1. Community Specialist
Practice
Peter Coyne - Information Adviser
Falmer Library

2. Aim of this session...
Help...
• awareness of materials for your work
• make your searching less frustrating
• make your searching more productive
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3. Resources…
• Books
• Web sites
• Journals
• Online databases
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4. Why use what when???
Books Overview, history, theories
Journals Up to date info. Also look at specific issues
Internet Official info (e.g. government policy)
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5. Database Details
Databases...(2)
British Nursing Index Focus on UK nursing & health info from 1980-
present.
Key resource across all aspects of nursing &
CINAHL with full text health. International scope.
Includes public health articles from 1980 onwards.
Embase
Covers psychological/emotional aspects of many
PsycInfo disciplines.
Range of useful info, including care pathways,
NHS Evidence NICE guidelines
5,000 journal titles, 17 mil records, going back to
PubMed / Medline 1950. Medicine, nursing & allied health.
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6. Tips for better searching...
• Use Advanced Searching
• Specify where you want the terms to occur
• Remember synonyms
• Sort by relevance where appropriate
• Build in new terms
• Look at references where possible
• Use truncation
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7. Questions.....?
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