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Have you got the best information skills?

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 You need the best information skills to find the best evidence to support your studies, work and patient care.

We’ve been posting about on online learning opportunities. You can learn something new or update your information searching skills by completing our online tutorials.

We have developed online tutorials especially for healthcare staff and students to help you to find the right information at the right time from the right resources. You can:

  • Watch a video
  • Complete an interactive tutorial
  • Take a quiz
  • Follow a presentation
  • Download a worksheet

All our tutorials are freely available, no login required. Complete them at your own pace, whenever you want to. Download the reflection document to keep a record of your learning.

Learn now:

Try our tutorials

Go straight to our Information Skills eTutorials page on the Health Library website to access all our etutorials.

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