My Subject: Nursing: Critical Care Nursing

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Subjects: Health and Social Work

Referencing your work

Cite them right will help you to reference just about any source, and understand how to avoid plagiarism. Make sure you have logged into Unihub before accessing.

Key Resources

Below are some key resources recommended by your lecturers:

The Code for nurses and midwives
NHS Knowledge and Library Hub Search NHS knowledge and evidence resources and register for an NHS OpenAthens account if you are eligible.

Finding Books and Journal Articles

Use Library Search to find your books, journal articles and other online resources.

Library Search (Hendon) This link opens in a new window Use Library Search to find and access quality academic resources.

Library Search help

Starting Your Literature Search

CINAHL This link opens in a new window
CINAHL is an excellent tool to help you carry out a comprehensive search for relevant references. Remember you will not have access to all articles as full text.
British Nursing Database This link opens in a new window
An extensive and up to date nursing and midwifery database, covering over 200 UK journals and other English-language titles.
Medline This link opens in a new window
Medline is an excellent tool to help you carry out a comprehensive search for relevant references. Remember you will not have access to all articles as full text.
Internurse This link opens in a new window
Find full text articles from key UK nursing journals, including British Journal of Nursing.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Cochrane Reviews are the gold standard of systematic reviews. They bring together research and make recommendations for interventions and care based on the available evidence.
NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
For guidelines, the British National Formulary and Clinical Knowledge Summaries.
Intensive Care Society
The Intensive Care Society is the representative body in the United Kingdom for intensive care professionals and patients and the oldest society for critical care medicine in the world.