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School of Health Sciences Postgraduates & Researchers : Performing a scoping search to validate your proposed research question
Aimed at SHS postgraduates and researchers who have decided on a research question but have yet to create a research proposal or protocol.
A scoping search is needed to:
- (if performing a Systematic Review) -check a review has not already been performed on the question you are proposing.
- test the depth of research available on your topic and determine if you need to broaden or narrow your question.
In this session we will be demonstrating a number of resources which can be used for this purpose.
Contents:
- PROSPERO
- The Cochrane Library
- NICE Evidence Search
- Turning Research Into Practice (TRIP)
- Databases in EBSCOhost & Ovid Online
Running time: 60 mins approx.
- Date:
- Tuesday 29 October 2019
- Time:
- 14:00 - 15:00
- Location:
- Teaching Room level 3 Library
- Site:
- Northampton Square Library
- Event organiser:
- Steve O'Driscoll
- Audience:
- Postgraduate
- Categories:
- Health & Psychological Sciences
Accessibility adjustments
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