Getting Started
Welcome to your Subject Guide, where you'll find tailored guidance and advice on key library resources.
Referencing within Nursing
All Nursing programmes use Cite Them Right Harvard.
Access Cite Them Right through the link below.
- Cite Them RightCite them right is a comprehensive guide to referencing almost anything you will come across in the course of your studies or research.
Key Journals
Nursing Times
Register to access this journal with your Roehampton email.
Key Nursing Journals
You can link to some of the key journals above or search for more via UR Library Search.
Key Databases for Nursing
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.
- AMED: Allied and Complementary Medicine This link opens in a new window
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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.
- CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Full text coverage of leading nursing and allied health literature. Topics include: nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, and allied health disciplines such as physiotherapy.
- ClinicalKey Nursing This link opens in a new window
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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.
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
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A collection of databases providing up-to-date, high-quality, independent evidence (such as systematic reviews) to inform healthcare decision-making.
- Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window
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A collection of online books and journals in many subjects including health and social care. - InterNurse This link opens in a new window
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A collection of peer-reviewed nursing journals, including the British Journal of Nursing.
- Medline (Web of Science platform) This link opens in a new window
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The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier life sciences database. Check out our Spotlight on Nursing and Healthcare Resources blog post.
- Ovid This link opens in a new window
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A collection of medical eBooks and journals, including the Ovid Nursing Database covering articles from 1946 to the present. - PEDro: the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
An open access database from the University of Sydney, providing an index to randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines.
- PubMed (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
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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).
- RCNi This link opens in a new window
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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.
- Sage Catalyst This link opens in a new window
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Includes over 60 e-books on nursing. - ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
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Contains over 2500 scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed journals from the publisher Elsevier.
Key Mental Health Nursing Journals
You can link to some of the key journals above or search for more via UR Library Search.
Key Mental Health Nursing Databases
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.
- CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Full text coverage of leading nursing and allied health literature. Topics include: nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, and allied health disciplines such as physiotherapy.
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
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A collection of databases providing up-to-date, high-quality, independent evidence (such as systematic reviews) to inform healthcare decision-making.
- Counselling & Psychotherapy Transcripts Volume II This link opens in a new window
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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.
- InterNurse This link opens in a new window
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A collection of peer-reviewed nursing journals, including the British Journal of Nursing.
- Medline (Web of Science platform) This link opens in a new window
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The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) premier life sciences database. Check out our Spotlight on Nursing and Healthcare Resources blog post.
- Ovid This link opens in a new window
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Premium nursing and allied health database, ideal for practice, research, or education, with millions of records including full text eBooks and journals.
- PEP-Web This link opens in a new window
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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.
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
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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.
- PubMed (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
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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).
- RCNi This link opens in a new window
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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.
- Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination This link opens in a new window
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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.
- Visible Body This link opens in a new window
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3D human anatomy visualisation tool containing: Human Anatomy Atlas, Physiology & Pathology and Muscle Premium. Available both as a desktop version and an App. First time users will need to set up a personal account (free).
Television and Video content - free to access with your Roehampton login:
- Counselling and Therapy in Video This link opens in a new window
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Stream current video content in the contemporary fields of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counselling.
- ROB (Roehampton Online Broadcasts) This link opens in a new window
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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.
More useful resources on the web.
- BMC NursingOpen access, peer-reviewed journal covering all aspects of nursing research, training, education and practice.
- elearning for healthcare (e-lfh)Roehampton nursing students will be emailed login details for this NHS e-learning hub from the Part Lead (not Library).
- Geeky MedicsNotes, videos and revision guides for a range of medical subjects.
- Health and Care Professions CouncilRegulation body for health and care professionals.
- International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)The ICTRP Search Portal aims to provide a single point of access to information about ongoing and completed clinical trials. It provides a searchable database containing the trial registration data sets made available by data providers around the world meeting criteria for content and quality control.
- NHS Knowledge and Library HubFree access for NHS staff and students only.
- NHS on Film (BFI)The history of our health service on film since 1948, from the British Film Institute.
- NICE: Clinical Knowledge SummariesProviding primary care practitioners with a readily accessible summary of the current evidence base and practical guidance on best practice.
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)The UK's regulatory body.
- Royal College of Nursing (RCN)Professional body and union for UK nurses. Nursing students are entitled to join RCN and access members' facilities including the RCN Library and Archives.
- TRIP: Turning Research into PracticeA meta search engine searching over 50 sites of high quality medical information many of which are acknowledged evidence based sites, also articles from key journals
- Wellcome LibrarySpecialist library and museum of medical and health history and research.
Royal College of Nursing Library
The RCN is the world's largest nursing union and professional body. The RCN Library holds the largest nursing-specific collection in Europe and is open to visitors as well as RCN members. Student membership costs £10 p.a. and provides free access to books, journals and online resources, as well as services such as library training sessions.
Location and opening times: 20 Cavendish Square, just 2 minutes from Oxford Circus tube station.
RCN Library offers members free access to:
- Books, journals and online resources
- Borrowing and renewing print books and postal loans.
- Subject guides
- Reading lists
- Literature searching and training: Library support clinic (in person); Training sessions (online or in person); Online group workshops.
- Library chat service - ask a question
- Individual and group study areas for visitors, plus members have exclusive use of silent study area and space to relax.
- Exhibitions and events
Some useful links include:
How to undertake a literature search step by step guide
CINAHL Introduction - library video tutorial
CINAHL Advanced - library video tutorial
Library video tutorials of other resources available via RCN Library
Annie Altschul Collection - A selection of doctoral level theses, all of which have been completed by mental health nurses.
Books & Ebooks
The vast majority of the Library's book collections are now available online as eBooks. You can search for both print and eBooks using UR Library Search. See Finding books and eBooks for guidance on how to begin searching for titles.
See borrowing and requesting books and chapters for more information on the the following services: Click & Collect (Whitelands book delivery service) and Scan & Send - request scans from print books or journals.
Here are the main locations for print books and their Dewey Decimal classmarks (the number on the book spine indicating the subject).
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SUBJECT |
LOCATION |
CLASSMARK |
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| Psychology and Counselling | Ground Floor | 150 to 159 |
| Applied Psychology, Counselling | Ground Floor | 158... |
| Ethics for Healthcare Professions | Ground Floor | 174.2... |
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UK Law: Medicine, Nursing, Counselling |
First Floor |
344.4... |
| Social Work; Health & Social Care; Counselling Services | Second Floor | 361.3... |
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Social Services for: |
Second Floor |
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| 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... |
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Psychiatry |
Second Floor |
616.89... |
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Infectious Diseases |
Second Floor |
616.9… |
| Cancer Nursing | Second Floor | 616.9940231 |
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Surgery |
Second Floor |
617 |
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Paediatrics, Child Health |
Second Floor |
618.92.. |