See session times for 2026 below.
All Library Training will take place online.
Improve your literature searching skills at the Library.
Nursing & Allied Health Resources
Tutorial: 1.5 hours
- Design a simple search strategy
- Choose suitable subject headings and subheadings
- Refine your results
- Print, email or save results
- Save a search strategy
Session times
- Semester 1, 2026
- Thu 12 Feb, 2:00 pm
- Tue 3 Mar, 2:30 pm
- Fri 17 Apr, 11:00 am
- Wed 6 May, 2:30 pm
- Mon 15 Jun, 2:30 pm
- Semester 2, 2026
- Thursday 16 July, 11:30 am
- Thursday 27 August, 2:00 pm
- Monday 28 September, 2:00 pm
- Wednesday 14 October, 2:00 pm
- Tuesday 10 November, 2:00 pm
- Friday 18 December, 2:00 pm
Cochrane Library
Tutorial duration: 1 hour
- What is The Cochrane Library?
- Search using keywords and MeSH
- View search results
- Save search history
Session times
- Semester 1, 2026
- Tue 17 Feb, 11:00 am
- Wed 15 Apr, 11:00 am
- Thu 14 May, 3:00 pm
- Fri 19 Jun, 10:00 am
- Semester 2, 2026
- Thursday 16 July, 10:00 am
- Monday 17 August, 11:00 am
- Tuesday 22 September, 11:00 am
- Wednesday 21 October, 2:30 pm
- Friday 27 November, 10:15 am
- Tuesday 15 December, 11:00 am
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.
Tutorial 1: 1.5 hours
Level: Beginner
- View and navigate an EndNote Library
- Import citations into EndNote from various databases
- Change EndNote preferences
- Use online search and find PDFs
Session times
- Semester 1, 2026
- Tue 3 Feb, 2:30 pm
- Fri 13 Mar, 10:00 am
- Wed 15 Apr, 2:30 pm
- Thu 7 May, 10:30 am
- Mon 15 Jun, 11:00 am
- Semester 2, 2026
- Monday 6 July, 2:00 pm
- Wednesday 2 September, 2:30 pm
- Thursday 1 October, 10:00 am
- Monday 2 November, 2:30 pm
- Tuesday 1 December, 12:00 pm
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
- Semester 1, 2026
- Tue 10 Feb, 2:30 pm
- Fri 20 Mar, 10:00 am
- Wed 22 Apr, 2:30 pm
- Thu 14 May, 10:30 am
- Mon 22 Jun, 11:00 am
- Semester 2, 2026
- Monday 13 July, 2:00 pm
- Wednesday 23 September, 2:30 pm
- Thursday 8 October, 10:00 am
- Monday 9 November, 2:30 -pm
- Tuesday 8 December, 12:00 pm
Demonstration: 2 hours
Level: Beginner - Intermediate
Prerequisite: No special preparation required; this is not a hands-on session
Includes all topics covered in EndNote Tutorials 1 & 2 in a demonstration format.
Session times
- Semester 1, 2026
- Tue 17 Mar, 3:00 pm
- Wed 20 May, 12:00 pm
- Semester 2, 2026
- Wednesday 26 August, 3:00 pm
- Thurs 26 November, 10:00 am
Finding the Evidence
Overview of searching different Evidence-based practice resources. Useful for the busy practitioner. Find quick answers to your questions!
Tutorial: 1 hour
- 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
- Semester 1, 2026
- Wed 11 Mar, 10:00 am
- Tue 14 Apr, 2:30 pm
- Fri 15 May, 10:00 am
- Mon 22 Jun, 2:30 pm
- Semester 2, 2026
- Tuesday 14 July, 2:30 pm
- Monday 17 August, 2:30 pm
- Wednesday 23 September, 10:00 am
- Friday 23 October, 11:00 am
- Thursday 10 December, 11:00 am
Introduction to the Library
Work better, work faster. Find the information you need right now! Enjoy a demonstration of how the Library can work for you, in a casual, friendly environment.
Demonstration: 45 minutes
- Tour the Library website; learn what resources are available and how to access them
- Find journals and download articles
- Learn about off-site access
- See how to order items via Document Delivery
Session times
- Semester 1, 2026
- Mon 2 Feb, 10:00 am
- Wed 18 Mar, 12:30 pm
- Tue 28 Apr, 11:00 am
- Thu 28 May, 4:00 pm
- Fri 26 Jun, 2:30 pm
- Semester 2, 2026
- Thursday 16 July, 2:15 pm
- Tuesday 25 August, 2:00 pm
- Monday 28 September, 3:45 pm
- Wednesday 28 October, 11:15 am
- Friday 4 December, 10:00 am
Ovid Medline
This tutorial is also suitable for users of Ovid's Embase.
Tutorial: 2 hours
- Design a simple search strategy
- Choose suitable subject headings and subheadings
- Use Explode and Focus
- Use Limits to reduce results
- Save a search strategy
- Print, email or save results
Session times
- Semester 1, 2026
- Tue 3 Feb, 10:00 am
- Mon 23 Feb, 2:00 pm
- Thu 19 Mar, 2:30 pm
- Fri 24 Apr, 10:30 am
- Wed 6 May, 10:00 am
- Tue 2 Jun, 10:30 am
- Semester 2, 2026
- Monday 6 July, 11:00 am
- Tuesday 25 August, 11:00 am
- Monday 28 September, 10:00 am
- Friday 23 October, 1:00 pm
- Wednesday 25 November, 2:00 pm
- Tuesday 15 December, 2:00 pm
Other Library training by arrangement
Sessions include:
Online training
- EBSCO training
- Select an upcoming session title and follow the registration instructions to join, or see these pre-recorded sessions: Keyword searching in CINAHL and Search using CINAHL headings. These tutorials advise limiting your search to "Full text" to get a manageable
number of results. This means your results will only contain references from journals that the Library subscribes to.
- EndNote
- See EndNote user guides or the EndNote YouTube channel.
- Ovid video tutorials
- Ovid support offers short video tutorials at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.
- Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice
- A self-paced introduction to the process of EBP from the Duke University Medical Center Library and the Health Sciences Library at University of North Carolina.