Online Journals and Science in the News Workshops

Our new Autumn programme of Wellcome Library workshops launch this week, with introductory sessions on the following topics:

Online Journals
This session offers a guide to finding full-text online journals in the Wellcome Library and beyond. It covers both contemporary and historically-related themes and includes both the Library´s subscribed journals and other freely available resources.

The workshop lasts for approximately one hour and will be running on the following dates:

Tuesday 13th October, 2.00pm-3.00pm
Tuesday 10th November, 2.00pm-3.00pm

Places are limited and pre-booking is essential. You can reserve a place by booking online.


Science in the News
For anyone interested in keeping up with news about science and medicine. The workshop will introduce you to news resources available at the Wellcome Library or free on the internet, as well as online tools for keeping up to date, such as RSS feeds and discussion forums. We will also look at how to analyse the news and check the facts behind stories in the media.

Participants will be encouraged to share their own knowledge and experiences of researching science news topics.

The workshop lasts for approximately one hour and will be running on the following dates:

Thursday 15th October, 2.00pm-3.00pm
Thursday 19th November, 2.00pm-3.00pm

Places are limited and pre-booking is essential. You can reserve a place by booking online.


Authors: Lalita Kaplish, Simon Warburton