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Helpsheets, Tutorials, Documents

  • Article Request Form MRHM (38.0 KiB, 181 hits)
  • Article Request Form MRHP (38.5 KiB, 169 hits)
  • Article Request Form MRHT (38.5 KiB, 172 hits)
  • Best Practice App Installation Guide (3.8 MiB, 53 hits)
  • BMJ Case Reports - Guide (409.5 KiB, 1,154 hits)
  • Book Purchase Form (620.0 KiB, 150 hits)
  • CINAHL Quickstart (844.0 KiB, 132 hits)
  • Citing References (62.5 KiB, 764 hits)
  • Clinical Query Form (5.8 KiB, 515 hits)
  • Finding Full Text Articles (1.2 MiB, 184 hits)
  • Library Catalogue Guide (200.4 KiB, 568 hits)
  • Library Guide (103.0 KiB, 1,192 hits)
  • Library Newsletter May 2011 (271.6 KiB, 419 hits)
  • Library Registration Form (36.8 KiB, 508 hits)
  • Links List (340.5 KiB, 92 hits)
  • Usage Policy for IT resources (35.8 KiB, 912 hits)
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Contact the library if you need assistance finding articles or other information, or you can send us details of your query using the Query Form

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) 

BestPractice  –  Point of care resource: (access to reliable,  up to date information for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment)

  • A-Z list of print & electronic journals : check references & find journals
  • BMJ Case Reports : view and upload case reports & images 
  • BMJ Learning – login via Athens 
  • BNF & BNF for Children : drug formulary
  • Childlink /North South Child Protection reports, legislation etc. 
  • CINAHL : Nursing & Allied Health Journals on Ebscohost web
  • Cochrane : Evidence based systematic reviews
  • LENUS : Irish online repository for health related information/reports
  • Irish Law, Legislation, Cases
  • MD Consult : Clinical & drug information, patient handouts, full text articles
  • Medline : Medical, Allied Health Journals  on  Ebscohost web
  • NICE Clinical Guidelines & NICE Pathways
  • Ovid : Nursing Journal collection & Maternity & Infant Care (via Athens)
  • OT Seeker : Occupational Therapy related reviews and RCTs
  • Patient.co.uk : Consumer health information and support
  • PEDro : Physiotherapy evidence database, trials, reviews, guidelines
  • Policies, Procedures and Guidelines,  HSE Midlands : INTRANET only
  • PsycINFO / Psychology & Behavioural Sciences / SOCINDEX  on Ebscohost
  • PubMed and PubMed Central
  • Scirus : scientific research tool
  • TRIP database : answers to clinical questions using best evidence
  • Useful Links

Library News

Case Reports & Images – BMJ

You can submit a Case Report or an Image to the BMJ Case Reports collection. – Just contact the library for the fellowship code.          http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bmjcasereports                                                                                                                                                      BMJ Case Reports are now indexed on Medline/Pubmed and on Google.

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New books added to library catalogue (updated April 2012)

 

Challenge of Change: putting patients before providers, Brendan Drumm, 2011

Our iceberg is melting : changing and succeeding under any conditions, John Kotter, 2006

Managing transitions : making the most of change, William Bridges 2009

Enriched care planning for people with dementia : a good practice guide for delivering person-centred dementia care,    Hazel May, 2009

Creativity & communication for people with dementia a practical guide, John Killick, 2012

Cognitive behavior therapy and eating disorders, Christopher Fairburn, 2008

Professional guide to signs & symptoms, LWW, 2011

Theoretical nursing : development and progress. A Meleis 2011

Harrison’s gastroenterology and hepatology, Dan Longo 2010

Cover up : understanding self harm, Joan Freeman 2012

Current medical diagnosis & treatment, Stephen J McPhee 2012

Oxford handbook of forensic medicine, Jonathan Wyatt 2011

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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.

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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.

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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.

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