This course is now full
As you all know the Pubmed interface has changed, with a stronger focus on Pubmed Tools & Resources.
If you need to keep up to date or need to find out more about this key resource, then this course is for you.

Date & Time: Thursday 21st January 2010. 10.00am - 4.00pm (Lunch Included)

Venue: South Training Room, Berkeley Library, Trinity College Dublin

Cost: This course is offered at a significantly reduced rate due to the current economic climate:

HSLG/LAI Members: €100
Non-Members: €150
Unemployed/Students: €80

The booking form is available here. Please complete and return to David Macnaughton at macnaugd@tcd.ie

Trainer: Dr. Bríd McGrath

Dr. Bríd McGrath has worked as a Library and Information Consultant since 1987. While she does a wide range of work ( advising organisations on managing their information, designing and conducting training courses, facilitating meetings and conducting research) she specialises in health and social services information. She was the first Health Board librarian in Ireland; she lectures on the M.Sc. in Applied Social Research in Trinity College Dublin and formerly lectured in the U.C.D. Department of Library and Information Studies.

Bríd's training style is very open, encouraging, practical and facilitative. She particularly enjoys working with librarians in developing their skills.

Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment!

 By the end of the course participants will be able to:

•  Plan a search effectively.
• Use the MeSH headings, subheadings and explode functions and key limits.
• Use free-text searching, including phrases and truncations.
• Use Boolean operators to combine searches.
• Understand and be able to use the related articles, clinical queries, citation matcher and FINISH.
• Locate e-books and full text articles through the Books and PubMed Central sections.
• Manage the clipboard for saving and emailing results.
• Save searches for future use.
• Use the RSS option.
• Link your libraries' collections to Pubmed.

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