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Library Skills@UCL for NHS

A guide to information literacy and library skills for NHS staff from Trusts supported by UCL Library Services, to inform clinical practice, study and research.

Searching for health evidence

A variety of resources are available which allow you to access high quality, robust and reliable health evidence to support your research and practice.

Identifying information (evidence) to inform your practice or research, requires search skills in order to:

  • develop an effective search strategy, utilising standard search techniques;
  • ensure the search strategy is suited to the purpose of your search;
  • systematically carry out your search, on appropriate resources, such as bibliographic databases;
  • ensure you retrieve a comprehensive, yet manageable set of results;
  • enable you to review and refine your search.