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Health Sciences Information Paid Resources

Health Sciences Information Paid Resources. Breffni Smith RCSI Beaumont Hospital Library breffnismith@rcsi.ie. From tradition…. …to innovation. Variety of Sources. Colleagues Internet Books Journals Databases E-journals E-books Digests Multimedia Gateways Apps.

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Health Sciences Information Paid Resources

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  1. Health Sciences Information Paid Resources Breffni Smith RCSI Beaumont Hospital Library breffnismith@rcsi.ie

  2. From tradition…

  3. …to innovation

  4. Variety of Sources Colleagues Internet Books Journals Databases E-journals E-books Digests Multimedia Gateways Apps

  5. Variety of Subjects • Allied Health • Anaesthesia & Critical Care • Anatomy & Biology • Biochemistry • Chemistry & Physics • Clinical Microbiology • Clinical Neurological Sciences • Clinical Pharmacology • Epidemiology & Public Health Medicine • Forensic Medicine & Toxicology • General Practice • Healthcare Management • International Health & Tropical Medicine • Medicine • Medical Ethics and Law • Nursing • Obstetrics & Gynaecology • Ophthalmology • Orthopaedic Surgery • Otolaryngology • Paediatrics • Pathology • Pharmacy • Physiology • Physiotherapy • Psychiatry • Psychology • Radiology • Surgery

  6. Characteristics of Paid Resources • High quality • Coverage • Up to date • Accessible • Reliable • Easy to use • Authentication • Value

  7. Library staff skills • Knowledge of resources • Knowledge of subjects • Search facilities • Search techniques • MeSH, Trees, Explosions… • Communication • Teaching

  8. Medline €* Cinahl €€ Embase €€€ Psycinfo € Cochrane €* Web of Science €€€€ Journal Citation Reports Essential Science Indicators Evidence Based Medicine Reviews € CSA AMED MIDIRS Scopus Internurse PsycArticles MicroMedex Global Health Sports Discus Biosis Previews British Nursing Index Ovid Nursing Database 1. Databases

  9. 2. E-journals • Many publishers • Ovid, Wiley, Emerald, Elsevier… • Science Direct €€€€€ • Access and authentication

  10. 3. E-Books Safari Statref €€€ MD Consult NetLibrary MyiLibrary Dawsonera Books@OVID Thieme Ebooks PsycBooks CSA Oxford Reference

  11. 4. Online Reference Tools Digests are evidence-based clinical reference tools which survey, appraise and summarise the literature about common clinical conditions: • Dynamed€€€ • Up-To-Date€€€€€ • Clinical Evidence€€€€ Pharmacopeias & BNF Encyclopaedia Britannica Nursing reference centre Rehabilitation reference centre

  12. Thank you! breffnismith@rcsi.ie

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