The University of Malta Library, in collaboration with EBSCO, is organising two training workshops on EBSCOhost databases:
Workshop 1: EBSCOhost databases: how to get the best search results!
Workshop 2: EBSCO Health databases: from primary literature to EB tools at Point of Care
Each session will take around two hours and is dedicated to the databases you can access on EBSCOhost through the UM Library.
After these sessions you will be able to locate the resources through the UM Library website, access and search them using the tools that allow you to get the best results and to manage them in the most effective way.
Workshop 1: EBSCOhost databases: how to get the best search results!
Date: Monday, 18 November 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Venue: TR003 (IT Services)
Target audience: All the UM registered patrons who are interested to know more about EBSCO's platform.
Workshop agenda:
- Why, From Where and How to access EBSCOhost resources?
- Basic and advanced searches examples
- Exploring the thesaurus
- Managing the results: how to save, print, send by email and export good results
- My EBSCOhost folder: the door to alerts, shared folders etc.
- More about EBSCO support
Workshop 2: EBSCO Health databases: from primary literature to EB tools at Point of Care
Date: Monday, 18 November 2019
Time: 16:00-18:00
Venue: TR003 (IT Services)
Target audience: Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Midwifery
Workshop agenda:
- Formulating the Question: EBSCOhost databases and DynaMed
- Why, From Where and How to use them?
- Search strategies on CINAHL and MEDLINE
- Focus on CINAHL and MeSH Headings, filters etc.
- Focus on Cochrane Library (including Systematic Reviews)
- DynaMed updated evidences at point of care: search experience
- DynaMed: following the data
- DynaMed: the mobile access
- More about EBSCO support
To reserve a place, send an email or call +356 2340 2541.