New eBooks
Finding Books & eBooks
The majority of the Library's book collections are now available online as eBooks. You can search for both print and online using UR Library Search.
Here are some FAQs about finding and accessing books and eBooks:
- How to search UR Library Search
- How do I find a book on the shelves?
- Borrowing books and requesting items
- Scan & Send (request scans from print books or journals)
- Where can I find my module readings?
Here are the main locations for print books for general, child and mental health nursing and their shelfmarks (also known as a Call Number).
| Subject | Shelfmark(s) | Location |
| Applied Psychology, Counselling | 158 | First Floor |
| Cancer Nursing | 616.9940231 | Second Floor |
| Children’s Nursing | 618.920231 | Second Floor |
| Ethics for Healthcare Professions | 174.2 | First Floor |
| Geriatrics, Care of the Elderly | 618.97 | Second Floor |
| Infection Control | 616.9045 | Second Floor |
| Infectious Diseases | 616.9 | Second Floor |
| Medicine and Healthcare | 610 to 619 | Second Floor |
| Mental Health Nursing | 616.890231 | Second Floor |
| Neurodiversity | 616.858 | Second Floor |
| Nursing (general) | 610.73 | Second Floor |
| Paediatrics, Child Health | 618.92 | Second Floor |
| Psychiatry | 616.89 | Second Floor |
| Psychological Disorders and Therapies | 616.85 | Second Floor |
| Psychology and Counselling | 150 to 159 | First Floor |
| Psychotherapy | 616.8914 | Second Floor |
| Social Services for Older People | 362.6 | Second Floor |
| Social Services for people with Learning Disabilities | 362.4 | Second Floor |
| Social Services for people with Physical Illness | 362.1 | Second Floor |
| Social Services for people with Mental Illness | 362.2 | Second Floor |
| Social Work; Health & Social Care; Counselling Services | 361.3 | Second Floor |
| Surgery | 617 | Second Floor |
| UK Law: Medicine, Nursing, Counselling | 344.4 | First Floor |
| UK Law: Families and Children | 346.4 | First Floor |
| Wound Care | 617.1 | Second Floor |
eBook Collections and Online Reference books
The following eBook collections are most useful for Nursing. Collections with the 
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- ClinicalKey Nursing This link opens in a new window
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Over 100 e-books from medical publisher Elsevier, including nursing, anatomy, psychology, health promotion, and more. Note: On first log in only, you need to complete a short form for access. See our Spotlight on Clinical Key Nursing blog post.
- ClinicalKey Physiotherapy This link opens in a new window
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Over 70 e-books and videos from medical publisher Elsevier, on physiotherapy, anatomy & physiology, neuroscience, rehabilitation, and more.. Note: On first log in only, you need to complete a short form for access.
- Sage Catalyst This link opens in a new window
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Unlimited access to over 700 premium social science eTextbooks, including nearly 100 titles on research methods and study skills.
- SpringerLink eBooks - Biomedical and Life Sciences This link opens in a new window
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Full text access to thousands of eBooks covering Biomedical Sciences and Life Sciences. Please note that some "preview only" content does take you through to full text content, the supplier is working to update this.
- Taylor and Francis eBooks This link opens in a new window
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Full text access to thousands of eBooks across all Roehampton subject areas. Note: To find the books that we have access to, search for your topic, then click the filter on the left side of the page and check "filter by" and "content we have access to".
- Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
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A multidisciplinary collection of online resources (including over 1500 journals published by Wiley) covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Reference works
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
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This collection of reference works allows cross searching of over 100 dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press.