Training Guides

A number of guides to searching databases are available below. The Medical Librarian team are also able to give help and advice about individual databases and searching in general  -  medical-librarians@bristol.ac.uk

Literature Searching

• Planning a search strategy
• Sample search strategy

Guides to individual databases

BIOSIS Citation Index

• BIOSIS Citation Index Quick Reference Guide (PDF,133 KB)
• Web Tutorials (from Thomson Reuters)
• User Guide (from Thomson Reuters)

CAB Abstracts

• CAB Abstracts Quick Reference Guide (PDF, 398 KB)
• Web Tutorials (from CABI)
• User Guides (from CABI)

CINAHL

• CINAHL Quick Reference Guide (PDF,117 KB)
• CINAHL Search Strategy (PDF, 420 KB)
• Web Tutorials (from EBSCO)

Cochrane Library

• Cochrane Library Quick Reference Guide (PDF, 129 KB)
• Cochrane Search Strategy (PDF, 420 KB) 
• Cochrane Library user guide (from Wiley Interscience)

Embase

• Embase Search Strategy (PDF, 506 KB)
• Quick Reference Cards (from Ovid)

ERIC, AEI, BEI

• ERIC,AEI, BEI Quick Reference Guide (PDF, 330 KB)
• ERIC Search Strategy (PDF, 525 KB)

Journal Citation Reports

• Video Tutorial (from Thomson Reuters)
• User Guide (from Thomson Reuters)

Medline on Ovid

• Medline Quick Reference Guide (PDF, 406 KB)
• Medline Search Strategy (PDF, 503 KB)
• Quick Reference Card (From Ovid)

PsycINFO

• Ovid SP Quick  Reference Guide (PDF , 359 KB)
• PsycINFO Search Strategy (PDF,433 KB)
• Quick Reference Cards (from Ovid)

PubMed

• PubMed Quick Reference Guide (PDF, 406 KB)
• PubMed Search Strategy
• PubMed Web Tutorials  (From the US National Library of Medicine)

Web of Science

• Web of Science Quick Reference Guide (PDF, 320 KB)
• Web of Science Search Strategy (PDF, 590 KB)
• Video Tutorial   (From Thomson Reuters)
• User Guide  (From Thomson Reuters)

 

Reference Managers and Citing References

• Citing References
• EndNote Web Quick Reference Guide (PDF, 226 KB)

• EndNote Tutorial (from Adept Scientific)
• User Guide (from Thomson Reuters)