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Introduction to Literature Searching

20/02/20

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Library and Knowledge Service

Sir Thomas Browne Library

2:00pm - 3:00pm

An introductory session on the use of the Healthcare Databases and Searching (HDAS) tool provided by NICE. The session will include an outline of the following topics: free-text searching; use of MeSH (Medical Subject Heading) terms; use of Thesaurus terms; adding limits; combining terms; saving and collating results.

Use the HDAS tool to effectively and efficiently conduct literature searches. *Understanding of search structure *Use of free-text, MeSH and Thesaurus search terms *Limiting searches *Combining search terms *Collating, saving and exporting results

1 hour CPD

This skills session has no organisation restrictions
This skills session has no job role restrictions