Information Skills for Health

Got a reference? Need to find the full-text? You can check for full-text articles and journals by using our new tools to search NHS resources. Learn more by completing our new tutorial Find full-text articles and journals for the NHS . Learn how to: find an article by DOI or Pubmed ID find an article by using the NHS knowledge and library hub find a journal title using browzine learn more about getting quick info on full-text access using Libkey nomad The presentation includes video demonstrations. Need more help? Contact Cheryl, the eresources librarian .

 The Health Library Netvibes Current Awareness Service will be closed. Topic pages are no longer kept up-to-date. The service will be terminated in April. To stay up-to-date with the latest released evidence register for our KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates service . For more help signing up to journal eToCs please see our previous blog posts . Contact the Health Library if you need additional assistance.

 The specialist support page for nursing and healthcare assistants has been updated to account for the recent changes to the NHS resources. The out-of-date dashboard has been removed and the resources links updated. Take a look at the refreshed page to find out how the Health Library can support nursing and healthcare assistants.

 Medline is a great general medical database. You can search for articles across a wide range of journal titles using keywords or thesaurus terms (MeSH). Medline is accessible from different platforms for NHS users - Ebsco, Ovid and Proquest. All accessible using your NHS OpenAthens username. Which version is the best to use? This article Search results outliers among Medline platforms discusses the issues.

  If you need to look for literature on mental health topics make sure you start with the   Proquest databases . Proquest hosts key healthcare databases  BNI (for nursing topics), Medline  (a general medical database), PsyArticles (Key journal titles for psychology-based topics ) and PsycInfo (for comprehensive coverage of mental health topics). The following resources can help you to get to grips with searching on the Proquest platform. Proquest Help Resources Training Support for NHS users  - range of training support materials; start with: Basic searching Advanced searching Information Skills for Health blog posts Log in to the Proquest platform Save HDAS searches and alerts to Proquest More help Complete our etutorial  Which NHS Databases do you need? Check  our databases help page  regularly for new help resources Contact the training team  for training opportunities or 1-to-1 support

 Use the OVID databases to complete a comprehensive literature search. Ovid hosts key healthcare databases AMED (for alternative and allied health topics),  Emcare  (for nursing topics), Embase (for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and biomedical topics), HMIC (for management topics) and  Medline  (a general medical database). The following resources can help you to get to grips with searching on the Ovid platform. OVID Help Resources Ovid Resource Centre  - for training and support documentation Ovid advanced searching Ovid Search Builder / Pharmacovigilance Search builder Tool  - this is a tool available on the Ovid native search interface which helps you to construct search strategies which include a wide range of filters or pre-determined terms. Ovid Search Builder video  - watch this video to see how you can use the search builder to build search strategies and get alerts. Information Skills for Health blog posts Log in to the Ovid platform Save your HDAS searches and alert

Need to complete a literature search on a nursing or medical topic? Make sure you start with the Ebsco databases . Ebsco hosts key healthcare databases Cinahl (for nursing topics) and Medline (a general medical database). The following resources can help you to get to grips with searching on the Ebsco platform. Ebsco Help Resources Ebsco UK YouTube channel  - find demonstrations on how to search and use the features of the Ebsco databases. Ebsco Connect  - articles, videos, how-to steps to help you to learn more about the Ebsco databases. You may need to register with Ebsco Connect to access some of the tutorials. Start here: Creating a basic search Creating an advanced search Advanced search in Cinalh on Ebsco Citing articles in Cinahl on Ebsco Ebsco Connect Learning Paths  - learning objects gathered together for particular databases, such as cinalh and medline. EbscoHost Research Databases Help  - comprehensive help pages for Ebsco databases. Information Skills for Health blog posts

  Do you need to find the full-text of an article? Do you want to view the latest issue of a journal title? You can view NHS-based journal titles using Browzine. Browzine is an online resource which allows you to search for journal titles and check the access options for journal articles. You may be able to: Access full-text via a PDF download Link to the full-text online Request a copy from the Health Library Some content presented will be freely available as open access content; some will be subscribed content and you will need to log in using your NHS OpenAthens username. Some content will not be available and you can submit an article request to the library. We will then try to locate a copy from another library. How to access Browzine You will need to link to the version of Browzine that is set up for your NHS organization. We support NHS staff who work for: University Hospitals of North Midlands North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare GPs, GP practices and CCG

 Can't get in to visit the library? Need online access to the library? UHNM staff can check out all our online services and resources by completing this short presentation: NHS Online Library for UHNM Staff . Now updated: Videos NHS Knowledge & Library Hub Knowledge Evidence Updates