On this page you will find all of our support for advancaed searching including systematic reviews and search frameworks. If you would like help with general searching take a look at the resources on this page. Use the links below to jump to a specific section:
In this guide you will look at serveral of the most common search operators and how they affect the number and types of results that are returned.
This guide will take you through how to search OVID effectively including using Medical Subject Headings, exporting your results for de-duplication and sharing your search strategy to request further help and support.
This guide will take you through the process of conducting your systematic review. We will explore forming your question and deciding where to search, and how to manage and report on your results.
This workshop will give you time to practice systematically searching the Library's subject databases, introduce you to four core medical and human sciences database platforms; Ovid, EBSCO, Proquest and Clarivate). There is no formal teaching; use this as an opportunity to focus on honing your search strategies with the support of two dedicated members of the library staff.
This searching systematically workshop will introduce you to the four database platforms that house most of the medical and health sciences databases. EBSCO and OVID platforms which host databases such as PsycInfo and CINAHL, and Clarivate and Proquest platforms which host the Web of Science and ASSIA databases.
This blog will go through how a search will be carried out in CINAHL in the (default) Advanced Search mode.
In this blog we will show how to setup an EBSCO account and save searches to run again later.
In this blog we will show you how to use Web of Science in the (default) Basic Search mode using a research topic.
In this blog we will explore how you can create a Web of Science account, save your searches and find your saved searches.
In this blog you will learn how to carry out a search in ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts) in the Advanced Search mode.
In this blog we will explore how you can create an account, save your search strategy and find your saved searches in ProQuest.
In this blog you will learn how to use Medical Subject Headings usually referred to as ‘MeSH’ or ‘Suggested Subject Terms’ found on many health science databases.
In this post we explore the meaning of various terms used in searching and advanced searching of information.
