Library

Healthcare Databases

Healthcare Databases: evidence-based reviews

Cochrane Library (this is freely available - via National Library for Health): Database of systematic reviews, clinical trials and other evidence-based material aimed at informing healthcare research, teaching, funding, and administration. Full-text is available for Cochrane reviews only.

Key Health databases: Life Sciences/Chemistry

(1) Via ProQuest.  You will need your Keele log-in for off-campus access to the following.  Note you can now access each database directly!  Click here to access off-campus(note, it's better to search the databases separately -  use the links provided below)

• ASSIA: Social sciences database, includes health information (click here to access off-campus)
• Biological Sciences: Includes biomedicine, biotechnology, virology, toxicology (click here to access off-campus)
• MEDLINE: NB does not have as many records in it as the versions on EBSCO (Click here to access off-campus)
• TOXLINE: Human & animal toxicology, including biological & adverse effects of drugs (click here to access off-campus)

(2) Via EBSCO (You will need your Keele log-in to access the EBSCO databases from off-campus)

• AMED (Allied & Complementary Medicine): Complementary medicine, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, and rehabilitation
• MEDLINE: Nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, medical education, pre-clinical sciences, and more – contains tens of millions of references
• PsycINFO: Major database of abstracts drawn from the literature of behavioural science and mental health (1872 to date); includes some full-text articles

For more advanced searching search one database at a time.  To do this, click on the title of a database (above).

(3) Web of Knowledge

    Search all Web of Knowledge databases here (click here for off-campus access)

    Search Web of Science only (click here for off-campus access)

Key Online Reference Resources for Pharmacy

To access these resources for Pharmacy your Keele Log-in will be required.

(1) * Medicines Complete (Keele log-in required for off-campus access)

To view material to which you have access, please click on the icons in the "publications" section on the homepage of Medicines Complete, the following are available.  You will find the current available edition of each of the following:

• BNF
  
• BNF for children
• Clarke's Analysis of Drugs & Posions
• Martindale’s
• Merck Index
• Pharmaceutical Expedients
• Remington: The Science & Practice of Pharmacy (new, 2012/13)
• Stockley’s Drug Interactions

(2) British Pharmacopoeia: official collection of standards for UK medicinal products and pharmaceutical substances. 

**Please note: this resource is not available off-campus**. 

(3) Books & journals: Click here to view details of the following:

• Ebooks
• Journals

Other Useful Links - Pharmacy Practice

Department of Health

Policy, guidance and publications for health and social care professionals.  You may also be referred to the NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care (see below)


NHS Evidence

A collection of resources for health and social care practitioners.  Many resources (e.g. guidelines) are freely available, but e-books, databases and journals require an NHS ATHENS log-in (this can obtained only if you are on placement in an NHS Trust).  Your Keele ATHENS account details will not work.  This website provides access to Specialist Collections (freely available) for e.g. diabetes - use the link at the top of the page to access these


NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care

Central, authoritative resource for health and social.  Includes data and statistics collections


Statistics: Click here to view the Health Library's Statistics Page. They are split up into different types (e.g. local, UK and regional) - click the tabs to see the different kinds of statistics that are available

Economic & Social Data Service: Click Log In.  From the next screen, click Log in via UK Federation, then choose Keele University from the drop-down menu under Choose from List and click Select.  Complete the Registration form.  Use the A-Z index to select Health Studies.

Guides & Tutorials

The following quick guides will help you to get started using some of the databases:

PLEASE NOTE THIS SECTION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Ebooks: View the Keele Library Services ebook page
Databases/websites (by Keele Library Services) – PDF documents to download
Internet Pharmacist A tutorial from Intute for information skills