Workshop recording, slides and exercises from Discovering Information and Developing Rigour and Validity in Literature Searches at Doctoral Level. This is a workshop delivered as part of the College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences Research Training Programme. Please note that watching the class recording and undertaking the exercises does not qualify you for the class credits. The workshop aims are that by the end of the workshop you should… - Understand the various literature review styles available and strengths and weaknesses of each - Be able to structure a search strategy for effective literature searching - Utilise advanced search techniques to find relevant information in your research field - Use basic text mining techniques to improve the precision and sensitivity of searches - Use article data to identify prominent literature and authors within your field.