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Secrets of Advanced Database Searching in Health Sciences

Bring your questions, frustrations, and examples to this session on advanced search skills. We will share our tips for effective database searching. Whether you are wondering how you could have done it better, you are in the middle of an extensive literature search or you are planning to research an in-depth topic, this session can help.

The focus will be on searching health sciences databases including CINAHL, PsycInfo, PubMed/Medline and Embase.

Participants will learn about:

  • Search syntax
  • Subject headings
  • Field searching
  • Saving results and search strategies
  • Translating strategies across databases

Note: This session will be held online via Zoom. A confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to you after registration.

Date:
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Categories:
Library
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Debra Gold

Liaison Librarian for Health Sciences, Nursing and Sociology

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Valerie Gibbons

Liaison Librarian for Kinesiology, Music, Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism, Psychology and Visual Arts

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