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Training Opportunities at the Health Library

You will find lots of help available at the Health Library:

Scheduled Training Programme
We run a scheduled training programme throughout the year. You can book on a number of different training courses to help you to develop your literature searching skills and use our resources effectively. You can book online or contact our trainers to reserve a place.

Training at Work
Our trainers can visit you at work to deliver bespoke sessions for you and your work colleagues whether as part of meetings, training events or on a one-to-one basis.

One-to-One Sessions
If you struggle to fit in a scheduled course our trainers will try to arrange to deliver you a one-to-one session at your convenience.

Online eTutorials
We have a number of short, bite-sized etutorials to help you get started using our resources or to help you to develop your information skills. Our etutorials include multimedia and interactive elements.

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