Databases Evidence-based Practice/CPD
This site is maintained and hosted by Discovery Library and gives details of selected content available to
Livewell Southwest and other mental health staff and students
across the Plymouth Healthcare Community.
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If you have problems or comments/suggestions about resources please
phone 39111 or email library.mailbox@nhs.net marking FAO Laura.
NEW CONTENT
New print content added 22/05/2018 (click title to check availability)
Bajorek, T., Stockmann, T. and Burton, N. (2018) Pocket Tutor Psychiatry. 2nd ed. London: JP Medical.
New print content added 14/05/2018 (click title to check availability- email to request postal loan to your work place)
Ruby Wax (2016). A mindfulness guide for the frazzled. Penguin.
Databases (handout)
Search the NHS healthcare databases:
AMED- covers topics for allied health professions
British Nursing Index (BNI)- primarily of use for nurses but also includes allied health, CINAHL- international nursing & allied health
EMBASE- European biomedicine- particularly good for pharmacology & drug therapy
Health Business Elite- all aspects of health service management and organisation
HMIC- health service management & organisation incl grey literature
MEDLINE- most medical/surgical and other health topics
PsycINFO- psychology & psychiatry including psychological aspects of trauma/injury
Note- you will need an NHS Athens login.
Databases contain bibliographic records i.e. references. Whilst you won’t have fulltext access to all the articles, for some journals there will be a link to online access or details of where the print journal can be found within the library.
See the library website for details of our information skills training programme and literature searching support services.
Evidence Based Practice and CPD
A range of evidence-based resources are available to help inform patient care including:
- 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 (CKS)– provided by NICE. Summaries of the current evidence base & practical guidance on best practice for >300 primary care presentations incl. mental health.
- Cochrane Library– collection of databases (details here) containing different types of high-quality, independent evidence such as Systematic Reviews, RCTs and Health Technology Assessments.
- Elearning for Health (ELfH) -Health Education England’s suite of high quality content free of charge training (topics incl. Mental Health Awareness, Alcohol, MindEd) in partnership with the NHS and Professional Bodies.
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here)
- NICE Evidence– authoritative clinical & non-clinical evidence & best practice via web-based portal provided by NICE incl mental health & behavioural conditions.
- TRIP Database– clinical search tool designed to allow health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice.
Journals
To see the full range of journals that you have access to online & in print at the library click here – you will need an NHS Athens account- click here to register.
Direct links to key online psychiatry journals are also listed below.
You should always select to login with OpenAthens first
If we don’t hold your required article you can consider making an article request via the library.
Books (handout)
Books (handout)
Check our print and electronic book holdings at http://www.swims.nhs.uk/
This is a regional NHS catalogue so select ‘just in these libraries’ or click here to limit your search to books held in Plymouth.
You can also renew your books here.
Selected psychiatry ebooks – click title to login with NHS Athens account
Apps
- NICE apps for smartphones and tablets (iOS and Android)
-BNF
-BNF for Children (BNFC)
-NICE Guidance
