Here are some guides and videos to our most popular resources. The top tips guides are written by the Medical Library, the database guides and videos are produced by the databases. We also have a YouTube channel where we curate lists of tutorial videos to help with your research and studies.

The University of Cambridge has a collection of short videos on all aspects of research skills, including literature searching, top tips for searching Google more effectively, publishing journal articles, open access, impact and metrics, and more. These videos are available for everyone — no login is required to view them. 

If you would like more detailed help we run group training and one-to-one information clinics.

Health Education England also provides additional guides on database searching and tips for specific resources, which can be accessed here on the Knowledge for Healthcare website. These are aimed at NHS staff. Their literature search protocols may be of particular use.

More information about searching can be found can be found on the Phd on track website.

Resource	Medical Library Top Tips Guides	Link to Database/Reference Manager Guides and Videos
Maximising full text access	Top Tips — Finding Full Text for University of Cambridge staff/students Top Tips — Finding Full Text for NHS staff	Non-applicable
Cochrane	Cochrane Library	This is the Cochrane help guide. In the guide you can find information about how to search Cochrane, regular online training and three online self paced tutorials, podcasts by review authors summarising their reviews
PubMed	Pubmed	This is PubMed’s user manual PubMed Tutorial videos
Ovid databases (MEDLINE and Embase, Emcare)	Ovid (includes Embase and MEDLINE for University of Cambridge users, and Embase, MEDLINE, Emcare and AMED for NHS users)	This is the Ovid help guide. This is where you will find links to recorded training sessions and information about upcoming online training sessions provided by Ovid. See also the Tutorials and Short Demos section for more videos.
CINAHL via NHS Athens	Cinahl (via NHS Athens)	This is the EBSCO help guide Basic searching tutorial Advanced searching tutorial (Please note these two videos demonstrate using Global Health, another database which uses the same interface as Cinahl.)
PsycINFO and Global Health via EBSCO	PsycInfo and Global Health	This is the EBSCO help guide Basic searching tutorial Advanced searching tutorial
Web of Science	Web of Science	This is the Web of Science online text guide. Web of Science YouTube channel
Scopus	Scopus	These are the Scopus help pages, where you can find text guides and online tutorials. Scopus YouTube channel
TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)	TRIP	“How to use TRIP”, on this page are some video guides, links to a tour of the page and page of tips
ProQuest databases (ASSIA, BNI, PsycINFO)	ProQuest (includes ASSIA for University of Cambridge users and BNI and PsycINFO for NHS users)	ProQuest LibGuide ProQuest YouTube channel
Endnote	Endnote Top Tips Endnote Advanced Guide Endnote LibGuide	EndNote’s LibGuide Endnote YouTube channel
Endnoteweb/Endnote Online	EndnoteWeb	Endnote Web help guides Endnoteweb YouTube channel
Mendeley	Mendeley Top Tips Mendeley LibGuide	Mendeley help guides Mendeley YouTube channel
Zotero	Zotero Top Tips Zotero LibGuide	Zotero help guides Zotero YouTube channel

eLearning Resources

There are three modules are available from https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/literature-searching/

‘Building the Foundations’ includes three modules to enable you to assess your current level of skill in literature searching, find out more about the resources available to you and get started planning a search.

Module 1 Introduction to searching 

Module 2 Where do I start searching? 

Module 3 How do I start to develop a search strategy?