Central Services

Library

Black’s Medical Dictionary. 41st edition, published 2006: Keele ebook (Keele ATHENS required off-campus)
Blackwell Reference Online (Keele ATHENS required off-campus): Encyclopaedias, companions, guides & other reference works from Blackwell in the fields of ethics, bioethics/law, “genethics”, sociology & more
MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary: Published by US National Library for Medicine / National Institutes of Health
MediLexicon: Medical and pharmaceutical abbreviations, dictionaries and news
MedTerms (Medicine Net) Medical Dictionary: Online medical dictionary published by MedicineNet (a US healthcare online media publishing company)
MedlinePlus Encyclopedia: Published by US National Library for Medicine / National Institutes of Health
Mondofacto’s Medical Dictionary: Online medical dictionary of terms relating to health and life sciences

eMedicine: Online medical evidence-based reference source (from WebMD)
MedicineNet: Medical information for consumers from MedicineNet
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: Searchable or browsable full text of the 18th edition of this authoritative medical work

MedHunt: From the Health Information on the Internet Foundation: you can search for sites that have HON certification
NLM Gateway: Searches across PubMed and many other resources from the National Library of Medicine
SCIRUS: Search engine for scholarly scientific information available on the Internet
SearchMedica: Handpicked websites chosen in consultation with Health professionals, for health professionals. Also contains patient information (mostly from the UK). There are search options for nurses, pharmacists and medical students

Anatomy & Physiology

Anatomy TV (ATHENS): Use the 3-D models to add anatomical structures
Muscle Physiology & Design: An introduction to muscle physiology & design from the University of California, San Diego
The Visible Human Project (US, National Library for Medicine): Digital image library of male and female anatomy using MRI, CT and anatomical images

Also browse the CD-ROMS in Short Loan. These can be found at the end of the CD section

Critical Appraisal

BMJ Topic: Qualitative Research: includes articles on how to read and appraise qualitative research
CASP (Critical Appraisal Skills Programme): Tools for appraising health & social care information
Glossary of terms used in qualitiative research: (published by the BMJ)

Ethics & Healthcare Law

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences - EBSCO
Details of articles, letters, and reviews from more than 2,600 journals and 7,000 books in the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology.
You will need your ATHENS password to access EBSCO Databases from off-campus
Philosopher’s Stone – via CSA Illumina (You will need your ATHENS password to access CSA Illumina from off-campus)
Bioethics Web: Online resources in a variety of fields, including clinical ethics

Evidence-based Practice

Bandolier: UK; read world-wide. Articles review information from systematic reviews, clinical trials and high quality observational studies
Centre for Evidence-based Medicine (Oxford, UK): Links to evidence-based reviews and other evidence-based medicine sites; includes educational resources
Cochrane Library: Systematic reviews and other evidence-based information to aid decision-making in healthcare research, funding, teaching and administration
TRIP Database (Turning Research into Practice): Searches across a number of sources to retrieve evidence-based health information

Genetics

Frequency of Inherited Disorders Database: National Library of Medicine - for use in the clinical context, medical research, epidemiological studies and the planning of related services
GeneCards: Crown Human Genome Center, Israel & Weizmann Institute of Science: database of human genes, their products and their involvement in disease
Genetic Conditions: Specialist Collection from Health Information Resources (NHS Evidence)
OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man): National Library of Medicine: database of human genes and genetic disorders

Guidelines

Health in the community / epidemiology / public health

Ethnicity & Health: Specialist Collection from Health Information Resources (NHS Evidence)
Public Health: Specialist Collection from Health Information Resources (NHS Evidence)

Health Psychology / Sociology

For relevant Keele databases in this area, view Key Databases:
- CSA
- EBSCO
- Web of Knowledge
- Zetoc
Intute: Click on e.g. Psychology, Social Sciences

Healthcare Management & Statistics Relating to Health

Via CSA Illumina (You will need your ATHENS password to access CSA Illumina from off-campus)
- ASSIA: Includes information from the UK and US on health in general, and National Health Service Reforms
- Physical Education Index: Includes general health information
Via EBSCO (The following databases index a number of health service/management journals) (You will need your ATHENS password to access EBSCO from off-campus)
- Academic Search Premier
- Business Source Elite
- CINAHL
- Medline
Department of Health
Department of Health: Publications & Statistics
Health Management: Specialist Collection from Health Information Resources (NHS Evidence)
King’s Fund: Independent charity dedicated to improving the health system in England
NHS Evidence: Management Specialist Library
World Health Organization: Directs and co-ordinates authority for health within the United Nations. Sets the global agenda on healthcare reform, research

History of Medicine

Images from the History of Medicine (National Library for Medicine): Search and browse images illustrating the social and historical context of medicine from the 15th century. Please note that the images are intended for private scholarship, study and research
Intute’s Medical History resources: Evaluated websites for the history of medicine

Images

Images from Health Information Resources (NHS Evidence): Free searchable collection of high quality medical images from Gray's anatomy, trauma.org, ECG library amongst others
Medical Images and Videos: Health on the Net Foundation: Collection of images and videos

Please note: some material may be downloaded and used free of charge. Normally, however, material is strictly copyrighted

Information Science: Using the health information on the Internet

Health on the Net Foundation: Guide for medical practitioners and lay persons to online useful and reliable medical and health information
Intute: Virtual Training Suite – Health & Social Care Edition: Self-paced online tutorial. Equivalents for e.g. Medicine are also available