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Finding scholarly literature by authors from specific countries

A short tutorial video about how to use the Web of Science database to find literature by authors from specific countries. This activity can support students aiming to increase the diversity of…

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Introduction to the University Library for PG Online students

An introduction to the University Library for online postgraduate students within SPS. This presentation is split into 3 sections: An introduction to Library Resources Guidance in conducting an more…

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Library Bitesize: Introduction to CINAHL

See attachments tab for a copy of the presentation slides. This session is an introduction to searching for literature in CINAHL. CINAHL is a major literature database for nursing and allied…

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Library Bitesize: Searching grey literature for reviews and evidence synthesis

This session provides an overview of grey literature sources and some aspects to consider while integrating grey literature in your evidence synthesis or literature review. We demonstrate a practical…

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Library Bitesize: Introduction to Scopus

This session is an introduction to searching for literature on Scopus. The Scopus database indexes articles from 25,100+ journals in health, biomedicine, life sciences, technology, and social…

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Library Bitesize: Translating literature search strategies across multiple databases

Recording of Library Bitesize: Translating literature search strategies across multiple databases, 26/04/2024 Please note, the very start of this session was not captured by the recording. As such,…

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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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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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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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