Paramedics

OneSearch is a good place to start your research. However as you progress through your course you will need to develop your searching skills to incorporate other sources.

Watch the tutorial below for an introduction to searching or access our Finding Information page for more advice.

How to search

Click on the image above or use this link to view the tutorial: How to search tutorial

You can also sign up to our webinar for guidance on Finding information.

For advanced searching for the research methods module and your dissertation see the Literature review page from skills@cumbria. And check out the e-LfH tutorials on Literature review and Critical appraisal.

We have selected some key eresources and individual journal titles to help you locate relevant material for your subject.

Eresources

Use our eresources to search for relevant journal articles or other resources such as anatomy images.  Although OneSearch does search many of these, using the subject specific collections will produce more tailored results and provide more relevant filters. Eresources for health is an online tutorial to help you use these resources.

In addition to these key full-text eresources you can also explore our full A-Z of eresources to see the whole list and see the Research pages for additional research specific resources.

Eresource		Description
	Anatomy TV	An Interactive 3D anatomy resource.  Rotate the body, navigate through the layers and click on the image to bring up the relevant text.
	Instant Anatomy	Diagrams, videos, podcasts and revision questions to help you get to grips with anatomy.
		Health specific
	CINAHL	The key collection for Nursing and Allied health. It indexes (citations only) over 4000 journals and holds the full-text of 760 journals, plus linking to our other subscribed content. You will get fewer results but they should be more relevant.  It indexes the Journal of Paramedic Practice.
	MEDLINE	MEDLINE is the U.S. National Library of Medicine journal citation database covering medicine, nursing, the health care system and much more.  This version includes citations from 5,200 scholarly journals and full-text from more than 1,450. It forms part of PubMed which searches wider but doesn't provide full-text.  It doesn't index the Journal of Paramedic Practice so it won't appear in your results.
	ScienceDirect.	Covers physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences and social sciences.  Holds a couple of key Emergency medicine journals so worth a look.
	Proquest Nursing and Allied Health	One of several collections from Proquest, all of which together form Proquest Central. This particular collection indexes 850 journals and holds the full-text of 715 Nursing and Allied health titles. More information in Getting started with Proquest databases.
	Cochrane Library	Provides systematic reviews of clinical based research on the effectiveness of specific interventions. It will depend on your topic as to whether there will be a relevant review but if there is, it will be a key resource. Also provides Clinical Answers which provide a more readable digest of the reviews and what that means for point of care decisions
	AMBER Ambulance Research Repository.	Contains records of published research authored by staff working in NHS ambulance services in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. amber is managed by the Library and Knowledge Services for NHS Ambulance Services in England [LKS ASE].
	FOAMed	Free Open Access Meducation.  A movement based on sharing constantly evolving, collaborative and interactive open access medical education resources. Life in the fast lane provides a good starting point for accessing these resources.  As not all of these will be "academic" resources you will need to use your critical evaluation skills.
	Community Care inform	Aimed at professionals who work with children and with adults in health and social care. Community Care Inform pulls together policy, guides, research, case law and legislation on a wide range of topics, from adoption to mental health and welfare rights. You will need to use the Shibboleth login on and off campus to get access to the full-text.  Two collections are now available Adults and Children.
		Wider and multi-disciplinary
	Academic Search Complete	A huge multi-disciplinary database which indexes (citations only) over 9,500 journals and provides full-text to over 6,500.  Good for a search on more general topics.
	Proquest Central	Pulls together many of the Proquest collections, searching thousands of journals across many subjects.  More information in Getting started with Proquest databases.
	SocIndex	Comprehensive high quality sociological journal collection, mostly full text.
	PsycARTICLES	Full-text articles from 59 Psychology journals.
	Web of Science	Huge research index covering Science, Social Sciences and the Art and Humanities.  Now linked to UoC content and direct export to RefWorks.  It is known for it's citation linking and is useful for accessing the citation trail and author impact.
	Dissertations and theses	Global collection with some full-text from 1997 onwards.  It is possible to limit by level e.g. MSc.  To access UoC undergrad dissertations go to Collections in OneSearch
	Refworks	Refworks is used to collect and manage your sources. It will also create your Reference list (Bibliography) in the Referencing style of your choice. Download the guide to using Proquest Refworks

Individual Journal Titles

Browse or search inside key journal titles for your subject below. All of these journals are Peer reviewed and a good starting point but many more are available.  For a full range of titles check our A-Z of journals via Journals Search.

Most hospitals will have a Library or Education centre.  You are entitled to join as either a student on placement there or as a member of staff (includes bank staff).  This will give you access to their print books and you can also request an Open Athens account.  If you are on placement at the hospital you may be offered an introductory session by the library (Education centre).  We recommend that you attend so that you can take full benefit of the additional resources that the NHS provides.  If this doesn't happen, visit the library and ask to be signed up. You can find a list of NHS libraries here.

NHS Knowledge and library hub.

Similar to OneSearch this hub searches the NHS core collection of library resources and also gives quick access to NICE guidelines and BMJ best practice. It provides access to some collections that the University does not subscribe to, such as the British Nursing Index and Embase, as well as some we do, such as CINAHL. These are the resources that you will have access to in your professional career so it is a good idea to get familiar with them now.

You will need an OpenAthens account to view the full-text, search individual collections or access full-text. This is different to the University which uses something called Shibboleth or Institutional access. 

As paramedics you can apply for an OpenAthens password through the Ambulance service library 

Full details on the NHS hub and how to get an OpenAthens password.

elearning for healthcare

A suite of online tutorials provided by Health Education England, supporting every aspect of healthcare. You can access some modules with a free registration but for them to count towards your CPD you need to log in with Open Athens.

 See the guide on how to set up a free account e-LfH account creation

Two new courses from the e-LfH - Literature searching and Critical Appraisal

Library and Knowledge Service for NHS Ambulance Services in England

Online library service providing resources and skills support.  Provides access to additional resources such as:

• Prehospital Emergency Care (Journal),
• BMJ Best practice (Point of care summaries) 
• Embase (database). 

To access any of these you will need an OpenAthens username and Password.  You can apply for one through the site using your NHS email.

You can also access Guides on searching and sign up for the Current awareness bulletin.  Any other queries contact Matt Holland the LKS librarian.