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Be a confident searcher, complete our etutorials

 Make sure you maximise your potential and become the best searcher you can be.

This will help you to find the right information quickly and confidently to support your studies, dissertation, professional development, research and ultimately lead to better patient care.

Our etutorials will set you on the right path. Go to our Information Skills etutorial page, explore the different sections and complete the etutorials to develop your skills and learn more about our resources:

  1. What are digital and information skills? Have you got them?
  2. Your digital skills – how can the Health Library help?
  3. Information skills to support literature searching
  4. Analyse your question to get your literature search off to a good start
  5. Develop your search skills with our online tutorials
  6. Learn to use the right resource
  7. Is the information you find good quality?
  8. Make sure you use information ethically
  9. Use your digital skills to share the information you find
  10. Stay up-to-date with updates in your field
  11. More training options to develop your digital skills
  12. Let us know what you thought
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Our etutorials are suitable for both Keele University students and NHS staff. You'll find presentations, interactive tutorials, quizzes, videos, worksheets and downloadable content.
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