National Library for Health – Database Search Guides
2008 National Library for Health Quick Search Guide – Databases
Occupational Therapist’s – Guide to finding the Evidence
2008 Occupational Therapy Guide to Finding the Evidence
NLH – 2008 Guide to Using Healthcare Databases
Guide to using the Library Blog
Study Guides
2008 Part1 Writing assingnments how to deconstruct an essay title
2008 Part2 Writing assignments effective research skills
2007 Step-by-step guide to critiquing research Part 2 qualitative research
2007 Step-by-step guide to critiquing research-Part 1-quantitative research
2008 Undertaking a literature review: A step-by-step guide
Appraisal Tools
Appraisal Tools – The following tools were developed by the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) to help with the process of critically appraising articles of the following types of research:
Evalualtion of Websites
Internet Detective - from Intute Use this free Internet tutorial to learn to discern the good, the bad and the ugly from your online research
Minervation – The LIDA instrument guide for health information online, being able to evaluate quality information
All of the above are available and free to download for personal use.