Canterbury Medical Library Training Sessions
The library training sessions below can be delivered to groups or individuals by arrangement. While the library's training room is not currently available library staff can discuss the options with you.
Please discuss your needs with library staff, by phoning the Reference Desk on extension 80504 (364 0504), or email the Reference Team at referencecml.uoc@otago.ac.nz.
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Name of Course | Content | Duration |
| EndNote basics | Getting references into the EndNote library, organizing and managing references, linking PDFs with references, using EndNote insert citations and create bibliographies according to various output styles. Covers all the basics needed to use Endnote. | 90 mins |
| EndNote troubleshooting | Help with solving any difficulties that you might be having with EndNote | As required |
| Essential evidence-based healthcare resources | Effective use of the main features of a variety of specialist evidence-based health databases. | 60 mins |
| Finding information for mental health research | This session is suitable for those who need to find mental health information. The session looks at OvidSP PsycINFO and OvidSP MEDLINE and covers the effective use of the thesaurus of MeSH terms, explode, focus, truncation and basic limits. | 60 mins |
| Making the most of CINAHL | Effective use of the CINAHL Headings thesaurus, saving searches, autoalerts, explode, focus, truncation. This course is suitable for those who are already using CINAHL. | 30 min |
| Making the most of the online journals | Linking to full text from CINAHL & OvidSP MEDLINE / Journal alerts/ Printing & downloading PDFs | 30 mins |
| Online journals - for beginners | Finding and linking to full text articles from a variety of sources. Help with downloading or printing articles. | 30 mins |
| Subject searching basics in CINAHL | A first look at using the CINAHL database to find journal articles on nursing tops. | 30 mins |
| Subject searching basics in MEDLINE | A first look at using the OvidSP MEDLINE database to find journal articles for all disciplines. | 30 mins |
| Subject searching basics in OvidSP Nursing | A first look at using the OvidSP Nursing database to find journal articles on nursing topics. | 30 mins |
| Super Search Techniques in EMBASE | Effective use of the thesaurus & clinical query limits, saving searches, autoalerts, explode, focus, truncation. This session is suitable for those who are already using OvidSP EMBASE | 60 mins |
| Super Search Techniques in MEDLINE | Effective use of the MeSH thesaurus & clinical query limits, saving searches, autoalerts, explode, focus, truncation. This session is suitable for those who are already using OvidSP MEDLINE. | 60 mins |
| Who said that? Citing sources in your written work | An introduction to referencing. Focusing on the APA style, this session covers when and how to reference and looks at the essential components when citing different types of publication. | 30 mins |