Preparing for your library training session

NHSGGC librarians are happy to provide one to one or small group training sessions on carrying out a literature search in one of the bibliographic databases. Depending on your support needs, these usually take around one hour.

Before your training session:

To make sure you get the most out of your training session we would encourage you to work through the following preparatory tasks in advance:

• Set up an NHS Scotland Athens account and/or check that it is working correctly
• Think about your search question
• Gather together any relevant background information about your search request
• For systematic review training sessions, do some background reading about the systematic review process
• For critical appraisal training sessions, select a relevant article to review

Click on the links in the text for more information on each task. 

What to bring with you to your training session:

• Your NHS Scotland Athens password (see above on how to check that your Athens password is current or apply for one)
• Your search topic/question (see above for help on formulating an answerable question)
• Any relevant background information on your search question which might be useful (for example, course requirements, relevant references already found)