CINAHL Plus is changing to CINAHL with Full-Text

You will see a new version of CINAHL when you come back for this academic year.  We now have CINAHL with Full-Text!  You will search CINAHL exactly the same, however you may now see PDF or HTML links to the full-text of journal articles which are available through the database.  This gives many of the same titles we already have, but with some additional journals which are of high value (ie British Journal of Midwifery).  If there isn’t an icon for full-text, we still may get the journal electronically or in print.  If there isn’t an icon, it just means that we cannot get the article through the publishers dealing with Ebsco – SO, make sure you click on the Locate It at Swansea button to see if we have the article that you need.

National Electronic Library of Medicines (NeLM)

NeLM is the largest medicines information portal for healthcare professionals in the UK National Health Service (NHS). It aims to promote the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines. This free service has been in operation since 1998 (originally as Druginfozone) and is updated daily. The site has a wide range of information products, including news, evidence-based reviews on drugs and drug therapy and health promotion material. It also provides a facility for sharing practice. Much of the current content is provided by the NHS pharmacy medicines information service (UKMi) – see ukmi.nhs.uk for more information about the network.

Most of the material is free to look at, although about 10% is for NHS England Athens users only.  Some citations to articles will not have a direct link to our sign in page, so the best thing to do is to make a note of the citation and then look for the journal in Voyager.

Handwashing video

The National Patient Safety Agency’s (NPSA) cleanyourhands campaign has produced a video that educates and informs healthcare workers on the importance of good hand hygiene in preventing infection.  The video was produced after surveys revealed that their staff did not always know when to use soap and water and when to opt for the alcohol hand rub.