Databases and e-journals
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The Library runs various workshops on getting the best out of databases and e-journals for your studies. See our library events page for availability and to book:
- 'Finding journal articles for your assignments... in a nutshell' - explore what journals are and how to find relevant, quality journal articles for any assignment.
- 'Searching for academic literature using Library Databases... in a nutshell' - learn how to ‘keyword’ an assignment question, run a search using databases, and limit search results to a manageable number. Please note: this is aimed at students with basic experience of searching who want to learn how to carry out more advanced searches (e.g. for a research project or dissertation).
- 'Searching the healthcare databases... in a nutshell' - how to find good quality healthcare evidence from journal articles in databases such as MEDLINE and CINAHL.
Unable to attend? Take a look at our Using Library Search to Find Journal Articles... in a nutshell video, which provides a short overview of how to find journal articles for your assignments, or our Finding journal articles for your assignments Sway, that introduces you to the importance of using journal articles, creating an effective search strategy, and finding articles from the EBSCO databases.
Our interactive online module Literature Searching... in a nutshell introduces you to the process of literature searching, and the Searching for Academic Literature Using Library Databases... in a nutshell video gives an overview of what literature searching is and, using an example assignment question, shows you how to develop an effective search strategy.