Training resources (useful internet resources)

In depth training on all listed websites is provided through our training sessions. For more information, visit our Information skills training page. 

Follow each module title for relevant websites used in the training sessions.

Module 1: Finding the evidence

• NICE Guidelines: www.nice.org.uk  
• Cochrane Library: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/
• Pubmed: http://pubmed.gov
• Trip Database: http://www.tripdatabase.com
• Reports: www.dh.gov.uk
• NICE Guidelines: www.nice.org.uk  
• Athens: https://my.openathens.net/ 
• Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.co.uk/
• Clinical Skills: http://www.clinicalskills.net/ 

Module 2: Finding and Accessing Journal Articles

• Pubmed: http://pubmed.gov

• Knowledge and Library Hub: Databases

• EBSCO Guide

• ProQuest Guide

• Ovid Guide

Module 3: How to Reference & Managing References

• Greenwich University - Referencing: Referencing your work | Articles | University of Greenwich

• BMJ – formatting: http://journals.bmj.com/site/authors/preparing-manuscript.xhtml#manuscript
• Wikipedia - Citation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation
• Zotero - https://zbib.org/

• RefWorks: www.refworks.com

• Endnote: www.endnote.com

Free Bibliographic Management Software via the web:

• Mendeley: www.mendeley.com
• Mendeley: User Guide
• Zotero: www.zotero.org
• Endnote basic: www.endnote.com

Module 4: Exploring Critical Appraisal (how to read a paper)

• Critical appraisal skills programme: CASP: https://casp-uk.net/

• Centre for evidence based medicine: www.cebm.net/

• How to read a paper: getting your bearings: www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/315/7102/243 (OpenAthens password needed)

•  Learning Zone:http://www.bandolier.org.uk/learnzone.html

• CONSORT Statement: www.consort-statement.org

• AGREE (Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation) http://www.agreetrust.org/  

• BestBets: https://bestbets.org/links/BET-CA-worksheets.php

• CEBM’s Catalogue of Bias https://catalogofbias.org/

• Deductive vs inductive reasoning: https://www.livescience.com/21569-deduction-vs-induction.html

  https://atsliteacher4.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/types-of-quantitative-and-qualitative-research-designs

Module 5: Critical Appraisal of Quantitative Studies

• Medical Statistics at a Glance, companion site to the book (which is available in the library) - http://www.medstatsaag.com/
• Online Calculator

• NNT - www.ebem.org/nntcalculator.html

Module 6: Critical Appraisal of Systematic Reviews (level two)

• CEBM tools - http://www.cebm.net/critical-appraisal/
• BMJ How to read a paper: Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) http://www.bmj.com/content/315/7109/672 (OpenAthens password needed) 
• Cochrane - http://www.cochranelibrary.com/cochrane-database-of-systematic-reviews/index.html
• PRISMA - http://www.prisma-statement.org/

Module 7: Critical Appraisal of Qualitative Studies

• Cochrane core criteria for assessing qualitative research: Chapter_Guidancecritical_appraisal.doc (live.com)
• Chapter 4 – Critical appraisal of qualitative research
• Cochrane training: Chapter 21: Qualitative evidence | Cochrane Training https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current/chapter-21
• Critically appraising qualitative research: BMJ 2008;337:a1035 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a1035 
• An introduction to reading and appraising qualitative research: BMJ 2008;337:a288  doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a288
• Qualitative research methodologies: ethnography: BMJ 2008;337:a1020    doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a1020 
• Discourse analysis:  BMJ 2008;337:a879  doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a879
• Grounded theory, mixed methods, and action research: BMJ 2008;337:a567 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39602.690162.47
• Why use theories in qualitative research?: BMJ 2008;337:a949 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a949 
• A Kuper, BMJ 2008;337:a1035 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a1035