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Tue 30 Jun 2015 – Mon 28 Sep 2015

June 2015

Tue 30

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

July 2015

Tue 7	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.
Wed 8	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 9	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: Current Awareness Finished 13:00 - 14:00 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.
Tue 14	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 15	Medicine: Systematic Literature Reviews - A 'How To' Guide Finished 10:00 - 13:00 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.
	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 17	Medicine: Mendeley Finished 13:00 - 14:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley
Wed 22	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".
	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 29	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 2015

Wed 5	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 7	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.
Mon 10	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 11	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 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
	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 19	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 26	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 2015

Wed 2	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 9	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 16	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 23	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 28	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.