Training
All library training is free!
- About library training
- Finding the Evidence
- EndNote
- RefWorks
- Lunchtime @ the library
- Medline (Ovid)
- CINAHL (Ebsco)
- The Cochrane Library
- PubMed
- Other library training by arrangement
- Online training
About library training
Improve your literature searching skills at the library.
Sessions can be booked for small groups from one department to train together, or for individuals in open sessions.
Download our 2-sided, 3-fold brochure, or pick one up at the library.
Finding the Evidence
Searching Evidence-based practice resources. Useful for the busy practitioner. Find quick answers to your questions!
Demonstration
- Use PICOT and Boolean algebra to develop a search strategy
- Develop an awareness of Evidence-based practice resources
- Search a variety of Evidence-based practice resources
Session times
- Tuesday 8 May, 2:30pm - 3.30pm
- Wednesday 20 June, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Tuesday 21 August, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
EndNote
Bibliographic management software that allows you to: organise references, images, PDFs and other files in a library; and insert citations directly into your document using Cite While You Write. Borrow an EndNote disk from the library and install it at work or home, or both; ask at the front desk (hospital staff only).
How to prepare for EndNote Tutorials
EndNote Tutorials 1 and 2 are held in the library but you must bring your own laptop preloaded with EndNote version X4 or X5. MCRI staff and students should contact MCRI IT to have EndNote installed. Melbourne Uni staff and students can download EndNote from the Uni's website. RCH staff may borrow a disk from the library.
Tutorial 1
Level: Beginner
Prerequisite: None
- View and navigate an EndNote Library
- Change EndNote preferences
- Import citations into EndNote from various databases
- Use online search and find PDFs
Session times
- Thursday 17 May, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- Wednesday 13 June, 10:00am - 11:30am
- Friday 17 August, 9:30am - 11:00am
- Thursday 13 September, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Tutorial 2
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: EndNote Tutorial 1
- Attach files to your EndNote references
- Generate a bibliography of EndNote citations
- Insert citations from EndNote libraries while writing a paper with MS Word
- Edit citations and understand field codes
Session times
- Thursday 24 May, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- Wednesday 20 June, 10:00am - 11:30am
- Friday 24 August, 9:30am - 11:00am
- Thursday 20 September, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Demonstration
Note: No special preparation required; this is not a hands-on session.
- View and navigate an EndNote Library
- Change EndNote preferences
- Import citations into EndNote from various databases
- Use online search and find PDFs
- Attach files to your EndNote references
- Generate a bibliography of EndNote citations
- Insert citations from EndNote libraries while writing a paper with MS Word
- Edit citations and understand field codes
Session times
- Wednesday 30 May, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
- Tuesday 14 August, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- Monday 3 September, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
RefWorks
Tutorials for RefWorks are discontinued. You may want to consider EndNote instead. We will continue to support existing RefWorks users individually. Contact the library for help, or try some online training.
Lunchtime @ the Library
Work better, work faster. Find the information you need right now! Bring your lunch, bring a colleague, and enjoy a demonstration of how the library can work for you, in a casual, friendly environment.
Session A
Tour the library website
- Navigate the library website
- Learn what resources are available and how to access them
Session B
Using the Journals List
- Find journals and download articles
- Learn about off-site access
- See how to make Document Delivery requests to order items not held by the library
Medline
These tutorials are also suitable for users of Ovid's Embase.
Tutorial 1
Level: Beginner
Prerequisite: None
- Design a simple search strategy
- Choose suitable subject headings and subheadings
- Use Explode and Focus
- Use Limits to reduce results
- Print, email or save results
This tutorial also applies to Embase via Ovid.
Session times
- Thursday 17 May, 10:00am - 11:00am
- Wednesday 13 June, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Thursday 13 September, 10:00am - 11:00am
Tutorial 2
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: Medline Tutorial 1
- Limit and increase results
- Use "free text" searching
- Save a search strategy
- Use field searching
This tutorial also applies to Embase via Ovid.
Session times
- Thursday 24 May, 10:00am - 11:30am
- Wednesday 20 June, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- Thursday 20 September, 10:00am - 11:30am
CINAHL
This tutorial is also suitable for users of EbscoHost's PsycInfo and Medline
Tutorial
Level: Beginner
Prerequisite: None
- Design a simple search strategy
- Choose suitable subject headings and subheadings
- Use Explode and Major Concept
- Use Edit to reduce results
- Print, email or save results
- Save a search strategy
Session times
- Monday 4 June, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- Thursday 16 August, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- Tuesday 4 September, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
The Cochrane Library
Tutorial
- What is The Cochrane Library?
- Search using keywords and MeSH
- View search results
- Display and navigate around documents
- Save search history
Session times
- Thursday 10 May, 2:15pm - 3:15pm
- Wednesday 13 June, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Tuesday 21 August, 2:15pm - 3:15pm
PubMed
Demonstration
Note: No special preparation required; this is not a hands-on session.
- Search using thesaurus (MeSH)
- Combine search lines
- Limit search to reduce results
- Save search
Session times
- Thursday 17th May, 8.00am - 9:30am
- Monday 4th June, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
- Monday 6th August, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
- Wednesday 22nd August, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
- Thursday 20th September, 8.00am - 9:30am
Other library training by arrangement
Sessions include:
- Individual help with searching
- Library tours
- Group training sessions in your department
- Introduction to MIMS Online
Contact us to discuss your training needs.
Online training
- RefWorks
- Choose from a selection of short, online video tutorials. Also see General Information, which includes a Fact Sheet, user guides, help documentation, and FAQs.
- EndNote
- See EndNote Basics and EndNote Extras from the University of Canterbury, self-teaching tutorials from the University of Queensland, or the EndNote YouTube channel.
- CINAHL
- See video tutorials from Ebsco Support: CINAHL with Full Text: Advanced Searching Techniques (8 mins) and CINAHL Plus with Full Text Advanced Searching (6 mins).
- DynaMed
- See video tutorials from Ebsco Support: Basic Searching (5 mins) in your web browser, or try DynaMed on your BlackBerry (4 mins), or iPhone or iPod touch (6 mins).
- OvidSP video tutorials
- View or download these video tutorials from the medical library at the Yale University School of Medicine. Titles include "Saving Searches in Ovid SP", "Exporting Ovid SP Search Result to EndNote", and "Combining and Limiting Searches in Ovid SP".
- Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
- A self-paced introduction to the process of EBM. From the Duke University Medical Center Library, and the Health Sciences Library at University of North Carolina.
- The Cochrane Library
- - Guide to the Cochrane Library from the Australasian Cochrane Centre.
- - Tutorials from Wiley InterScience (requires free registration): The Cochrane Library - an introduction; Tips on Advanced and MESH searching; Setting up Saved Searches and e-mail Alerts.
- NetTutor
- Training guides for using the Internet. Ohio State University has developed a series of web-based tutorials, including "Getting Started on the Web".
