Wednesday 22 August 2007

Cochrane Library Training. Autumn dates.

Friday 7th September 2 - 3.30pm
Tuesday 9th October 2 - 3.30pm
Monday 12th November 9.30 - 11am

The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world’s best medical research studies, and are recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.

Learn how to:

  • Decide when to use the Cochrane Library
  • Search the Cochrane Library
  • Browse by topic
  • View, save and print results.
Open to all Queen Elizabeth and Greenwich TPCT staff. Suitable for everyone, no previous experience is needed.

Call Abby on 020 8836 6752 for more information or to book a place.

Reference Manager Training. Autumn dates

Friday 28th September 2 - 3.30pm
Friday 19th October 2 - 3.30pm

Reference Manager is designed to automate the creation of bibliographies for journal articles and assignments. It can save you hours of typing references and interpreting requirements for different referencing styles.This course has been developed at an introductory level and is aimed at anyone who would like to learn how to use Reference Manager to store, format and retrieve references from books and journals.

Suitable for everyone, no previous experience is needed.

Learn how to:
● Add references manually
● Import references from Medline, Cochrane Library, etc
● Use Cite While You Write (CWYW)
● Change bibliography style

Open to all Queen Elizabeth and Greenwich TPCT staff.

Call Abby on 020 8836 6752 for more information or to book a place on the course.

Journal Survey - your last chance to take part

Don't forget, the 2007 journal survey ends on Friday 31st August

The Healthcare Library would like to offer you the chance to help us decide on which journals we will subscribe to in 2008.

If you can’t make it into the Healthcare Library, the survey is also available on the internet here: http://tinyurl.com/yvynzx

If you have any questions or comments, or if you would prefer a paper copy of the survey please contact the Healthcare Library on 020 8836 6748 and we will send one out to you.