This guide will take you through the basics of literature searching in Medical and related topics, using resources subscribed by the University and available through the Library's resource discovery tool FindIt.
It is divided into sections including practical activities as follows:
For short Canvas courses and other material on a range of topics, see the Academic Skills Gateway.
For general help with using FindIt, see the Library FindIt Guide.
For an overview of referencing software, see the iCite Guide pages.
Library Services subscribes to many high quality databases that will be useful to your literature search.
See the following library guide sections for more information on subject-related databases (links open in new tabs):
MDS:
LES:
Academic Skills Advisors are available to provide help, advice, training, support and documentation to undergraduate and masters students undertaking research, project work, essays and/or dissertations. Support is provided for all subjects in the form of one-to-one appointments or virtual online help via Skype. To arrange an appointment at a mutually convenient time, simply complete our online form .
Research Skills Advisors are available to provide help, advice, training, support and documentation to research postgraduate students and academic staff undertaking research and project work. Support is provided for all subjects in the form of one-to-one appointments or virtual online help via Skype. To arrange an appointment at a mutually convenient time, simply contact the Research Skills Team and complete our online form.
Engagement Advisors are available to provide help, advice, training, support and documentation to academic staff.To arrange an appointment at a mutually convenient time, simply contact the Library Engagement Team via libraryengagement@contacts.bham.ac.uk