The Research Skills Team offers a range of training and support for literature searching.
Literature Searching for Researchers online canvas course
Our self-enrol Literature Searching for Researchers Canvas course provides teaching on developing a search strategy, using that to undertake a literature search, keeping the resulting records of your search and offers tips and techniques to maximise effectiveness.
Literature Searching: hints and tips for researchers (workshop)
This workshop provides a practical introduction to effective literature searching. It provides guidance on search strategy planning, the use of keywords and subject headings, and the application of Boolean and proximity operators. It concludes with tips on managing search results.
Workshops will be held on the following dates. Please select your preferred date to book your place via SuperSaas - you will need to register for a password if you are using this for the first time.
More information
This workshop and the Canvas course cover topics which primarily fall under descriptor 2.3: Information and data literacy of Vitae's Researcher Development Framework.
Audience
Postgraduate research students and above.
Accessibility statement
Our workshops and online courses are designed to be inclusive, catering for a wide range of disabilities. We provide accessible documents and a live transcript for online workshops as standard. Accessing the Main Library Training Room in person.
Please contact libraryresearchskills@contacts.bham.ac.uk if you have any additional support requirements, and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Further help
The Research Skills Team also offers one-to-one appointments and bespoke workshops.