LibrarySkills@UCL: Training and support

Our programme of training sessions covers all aspects of the library research process. Sessions are delivered face to face across our library sites, or online, giving you the flexibility to learn the way that suits you.

For a complete list of all the training sessions we offer, browse by theme or search the index:

• Library skills essentials
• Searching for information
• Evaluating information
• Referencing and managing information
• Communicating and sharing information
• Index of sessions

Recordings of selected online training sessions are available for UCL students and staff and NHS staff from UCL-affiliated NHS Trusts to view.

Sessions available include:

Training sessions

• Getting started with your systematic review (1h04min)
• Introduction to finding research literature (35min)
• Introduction to EndNote: Demonstration (1h18min)
• Introduction to searching Ovid databases (Medline, Embase, PsycINFO) (57min)
• Introduction to PubMed: Demonstration (50min)

Welcome and induction sessions

• Introduction to Explore: Finding books and more in UCL libraries (23min)
• Library welcome seminar: what to expect from your library (49min)

The following videos are recordings of online sessions which introduce the skills required to undertake the library research process and outline the guidance, training and support available at UCL to enable students to develop those skills.