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What are digital and information skills? Have you got them?

 Digital skills can support you in your studies and work and life! Information skills are a group of digital skills that help you to find the right, good quality information you need to complete your studies, research, work, professional development and ultimately help you to deliver best patient care.

So, what skills do you need and can you tell if you have them?

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Here’s how we can help you to find out:

1. Watch our video What are digital skills? for an overview of what the skills are and how the Health Library can support you.


2. Watch our video Introduction to Information Skills to learn about the specific skills that will help you to find good quality information.


3. Complete our tutorial Check your skills to check if you are an effective searcher.

What do you think of our tutorials?

Please let us know if you find our etutorials and videos to be useful by completing our feedback form.

More eTutorials

Find all our online tutorials on the Information Skills web page on the Health Library website.

More help

Contact the Health Library if you need any help finding the information you need.

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