Education
Here you will find various instructional films and open e-courses that you can use on your own to learn more about, for example, information retrieval or reference management. You can also order a workshop for your entire work group, for example on evidence-based information retrieval.
E-learning on information retrieval
Use open e-courses and instructional films to learn more about advanced information retrieval, evidence-based practice and systematic reviews.
The open e-courses are divided into different sections and include texts, images, films and interactive elements. You can go through the courses at your own pace and pause when needed. The courses are non-credit and not personalized.This means that the tasks you answer disappear when you close the web window or take a longer break.
Several open e-courses are produced by the University Library at Luleå University of Technology. This means that there are links in them that lead to the University Library's website, and not to the Medical e-library. Therefore, you need to start from the Medical e-library when searching
E-courses in information retrieval
Introduction of the Medical e-library
This is a free online introduction course aimed at those who are employed in Region Norrbotten or are medical students at Sunderby Hospital. In this course, you will learn more about the Medical e-library's services, using texts, films and interactive elements.
- Basic level
- Online based
- Not personal - answers from exercises are not saved
- Contains texts, videos, quizzes and interactive elements.
- Introduction of the Medical e-library External link, opens in new window.
In this course you will learn more about the services of the Medical e-library, such as how to borrow books, make interlibrary loans, register a library account and more. (in Swedish)
Advanced Information Retrieval HLT
This is a free online course at advanced level aimed at those who are employed in Region Norrbotten or are medical students at Sunderby Hospital. In this course you will learn more about advanced information searching, using texts, movies and interactive elements.
- Advanced level
- Online based
- Not personal - answers from exercises are not saved
- Includes texts, videos, quizzes and interactive elements
- Advanced information search HLT External link, opens in new window.
Advanced block search in PubMed and Cinahl, as well as information on Swedish MeSH and SveMed+. (in Swedish)
Evidence-based information retrieval
This is a free online course at an advanced level, aimed at those who are employed in Region Norrbotten or are medical students at Sunderby Hospital. In this course you will learn more about evidence-based information retrieval, using texts, videos and interactive elements.
- Advanced level
- Online based
- Not personal - answers from exercises are not saved
- Includes texts, videos, quizzes and interactive elements
- Evidence-based information retrieval External link, opens in new window.
Search for evidence-based material using different databases and structure your question with PICO (in Swedish).
SLU hub for systematic reviews
- SLU hub for systematic reviews External link.
Created by the SLU University Library and contains information on systematic reviews. The content is in English.
Instructional videos on information retrieval
When using the library's instructional videos, you can advantageously follow and perform the same steps that the videos go through. You can pause or rewind if you think it is too fast, or if you want to watch a step again.
Learn more about BrowZine, such as how to find magazines and sort them into bookshelves (in Swedish).
Information on the Swedish MeSH glossary, which is used in PubMed and elsewhere (in Swedish).
Use SveMed+ to find relevant MeSH terms (in Swedish).
PubMed
Advanced block searches in PubMed using the search history (in Swedish).
Refine your searches in PubMed using different filters (in Swedish).
Instructional video on how to create alerts in PubMed (in Swedish).
Cinahl
Advanced block search in Cinahl with free text and controlled keywords (in Swedish).
Delimitations and filters in Cinahl (in Swedish).
Reference management e-learning
Learn more about reference management using different learning modules and open courses. Among other things, they contain information about the web-based program RefWorks, which helps you manage your references.
The university library's learning modules and open courses are divided into different sections that contain both texts, images and videos. Some also contain quizzes where you can test your knowledge. The purpose of modules and open courses is that you can go through them at your own pace, and pause when you need to. Please note, however, that you cannot contact the library via these, instead use the link below if you have questions.
E-courses in reference management
Using references
This is a free online course at basic level aimed at those who are employed in Region Norrbotten or are medical students at Sunderby Hospital. In this course you will learn more about reference management, with the help of texts, films and interactive elements.
- Basic level
- Online based
- Not personal - answers from exercises are not saved
- Includes texts, videos, quizzes and interactive elements
- Using references External link, opens in new window.
Information on how to cite sources in running text, how to create a reference list, and more.
RefWorks
This is a free online advanced course that is open to everyone. In a simple and fun way, you will learn more about RefWorks through texts, videos and interactive elements.
- Advanced level
- Online and open to everyone
- Not personal - answers from exercises are not saved
- Contains texts, videos, quizzes and interactive elements
- RefWorks External link, opens in new window.
Learn more about RefWorks, a program that helps you manage your references.
Order a workshop
Does your working group need to learn more about evidence-based information retrieval, databases or search techniques? Book a workshop!
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