This is a particularly useful tool for helping you to breakdown assignment questions. Once you have broken down your question it will be easier to identify your keywords and help you to focus on the elements you need to address.
I assume this isn't Keele specific ....You can now complete the CASP (Critical Appraisal Skills Programme) checklist online, then download and save it.
Use the CASP checklists to help you to critically appraise different published research studies. You can now complete the form online, then download and save to your computer. Great for keeping a record of your critical appraisals and to add to your CPD or skills portfolio.
The Health Library now runs 2 introductory and complementary training sessions on the skills that you will need to undertake the Critical Appraisal of healthcare research articles:
Critical Appraisal of Qualitative Research
Critical Appraisal of a Randomised Controlled Trial
EthOS is an e-theses online service provided by the British Library. Participating institutions can deposit a digital copy of the theses of their researchers so that they can be accessed by a wider audience.
The CRAAP test is a tool to help you to remember what to check for when you are deciding whether to use the information source that you have found. It covers the basics that you need to think about.
Evidently Cochrane is a blog that aims to make Cochrane evidence more accessible and encourage discussion around it. The blogs are written by Cochrane staff as well as guest bloggers. Items are posted on a regular basis with themed issues and special events added throughout the year. You can select to view content based on a number of categories. You can sign-up to receive blog posts and digests via email in your inbox.
If you have access to resources from different institutions (for example University and NHS Athens) and are trying to use them at the same time, then try logging on to one set of resources using a google chrome incognito window.
Note that you aren’t invisible from the network you are on but it might prevent the resource provider from getting confused about which login you are using.