Study Skills Workshops
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Click below to view upcoming workshops run by the Effective Learning Service.
Welcome to your subject guide to the library resources in the field of Nursing. If you're not sure where to start, let these pages be your inspiration. This guide can also help you with conducting a literature review and completing other university assignments.
►On this page, you can email and schedule an appointment with your Liaison Librarian, and access useful recordings and help guides as well as your Talis Reading List.
► Go to the Books tab to search the library catalogue and Discover.
►Go to the Journals tab to search for print and e-journals.
► Go to the databases tab for information on multidisciplinary and subject specific databases.
► Go to the referencing tab if you're not sure how to reference a source.
As the Liaison Librarian for Nursing, I am invited onto your timetable to teach you how to navigate and use the print and online resources you have access to as a student at Queen Margaret University.
Please contact me if you have any queries.
The Effective Learning Service has put together a series of videos to help you develop key academic skills:
Part 1 covers how to create a search strategy, and how to use Boolean operators, truncation and phrase searching.
Part 2 covers how to use the search strategy created in part 1 in a databases. Keyword searching and MeSH searching as well as saving articles and searches are all explained.
The library is running a series of workshops, scheduled throughout the year, on topics to help you with finding, accessing and using resources and tools for your work.
To find out what workshops are available, and to book a place, please visit our events booking page
