Welcome to this subject guide for students and staff from the School of Health and Social Care.
Your clinical skills as a health and social care practitioner are grounded in evidence based practice. This LibGuide will direct you to the most useful search tools for finding research based literature/evidence, academic sources. grey literature, and reliable health statistics, and show you how to get the best out of these tools for your studies and professional practice.
As your Subject Librarian I can support you with:
Finding and accessing books, journal articles, and other sources
Using online databases and search engines
Effective search strategies and techniques
Literature reviewing
Evaluating information
Referencing
Reference management tools and software
These are just a few of the databases and search locations you should be using to search for evidence. The Journals and Databases tab details a fuller list of relevant resources.
Come along to a Library event or workshop to help you improve your academic and study skills. Check the calendar to see what’s on and book your place by filtering down the category to undergraduates, postgraduates, or staff.
Need help with academic writing skills and critiquing ?
Have a look at the Academic Skills pages on myNapier. There are online resources to help you develop your writing skills and they also offer bookable online Webex one to one sessions.
