This guide provides additional information for Nursing students on using library facilities.
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1.Bookmarks
To assist you in your use of the Library some bookmarks have been produced showing selected classmarks and giving hours of opening. These are on display in the library.
2.Branch Libraries
Branches of the Greenfield Medical Library are based in the Schools of Nursing at Derby and Mansfield. The stocks consist of a wide range of periodicals and textbooks in the subjects of nursing, midwifery and health. The collections are available to all nursing and medical staff and students at the following times:
Mansfield
Monday - Thursday08.30 - 16.30
Friday08.30 - 16.00
Derby
Monday - Thursday08.30 - 17.00
Friday08.30 - 16.30
Please note extended opening hours will soon be available at Derby and Mansfield. Check the Information Services website for details.
The Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, City Hospital also houses a collection of nursing texts on behalf of Information Services. Hours of opening are:
Monday - Friday09.00 - 17.00
At Duncan Macmillan House a collection of psychiatric textbooks is available to students of the Mental Health branch. Other students may request books via Greenfield Medical Library. Hours of opening are:
Monday09.00 - 16.00
Tues/Weds/Thurs09.00 - 17.00
Friday09.00 - 16.00
3.Databases
Databases are available to help you find relevant research information published within journals. These databases can be accessed using the eLibrary Gateway, accessed from the Information Services (IS) webpage
Key databases for nursing and midwifery include:
CINAHL:access to nursing, midwifery and allied health research
Cochrane Library:access to systematic reviews and evaluations of research
Medline:access to clinical medicine research
British Nursing Index:access to nursing midwifery and community care research
ASSIA:access to applied social sciences literature
4.Introductory talks
New readers, staff or student groups are invited to arrange visits with the Subject Team for library orientation.
5.Short Loan Collection
Because the books on student reading lists are always in great demand, multiple copies of these titles have been placed in the Short Loan Collection (SLC) held at the Lending Desk. This ensures that popular texts circulate quickly among readers so that as many students as possible can have access to them. See the SLC leaflet for information on how to borrow and reserve books from this collection.
6.Still stuck?
Contact one of the library staff. They could advise or may be able to suggest other places to contact or visit.
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