Start by completing the checklist to identify what you don't know.

• The Checklist (123.17 KB) will identify the skills you need to acquire
• Contact your Librarian for assistance

Use quality resources for your research

• Dentistry and Oral Health
• Medicine
• Nursing and Midwifery
• Pathology
• Pharmacy and Pharmacology
• Population Health

Locate relevant theses

• Consult the Theses "How-to Guide" to discover more about UQ theses and to locate theses both Australian and international

Request items not held at your local UQ Library

• Document Delivery - for print journal articles held at another UQ Campus or for print resources not held by UQ Library

Managing searches

You need to search comprehensively and it can be difficult to keep track of your searches. Make sure you have

• A sound search strategy (44.89 KB)
• A record of your searches (84.86 KB)

Managing references

• Consult the Referencing Style Guides for a range of commonly used styles
• Use referencing software to save you time
• Contact your Librarian for assistance

Managing data

UQ Library will support you in

• Managing data. We have Factsheets to assist you.
• Publishing research
• Measuring research output and impact
• Submitting to the UQ eSpace repository.

Locate information about systematic reveiws

Systematic Reviews are a comprehensive means of summarising the evidence associated with a topic from the published literature.

• How to review the evidence: systematic identification and review of the scientific literature (2000) Canberra, National Health and Medical Research Council.
• Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions edited by Julian PT Higgins and Sally Green (2008) Wiley Blackwell. Published in book form and online.
• Systematic reviews to support evidence-based medicine : how to review and apply findings of healthcare research Khalid S. Khan, et al. (2011) London : Hodder Arnold.

Go to The Cochrane Library for:

• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane reviews)
• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
• Cochrane Central Register of Controlled trials
• Methodology Reviews
• Methodology Register
• Technology Assessments
• Economic Evaluations