New search tools added 26/01/2022-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)
This site is maintained and hosted by Discovery Library, Derriford Hospital
and gives details of selected content available in
Intensive and Critical Care
for staff/students on placement
across the Plymouth, SWASFT & SCAS health community.
Click here to visit our main library website.
You may also wish to access our ANAESTHETICS page
If you have problems or comments/suggestions about resources
please email library.mailbox@nhs.net.
NEW CONTENT
New ebook content added 16/06/2022
Mechanical Ventilation from Pathophysiology to Clinical Evidence
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account to access (register here)
New ebook content added 09/06/2022
Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account to access (register here)
New ebook content added 11/05/2022
Ultrasound in the Critically Ill : A Practical Guide
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account to access (register here)
How to literature search for ARTICLES ON A SUBJECT (Databases)
If you need an search assistance or training on the use of resources please
contact Discovery Library.
- 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 (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 or 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.
- 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
- Search PubMed
Free resource which contains more than 33 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
To identify locally held content when searching use the following organisation specific links - University Hospitals Plymouth
- Livewell SW and Plymouth General Practice staff
- South Western Ambulance SWAST
- South Central Ambulance
These links include an 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.
- 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.
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:
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).
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)
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
Trip database-
clinical search tool designed to allow health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice.
UpToDate–
‘an evidence-based clinical decision support resource authored by physicians to help healthcare practitioners make the best decisions at the point of care’.
Note you will need a UHP Athens account (UHP staff/students register here).
(purchased outside library funds and available to University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust only).
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:
- The ARTICLE TITLE via the Knowledge and Library Hub
- The DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) or PUBMED ID (PMID) via LibKey
- The JOURNAL TITLE using Browzine
- BROWSER EXTENSION to check all scholarly pages for local access via Nomad
Enter Plymouth (includes UHP, Livewell and GP options), South Western Ambulance or South Central Ambulance as organisation when asked.
Please note: On University Hospitals Plymouth and Livewell SW networked machines IT have already made Nomad automatically available via Microsoft Edge.
You will need to manually download to any other browsers you use on NHS Personal Device
Selected Intensive Care journals below
If we don’t hold your required article you can consider making an article request via the library.
| Journal | Coverage | Notes |
| American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2003- | |
| Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine | 2007 – | |
| Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine | 2015 – | |
| BMJ | 1840- | |
| BMJ Case Reports | 2008- | You can also submit cases for consideration for publication in BMJ Case Reports, without having to individually pay the fellowship fee (Please email to obtain our fellowship number) Please see the guidelines for writing & publishing an interesting case report , instructions for authors and instructions as to how to submit a BMJ Case Report |
| Critical Care | 1997- | |
| Critical Care Clinics | 2007- | |
| Critical Care Medicine | 1995- | |
| Intensive Care Medicine | 2011- | |
| Journal of Critical Care | 2007- | |
| Journal of Intensive Care | 2013- | |
| Lancet (1) | 1992- 2 months ago | |
| Lancet (2) | 2007- | |
| New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) | 1990- | |
| Nursing in Critical Care | 2003- | |
| Resuscitation | 2007- | |
| Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care | 2007 – |
How to find PRINT + ELECTRONIC BOOKS
This is a regional NHS catalogue, so in location select
‘Plymouth, Derriford Hospital, PLY’
to limit your search to print books held at Discovery Library, Derriford.
The shelfmark will correspond with shelf in library collection.
If you are unable to visit the library in person please email library.mailbox@nhs.net to request postal delivery of required book(s)
Ebooks– select your location based on your organisation :
–Plymouth, Derriford Hospital, PLY (for UHP, Livewell and GP staff)
-South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust SWASFT
–South Central Ambulance Service SCAS
You will need an NHS Athens login to to access ebooks.
You can also log in and renew your books here (if you have not already made a pin number for your library account follow the instructions on screen).
If we don’t have the book you require you can consider making a book request.
(Service for registered borrowers, undertaking NHS work. Registration forms are available here).
Selected Intensive Care ebooks below. Click title to login with Athens account.
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