The East of England health libraries run training sessions on finding the evidence and information skills, such as:

• Literature searching of healthcare databases
• Finding high quality healthcare information on the Internet
• Finding full-text electronic journals and electronic books
• Keeping up to date with the latest evidence
• Critical appraisal
• Writing for Publication

All courses are free and available to NHS and social care staff. Courses vary between libraries; you may attend a group training session, or a one-to-one session.  Some libraries offer hands-on workshops and others offer demonstrations.

Before attending a course you will need to have basic computer and Internet experience. You will also need to have registered for an NHS OpenAthens username and password: you can register at http://openathens.nice.org.uk. 

To find out about training near you click on the relevant county:
Beds & Herts
Cambridgeshire
Essex
Norfolk
Suffolk
 

If you are not able to attend a training session, or would prefer to learn at your own pace, take a look at the guides put together by East of England librarians or the  videos put together by NICE on searching the new Healthcare Databases Advanced Search interface.