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Start with the basics or take a quick refresh – try our short etutorials to learn about healthcare resources and develop your skills

Our short etutorials are especially designed to help you to get started using our popular resources and develop your information skills to help you to find the right information you need quickly.

Learn about articles, journals, databases and good quality Internet resources. Use step-by-step instructions and video demonstrations to get to the good quality resources that we have for you.

Develop your information searching skills so that you can become more confident creating a search strategy, using the right resources and appraising the articles you find.

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