Outline•Getting an NHS Athens Password

•Formulating a Search Strategy

•Choosing an Appropriate Starting Point for a Search

•Getting Hold of Material

•Managing References

•Sharing References and Material

Getting a NHS Athens Password

•Go to www.library.nhs.uk on an NHSnet connected machine

•Click on the Register for NHS Athens option (1st Block on Left 3rd option down!)

•Complete the form

•This will allow you to access NHS licensed eResources

• Formulating a search strategy – a simple matrix tool can assist you to do this.

• Examples of these tools are SPICE, PICO and ECLIPS

• The queries:1. L&D Lead is looking for literature on return on investment for training

2. L&D Lead is looking in NHS and outside for literature on first level management training inside and outside the NHS

3. L&D is looking for evidence on the impact coaching has on organisational performance for a Board Report

Setting Perspective Intervention/Interest

Comparison Evaluation

Training

Education

Return on Investment

ROI

Impact*

Effective*

Population Intervention Comparison Outcome

First Level Managers

“First level management training”

“First level management education”

“course content”

curriculum

“best practice”

“good practice”

Expectation Client Group Location Impact Professionals Involved

Service

     “Organisational performance”

“organisational effectiveness”

“Learning and Development”

Trainer*

Manag*

 Coaching

• Choosing the right source?– Formal academic literature

• NHS Evidence Databases• Google Scholar

– Grey Literature• Google may need to restrict by domain e.g.

site:nhs.uk

Getting hold of material:

Find your local librarian www.hlisd.org

Sharing material: Under the terms of the CLA licence you may share 15 copies of an article copied.

If in doubt share just the reference.

Managing the material you retrieve:

•Refworks

•Mendeley www.mendeley.com (free and simple to use)

•Zotero (Firefox add-in) www.zotero.org

Shave and a Haircut

•Getting an NHS Athens Password

•Formulating a Search Strategy

•Choosing an Appropriate Starting Point for a Search

•Getting Hold of Material

•Managing References

•Sharing References and Material