Using Library & University Collections
Using Library & University Collections
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From Anna Richards
By the end of this session you will:• Understand why it is important to evaluate the reliability of all sourcesof information• Be able to use lateral reading… -
From Anna Richards
This session will support you to: Understand what generative AI tools are, their pros and cons, and how to use them to support academic work. Use AI… -
From Ishbel Leggat
0 likes 8 playsThis session will introduce you to the basics of using generative AI to help with conducting a literature search, including generating search terms and finding research… -
From Ishbel Leggat
0 likes 8 playsAn introduction to the Library for MSc Digital Education students. Presentation slides available to download in attachments section below. -
From Ruth Jenkins
7th November 2024. This session will introduce the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement and its extensions for use in… -
From Anna Richards
Patents can be a unique and invaluable source of information on new technologies. This session provides a half-hour overview of finding and accessing patent literature. -
From Ishbel Leggat
0 likes 7 playsThis presentation introduces the basics of using AI tools to help with conducting a literature search, including getting recommendations of useful databases and… -
From Marshall Dozier
This session is an introduction to searching for literature on Embase using the Ovid interface. Embase is a major pharmacological and biomedical literature database with… -
From Marshall Dozier
Systematic reviews need good preliminary groundwork searches, in advance of the setting off on the review proper. This session will address the reasons for preliminary… -
From Marshall Dozier
In this session we cover the reading lists for your courses: how to interpret the items listed to work out what they are, and how to find and access them for your… -
From Caroline Stirling
This is a short presentation for students in the School of Social and Political Science (SPS) introducing the University Library and its resources, services and… -
From Caroline Stirling
An introduction to the University Library for new online and distance postgraduate and PhD students in the School of History, Classics, Archaeology (HCA), 2024/25. -… -
From Robert O'Brien
0 likes 35 playsA short tutorial video about how to use the University of Edinburgh’s internal AI tool, ELM, to recommend academic databases. This video may be particularly… -
From Robert O'Brien
0 likes 46 playsA short tutorial video about how to use the University of Edinburgh’s internal AI tool, ELM, to recommend scholarly journals. If you're new to your academic… -
From Anna Richards
This video outlines how to use generative AI chatbots to improve your search strategy
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