Our Learning and Teaching Librarian can help you to get the best out of your studies. This could include:
Using search tools effectively to find relevant academic sources for your assignments
Support with referencing and plagiarism
The Academic Achievement Team can assist with:
Have a look at our How To... page for our three part tutorial on getting started with your research. The Starting Your Research tutorial is tailored to your School/Department.
You will also find guidance on searching Library databases, provided by some of our database providers.
Most Nursing books are shelved on the 2nd floor of the library, starting at classmark 610.73. Below is a brief guide to the main locations and their Dewey Decimal classmarks (the number on the book spine indicating the subject):
SUBJECT |
LOCATION |
CLASSMARK |
---|---|---|
Psychology and Counselling | Ground Floor | 150 to 159 |
Ethics for Healthcare Professions | Ground Floor | 174.2... |
UK Law: Medicine, Nursing, Counselling |
First Floor |
344.4... |
Social Work; Health & Social Care; Counselling Services | Second Floor | 361.3... |
Social Services for: |
Second Floor |
|
Medicine and Healthcare | Second Floor | 610 to 619 |
Nursing (general) | Second Floor | 610.73... |
Psychological Disorders and Therapies Neurodiversity |
Second Floor | 616.85... 616.858... |
Psychiatry |
Second Floor |
616.89... |
Infectious Diseases |
Second Floor |
616.9… |
Cancer Nursing | Second Floor | 616.9940231 |
Surgery |
Second Floor |
617 |
Paediatrics, Child Health |
Second Floor |
618.92.. |
You can find printed and electronic books, journals and films using UR Library Search.
These are just some of the specialist journals you can access online via UR Library Search:
Below are the specialist databases for Nursing research and clinical evidence, free to access with your Roehampton login. Most provide the full text, but sometimes just brief details (citation and abstract) of the articles. Click the Search4FullText@Roehampton button to see if you can access the article via our eJournals; if not, you can order it free via Interlibrary Loan.
An index of content from books, academic journals and newspapers relating to allied health and complementary (or “alternative”) medicine. Coverage is international and includes nursing, physiotherapy, speech & language, occupational and sports therapy.
Full text coverage of leading nursing and allied health literature. Topics include: nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, and allied health disciplines such as physiotherapy.
A collection of over 100 e-books from major medical publisher Elsevier, including classic texts for nursing, anatomy, psychology, health promotion, and much more. Note: On first log in, you need to complete a short form, but you shouldn't have to do this more than once. Spotlight on Clinical Key Nursing blog post.
A collection of databases providing up-to-date, high-quality, independent evidence (such as systematic reviews) to inform healthcare decision-making.
A collection of peer-reviewed nursing journals, including the British Journal of Nursing.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier life sciences database.
Check out our Spotlight on Nursing and Healthcare Resources blog post!
An open access database from the University of Sydney, providing an index to randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines.
Index of articles from biomedical and life science journals. Provides abstracts (summaries) rather than full text. You can find our sign in option by clicking Sign In > More Login options > University of Roehampton (OpenAthens).
A free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
Back copies of eleven journals, in print and digital formats, providing health professionals with the latest developments impacting nursing, including changes in policy, practice and research. Note: for access click ‘Log In’ (top right), sign in via your institution > OpenAthens, with your Roehampton credentials.
Contains over 2500 scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed journals from the publisher Elsevier.
Books relating to Mental Health Nursing can be found throughout the Library, although most are on the second floor. Below is a brief guide to the main locations and their Dewey Decimal classmarks (the number on the book spine indicating the subject):
SUBJECT | LOCATION |
CLASSMARK (range of numbers, or starts with....) |
Psychology | Ground floor | 150 to 159 |
Applied Psychology, Counselling | Ground floor | 158... |
Ethics for Healthcare Professions | Ground floor | 174.2... |
UK Law: Medicine, Nursing, Counselling UK Law: Families and Children |
First floor |
344.4... 346.4... |
Social Work; Health & Social Care; Counselling Services | Second floor | 361.3... |
Services for People with Mental Illness |
Second floor | 362.2... 362.4... 362.6... |
Medicine and Healthcare | Second floor | 610 to 619 |
Nursing (general) | Second floor | 610.73... |
Psychological Disorders and Therapies |
Second floor |
616.85... |
Psychiatry Psychotherapy |
Second floor |
616.89... 616.8914 |
You can find printed and electronic books, journals and films using UR Library Search.
These are just some of the specialist journals you can access online via UR Library Search:
Below are the specialist databases for Mental Health Nursing research and clinical evidence, free to access with your Roehampton login. Most provide the full text, but sometimes just brief details (citation and abstract) of the articles. Click the Search4FullText@Roehampton button to see if you can access the article via our eJournals; if not, you can order it free via Interlibrary Loan.
Full text coverage of leading nursing and allied health literature. Topics include: nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, and allied health disciplines such as physiotherapy.
A collection of databases providing up-to-date, high-quality, independent evidence (such as systematic reviews) to inform healthcare decision-making.
Contains transcripts of therapy sessions recorded from 2012 onwards , covering contemporary issues and treatments. The collection features a diverse set of clients, a wide range of presenting issues, and multiple therapeutic approaches. The resource adheres to the APA’s Ethics Guidelines for use and anonymity.
A collection of peer-reviewed nursing journals, including the British Journal of Nursing.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier life sciences database.
Check out our Spotlight on Nursing and Healthcare Resources blog post!
Premium nursing and allied health database, ideal for practice, research, or education, with millions of records including full text eBooks and journals.
A digital archive of many of the major works of psychoanalysis, including the complete works of Sigmund Freud and complete versions of other classic texts. Spotlight on PEP-Web blog post.
Index of over 1.5 million journal articles, books, book chapters, technical reports, and dissertations in all aspects of psychology from 1887 to the present.
Index of articles from biomedical and life science journals. Provides abstracts (summaries) rather than full text. You can find our sign in option by clicking Sign In > More Login options > University of Roehampton (OpenAthens).
A free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
Back copies of eleven journals, in print and digital formats, providing health professionals with the latest developments impacting nursing, including changes in policy, practice and research. Note: for access click ‘Log In’ (top right), sign in via your institution > OpenAthens, with your Roehampton credentials.
Based on Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, this video platform has over 230 videos covering head-to-toe physical examination techniques and clinical reasoning content for skills-based assesments.
3D human anatomy visualisation tool containing: Human Anatomy Atlas, Physiology & Pathology and Muscle Premium. Available both as a desktop version and an App.
Stream current video content in the contemporary fields of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counselling.
Record and stream freeview TV and radio programmes for educational use, create clips and playlists, and access the archive of recorded programmes including BBC and Shakespeare Archives. ROB is managed by AVR, for assistance contact: avr@roehampton.ac.uk.
The Inter Library Loan Service gives students and staff the option of requesting books, book chapters and journals articles when we do not have them in the Library collection. The items are borrowed from the British Library and U.K. and Ireland institutions and are supplied for free.
Inter Library Loans are not available for Alumni or our partner institutions.
You can also check the availability for the item in academic libraries near you on Jisc Library Hub Discover; it may be faster to visit another London academic library through the SCONUL scheme.
UR Library Search should be checked as only requests for items not held in our collection will be processed. Before you request a journal article we suggest that you check our A-Z Journal List. If the item is already available in the Library, your request will be cancelled, and you will be notified by email. To comply with copyright requirements, a single article only from any one issue of a journal can be copied for the same user at any time. Similarly, no more than one chapter or 10% of a book can be copied.
Articles will be sent to your Roehampton email with a link and password. Please note once a document has been uploaded, it is available for 30 days or 5 views, whichever comes first.
We aim for a 2 week turn-around time provided the request has all the necessary information, the item is available and your Library account is not currently blocked for any reason.
We cannot guarantee the fulfilment of Inter Library Loans due to restrictions of lending institutions.
Articles will be sent to your Roehampton email with a link and password. Please note once a document has been uploaded, it is available for 30 days or 5 views, whichever comes first.
The Inter Library Loan will be issued to your Library account. It can be collected via the Nest team in the Library Foyer and returned via the Book Returns machine. Inter Library Loans cannot be posted.
Please note that occasionally lending institutions have items that can only be used within our Library premises. These are Reference items that you will be able to borrow for periods of 3 hours. For more information, please see the orange label on the item.
Inter Library Loans requested as books are not renewable. In very exceptional circumstances we will attempt to renew the item once on request. To request a renewal please contact us 3-5 working days before the due date. If you do not return your Inter Library Loan by the due date or request a renewal, your account will be blocked.
Please note that the lending institution may recall the item before the due date, in which case we will contact you with an updated due date.
If an item cannot be supplied, an automated notification will be sent to your Roehampton email account. This could be the case for rare items or items recently published.
We use the British Library service EThOS to provide access to UK theses - you will need to register an account with them to download theses. Contact us on interlib@roehampton.ac.uk if you have a query.
If you are looking for a book which is not currently in our Collection but which you think would be useful to have in our Library, you can recommend it for purchase via the form below.
If it is an item for your own personal research, please use our Inter Library loan service.
SCONUL Access is a scheme which allows many university library users to borrow or use books and journals at other UK academic libraries which belong to the scheme, or just the convenience of studying in a library closer to your home. It's completely free to join, so sign up online today.
The scheme works on a banding system:
Band A access is for academic staff and research students. Almost all member libraries admit band A users.
Band B access is for part-time and distance learning students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and those on placement (eg PGCE in schools). You can borrow books from libraries in this band.
Band C covers full-time taught course postgraduate students, who can borrow books from libraries in this band.
Band R full time undergraduate students can have reference access to some libraries.
Not all member libraries allow access to all bands in the scheme. Always check before you visit a library that they allow access to your band. Each Library in the scheme is listed on the SCONUL Access website. To find out which libraries are part of the scheme check the SCONUL website.
To use the scheme you will need to apply for access through the SCONUL website. The application process is simple and after you submit your application it will be authorised by a member of Library staff. You will receive an email on your University account which you can print off and take with you to visit other libraries. Users must be in ‘good standing’ with the Library i.e. have no large outstanding fines, before they can join the scheme.
When visiting other libraries please note:
The British Library at St Pancras, London is a national research library. It does not lend books nor does it aim to stock multiple copies of basic text books. If your research needs are not fulfilled by other libraries, see the British Library catalogue and Reader Registration. For more information about getting a Reader Pass, please see the British Library website.
There are many specialist libraries in London that may be of use to your studies. General advice for access:
Jisc Library Hub Discover is a national Library catalogue that accesses the catalogues of many of the largest UK and Ireland university libraries.
London Libraries allows searches and provides information on special collections.
ULRLS is the catalogue of the University of London Research Library Services.
eduroam is a free WiFi network that allows students, researchers and staff to securely access the internet when visiting other participating institutions. See here for further details on setting up eduroam access for your visits to other institutions.