Allied Health Professions

Use Library Search to search for both print and ebooks for your studies.

LWW Health Library (Medical Education) - Wolters Kluwer
Collection of e-books, plus a range of learning and teaching materials for Medicine such as videos, quizzes and real world case studies.

AMED (Allied & Complementary Medicine Database) - EBSCO
Complementary medicine, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, and rehabilitation.

CINAHLPlus (Nursing & Allied Health Literature) - EBSCO
Key resource for nursing and allied health literature.

Cochrane Library
Database of systematic reviews, clinical trials and other evidence-based material.

MEDLINE - EBSCO
Contains millions of references for articles in many current biomedical journals.

PEDro
Free database of clinical trials, systematic reviews and clinical guidelines evaluating physiotherapy interventions.

PsycINFO - EBSCO
Find references for journal articles, book chapters and dissertations in the field of psychology, psychiatry, behavioural science & mental health.

ScienceDirect
Leading scientific collection of journal articles in many current biomedical journals. Good coverage for Radiography topics.

SPORTDiscus - EBSCO
Find references for material on sports medicine.

Web of Science - Clarivate
Includes the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Conference Proceedings, access to Journal Citation Reports and Book Citation Index. For access, if you're not automatically logged in select 'Institutional sign in', search for 'UK Federation' and 'Go to institution'. Search for 'Keele University' and log in with your Keele username and password. Registration for a web of Science profile may be required the first time you access this resource - please only register using your Keele email address as accounts registered with personal email addresses will be removed. Web of Science Support Page

All available journals both print and electronic, and including those at the Health Library, are listed on Library Search.
Use Library Search to find print or ejournals by title (e.g. The Lancet) or to find a particular article from a journal.
To find relevant articles on a topic, search the appropriate databases. See sections below for information on databases.

Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
Features nearly 330 videos of real human anatomic specimens in their natural colour.

British Library EThOS
The British Library ETHOS project provides electronic access to research theses from many UK universities.

EBSCO
EBSCO contains thousands of full-text journal articles across lots of subject areas. You can search all of the EBSCO collections at once, or limit to individual databases. EBSCO hosts a variety of important databases for education, including ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) and the British Education Index.

Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Regulatory body for 13 health professions, including operating department practitioners and physiotherapists. Publishes standards and reports.

Kanopy
An on-demand streaming video platform for public and academic libraries that offers films, TV shows and documentaries. For access, log in with your Keele username and password. Kanopy help page.

Keele Research Repository
A digital archive of research and enterprise output produced by Keele University staff.

Library Hub Discover
Library Hub Discover replaces Copac and SUNCAT. This catalogue gives you access to details of materials held in many UK national, academic and specialist libraries.

Reference Management Tools (RefWorks and Cite Them Right)
Access quality reference management tools provided by the Library. RefWorks allows you to save and manage all the references you use for your assignments, whether these are from books, journals, web pages or other sources, and create bibliographies. Cite Them Right helps you to reference correctly in a variety of styles, not just for standard resources such as books and journal articles, but also for resources such as statutes, patents and social networking sites. Visit our Reference management page for useful guides and help using these resources.

TRIP
Clinical Search Tool providing access to high quality clinical evidence.

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
The professional, educational and trade union body for the chartered physiotherapists, physiotherapy students & assistants.

National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
Website from the US. Wide range of disability and rehabilitation-orientated information. One section is aimed at the public, and one at researchers. You can search REHABDATA and other sites simultaneously.

British Institute of Radiology
International membership organisation for everyone working in imaging, radiation oncology and the underlying sciences.

British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS)
A multi-disciplinary body containing, policies, statements, guidelines and educational materials.

European Federation of Radiographer Societies
Their role is to represent, promote and develop the profession of radiography in Europe.

Radiopaedia
A rapidly growing, peer-reviewed open-edit radiology resource, compiled by radiologists and other health professionals from across the globe.

Royal College of Radiologists
With the aid of publications, resources and policies; supports doctors who are training and working in the specialties of clinical oncology and clinical radiology.

Society of Radiographers
Trade union and professional body they represent professional, educational, public and workplace interests of its members.

NHS online resources
If your course features clinical work in the NHS, you are also eligible to access the NHS core national content collection. This includes a range of healthcare databases such as EMBASE, electronic journals and BMJ Best Practice and the discovery service Knowledge and Library Hub (which replaces Healthcare Databases Advance Search- HDAS). (N.B. you will need to access these resources using an incognito window)

You will need an HEI NHS OpenAthens account to access these resources. Request this from: library.eresources@keele.ac.uk

Log in to the platform you need using your HEI NHS OpenAthens account (e.g. OVID for EMBASE), then select the database to start searching. When prompted for an Institution, select NHS in England. 
https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/nhsresources/

eLearning for Healthcare
For access to eLearning for Healthcare, please register for an account with your Keele email address.

If you need help using any Library Resources, or have questions you’d like to ask you can always contact us: library.help@keele.ac.uk, or start live chat.

The Liaison Librarian for Physiotherapy, Radiography and Rehabilitation and Exercise Science is Steve Parton. If you’d like more in-depth help on using resources, want advice on how to search effectively, or want to further develop your information or digital literacy skills you can contact Steve and ask for an appointment: s.parton@keele.ac.uk

You can also come along to our ‘…In a Nutshell’ training sessions. These workshops introduce key academic skills in bitesize, 45 minute, practical sessions. The Health Library also provide a range of training sessions.

There’s also guides and tutorials linked below that should help you get started:

• Try our new online tutorial and learn how to use Library Search effectively
• etutorials on developing your information skills
• If you’re just getting started using the Library you can view our Library tour video and Welcome to your Library.

If you’re a PhD student or researcher at Keele you can access help and support from our Research Support Librarians. Find out more on the Research Support webpage.