The Library offers a range of training sessions each month
to help you retrieve and use information effectively.
Classes are free to
all Mater staff and UQ staff and students.
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EndNote Basics
This is a 3 hour session covering the same content as Part 1 and Part 2 sessions
- Tuesday 5 February: 9.30am-12.30pm
- Tuesday 19 March: 9.30am-12.30pm
Online EndNote Tutorial is also available.
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EndNote is software that assists academic writers
and researchers keep track of bibliographic references and generating
bibliographies for books and papers.
During these workshops you will learn how to:
- Set up a new reference library
- Input references manually
- Import references from databases using filters
- Search and sort an EndNote library
- Produce a bibliography
- Use "Cite While You Write" to add intext citations in a paper
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EndNote Part 1 (Getting started with EndNote)
- Thursday 21 Feb 2:30 – 4:00 pm
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EndNote is software that assists academic writers
and researchers keep track of bibliographic references and generating
bibliographies for books and papers.
By the end of the workshop you will be able to:
- Set up a newEndnote library (or database) of references
- Input references to a library manually
- Import and Export references from databases into EndNote
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EndNote Part 2 (Working with Word)
Note: this class will use Word 2007 and EndNote X1 - some processes may be different in earlier versions.
- Thursday 28 Feb 2:30 – 4:00 pm
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EndNote is software that assists academic writers
and researchers keep track of bibliographic references and generating
bibliographies for books and papers.
By the end of the workshop you will be able to:
- Search and sort an EndNote library
- Produce a bibliography in different reference styles
- Use "Cite While You Write" to add in-text citations into a paper.
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PubMed
- Monday 11 Feb 12:30 – 1:30 pm
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By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Access PubMed
- Explain the differences between PubMed and Medline
- Develop effective search strategies
- Effectively search the Clinical Queries interface
- Save searches and set up email alerts for new articles using My NCBI
- Select and send citations to the clipboard
- Print search results
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Searching Medline via Ovid
- Tuesday 19 Feb 1:00 – 2:00 pm
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Learn how to:
- Access the new OVID SP searching platform
- Formulate effective search strategies using both keyword and subject headings (MeSH), boolean operators and truncation
- Print, download and email results
- Link to full text articles
- Save searches to rerun and set up search alerts
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Blogs, Wikis & RSS Feeds
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Still trying to figure out what a Blog, Wiki or a RSS Feed is? Learn more about them and how they can assist you to keep up-to-date with Health Information on the Net.
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Keeping Up to Date - Alerting Services (BMJ Updates+)
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Learn about free alerting services such as BMJ Updates+ and set up your own customized email alerts.
BMJ Updates+ is a searchable database of evidence from the medical literature containing articles selected from a review of >100 journals which are rated for clinical relevance & “newsworthiness” (how likely the information is already known) for different clinical disciplines.
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Searching CINAHL via EBSCOhost
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During this session you will learn how to:
- Access EBSCOhost databases from work and home
- Formulate effective search strategies using both keyword and subject heading searches, boolean operators and truncation
- Print, download and email results
- Link to full text articles
- Save searches to rerun and set up search alerts
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Consumer Health Resources
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Learn to:
- Identify and evaluate consumer health websites eg. Medlineplus, HealthIncite
- Find patient education on clinical websites
- Identify discussion lists for patients with particular conditions
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Planning your Systematic Review
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- An intriduction to the early stages of undertaking a systematic review including developing a search strategy.
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Cochrane Library
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By the end of this session you should be able to:
- Describe basic principles of Evidence Based Practice
- Identify what the Cochrane Library is and when to use it
- Formulate effective search strategies
- Print results, save searches to rerun and set up search alerts
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Embase.com
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Learn how to:
- Access Embase.com from work or home
- Formulate effective search strategies using both keyword and subject heading searches, boolean operators and truncation
- Print, download and email results
- Access full text articles
- Save searches to rerun and set up search alerts
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Electronic Access to Library Resources
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Learn to:
- Access the UQ Library catalogue, databases, ejournals from Library, work and home
- Use our free document delivery service to request material not held by the UQ Library
- Request books for loan from other UQ Branch Libraries
- Access your loan record to check or renew your loans
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Searching for the Best Evidence
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By the end of this session you will be able to:
- describe the basic principles of Evidence Based Practice
- formulate clinical questions using PICO
- search Cochrane Library and bibliographic databases in order to find evidence
- retrieve and view the information you have found
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Electronic Drug Information Resources
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Investigate the following full text electronic packages so you can access comprehensive, up-to-date clinical information quickly and easily at your desktop:
- MIMs online
- Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH)
- Micromedex (including Drugdex, Martindale, Reprorisk) and more...
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Finding &Using Images
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During this session you will learn how to:
- Find high quality Medical Images
- Import images into your presentations
- Gain an understanding of copyright and legal issues surrounding the use of images
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Critical Appraisal - An introduction
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Learn the basics of how to critically appraise a randomised controlled trial (RCT) for validity, importance and relevance.
Gain an understanding of basic statistics, such as confidence intervals, p values and risk measures, used in RCTs and learn how to calculate absolute risk reduction (ARR) and number needed to treat (NNT)
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Citation Searching & Impact Factors
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During this session you will:
- Discover what citation searching is and how it differs from subject or keyword database searching
- Understand why citation indexing is of value in medical research
- Learn how to search Web of Knowledge/ Web of Science and JCR
- Learn how to perform a citation search
- Find out who is citing your work
- Learn how to find Impact factors, how they are determined and why they are important
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Complementary Medicine Resources
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Learn how to :
- Find evidence-based information on safety and effectiveness
of complementary medicines
- Access information on mechamism of action, dosage and
adverse effects
- Check for complementary medicine/drug interactions
- Search databases for complementary medicine information
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eJournals (Electronic Journals)
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Learn to:
- Locate electronic journals through the Library website
- Access full-text articles from Library, work and home
- Keep current with journal alerting services
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Web of Science
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ISI Web of Science offers access to the citation indexes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Distinct from other databases, Web of Sciences offers access to an article’s cited references (its bibliography) so you can search for articles that cite a known author or work. Using Web of Science you can:
- Discover who is citing your own research or who has cited a seminal article
- Track the research activities of colleagues or competitors
- Follow the history of a research topic from its first communication to the present day
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Fulltext medical resources: direct to your desk
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Learn to:
- Investigate the following full text
packages so you can access comprehensive, up-to-date clinical information quickly and easily at your desktop:
- MD Consult
- Stat!-Ref
- Images MD
- ACP Medicine
- ACS Surgery Online
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Research on the Web
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Learn to:
- Use a browser to navigate the World Wide Web
- Know which search tools and strategies to use to best find information
- Understand using a subject directory and a search engine
- Evaluate information found on the Web
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