Searching the Literature

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Why?

• To find up-to-date knowledge for your  professional practice

• To underpin your coursework and assignments

• So that you can critically review the literature

• To demonstrate academic rigour

How?

• Your search needs to be comprehensive

• You need to be sure you have found all the major articles

• Safe practice cannot be based upon merely what was easy to find

• Searching the literature is a skill that you will develop with practice

• The librarians can offer sessions to get you started (you must book them)

• You can save your search results to your computer, or e-mail them to yourself (if using Athens)

• You can build up your own database on your topic, then just add new additions.

Where?

• Use on-line databases, like CINAHL, MEDLINE, CancerLit, SPORTDiscus etc

• Medline is available free to everyone at: PubMed

• though the versions available below are easier to search

University of the West of England

• Use on-line databases, like CINAHL, MEDLINE, CancerLit, SPORTDiscus

• Many are available through the UWE Library web site

UWE LIBRARY

• You need to ask the librarian for an Athens username and Password

ATHENS

• Medline is available free to everyone at

PubMED

South Bank University

• have electronic databases here:

SBU LIBRARY

• and you can apply for an Athens Account on-line - click below

SBU ATHENS