Subject Guides: Health Sciences: Welcome

Your Liaison Librarian

David Brown

General enquiries:
+44 (1904) 32 3846
lib-healthsci@york.ac.uk

Book an appointment with a liaison librarian:
Taught students please use our booking system.
Research students and staff please email for an appointment.

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination:
The liaison contact for CRD is Janette Colclough.

International Humanitarian Affairs:
See the Subject Guide for Humanitarian Response and Development.

Welcome to the Subject Guide for Health Sciences

These pages bring together key resources and information for Health Sciences.

Use the tabs above to Find resources, Evaluate what you've found and Organise your work. You'll also find lots of help and advice on the Tutorials and guides tab.

Expand your research with a visit to the British Library

The British Library provides access to a wealth of knowledge and resources, all of which are open to researchers and students. With their Reading Room at Boston Spa just around the corner, why not head on over to see what treasures you might unearth?

Remember to apply for a Reader Pass before you visit. Explore the Library website for more information.

The Library offers a free weekly minibus service to (and from!) the British Library - book your place online.

Library Surgeries

Attend one of our Library Surgeries to ask questions and get advice. There's no need to book - just come along if you're free!

All sessions will take place in Health Sciences Student Services.

Library Surgery dates for 2018/19 will be advertised soon.

Key databases

CINAHL Plus (EBSCO)
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CINAHL Plus indexes over 4,500 English language journals in the area of nursing and allied health. Selected journals in related fields are also indexed together with books, dissertations, and conference procedures in the area of nursing. CINAHL Plus also includes material previously indexed in the separate Pre-CINAHL database.

Updated weekly.

For help with this resource, take a look at our Quick Guide.
MEDLINE (1946 onwards) (Ovid)
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Primary abstracting and indexing service for the medical and biomedical sciences indexing over 4,600 journals. Provides information on:

•Medicine
•Nursing
•Dentistry
•Veterinary medicine
•Allied health
•Pre-clinical sciences

As well as the following topics as they relate to biomedicine and healthcare:

•Biology
•Environmental science
•Marine biology
•Plant and animal science
•Biophysics
•Chemistry

Medline is the electronic version of Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and the International Nursing Index.

Daily and weekly updates.

For help with this resource, take a look at our Quick Guide or try our interactive tutorial.
Cochrane Library (Wiley)
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The Cochrane Library presents the work of the not-for profit Cochrane Collaboration and others interested in assembling best evidence on the effects of health care. It is made up of a number of databases including:

•The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
•The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
•The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
•The Cochrane Methodology Register
•Health Technology Assessment Database
•NHS Economic Evaluations Database
•About The Cochrane Collaboration

Updated monthly.

For help with this resource, take a look at our Quick Guide or try our interactive tutorial.

Explore the full range of databases for Health Sciences in the Find resources page.

Clinical skills resources

Clinicalskills.net
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Illustrated clinical skills guidelines covering over 220 procedures. Information is evidence-based and presented in an accessible visual format including graphics, text and references with links to key national guidance.

The procedures and guidance are updated regularly by specialist authors and editors.

The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Prcoedures
Available in print or as an e-book

Health Sciences

Welcome