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Develop your Information Skills – get help from our etutorials

Develop your information skills and learn how to complete a literature search – our Information Skills etutorials can help

Our Information Skills etutorials are short, interactive tutorials that help you to develop the skills you need to find information effectively. Start with an Introduction to Literature Searching – complete the starter search plan for your project or assignment.

Then go on and complete more etutorials to improve your search skills.
You can learn:

  • How to identify your question clearly
  • Use the PICO tool
  • Find information effectively
  • Evaluate Information
  • How to find critical appraisal tools

You can complete and save our etutorial reflection document to keep a record for your eportfolio.

Here is a quick taster of the skills you can develop:

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