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Expert searches for systematic reviews - databases via Ovid (Dissertation and Thesis Festival)

Presenter: Rani Darbar (Wolters Kluwer) This webinar covers intermediate and advanced search techniques for literature databases available via the Ovid platform, such as Medline, Embase, PsycInfo,…

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Drug-related content in Embase: Getting the best from Embase (Dissertation and Thesis Festival)

Presenter: Yvonne van de Vrede (Wolters Kluwer) This webinar addresses how to make the most of Embase on the Ovid platform, especially for comprehensive searches needed in systematic or scoping…

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Research Process (Week 8): Desk-Based Reviews as Dissertations - Database Searching presentation

Research Process (Week 8): Desk-Based Reviews as Dissertations - Database Searching presentation This recorded presentation has been developed for the Research Process course delivered to MSc…

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Literature searching for your dissertation

A guide to literature searching for your dissertation for students on the Social Work Dissertation Preparation Course. A literature search is an organised, thorough search of a range of literature…

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Our digital collections - Introduction to the Library for University staff

Discover the wealth of the Library's digital collections and key tools to access them, including DiscoverEd, Google Scholar and Library Subject Guides. Part 3 of Introduction to the Library for…

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Decolonising your dissertation exploring new critical and practical approaches to your library research (Dissertation and Thesis Festival)

This session will help you to think about how libraries have historically organised and acquired information and critically apply that knowledge to your information research choices. We’ll also…

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UNCOVER Workshop: building searches in different databases

This workshop includes presentation and discussion. In the presentation, we cover: the two main types of search structures (set searching and paragraph searching) and how to decide…

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How to use the Library for your dissertation (Dissertation and Thesis Festival Oct 2023)

Just starting the process of using the Library for your dissertation research? This session will help you to discover and find the digital resources available via the Library, get your hands on the…

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ProQuest resources for Race and Decolonial Studies (Dissertation and Thesis Festival)

Ali Nazari-Nouri, Customer Education Trainer from ProQuest, part of Clarivate, delivers a presentation that demonstrates how you can effectively and efficiently search the ProQuest and Alexander…

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Advanced Skills: Developing a Research Strategy (October 2023)

This session gives an overview of things to consider when undertaking a search, where to look for material, advanced search techniques and where to find help. This is a recording of a live session…

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Literature searching for Philosophy (MSc Philosophy online)

A presentation on how to develop effective search strategies and introduction to online resources for Philosophy. For online postgraduate students in the School of Philosophy, Psychology &…

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Searching and reviewing the literature 2: Academic literature databases

Recorded for Health in Social Science's course Research in Health (online). Part 2 of 2. Slides…

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Searching and reviewing the literature 1: Search techniques and preparation

Recorded for Health in Social Science's course Research in Health (online). Part 1 of 2. Slides…

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Literature Searching (Historical Research: Skills & Sources)

Being able to undertake effective literature searches is an important part of doing history. Knowing the strategies and tools with which to perform thorough searches to identify existing research and…

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UNCOVER workshop: Critical appraisal of search histories

This recorded presentation highlights several core elements to scrutinise when checking systematic review searches for quality.The elements covered are mostly drawn from the PRESS checklist: …

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2023_01_24_Literature Search Session with Marshall Dozier_recording 2

Literature Search Session with Marshall Dozier_recording 2 Second Half of the session

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