hselibrary.ie/Midlands
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LIBRARY CATALOGUE (Search the Catalogues of the libraries in Midland Regional Hospitals, Mullingar, Portlaoise and Tullamore and check and renew books using your Library PIN)
- A-Z list of print & electronic journals
- Best Practice point of care - diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, prevention
- BMJ Journal Collection & BMJ Case Reports
- BMJ Learning
- BNF & BNF for Children - (drug formulary)
- CEBM – Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
- Childlink /North South Child Protection reports, legislation etc.
- CINAHL … Nursing & Allied Health
- Cochrane – (evidence based systematic reviews)
- Health Business … on Ebsco Host
- Health on the Net (HON) foundation
- LENUS – (health research, reports, online repository)
- Irish Law, Legislation, Cases
- MD Consult – (clinical & drug information, patient handouts, full text articles)
- Medline -Medical, Allied Health, Psychiatic
- NICE Clinical Guidelines
- Ovid – Nursing Journal collection & Maternity & Infant Care (via Athens)
- OT Seeker – (OT related reviews and RCTs)
- Patient.co.uk – health information and support
- PEDro – (Physiotherapy evidence database, trials, reviews, guidelines)
- Policies, Procedures and Guidelines, – HSE Midlands, - Intranet only
- PsycINFO … on Ebsco Host
- Psychology & Behavioural Sciences Collection…on Ebsco Host
- PubMed and PubMed Central
- Scirus – (scientific research tool)
- TRIP database – (answers to clinical questions using best evidence)
Library News
BEST PRACTICE – Point of care resource
Best Practice, - provides fast and easy access to reliable, up-to-date information when making diagnosis and treatment decisions. A point of care resource, includes guidelines, latest research evidence and expert opinion covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis
Best Practice is brought to you by the BMJ Evidence Centre– a division of the BMJ Group that is working to provide healthcare professionals with innovative new products and tools that make evidence useful in practice.
New Books in Collection November 2011
New books are continuously added to the Library collection. See Catalogue Examples of some of the books added to the catalogue recently.
Revision MCQs and EMIs for the MRCPsych: practice questions and mock exams for the written papers: an evidence based approach
2011
Clinical Skills for OSCEs
4th ed
2011
Avoiding common Obstetrics and Gynecology Errors
2011
Helping Children and Young People who self harm: an introduction to self-harming and suicidal behaviours for health professionals
2010
Bibliotherapy
Bibliotherapy or using reading to assist in dealing with life’s common problems, such as grief, depression, anxiety, stress, coping with a chronic illness etc. The library has a collection of self help books on a range of different subjects. Available for all staff to read, browse or borrow.
NICE pathways
Check out the new NICE pathways at http://pathways.nice.org.uk/. This is an interactive tool which provides fast access to the NICE guidelines.
New Resources for 2011
BMJ Learning: with over 600 evidence based learning modules on a range of subject areas.
BMJ Case reports: which consists of the largest single collection online case reports. Case Reports can also be submitted by any staff member. - contact library staff for more details.