FSTA® Training Resources

Get the best out of FSTA with our webinars and training materials

We offer drop in webinars and downloadable training materials to help users search as effectively as possible and get the best results out of FSTA®. We hope that these resources will also be useful for information professionals managing subject guides and providing training for library users.

Did you know we're on LibGuides?

You will find FSTA training materials, a resource hub for librarians, and our guides to getting published and best practice in effective searching.

Librarians, please feel free to copy the content to your own library subject guide!

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Using FSTA on EBSCOhost

Get the most out of FSTA on EBSCOhost with our range of training materials, including videos and downloadable guides.

Prefer to join us at an online or in-person event? Want to arrange a tailored training for your organisation or university? Find out more

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Using FSTA on Ovid

Get the most out of FSTA on Ovid with our range of training materials, including videos and downloadable guides.

Prefer to join us at an online or in-person event? Want to arrange a tailored training for your organisation or university? Find out more

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Using FSTA on Web of Science

Get the most out of FSTA on Web of Science with our range of training materials, including videos and downloadable guides.

Prefer to join us at an online or in-person event? Want to arrange a tailored training for your organisation or university? Find out more

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Suggest topics or training materials

We are developing new resources all of the time, so please do tell us if there are other resources or topics we haven't covered yet which you would find useful for your own research or for providing training to others. We welcome feedback!

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Further resources and tools

As part of our mission to fundamentally understand and best serve the information needs of the food community, we have developed resources to help students and researchers to build their skills and feel confident researching information and publishing.

Literature search best practice guide

Through explanatory notes and practical, step-by-step guidance, our guide is designed to help you understand how to effectively plan and carry out your searches for literature reviews.

This is designed for students, researchers looking for a refresher and templates, librarians and information literacy trainers.

Expert guide to publishing in journals

This guide has been developed to help authors navigate the process of selecting appropriate journals, and understand the range of factors which might influence the decisions of where to submit, such as open access, what to expert from the peer review process, the impact Factor and other metrics, and predatory journals.

Free Online Tutorial - FSTA on EBSCOHost, Ovid & Web of Science.

Develop your research skills in the sciences of food & health with FSTA’s free 3-part tutorial.

Being able to effectively and efficiently search for quality research in the sciences of food and health is a key skill for students and researchers. These new tutorials for FSTA on EBSCOhost are designed to give you an overview of FSTA content and the essential skills to search the FSTA database and find quality literature successfully.

More information for each platform are on the below links:

We want to make sure these resources as useful as possible - please tell us what you think!

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FSTA Training Resources

Get the best out of FSTA with our webinars and training materials

Did you know we're on LibGuides?

Choose your platform

Using FSTA on EBSCOhost

Using FSTA on Ovid

Using FSTA on Web of Science

Suggest topics or training materials

Further resources and tools

Literature search best practice guide

Expert guide to publishing in journals

Free Online Tutorial - FSTA on EBSCOHost, Ovid & Web of Science.

We want to make sure these resources as useful as possible - please tell us what you think!

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FSTA Training Resources

Get the best out of FSTA with our webinars and training materials

Did you know we're on LibGuides?

Choose your platform

Using FSTA on EBSCOhost

Using FSTA on Ovid

Using FSTA on Web of Science

Suggest topics or training materials

Further resources and tools

Literature search best practice guide

Expert guide to publishing in journals

Free Online Tutorial - FSTA on EBSCOHost, Ovid & Web of Science.

We want to make sure these resources as useful as possible - please tell us what you think!

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