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Fwd: [Expertsearching] Join us for our MLA Course: Advanced Search Techniques and Resources for Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses; 13 & 27 Sept 2022; online only; US- and European-friendly times

  • 1.  Fwd: [Expertsearching] Join us for our MLA Course: Advanced Search Techniques and Resources for Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses; 13 & 27 Sept 2022; online only; US- and European-friendly times

    Posted Jul 29, 2022 08:28 AM


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    From: Carol Lefebvre <carol@lefebvreassociates.org>
    Date: Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 7:27 AM
    Subject: [Expertsearching] Join us for our MLA Course: Advanced Search Techniques and Resources for Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses; 13 & 27 Sept 2022; online only; US- and European-friendly times
    To: ExpertSearching@pss.mlanet.org <expertsearching@pss.mlanet.org>
    Cc: Barry Grant <barry.grant@mlahq.org>, Debra Cavanaugh <debra.cavanaugh@mlahq.org>


    Dear All

     

    The above course is open to both members and non-members of the US Medical Library Association (MLA), is available online only (no attendance in person required) and runs at a convenient time for those of you in 'the Americas' (i.e. late a.m.) as well as those of you in Europe and similar times zones (i.e. late p.m.).

     

    Please see further details below.

     

    All the best


    Carol

     

    Carol Lefebvre

     

    Independent Information Consultant, Lefebvre Associates Ltd, Oxford, UK

     

    Lead Convenor, Cochrane Information Retrieval Methods Group

     

    carol@lefebvreassociates.org

     

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    Advanced Search Techniques and Resources for Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses

    Julie Glanville & Carol Lefebvre

     

    September 13 & September 27, 2022, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m., central time.

    Searchers, even expert searchers, always have more to learn. In this iteration of the MLA course Glanville and Lefebvre have taught most years since 2017, you'll learn their latest advanced techniques for building search strategies for systematic reviews and other major search projects. In this iteration of the course, they add a focus on Cochrane Library syntax and complex search help resources. This course fills quickly!

     

    This instructor-led course offers a small class experience (20 students maximum) with two live sessions and readings, assignments, and discussion outside of class.

     

    This course is an approved elective for Level I of the MLA Systematic Review Searching Specialization.

     

    Learn More about Advanced Search Techniques and Resources for Systematic Reviews and Other Evidence Syntheses

     

     

     

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