuscripts Reading Room An introduction to the Manuscripts Reading Room and the collections of the Manuscripts and University Archives department. The session includes information on using the room, searching collections and services offered by the department.
	English Faculty: UL Tour Finished 15:00 - 16:00 University Library An Orientation tour of the University Library for English Faculty students, led by members of the English Faculty Library staff. To book your place, please go to the English Faculty Library's booking system and click on the tour you wish to attend.
Fri 21	English Faculty: UL Tour Finished 12:00 - 13:00 University Library An Orientation tour of the University Library for English Faculty students, led by members of the English Faculty Library staff. To book your place, please go to the English Faculty Library's booking system and click on the tour you wish to attend.
Tue 25	Finding Secondary Literature Finished 11:15 - 12:15 Faculty of Divinity, Room 2 Finding secondary literature to inform and support your research is paramount to any higher-level research. This session focuses on the concepts as well as practical issues, to give participants a more comprehensive understanding of the issues and features of literature searching.
	An Introduction to the Manuscripts Reading Room Finished 11:30 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Manuscripts Reading Room An introduction to the Manuscripts Reading Room and the collections of the Manuscripts and University Archives department. The session includes information on using the room, searching collections and services offered by the department.
	Handling Medieval and Modern Manuscripts Finished 12:00 - 12:45 Cambridge University Library, Manuscripts Reading Room An introduction to the correct handling procedures for modern and medieval manuscripts, with demonstrations of how to use rests, cushions and weights, and how to deal with damaged or fragile materials, using items from the University Library collections.
Wed 26	Medicine: Literature Searching for Doctors Finished 09:00 - 11:00 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 2A One session covering the Medline database, targeted at doctors. 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
Thu 27	Orientation Tour Finished 10:00 - 10:45 University Library 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.
	An Introduction to the Manuscripts Reading Room Finished 11:30 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Manuscripts Reading Room An introduction to the Manuscripts Reading Room and the collections of the Manuscripts and University Archives department. The session includes information on using the room, searching collections and services offered by the department.
	Music Dissertation Skills for Part II students Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Faculty of Music, Dent Room An informal small group session looking at research databases, referencing skills and examples of previously submitted dissertations.
Fri 28	Medicine: Critical Appraisal - RCT Drug Trials Finished 11:00 - 12:30 Addenbrooke's Hospital, Treatment Centre 4 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.
Mon 31	Medicine: Critical Appraisal - Systematic Reviews Finished 11:00 - 12:30 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 5 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 This course will help you understand how to critically appraise a systematic review. 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.
	Music Dissertation Skills for Part II students Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Faculty of Music, Dent Room An informal small group session looking at research databases, referencing skills and examples of previously submitted dissertations.
	Zotero for Graduates Finished 15:00 - 16:00 Faculty of English, Library The aim of the workshop is to give an overview of how graduate students can make effective use of Zotero software for referencing and managing information. You may have already thought about using Zotero, in which case you will find this workshop especially helpful if you have already downloaded Zotero to your laptop and bring it with you. This workshop will especially suit graduate students from the School of Arts and Humanities, or Humanities and Social Sciences.

November 2016

Wed 2	Music Dissertation Skills for Part II students Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Faculty of Music, Dent Room An informal small group session looking at research databases, referencing skills and examples of previously submitted dissertations.
	Orientation Tour Finished 14:30 - 15:15 University Library 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.
	Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography Finished 15:30 - 17:30 Addenbrooke’s F/G 5 Seminar Room 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
Thu 3	iDiscover drop-in tutorial Finished 14:15 - 15:15 University Library A series of drop-in tutorials for iDiscover. University Library staff will be on hand to demonstrate iDiscover and answer any questions you may have. There's no need to book; just call-in at the General Enquiries Helpdesk on the first floor landing.
Fri 4	Zotero for Graduates Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Faculty of English, Library The aim of the workshop is to give an overview of how graduate students can make effective use of Zotero software for referencing and managing information. You may have already thought about using Zotero, in which case you will find this workshop especially helpful if you have already downloaded Zotero to your laptop and bring it with you. This workshop will especially suit graduate students from the School of Arts and Humanities, or Humanities and Social Sciences.
Mon 7	Pre-Publication Considerations: Publishing your Research Effectively for STEM PhD Students Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Department of Physics, Maxwell Centre, JJ Thomson Seminar Room (Floor 2) Where should you publish your research? What publishing format should you choose? This session looks at the things you need to consider in order to reach your audience effectively.
Tue 8	iDiscover drop-in tutorial Finished 11:00 - 12:00 University Library A series of drop-in tutorials for iDiscover. University Library staff will be on hand to demonstrate iDiscover and answer any questions you may have. There's no need to book; just call-in at the General Enquiries Helpdesk on the first floor landing.
	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 15:00 - 17:00 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 2A One session covering the Cinahl database, 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 9	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 09:00 - 11:00 Addenbrooke’s, N3 Seminar Room 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". Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk
	Effective information management: Research Trips Finished 16:00 - 17:00 Faculty of English, GR05 This session will provide you with advice from academics and postgraduates who have been on research trips in the course of their studies/academic work. Thinking through what information you might need before you go, what you might need to do whilst you are away, and what information you must remember to bring back is key to a successful trip away!
Thu 10	Medicine: Writing for Publication Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Addenbrooke's Hospital, Treatment Centre 4 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
	Orientation Tour Finished 14:30 - 15:15 University Library 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.
Fri 11	Research Data Management Workshop for GSLS PhD students Finished 10:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Addenbrookes, Bay 13, Room B (No Longer in Use) PREVENT RESEARCH DISASTERS THROUGH GOOD DATA MANAGEMENT How much data would you lose if your laptop was stolen? Have you ever emailed your colleague a file named 'final_final_versionEDITED'? Do you know what your funder expects you to do with your research data? As a researcher, you will encounter research data in many forms, ranging from measurements, numbers and images to documents and publications. Whether you create, receive or collect this information, you will need to organise it. Managing digital information properly is a complex issue. Doing it correctly from the start could save you a lot of time and hassle when preparing a publication or writing up your thesis.
Mon 14	Post-Publication Sharing: Publishing your Research Effectively for STEM PhD Students Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Department of Physics, Maxwell Centre, JJ Thomson Seminar Room (Floor 2) You've published your research...now what should you do with it? This session explores the whys and hows of sharing research - the options, the benefits and the logistics.
	Medicine: Literature Searching for Doctors Finished 15:00 - 17:00 Addenbrooke’s, N3 Seminar Room One session covering the Medline database, targeted at doctors. 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
Tue 15	iDiscover drop-in tutorial Finished 14:15 - 15:15 University Library A series of drop-in tutorials for iDiscover. University Library staff will be on hand to demonstrate iDiscover and answer any questions you may have. There's no need to book; just call-in at the General Enquiries Helpdesk on the first floor landing.
Wed 16	Effective information management: Images Finished 16:00 - 17:00 Faculty of English, SR24 This session will provide you with advice from academics, postgraduates and professionals from the University Library regarding managing images. Specifically you will be given advice on handling large quantities of images, tips on managing images taken on archive visits and tips on appropriate software. Information about copyright issues will be included.
Thu 17	Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Addenbrooke’s, N3 Seminar Room 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
	Finding the known unknowns: finding previous research made easy CANCELLED 10:30 - 13:00 Centre for Mathematical Studies This session will help you to find and manage research in your field, using both subscription and freely available resources. It will introduce you to Web of Science and Scopus and subject specific resources and to manage the information once you have found it.
Fri 18	Introduction to the Rare Books department Finished 11:30 - 11:45 Cambridge University Library, Rare Books Room Members of staff introduce the collections of the Rare Books Department, how to locate them and how to use the Reading Room. The Department's books include almost all of the Library's pre-1900 books, and cover nearly every subject taught in the University. This session is relevant to Library users at all levels who may wish to use rare book material. Please meet in the lobby outside the Rare Books Reading Room in the North West corner of the first floor of the Library.
Tue 22	Medicine: Critical Appraisal - Physiotherapy Interventions CANCELLED 09:00 - 10:30 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 5 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.
	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 09:00 - 11:00 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 5 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". Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk
	Finding the known unknowns: finding previous research made easy Finished 10:30 - 13:00 CCTL, Revans Room This session will help you to find and manage research in your field, using both subscription and freely available resources. It will introduce you to Web of Science and Scopus and subject specific resources and to manage the information once you have found it.
Wed 23	Tour of the UL Music Department, including behind the scenes visit Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access material behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library music collections.
	Finding Secondary Literature Finished 14:15 - 15:15 Faculty of Divinity, Room 3 Finding secondary literature to inform and support your research is paramount to any higher-level research. This session focuses on the concepts as well as practical issues, to give participants a more comprehensive understanding of the issues and features of literature searching.
	Tour of the UL Music Department, including behind the scenes visit Finished 14:15 - 15:15 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access material behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library music collections.
	Introduction to the Rare Books department Finished 14:15 - 14:30 Cambridge University Library, Rare Books Room Members of staff introduce the collections of the Rare Books Department, how to locate them and how to use the Reading Room. The Department's books include almost all of the Library's pre-1900 books, and cover nearly every subject taught in the University. This session is relevant to Library users at all levels who may wish to use rare book material. Please meet in the lobby outside the Rare Books Reading Room in the North West corner of the first floor of the Library.
	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 15:00 - 17:00 Addenbrooke’s F/G 5 Seminar Room One session covering the Cinahl database, targeted at allied health professionals. 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
Fri 25	iDiscover drop-in tutorial Finished 11:00 - 12:00 University Library A series of drop-in tutorials for iDiscover. University Library staff will be on hand to demonstrate iDiscover and answer any questions you may have. There's no need to book; just call-in at the General Enquiries Helpdesk on the first floor landing.
Mon 28	iDiscover drop-in tutorial Finished 14:15 - 15:15 University Library A series of drop-in tutorials for iDiscover. University Library staff will be on hand to demonstrate iDiscover and answer any questions you may have. There's no need to book; just call-in at the General Enquiries Helpdesk on the first floor landing.
Tue 29	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 2A One session covering the Cinahl database, 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 30	Medicine: Research Data Management Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 4 There is an increasing emphasis in research on the management and sharing of data. Many funding bodies that support research undertaken at Cambridge require not only open access to any publications based on that research, but also to the data underlying it. This course will help you understand funders’ requirements for management and sharing of research data, and will provide opportunities to create your own data management plan and test out resources that will make the data management process easier. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk.

December 2016

Thu 1	Mapping the Research Landscape: Citations, bibliometrics and all that jazz! CANCELLED 10:30 - 13:00 Centre for Mathematical Studies This session will help you track the impact of research (including citations, h-index and altmetrics).
Mon 5	Introduction to the Rare Books department Finished 10:30 - 10:45 Cambridge University Library, Rare Books Room Members of staff introduce the collections of the Rare Books Department, how to locate them and how to use the Reading Room. The Department's books include almost all of the Library's pre-1900 books, and cover nearly every subject taught in the University. This session is relevant to Library users at all levels who may wish to use rare book material. Please meet in the lobby outside the Rare Books Reading Room in the North West corner of the first floor of the Library.
Wed 7	Mapping the research landscape: citations, bibliometrics and all that jazz! CANCELLED 10:30 - 13:00 CCTL, Revans Room This session will help you track the impact of research (including citations, h-index and altmetrics). This session includes a session to using social media analytics.
	iDiscover drop-in tutorial Finished 11:00 - 12:00 University Library A series of drop-in tutorials for iDiscover. University Library staff will be on hand to demonstrate iDiscover and answer any questions you may have. There's no need to book; just call-in at the General Enquiries Helpdesk on the first floor landing.
	Divinity Faculty: UL Tour Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Faculty of Divinity, Room 7 An Orientation tour of the University Library for Divinity Faculty members, led by members of the Divinity Faculty Library staff.
Thu 8	Medicine: Research Data Management Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Addenbrooke's Hospital, Treatment Centre 4 There is an increasing emphasis in research on the management and sharing of data. Many funding bodies that support research undertaken at Cambridge require not only open access to any publications based on that research, but also to the data underlying it. This course will help you understand funders’ requirements for management and sharing of research data, and will provide opportunities to create your own data management plan and test out resources that will make the data management process easier. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk.

January 2017

Mon 9	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 15:00 - 17:00 Addenbrooke’s, E7 Seminar Room 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". 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 10	Medicine: Writing for Publication Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Addenbrooke’s, F/G 6 Seminar Room 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
	Divinity Faculty: UL Tour Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Faculty of Divinity, Room 7 An Orientation tour of the University Library for Divinity Faculty members, led by members of the Divinity Faculty Library staff.
Wed 11	Medicine: Systematic Literature Reviews - A 'How To' Guide Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Addenbrooke’s, E7 Seminar Room 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
Thu 12	Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography Finished 11:30 - 13:30 Addenbrooke's Hospital, Treatment Centre 4 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

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