This site is maintained and hosted by Discovery Library, Derriford Hospital and gives details of selected content available in Neurology, Neurosurgery & Neurosciences for staff/students on placement across the Plymouth, SWASFT & SCAS health community. Click here to visit our main library website.
If you have problems or comments/suggestions about resources please phone 39111 or email library.mailbox@nhs.net marking FAO Laura.
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AMED-topics for allied health including neurorehabiitation British Nursing Index (BNI)-incl topics for neuro nurses, CINAHL-international nursing & allied health incl neuro nursing & rehabilitation staff EMBASE-European biomedicine– good for pharmacology & drug therapy EMCARE-international nursing & allied health HMIC- health service management & organisation incl grey literature MEDLINE-most medical/surgical topics incl neurology & neurosurgery PsycINFO- psychology & psychiatry incl psychological aspects of trauma/brain injury,neuropsychiatry & neuropsychology
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 library print holding. If we don’t hold your required article you can consider making an article request via the library.
See our main 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:.
BMJ Best Practice (don’t use Internet Explorer, choose alternative browser) Evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion offering step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention. Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here). When prompted, set up a personal account to download free App
BNF and BNF for Children–should work automatically on NHS networked machine, if outside NHS network login with NHS Athens account. Click here to find out about the free BNF/BNFC App.
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)
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. COVID-19 programmeEpilepsy, TIA) in partnership with the NHS and Professional Bodies. Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here)
NICE Evidence– access to authoritative clinical & non-clinical evidence/best practice incl. Neurologicaltopics through web-based portal- provided by NICE.
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 University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Athens account (register here).
This is a regional NHS catalogue, so in location select ‘Plymouth, Derriford Hospital, PLY’ to limit your search to books held here.
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).
Ebooks Selected neurology, neurosurgery & neuroscience content from 2010 onwards- (click title & login with NHS Athens)
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