The Medical Library offers courses in information retrieval for undergraduate students, PhD candidates and staff at the Faculty of Medicine plus staff at the Västerbotten County Council (VLL). The goal of the Medical Libraries courses is to aid students, teachers, researchers and staff at UmU and VLL, to improve their skills in using different kind of search tools, reference management and evaluate scientific information.

Courses/conducted tours for students

The courses are customized after needs and requests from our customers. Courses for students are often integrated in the curriculum. The Medical Library arranges courses adapted to the subject area of the target group. Booking and inquiries

Courses for teachers/researchers/staff at UmU or VLL

The Medical Library arranges courses in information retrieval and reference management on request and after agreement. For example there are courses in: EndNote, EndNote Web, PubMed and Evidense based medicine databases. Booking and inquiries

PhD course

The PhD course in information retrieval is part of the PhD Introductory course held by the Faculty of Medicine. Further information