Information Skills for Health

Cinahl is a nursing specialist database. It can help you to find good quality research and evidence, focused on nursing topics. Here are a few tips and tricks to help you to use it effectively. Use Quotes When searching with your own keywords, always put phrases (more than one word) in double quotation marks "  " eg “high blood pressure”. This will help to focus your search to that specific phrase. Use Truncation Use truncation after the stem of a word to ensure that you get singular and plurals of words and other variations, eg nurs* gives you nurse, nurses and nursing. This helps you to expand your search to include variations of your keywords. Use the Thesaurus Always back up your keyword search with a thesaurus search (CINAHL headings). Thesaurus terms are added to articles, like an index in a book. This increases the likelihood of you finding articles about that topic. It can also help you to find more technical terms for your keywords. For example you

Try our new etutorial Keele access to eResources to learn how to access Keele online resources whilst you're studying off-campus.

What is the Evidence Hierarchy and how can it help you? Learn more from our updated etutorial Evidence Hierarchy .

You can search the Cochrane Library for clinical research. Our updated etutorial Cochrane Library: Advanced Search will show you how to use it.

The NHS subscription to TRIP Pro has been renewed for 2017. All NHS staff can access the professional version of the TRIP databases via the NHS network. The TRIP database helps you to find good quality, evidence-based, healthcare information. Content includes: Systematic reviews Evidence-based synopses Clinical guidelines Regulatory guidance Your pro subscription also gives you access to extra systematic reviews, clinical trials, medical images and videos as well as advanced functions on the website. Don’t forget that you need to be logged onto the NHS network to be able to access the pro version.

Why not start the new year by refreshing or updating your skills? Check  our training programmes for Jan-Mar 2017 . You can sign-up to: Health Essentials Online Literature Searching with Databases Evidence-based Databases Rapid Critical Appraisal Refworks (Keele only) Training sessions are delivered at the Health Library by professional librarians. Sessions include lots of opportunity for hands-on learning. You can  book online  or  contact our training team .

Journal Added – CK Global Clinical Skin Cancer  (2016 to present); ISSN: 2405-8645; Package/Collection: Dermatology;  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/journalIssue/ 24058645 Books Added – CK Global Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions  (Aronson, JK) 16th ed; ISBN: 9780444537171; Package/Collection: Base; New edition (replaces individual volumes from previous edition);  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2. 0-C20091624771 Psychiatric Interviewing  (Shea, Shawn Christopher) 3rd ed; ISBN: 9781437716986; Package/Collection: Psychiatry; New to CK;  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2. 0-C20090513050 Retinal Atlas, The  (Freund, K. Bailey) 2nd ed; ISBN: 9780323287920; Package/Collection: Ophthalmology; New edition (replaces 9780702033209);  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2. 0-C20120022399 Books Removed – CK Global Exam review and pre

Try our updated etutorial Cochrane Library: finding systematic reviews  to learn how to find systematic reviews.

The RCN provides lots of support to nurses going through the revalidation process. Here is an interesting article " The 10 most common myths about revalidation ", highlighting some of the myths about revalidation.