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Nursing Subject Guide: Databases and e-Journals

Information on the subjects Nursing and Dental Nursing

Key Nursing Databases

Trial Databases

The Library sometimes acquires access to trial databases. Students can access these trails through the library website in the database section. Trials will be advertised on the library's Facebook page and on its Twitter profile. 

Open Access Resources

BMJ Best Practice 

This clinical resource tool used by doctors and nurses in hospitals is now free nationwide through the HSE. 

Free Medical Journals Online

A large collection of free access journals

Directory of Open Access Journals

This is independent community curated online directory that provides access to high quality open access peer reviewed journals. All DOAJ data and services are free of charge.

Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library (ISSN 1465-1858) is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making

Lenus

Lenus, the Irish Health Research repository is the leading source for Irish research in health and social care. The Lenus collections include peer reviewed ..

National Centre for Biotechnical Information

Part of the NCBI website the Bookshelf provides free online access to books and documents in life science and healthcare. Search, read, and discover.

Epistemonikos

Epistemonikos is a collaborative, multilingual database of health evidence. It is the largest source of systematic reviews relevant for health-decision making, and a large source of other types of scientific evidence.

TRIP

Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care

NICE

We produce useful and usable guidance for the NHS and wider health and care system. We help practitioners and commissioners get the best care to patients

PubMed

The PubMed database contains more than 38 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. It does not include full text journal articles; however, links to the full text are often present when available from other sources, such as the publisher's website or PubMed Central (PMC).

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