Basic Search Guide for Nursing and Health Sciences: Information Sources

Start by using your course reading list to access essential and recommended reading for your modules including books, e-books, journals and web resources. Help using your reading list

Borrowing and renewing books
Using other libraries
Borrowing on placement

This video demonstrates how to do a basic Discovery search for books and journal articles. 

 A-Z of Journals - Searching for individual journals

Subject guides provide an overview of resources specific to your area of study including

• Books and journals
• Databases and websites
• Videos and images

Find your subject guide

• NICE Evidence  - high quality evidence for practitioners
• TRIP (Turning Research into Practice) - high quality evidence for practitioners
• NHS Choices - information for service users
• BMJ Learning - enter "free modules in the search box to access high quality continuing education for health professionals

NICE Evidence, TRIP, NHS Choices (video guide)

• Box of Broadcasts (BOB) - recently broadcast TV and radio programmes
• e-Anatomy (on-campus) (off-campus) - image bank
• Journal TOCS - journal alerting service

TIP!  Use Google with caution. Unless you are using a trusted academic, government or organization web site you will need to evaluate your information for accuracy, authenticity and currency. Tips on evaluating web resources

The information sheets below give you an overview of books, journals and web resources for your subject area

Useful Online Guides