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New support for systematic reviews: Cochrane Interactive Learning

Cochcrane Interactive Learning logo. Wording reads trusted evidence, informed decisions, better health.

Are you tackling a systematic review but not sure where to start? Struggling to define your review question or come up with a clear search strategy?

The Library now subscribes to Cochrane Interactive Learning . This resource contains 11 modules to help you improve your knowledge and skills in conducting systematic reviews. Whilst the Cochrane Review process is designed for healthcare interventions, any researcher who is interested in systematic reviews or systematic searching can benefit from this resource. The first three modules may be of particular interest.

Finding online journal articles just got easier: Part II – My Articles and My Bookshelf

Remember that article you stumbled across that looked like it might have had the information you needed in your research…. but then you were distracted and now you actually can’t remember what it was called or where it was from?

Remember that your tutor mentioned that the best journal for your research was out monthly, but you’re so busy with your part-time work and your studies that you keep forgetting to check on new issues?

Remember when we introduced BrowZine? Well, BrowZine can help you with solutions to these and other issues by providing you with personalised bookshelves and the ability to save articles to your profile with a click of a button. And here’s how.

Discover Your Library – How to find your Library books

You’ve been given your module handbooks for the semester, and you have been told that you can find many of your course books in the library. But how are you going to go about finding a few books among thousands? You might also be wondering if finding items will be different with the current coronavirus measures?

Well, if you read on we have composed a handy guide to finding those all-important books and resources.

This screen is driving me crazy

Yesterday, Dean Irwin, a postgraduate reseacher at CCCU, asked me if I had any tips for students who struggle to read on computers (even with assistive technology) and who don’t have access to a printer. I am not a specialist in this area, but in this blog I will attempt to share some tips for making reading library resources online a little easier.