 Finding articles in Health
The best way to search for journal articles by subject is to use a database. You can use RefWorks to help you manage your references and format your bibliography. We have a work through guide to get you started. If you don't want to use RefWorks, the ELS have a guide on how to cite references and NMCH referencing guidelines are available, HSC guidelines are avaliable on blackboard. If we don't have an item, check other local university libraries. If it is not available locally, you can borrow it from another library. All databases need an Athens login unless we say otherwise.
Using the internet when on placement
If GCU students turn up at a GG&C library with their matric cards, whilst they are on placement (they must be on NHS GG&C placement and be able to prove it if challenged eg give ward details), read the terms and conditions and sign in, they will be logged onto a computer by a member of library staff. They won’t be able to print or downlaod (even onto a USB stick) but they can access email and email stuff to themselves and access any Blackboard. When they’ve finished they will have to tell a member of staff who will note the time, so that staff can monitor access. You still won’t be able to borrow books and this is a temporary measure, but the idea is eventually that all students on NHS placements will be issued with temporary logins by IT.
Find articles on your subject with our top three databases
Teach yourself searching or read our helpsheets on the  24-7 tutor: Health It also includes our
 Vidcast on literature searching and a guide on assessing research articles
- EBSCO databases: CINAHL, British Nursing Index, AMED and Medline
CINAHL is a specialist database for nursing and allied health literature. BNI is a smaller specialised nursing database.Medline covers information with a more medical focus. AMED covers rehabilitation, occupational therapy, podiatry and complementary therapy.
- MIDIRS covers midwifery and infant health.
- The Cochrane library on Wiley Interscience (formerly EBM reviews)
When to use the Cochrane Library. Use this database for answering very specific types of questions about the effectiveness of a treatment. It is not useful for general healthcare information such as "Are there any new drugs for asthma?" or for questions about the cause, prognosis, epidemiology or risk factors for an illness. Use other databases such as CINAHL or Medline to find this information. Don't use this databse to find journal articles as it only indexes reviews!
Some definitions:
A systematic review is a review of a clearly formulated question that uses systematic and explicit methods to identify, select and critically appraise relevant research, and to collect and analyse data from the studies that are included in the review.
A randomised controlled trial (RCT) is an experiment in which investigators randomly allocate eligible people into (for example, treatment and control) groups to receive or not to receive one or more interventions that are being compared.
A Meta analysis is a statistical technique for assembling the results of several studies in a review into a single numerical estimate.
- ProQuest Complete
This service now includes: Nursing and Allied Health source, (including Evidence based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute and ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source), ProQuest Family Health, ProQuest Health and Medical Complete, ProQuest Health Module and ProQuest Psychology Journals. As this is a large multi-subject service, it is best to click on Databases Selected at the top left of the search screen. This will allow you to select the best databases to search in your subject area.
The best of the rest - roll your mouse over the titles for more information
You can translate abbreviations to full titles using NLM Journals
 Good stuff on the web - use gateways: quality-assessed collections of web sites
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Last updated
Wednesday May 12, 2010
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