Structured searching for health students (using CINAHL and other databases)

Searching effectively in the health databases (online session) 

Do you need to understand how to carry out a structured search in a health database? Have you been asked to evidence your search as part of your assignment? 

If so, this workshop is for you. We will guide you through the process of structured searching using the EBSCOHost health databases (CINAHL / Medline). We will cover the whole process, from planning, to carrying out the search and finally to saving and re-running it.  

Who should attend? 

The workshop is aimed at students on health courses who: 

• Are new to structured searching 
• Have tried structured searched before, but found it confusing 
• Would like a refresher on structured searching 

What do we cover? 

We can show you how to: 

• Consider your topic and identify keywords 
• Plan your search strategy (including use of PICO/PIO/PEO) 
• Use Boolean operators and truncation 
• Refine your search using limits 
• Complete a search 
• Create an account to save / re-run your searches 

Upcoming sessions:

• The workshops for this semester have finished, to view a recording of a previous workshop see below.

You do not have to book onto the workshop as attendance is on a first come first served basis

If you need further information or any adjustments to fully access our sessions, please contact libraryhelp@tees.ac.uk in advance. 

We are very interested to hear your views about any workshop you attend.

Please complete the feedback form after you have attended.

Click on the calendar image or on the link below to see the programme of other webinars currently being offered: http://libguides.tees.ac.uk/workshop

Previous session

A recording of the workshop can be found below. 

Further reading

Research referred to in this guide, as well as additional useful resources, can be found on the reading list for Searching for Information in Health and Life Sciences. Click on the image below to access the reading list.

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