LibGuides: Sirona Knowledge and Library Services: Training

Our training

We provide specialist information skills training for all Sirona staff and students. Please see details of our training sessions below and contact the library at Sirona.Library@nhs.net to arrange a 1:1 training session, or a tailored session for your team/small groups of colleagues.

Welcome to your Library & the Knowledge and Library Hub (30 minutes): How to access the Library and its resources, an overview of our print and electronic resources, and the services and training we offer. This session also includes an introduction to the Knowledge and Library Hub.

Literature Searching Basics (30 minutes): A quick overview on how to search the resources effectively and how to plan a search. Useful for anybody who wants to find the best and quickest way to source articles and find relevant evidence. You may also want to try this literature searching e-learning course.

Getting to grips with eResources (30 minutes): Find out about the different resources the Library offers, how to access them and how to make the best use of them.

Referencing Basics (45 minutes): Refresh your skills in referencing. Learn how to cite sources in your writing and put together a bibliography. Online referencing tools are also demonstrated during this session.

Heath Literacy Awareness (45 minutes): Increase your understanding of health literacy and how it impacts people's health and well-being. Learn how you can support people to understand health information.

1:1 Support: If you would like some one-to-one support, please use the form below to let us know how we can help and we will be in touch to arrange a convenient date/time to meet with you. This could be to help you put together a search or to find relevant resources for a project or research.

1:1 support form

In addition, we have some training videos hosted on the Sirona Training Kallidus Suite: