1. Health Sciences Information Paid Resources Breffni Smith RCSI Beaumont Hospital Library breffnismith@rcsi.ie

2. From tradition…

3. …to innovation

4. Variety of Sources Colleagues Internet Books Journals Databases E-journals E-books Digests Multimedia Gateways Apps

5. Variety of Subjects Allied Health Anaesthesia & Critical Care Anatomy & Biology Biochemistry Chemistry & Physics Clinical Microbiology Clinical Neurological Sciences Clinical Pharmacology Epidemiology & Public Health Medicine Forensic Medicine & Toxicology General Practice Healthcare Management International Health & Tropical Medicine Medicine Medical Ethics and Law Nursing Obstetrics & Gynaecology Ophthalmology Orthopaedic Surgery Otolaryngology Paediatrics Pathology Pharmacy Physiology Physiotherapy Psychiatry Psychology Radiology Surgery

6. Characteristics of Paid Resources High quality Coverage Up to date Accessible Reliable Easy to use Authentication Value

7. Library staff skills Knowledge of resources Knowledge of subjects Search facilities Search techniques MeSH, Trees, Explosions… Communication Teaching

8. 1. Databases Medline €* Cinahl €€ Embase €€€ Psycinfo € Cochrane €* Web of Science €€€€ Journal Citation Reports Essential Science Indicators Evidence Based Medicine Reviews € CSA AMED MIDIRS Scopus Internurse PsycArticles MicroMedex Global Health Sports Discus Biosis Previews British Nursing Index Ovid Nursing Database

9. 2. E-journals Many publishers –Ovid, Wiley, Emerald, Elsevier… –Science Direct €€€€€ Access and authentication

10. 3. E-Books Safari Statref €€€ MD Consult NetLibrary MyiLibrary Dawsonera Books@OVID Thieme Ebooks PsycBooks CSA Oxford Reference

11. 4. Online Reference Tools Digests are evidence-based clinical reference tools which survey, appraise and summarise the literature about common clinical conditions: –Dynamed €€€ –Up-To-Date €€€€€ –Clinical Evidence €€€€ Pharmacopeias & BNF Encyclopaedia Britannica Nursing reference centre Rehabilitation reference centre

21. Thank you! breffnismith@rcsi.ie