New search tools added 12/01/2022- library.mailbox@nhs.net if you need assistance.

How to literature search for ARTICLES ON A SUBJECT (Databases)

How to search for EVIDENCE and BEST PRACTICE on a topic (Evidence Summaries)

How to find FULLTEXT OF A SPECIFIC ARTICLE

How to find PRINT + ELECTRONIC BOOKS (SWIMS Catalogue)

How to KEEP UP-TO-DATE WITH NEW CONTENT (CURRENT AWARENESS)

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How to literature search for ARTICLES ON A SUBJECT

You can request literature searching and general subject enquiry services via the national service.
If you need an training on the use of resources please contact Discovery Library.

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• Search the NHS England subscribed healthcare databases :

AMED (via Ovid)– allied and complementary medicine including palliative care
BNI (via Proquest)– nursing, midwifery and community healthcare
CINAHL Complete (via Ebsco)– nursing and allied health~
Embase (via Ovid) – biomedical and pharmaceutical literature
Emcare (via Ovid) – nursing and allied health
HMIC (via Ovid) – healthcare management
Medline (via Ovid) -biomedical, life sciences, allied health and pre-clinical sciences literature
Medline Complete (Via Ebsco) -biomedical, life sciences, allied health and pre-clinical sciences literature
PsycINFO (via Proquest) – psychological, social, behavioral sciences.
Social Policy and Practice (via Ovid)- health and social care

To access the NHS subscribed databases you will need an NHS Athens account.

UNTIL MARCH 2022

You can still use the previous NHS HDAS search interface
Please see the HDAS closure information for details of the transition to new systems and how to export saved searches from HDAS.
You may also wish to see the following videos around moving HDAS alerts to Ovid and EBSCO and ProQuest interfaces (with thanks to Tom Roper).

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• Search Cochrane Library
  Collection of databases incl:
  
  -Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  -Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
  –Cochrane Clinical Answers
  
  that can be searched simultaneously and contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making
  

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• Search PubMed link for SCAS
  Free resource which contains more than 33 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
  
  The above link includes a local organisation logo on the right-hand side of each record. Clicking the logo will check article availability or offer a request form.
  To access the content linked you will need an NHS Athens account.

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• Search NHS Library and Knowledge Hub
  Whilst it is advisable to search the databases above for more detailed and systematic searches, the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub can be used for more simple searches to find a couple of papers on a simple topic.
  
  To access content on the Library and Knowledge Hub databases you will need an NHS Athens account.

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How to search for EVIDENCE and BEST PRACTICE on a topic

A range of evidence-based and other resources available to help inform patient care or support your study including:

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BMJ Best Practice-
Evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion offering step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention.

On 1st access you’ll be asked to create personal account to download free App**
***Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here).

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ClinicalKey–
Clinical insight search tool which also gives access to over 1100 electronic books and 500 journals and other fulltext resources
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here)

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Clinical Knowledge Summaries (provided by NICE)-
Summaries of the current evidence base & practical guidance on best practice for >300 primary care presentations and regular updates to all topics

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Trip database-
clinical search tool designed to allow health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice.

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How to find FULLTEXT OF A SPECIFIC ARTICLE

To access articles you will need a NHS Athens account.

TO SEARCH FOR AVAILABILITY OF ARTICLES USE THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS:

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Selected Prehospital and Emergency Medicine journals below

If we don’t hold your required article you may make an article request via the national library service

Journal	Coverage	Notes
Academic Emergency Medicine	1997-
Air Medical Journal	2007-
American Journal of Emergency Medicine	2007-
Annals of Emergency Medicine	2007-
BMJ	1840-
British Journal of Healthcare Assistants	2018-
British Paramedic Journal	2016-
Clinical Teacher	2004-
Disaster & Military Medicine	2015-
Emergency Medicine Australasia	2005-
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America	2007-
Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ)	1984-
Health Services Research	2002-
Injury	2007-
International Paramedic Practice	2018-
Journal of Emergency Medicine	2007-
Journal of Paramedic Practice	2008-
Prehospital Emergency Care	1997-
Resuscitation	2007-
Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine	2015-

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How to find ELECTRONIC BOOKS

**List of Prehospital practice, research & education ebooks available to SCAS**

All ebooks require NHS Athens account (register here).

Additional ebooks available via:

• SWIMS library catalogue

This is a regional NHS catalogue, so you need to restrict search to location:
-South Central Ambulance Service SCAS
You will need an NHS Athens login to to access ebooks.

• LKS ASE Collections.

Access to Ross and Wilson anatomy and physiology in health and illness

All ebooks require NHS Athens account (register here).

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How to KEEP UP-TO-DATE WITH NEW CONTENT (CURRENT AWARENESS)

You may find the following useful for keeping up-to-date.

• Prehospital Emergency Services Current Awareness Update (locally edited SCAS version with relevant fulltext links)
  Provides a digest of information supporting evidence based practice in pre-hospital, ambulance and emergency services incl. recent research, news and policy items, and relevant reports. Update is commissioned by the National Ambulance Research Steering Group.

• KnowledgeShare – sign up for targeted current awareness service that uses information about your professional interests to generate personalised current awareness bulletins straight to your email.

• Current Awareness bulletins created by the Library & Knowledge Service for NHS Ambulance Services in England
  –Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response
  –Further Research Needed 
  -Telephone Support in Prehospital Care 

• Pinboards for latest prehospital and paramedicine research created by LKS ASE Librarian, Matt Holland. Includes topics such as
  • Paramedic Practice,
    • Older People and Prehospital Care 
    • Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response
  • Feeds for the major journals in prehospital and emergency care

If you have problems accessing any of the content listed on this page please contact library.mailbox@nhs.net 

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