Information Skills for Health

What is it? The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination , or CRD, is a research institute based at the University of York. They specialise in evidence synthesis of multiple research studies and complete systematic reviews and economic evaluations to support healthcare decision-making and development of policy. Key Features One of the key resources produced by the CRD is the CRD database. This allows you search for CRD reviews, economic evaluations and health technology assessments. The database allows you to combine search terms using AND, OR or NOT, and use publication date to focus search results. The results list includes items that match your search criteria. The entry for each search record will include the bibliographic information and where possible a link to the full-text. You can select search entries and export them. Some of the entries include a commentary from CRD. Don’t forget to check other resources available to you for the full-text of the entry, if the full...

Following a discussion with fellow librarians about how to create conference posters, I thought that I would share a couple of the resources mentioned: Scientific Poster Design – from Cornell University, NY Here are a few hints and tips about the content of your poster; what to include, how to present information, how to format text, how to make it readable, how to use images and graphics, preparing handouts. Creating Posters using Powerpoint This document goes into a lot of details about how to use Powerpoint, you may already know some of it. But pay attention to the sections at the beginning relating to how to set up and format a Powerpoint slide to act as a poster. Hope these are useful. If anyone has any other resources to share, please add them in the comments.

What is it? AMED is the Allied and Complementary Medicine Database. It is a key database that offers access to complementary and alternative medicine topics, such as acupuncture, chiropractic, herbalism, homeopathy, hospice care, hypnosis, palliative care, physiotherapy, podiatry, and rehabilitation. You can search across a range of nursing and allied health focused publications, to find articles for your search. Key Features We provide access to the AMED database via 2 routes: Ebsco databases – for Keele staff and students HDAS databases – for NHS staff Both these routes allow you to use the following functionality: Perform simple and advanced searching Use thesaurus searching Save searches Export results Access some full-text articles How can it help you? The AMED database allows you to search a wide range of nursing, allied health and complimentary health focused publications, to find the research you need for your assignments, dissertations and r...

New Clinical Overviews – CK Global Atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease Congenital diaphragmatic hernia Drowning Pelvic fractures Pterygium Traumatic diaphragmatic injury Books Added – CK Global Atlas of Common Pain Syndromes  (Waldman, Steven) 4th ed; ISBN: 9780323547314; Package/Collection: Pain Medicine; New edition (replaces 9781437737929);  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2. 0-C20160041050 Essentials of Pain Medicine  (Benzon, Honorio) 4th ed; ISBN: 9780323401968; Package/Collection: Flex Only; New edition (replaces 9781437722420);  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2. 0-C20140038373 Ferri’s Clinical Advisor 2019  (Ferri, Fred) 1st ed; ISBN: 9780323530422; Package/Collection: Base Package; New edition (replaces 9780323280495);  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2. 0-C20150066357 Neuro-Ophthalmology Survival Guide, The  (Pane, Anthony) 2nd ed; ISBN: 97807020726...

What is it? Web of Science is a multidisciplinary database covering science, social sciences and arts and humanities. It offers access to research tools like citation reports and cited reference searching, and personalised features such as saved searches and alerts. The Web of Science Core Collection contains access to the following: Science Citation Index Expanded (1970-present) Social Sciences Citation Index (1970-present) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present) Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (1990-present) Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (1990-present) Book Citation Index– Science (2005-present) Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & Humanities (2005-present) Key Features You can complete a basic or advanced search, as well as use the citation searcher to look for articles, including where the article is cited. You have a range of filters that you can use to focus your search results. ...

Cinahl is the main nursing database that our nursing students can search to find articles on nursing topics. Ebsco, the publisher, have released a number of new videos to help you to get to grips with using the database. Basic Searching Using Cinahl / MESH headings Advanced Searching and using Search History For more help you can also try our etutorial Using Cinahl or go to our help page .

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What is it? RefWorks is a reference management software. It helps you to keep track of the articles and references that you find during your searching. Key Features You can use Refworks to: Save your references Organise your references into folders Import a reference from a website, journal, database or Library Search Create references manually Edit your references if needed Create a bibliography or list of references Add tags which you can use to group references Search your References Remove duplicate references Upload documents Share your references, for example with your project team or tutor Use Cite to add citations directly into your documents How can it help you? RefWorks can help you to keep track of all your references as you work through your course. How to access it? RefWorks is only available to Keele University staff and students. More help? There are a number of places where you can get more help: You can find help about R...

The latest evidence, selected by our Outreach Librarians, is now available in the June Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin -  check out the bulletins on our website .