Library

Evidence-based Review Sources

• Bandolier: UK: Evidence-based summaries focusing on a small number of clinical areas

• Cochrane Library: Consists of seven databases, including Cochrane Systematic Reviews (full text), other systematic reviews, clinical trials and more

Medicine Databases for Specific Courses

Click on the name of your module to read about & access Keele databases & websites related specifically to your course

• Adolescent Addiction Studies
• Clinical Anatomy
• Foundation Medical Practice / Medical Science (Surgery)
• Geriatric Medicine
• Medical Education
• Clinical Leadership (Keele Clinical Skills Academy)

View other general medicine databases here

View guides on how to optimise your database searching here

Ebooks

Online editions of some core textbooks (and more besides) can be found by searching

• Dawson Era: all of these are in the Library Catalogue
• MyiLibrary: all of these are in the Library Catalogue
• EBSCO eBook Collection: some of these titles are in the Library Catalogue

E-Journals

Key journal links: Finding Keele's Journals

A-Z list of Keele e-journals:

• Searchable list of Keele's e-journals.  View more information here.

• View our quick e-journal video tutorial here.

Library Catalogue

Finds printed journals (not e-journals).

A Few Key e-Journal Collections

Science Direct (Keele username & password required off-campus):

• Access to about 1800 full-text articles across technical, and social sciences from the publisher Elsevier
• Abstracts from other publishers across the major scientific disciplines

Swetswise (Keele username & password required off-campus):

Full-text access to over 3000 journals.

Extra Info / Tips:

To find relevant articles on a topic, you should search relevant databases -see other relevant sections on this page. 

Use available full-text links OR @Keele button to search for full-text.

Useful Online Resources

Useful Websites

• General Medical Council (GMC)

• GMC: Information for UK Medical Students:  Includes information for foundation & postgraduate training

• GMC: Good Medical Practice

• To access links for the Royal Colleges: click to view the Health Library’s Subject Resources for Clinical Education

Online Reference

• 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

View more relevant websites by clicking here

Some key NHS Evidence (formerly National Library for Health) resources

• NHS Evidence: Health Information Resources (Search 2.0): Log in with your NHS ATHENS username & password to search NHS databases (e.g. MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL & more)

• Guidance: search guidelines and Clinical Knowledge Summaries

• NHS Choices

• Specialist Collections

Search Engines

• 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

View more similar links by clicking here