Library and Learning Services

Support for Staff and Students

Support for Staff and PGRs

Training

We provide training sessions for staff and PGRs, which are advertised through MyPGR and Eventbrite.

You can watch recordings of our sessions:

You can also work through our Systematic Review Guide.

Advice and Appointments

The Library can advise on:

  • creating and applying a search strategy
  • choosing databases
  • additional searching methods (e.g. citation searching, grey literature) 
  • other areas related to the search methodology section of a review.

We can provide written feedback on your search strategy, or you can make a 1to1 appointment with a librarian to discuss your search. Contact us via librarians@le.ac.uk.

Please note: it can take up to two working weeks to provide search strategy feedback, or arrange an appointment. When you contact us, we will let you know the current timescales.

Due to capacity constraints, we do not create and run searches on behalf of researchers as part of our normal service. 

University staff who are also NHS staff, and conducting reviews as part of their NHS work, can also access services and resources provided by the UHL Libraries and Information Service,

Postgraduate research students are expected to create and run their own searches as part of developing their research skills, and because their review is likely form part of their academic assessment and thesis examination process.

Support for Medical Students

Please note that systematic reviews are not a requirement of the MB ChB curriculum, but here’s how we can support you:

  • If your systematic review is part of an intercalated degree, we can guide you through the search process so that you learn how to carry out the searches yourself. We cannot do your searches for you.
  • If you are working independently, we recommend using our asynchronous resources on literature searching and systematic review methods, which you can work through at your own pace. These materials provide a strong foundation for planning and conducting your review.
  • If you are collaborating with a clinician or NHS team, please ask them to contact the NHS Trust Library on your behalf. The clinician can reach the UHL Library Team via their website and introduce you as part of the systematic review team.

Please note that we are unable to run searches on behalf of students. We can only provide one-to-one support within formal course requirements, due to capacity constraints.

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