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Healthcare Sciences Week: Healthcare Resources in the Library<\/h1>\n

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It is Healthcare Sciences Week, we thought it would be fitting to look at the healthcare resources available in the library. It comes not long after National Careers Week. This to annually commend the work of those in healthcare science professions. And also to promote and raise awareness of career opportunities that exist within the healthcare industry and within healthcare sciences. This annual week-long campaign occurs every year to remind us of the significance of science and modern technologies in healthcare today. And how it can help to vastly change patients’ lives for the better. This is primarily through the fundamental role healthcare science plays. A role means that disease and illness are accurately diagnosed, effectively treated and prevented within the overall population.<\/p>\n

We have a fundamental and vast range of healthcare resources in our libraries. This includes a variety of nursing and healthcare books and textbooks, eBooks and E-resources, databases and websites with a wide range of healthcare science resources to choose from. These can all be found on our LibGuide<\/strong><\/a> and on LibrarySearch.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Books and eBooks Resources…<\/em><\/h2>\n

If you are a student at Edinburgh Napier University, you will have access to a wide variety of print books and textbooks tailored to your specific course and school. School of Health and Social Care students will most often find relevant resources in our Sighthill campus library as this is where your school is primarily based. All our available resources can be found through LibrarySearch, as mentioned above. Or do pop in to our Sighthill campus library and have a browse through our shelves \u2013 you might even find a book or two that you did not even realise you needed! Our library staff at the LRC 2 helpdesk are more than happy to help you with finding any resources you are looking for as well. There is more information about how to find and borrow books in our Finding and Borrowing Books<\/strong><\/a> webpage on My Napier.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t find a physical copy of the book you are looking for? Or is every copy of that book on loan? Not to worry – some of the books and textbooks we have available in our campus libraries, there are print and electronic copies of certain texts available. Digitised versions of certain textbooks and books can be found and accessed through LibrarySearch, so do keep an eye out for any text under a book search result which reads \u2018Available Online.\u2019<\/p>\n

Resource Recommendation<\/h2>\n

Some popular recommendations with print copies and online access can be found below.<\/p>\n

Foundations of Nursing Practice: Fundamentals of Holistic Care, Brooker, Christine, editor.; Waugh, Anne, editor. 2nd edition.; 2013. Available at Sighthill Campus and Online.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures, Lister, Sara E., editor.; Hofland, Justine, editor.; Grafton, Hayley, editor.; Wilson, Catherine, editor.; Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, associated with work. Tenth edition, Student edition. Available at Sighthill Campus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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An introduction to medicinal chemistry, Patrick, Graham L., author. Sixth edition.; 2017. Available at Sighthill Campus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nursing Research: Principles, Process and Issues. Parahoo, Kader, author. Third edition.; 2014. Available at Sighthill Campus and Online.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Healthcare Reading Lists…<\/em><\/h2>\n

For every Health and Social Care module, there is a set reading list.<\/p>\n

All texts listed on reading lists will be relevant to the specific module you are taking. And often have a range of both print and electronic resources. Reading lists will be extremely helpful to you when you start to conduct research for your assignments and prepare for exams. Each module has its own page on Moodle. It is there where the set reading list can be found. As well as the code and name of the module so you can search for reading lists. Although reading lists will give you a variety of relevant resources to consult for your course, you will often still be expected to conduct some independent research.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions relating to reading lists or are having any trouble accessing print and electronic resources, feel free to drop our library team an email by contacting library@napier.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Journals and Databases…<\/em><\/h3>\n

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As with our books, we also have a range of print and electronic journals which have content relevant to aspects health and social care and applied sciences. The majority of these journals that we have subscriptions to, however, are now online and fully digitised. Journals are usually very plausible sources to consult when conducting research for a report or essay, as they are usually of a very high quality with lots of relevant, up-to-date and evidence-based information. There is a specific tab for searching for journal articles in LibrarySearch, but journals can also be found and accessed through other platforms and search engines such as Google Scholar, specific publisher websites and of course, a range of high-quality databases which Napier subscribes to, which are tailored towards those studying healthcare sciences.<\/p>\n

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Databases are search engines which are often brimming with a variety of digital and e-resources. They are extremely efficient when it comes to searching for journal articles. Because it allows you to do so in a less time-consuming way. Our Libguide provides an A-Z list of Databases<\/strong><\/strong><\/a>. If you are a School of Health and Social Care student, please see below the top five databases to consult for your specific course and subject area.<\/p>\n