Library education and research support

NSLHD Library staff offer training and support in searching the medical literature.

Related Guides

Our Topic Guides cover key information on a wide variety of health and medical topics to help you get started finding the information you need, including recommended databases, key journals, and more.

Library Training

Learn to search effectively and efficiently for current, authoritative medical literature to answer your clinical question. This course seeks to develop and enhance your searching skills using the Medline database to find evidence-based medical information.

By the end of the session participants will be able to:

• Identify and access relevant resources to search from work or home
• Understand the coverage and strengths of various resources
• Ask an answerable question in Medline
• Identify relevant subject headings and/or keywords
• Understand advanced Medline database tools
• Download, read or request articles
• Save search strategy and access the saved search
• And more

Request training at a time that suits you best.