Tagged: Medicine

January 20, 2023

Get the most out of your library service: Medical and health-related databases

What is a "medical database"? Research databases containing health and bioscience literature are often referred to as “medical databases” or “health-related databases”. These are web-based platforms where you can search for journal articles or...

Collections and Eresources / Health and BioSciences

January 6, 2023

Get the most out of your library service: Inter-Library Loans

Did you know you can request articles you can't access via the library? It's called an "inter-library loan". Libraries across the country will often loan items or send e-copies of articles to each other....

Health and BioSciences

December 9, 2022

Get the most out of your library service: Holiday reads with a health focus

Do you enjoy reading as a pleasure pastime? Have you thought about including books written either by health professionals, or that are health-related? I thought I’d do a bit of rooting round on the...

Health and BioSciences / Subject support

December 2, 2022

Get the most out of your library service: Patient videos

Health Talk & Speaking Clinically are two sites where you can watch videos of patients describing their lived experience of a condition. You can find out about what it’s like to live with a...

Health and BioSciences / Subject support

November 25, 2022

Get the most from your library service: Cite them Right – your guide to referencing

Need help with referencing? Cite Them Right is an excellent online tool to help you reference your assignments. You can access Cite Them Right via the link above, at the top of any search...

Collections and Eresources / Health and BioSciences

November 18, 2022

Get the most out of your library service: Fast Facts collection

Fast Facts is a collection of more than 100 resources covering multiple topics right across the field of medicine. Examples covered include: oncology, gynecology, endocrinology, chemotherapy, neurology and psychiatry. Find the eBooks by: Searching...

Collections and Eresources / Health and BioSciences

November 11, 2022

Get the most out of your library service: “Read aloud” options

Get the most out of your library service: Listening to eResources Did you know that you can listen to many of our eBooks and journal articles? I find hearing the words as well as...

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October 27, 2022

Get the most out of your library service: “Key resources” pages

Help to get the most out of your library service here at the University of Sunderland: Key Resources for your subject. Key Resources pages are available for subjects taught at the University of Sunderland....

Collections and Eresources / Health and BioSciences / Library news & events

October 20, 2022

Get the most out of your library service: Clinicalkey bookshelf app

Help to get the most out of your library service here at the University of Sunderland. ClinicalKey Student is a great resource. To use all the features available, use ClinicalKey Student Bookshelf. It gives...

Health and BioSciences / Library news & events

October 12, 2022

Get the most out of your library service: Book a study room

Hello! This is the first in a series of posts to help you get the most out of your library service here at the University of Sunderland. As it's the beginning of term I...

Arts and Design / Library news & events / Performing Arts

September 27, 2022

Top tips for referencing

Here are hints and tips to help you get going with your referencing for your assignments. Cite Them Right tutorial – Whether you are new to Cite Them Right and referencing, or need a...

FHSW-offcampus / Health and BioSciences / Subject support

September 26, 2022

LWW Health Library: Pharmacy

The University Library has recently purchased the LWW Health Library Pharmacy Collection, an interactive resource to help staff and students in teaching, learning and practice. LWW Health Library Pharmacy includes access to core textbooks,...

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Health and BioSciences / Library news & events

September 7, 2022

New eBook collections: LWW Health Library and AccessMedicine

In addition to ClinicalKey Student, we now have these two additional collections. You can find all of the eBooks in the collections using Library Search, but you might also like to use the search...

Health and BioSciences / Help guides-offcampus / Library news & events / Subject support

July 14, 2022

Using Zotero to help organise your reading and cite papers

Did you know that there are tools that you can use to help you manage the resources you are reading and can also assist with referencing in your assignments? One free tool that we...

Library news & events

July 13, 2022

Qualtrics Basics

You might be asked to use Qualtrics as part of your course, especially if you are undertaking a survey for your dissertation. Qualtrics is a tool that helps you build online surveys and gather...