Searching Online Databases

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📅 Date: Tuesday Feb 28 🕐 Time: 10:00 - 10:45am ⏳ Duration: 45 mins 📍 Location: Microsoft Teams 🎟 Book Your Place	📅 Date: Thursday Mar 2 🕐 Time: 3:00 - 3:45pm ⏳ Duration: 45 mins 📍 Location: Microsoft Teams 🎟 Book Your Place

👤 Presenter: Jesse Waters, Library
👥 Audience: All Students
🚀 Related to DigComp Skill/Competence(s): 1.1

Do you know how to use the library databases and journals to search for information? This library information session will teach you how to by:

- Helping you identify keywords and synonyms to help you find relevant sources.

- Demonstrating how to search for sources in a library database.

- Improving your research skills overall.

On completion of this session, you will...

1. Know how to access databases provided in the library.

2. Be able to identify keywords and synonyms.

3. Understand Boolean search techniques and use them.

4. Know how to critically evaluate sources.