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Literature searching in medicine – getting started
Puzzled by PICO? Daunted by databases? Baffled by Boolean? This one-hour online introductory class will offer top tips and advice on how to find literature to answer a research question. No prior experience necessary! Together, we will break down a question into the PICO format, put together a structured search, and try it out in PubMed. By the end of this session, you will be able to: explain what structured searching is, and when to use it; break your research question down into searchable concepts; and make use of Boolean operators (ANDs/ORs) in your structured searches.
Intended audience: Medicine & NHS; Taught student; Researcher & research student
Date:
30 October 2025, 16:00
Venue:
Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details:
Seminar Room
Speakers:
Kat Steiner (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Suzannah Bridge (Bodleian Health Care Libraries, University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Bodleian Research and Learning Support
Organiser contact email address:
usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Bodleian iSkills for Medical Sciences and OUH Trust - workshops in information discovery and reference management for the Medical Sciences
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/workshops#/course/OXFORDBODL/ISKILL0102
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Members of the University of Oxford, Oxford University Hospitals and Bodleian reader card holders.
Editors:
Helen Bond,
Melanie Smith
