Art of reading a journal article: Methodically and effectively
BMJ: How to read a paper A series of papers on how to read and critique different types of research articles.
BMJ Statistical notes series. A series of explanatory notes on interpreting statistics in medical research. Topics include validating scales, correlation, probabilities, bootstrap resampling and many more. To access full text, go to Find an article at the library webpage, then enter 'Statistics notes'.
Tips for analyzing studies, medical evidence and health care claims. Series of short articles from HealthNewsReview.org on how to analyse studies.
What is “quality of evidence” and why is it important to clinicians?
GRADE guidelines: 3. Rating the quality of evidence
GRADE guidelines: 4. Rating the quality of evidence—study limitations (risk of bias)
BMJ How to clarify a clinical question
Video: How to Use the PICO Method to Form a Clinical Question
How to use the medical subject headings (MeSH) - The International Journal of Clinical Practice
Video: Subject headings vs keywords
Video: Medline - Searching with Subject Headings
Video: Boolean Operators: Pirates vs. Ninjas
Video: Search Smart - Truncation, Wildcard and Phrase Searching
UoM guide to literature review process: Literature Reviews
Sample text with editorial markup from Purdue University
10 simple rules for writing a lit review - article