Subject Guides: Health Sciences: Welcome

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David Brown

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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.

Access a wealth of resources from wherever you are

All of our online resources are available from anywhere with an Internet connection, meaning you can access a wealth of e-books, journals and databases whether you're on-campus or based elsewhere.

Find resources by:

Exploring the 'Find resources' page in this guide;
Searching on YorSearch - you can limit your search to just online resources;
Exploring our E-resources Guide.

Finding a seat in the Library

If you're looking for a study space, check out our live seating availability table:

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Key databases

CINAHL Complete (formerly CINAHL Plus) (EBSCO)
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CINAHL Complete indexes over 5,000 English language journals in the area of nursing and allied health and includes full text from more than 1,300 journals. Selected journals in related fields are also indexed together with books, dissertations, and conference procedures in the area of nursing. CINAHL Complete 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

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

Clinicalskills.net

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.

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.

Health Sciences

Welcome