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ProQuest is happy to present to you a new set of remote training sessions, for the year 2022, with weekly frequency, starting with dates all over the 1st Quarter. This is to support the move from HDAS to native platform searching.
The schedule will include 2 Introductory sessions and 2 Advanced sessions each month.
Registration is required. Please click on the link of the date of your choice to go to the registration page.
Please read the full description of the 2 sessions here below the schedule, or by clicking on the title of the webinar, to make sure the content of the webinar of your choice is well tailored to the level of your experience and needs.
We will discuss real life search samples whenever possible during the sessions. Attendees are welcome to provide some real life search examples, ideally 1 week in advance to the scheduled date. We can then incorporate these into the webinar. Please address them to training@proquest.com, indicating the webinar title and date, and NHS in the email subject. Thanks!
Introduction to searching on ProQuest (click to read the full description)
Advanced Searching on ProQuest (click to read the full descriptio
Title: Introduction to searching on ProQuest
Intended Audience:
o Non-Expert users
o for simple searches only
o Preliminary for anyone new to ProQuest
Duration: 60 minutes (45 mins presentation/demo; 15 mins Q&As)
Assumed previous experience:
o No previous knowledge of ProQuest
o Assumed knowledge of the basics of online searching (boolean operators)
o If any basic information is needed on the online searching, simple self-pacing modules can be found on the ProQuest platform libguide: https://proquest.libguides.com/proquestplatform
Learning Objectives:
participants will learn how to
o access the databases and navigate the platform
o carry out a simple search,
o find the full text of an article
o save or email a set of results.
Detailed Agenda:
o General navigation of the ProQuest platform
§ The 3 search levels (Basic, Advanced, Command Line)
§ the Publications catalog and the Browsing option
§ How to change the database
o Basic search features:
§ The system defaults / phrase searching
§ Boolean operators, Nesting
§ Setting precedence with parentheses
§ Truncation, proximity operators
o The results page features / access to full text
o Use the narrow filters to refine the search
o Display the results online, email or save selected results in various formats
o Where to find additional support resources
Title: Advanced Searching on ProQuest
Intended Audience:
o Expert Searchers
o for more complex searches
Duration: 90 minutes (75 mins presentation/demo; 15 mins Q&As)
Assumed previous experience:
o For anyone who has acquired some familiarity with the ProQuest platform
o anyone who has attended the 1st session.
o anyone needing to run complex searches
Learning Objectives:
participants will learn how to
o carry out an advanced search,
o use thesaurus terms, combine searches, apply limits,
o save searches, save results in a variety of different formats,
o export results to reference management software
Detailed Agenda:
o Brief recap of search basics (defaults, variants, truncation, operators)
o Fields searching
§ The Advanced search drop-down menu
§ Command line
§ Special field combination labels (TIAB etc)
§ Look up Lists for specific fields
o Using the thesaurus
§ the visual thesaurus features
§ Explosion, Major, Subheadings
§ the command line versions
o Set searching (Command Line and Recent searches)
o Multifile search and Deduplication
o Export results in bulk, export to Reference Managers
o My Research - Customization options: preferences
o My Research - Organizing your data: saving documents or searches, creating alerts or RSS Feeds
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