Information Sources for Nursing and Health

Katharine HolmesAcademic Liaison Librarian

k.holmes@uos.ac.uk

• Introduction to Learning Services

• Key information sources – books, journals and web sites

• Searching for information

• Getting help and support

Session objectives

Where are we?University of Suffolk

THE LIBRARY BUILDINGCAMPUS NORTH

All service information and opening times:libguides.uos.ac.uk

09 August 2016 University of Suffolk

User EngagementUniversity of Suffolk

The user engagement team consist of friendly and approachable Help Desk staff, dedicated to helping our customers access, use and navigate our library and resources.

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Mon - Fri 8.30 am – 12 midnight

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You need information and evidence to:

• Underpin your academic studies and theory work

• Support your nursing practice (EBP)

Making the best decisions about treatment and care delivery.

Keeping your practice up-to-date and maintaining standards.

Evidence in nursing and health

Information sources for health

Research papers Review articles

Guidelines

DoH publicationsStandards

Systematic reviews

Nursing theories

• Books

• Journals

• Web resources

Key information sources

• Provide a foundation or overview of information related to a subject area, including reviews and overarching theories.

• Are useful for finding out about key theories, models or philosophies.

• Are usually secondary information sources – they review, analyse, interpret or discuss existing ideas and research.

Academic textbooks

• Library shelves - browse for print books

• Reading lists - link to the module reading lists for print and e-books, e-journals and key web resources via your course/module on Learn or at: http://libguides.uos.ac.uk/rrlist/health-care-practice

• Summon - search beyond your reading list for print and e-books

Searching for textbooks

http://libguides.ucs.ac.uk/

• Library Google: a one-stop discovery tool for searching for books, e-books and journal articles.

• Good for breadth rather than depth.

Summon

http://libguides.ucs.ac.uk

Nursing compassion/ Nursing patient privacy/End of life dignity

Books are filed by class number and then alphabetically by the 1st three letters of the author’s surname e.g. 610.73 SMI

After the decimal point, books are filed digit by digit rather than by whole number e.g.

610.7306 BUR is filed before 610.744 BAC 

362.107   SUL is filed before 362.12 CAR

Locating books in the library

Video

You can borrow up to 16 items (20 for postgraduates)• Standard loan books - 3 weeks• Short loan books - 1 week (yellow spine labels)• Self-service issue, return and reservation

Unlimited online renewals• Unless the item is reserved by someone else.

Overdue charges• Standard loans – 10p per day• Short loans – 50 per day• Overdue and courtesy reminders sent to university email address.

Borrowing books

http://libguides.ucs.ac.uk/

Your Library AccountUniversity of Suffolk

Accessed from our libguides.uos.ac.uk website

http://ucs.cirqahosting.com/

• Email alerts notify you if your books have been requested by other users.

• You can return books by post.

• Books cannot be returned to the library where you are on placement.

• Consider using e-books when you are in practice.

• You can copy 10% or a chapter whichever is the greater.

Borrowing books on placement

You can borrow up to 6 items from libraries at

• West Suffolk College• Lowestoft College• Great Yarmouth College

Other universities - you can apply for a SCONUL card which will give visiting rights (reference only).

Hospital libraries - you can use the hospital library where you are in practice.

Using other libraries

E-books are electronic versions of print books which can be accessed on or off campus.

• There are several different e-book formats but they are all very easy to use.

• Common features include browse, search and print options. Additional options may include note-taking and highlighting options.

Using e-books

Record shows both e-book and print book

Art of communication in nursing

1. Instant access to high demand material 24/7

2. You can store links or add books to your bookshelf

3. No renewals or overdue charges

4. No need to carry heavy books around

5. You can access e-books from home

Five reasons for using e-books

Art of communication in nursing

Academic/scholarly and practice/professional journals are bothuseful sources of information.

Searching for journal articles

• Summon • A-Z of Journals• Reading lists

Searching for journal articles

http://libguides.ucs.ac.uk

Academic (scholarly) journals • Contain research articles written by experts, may be peer-reviewed for quality

control.• Include abstracts and bibliographies.• Are published monthly or less frequently.

Professional/practice journals• Contain shorter articles, often illustrated, easy to read and understand.• Include more current information e.g. summaries of new research.• May be published weekly or fortnightly.

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Journals

http://libguides.ucs.ac.uk

Review articles – professional journals• Summaries or previews of new research, usually found in professional updating

journals.

Research articles – academic journals• Primary research articles describe new research based on studies conducted by the

authors.

Systematic reviews – academic journals• Very important in healthcare – they provide overviews of evidence around a certain

topic or research question.

Journal article types

http://www.nursingtimes.net/

Register for limited guest accessGuest access is free and gives you restricted access to selected content, plus access to daily and breaking news email alerts.

Go to Sign in and select the Register option

TIP! Print copies are also available in the Library up to 2015

http://www.nursingtimes.net

Nursingtimes.net

http://www.nursingtimes.net/register

Nursingtimes.net

Journal TOCS http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk

• A table of contents alerting service you can register to use.

• Keeps you up-to-date with new research in your subject by alerting you to new articles in selected journals

• Sends you email alerts of articles published in the latest issues of your selected journals.

Journal TOCS

http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/

Summon versus Google

http://libguides.ucs.ac.uk

Government bodies, academic institutions and professional organisations often provide their own publications including:

• Policy documents• Research papers• Guidelines• Standards• Reports• Official statistics

Reliable web resources

Government bodies

• Department of Health• NHS England• Public Health England

Professional bodies and organisations

• NMC – Nursing and Midwifery Council• RCN – Royal College of Nursing• NICE – National Institute of Health and Care Excellence

Reliable web resources

https://www.evidence.nhs.uk

Includes high quality information from accredited sources – guidelines, systematicreviews, care pathways etc.

• Access to freely available documents (usually full-text).

• Focus is on information from UK organisations

• You can create a sign-in to save searches and set up alerts

NICE (NHS) Evidence search

TIP! You still have access when you leave university

NHS Evidence“Patient privacy”

https://www.tripdatabase.com/

A clinical search engine for finding high-quality research evidence to support yourpractice, care or studies.

• Quick and easy to search.

• More international in scope than NHS Evidence.

• Includes images, videos, patient information leaflets, news and educational courses.

TRIP – Turning Research into Practice

TIP! You still have access when you leave universityTRIP

www.nhs.uk/news/Pages/NewsIndex.aspx

Aimed at the patient rather than the health professional so do not over rely on this site for references.

The Health News section looks behind the headlines providing an unbiased and evidence-based analysis of health stories that make the news.

NHS Choices

TIP! You still have access when you leave university

NHS Choices

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

http://www.nice.org.uk/

Click on Sign in to create an account for a free e-newsletter to be notified about:

• New guidance• New standards

NICE

NICE

NICE newsletter

• An interactive atlas of human anatomy with covering the full body.

• Access via the A-Z of e-Resources (not searchable via Summon)

E-Anatomy

http://libguides.ucs.ac.uk

• Online streaming service covering all the major freeview channels and radio stations (no TV license required).

• Access via the A-Z of e-Resources

• Includes transcripts

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

http://libguides.ucs.ac.uk

https://www.evidence.nhs.ukStudents in practice or on placement can register to access the NHS healthcare databases.

These complement the university resources and are important sources of evidence which are still accessible when your course ends.

You will need an NHS Athens login for access. Your hospital librarian can assist with this.

NHS healthcare (Athens) databases

https://www.evidence.nhs.uk

Textbooks Essential and recommended texts

Journal articles Professional journals (Nursing Times) and academic journals (Journal of Advanced Nursing)

Web resources NHS Evidence, TRIP, NHS Choices

Sources of information summary

Use a mix of information sources to support your argument

Subject guide

Search support

Nursing and health subject guidehttp://libguides.uos.ac.uk/subject/nursing-midwifery-health • Key subject resources.

Search help page http://libguides.uos.ac.uk/search-guide/basic• This includes Summon and Cinahl search help.

One-to-one appointmentsUniversity of Suffolk

Bookings can be made at: libguides.uos.ac.uk/121You can book up to an hours one-to-one with an Academic Liaison Librarian, Academic Skills Advisor or a Digital Learning Specialist

*Skype appointments also available

Questions?

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