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NHS ProQuest: LKS Support

Latest evidence based resources  available to health and care Professionals in England

Welcome to the support LibGuide for NHS in England healthcare professionals. 

On this page you will find ways to access the latest evidence based resources available to all health and care staff in England. Explore training recordings, how-to videos and the latest news and useful materials. Authorised users can search and access the nationally purchased journals and databases from the Journals and Databases page at NICE Evidence Search www.evidence.nhs.uk.  See the Contents of this LibGuide,

What's New - April 2024

Access to AMED (Allied & Complementary Medicine™) now available on Dialog.

Find here the link to search it on Dialog and access to the Database Guide (Prosheet).

Check new dates for Webinars on AMED on Dialog.

PROQUEST WEBINARS OFFERING

Monthly Webinars for NHS in England - 2024 Program

ProQuest is happy to present to you the bespoke remote training schedule for the 1st Quarter 2024 .

Average Length: 60 minutes. Calendar. 

Seminars are delivered via MS Teams. Registration is required. - Please click on the link of the date of your choice to go to the registration page.

Please read the Learning Objectives of the sessions to make sure the content of the webinar of your choice is well tailored to the level of your experience and needs. - Intended Audience: users with an assumed knowledge of the basics of online searching (boolean operators). A basic familiarity with the ProQuest platform is desirable. For an introduction to the basics of searching on ProQuest and Dialog, users are advised to watch the recordings available in the related page of this Libguide: https://proquest.libguides.com/nhs/recordings

Please note: The webinars will start in time. Attendees are kindly invited to join at least 5/10 minutes before the start time. Thank you!

We will propose several sample applications during the sessions. Attendees are welcome to provide some real life search examples, ideally 1 week in advance to the scheduled date. We can then incorporate these into the webinar. Please address them to daniela.cason@clarivate.com, indicating the webinar title and date, and NHS in the email subject. Thanks!


Calendar


1 - Mental Health information on ProQuest  – PsycInfo, the other APA databases and the Psychology Database.

Learning objectives:

  • Research the Psychology content on ProQuest
  • Apply ProQuest basic and advanced search features with some applications
  • Use the APA and ProQuest thesauri

Dates


2  - Allied & Complementary Medicine (AMED) on Dialog.

Learning objectives:

  • Research the content on Dialog for Allied & Complementary Medicine
  • Apply Dialog basic and advanced search features with some applications
  • Use the specialized subject indexing (AMED Thesaurus)

Dates


3  - Plan and execute a systematic review search using ProQuest resources.

Learning objectives:

  • Planning and building your search strategy
  • Applying the systematic review best practices to the ProQuest platform
  • Sample applications

Dates


4 - Mental Health information on Dialog – PsycInfo and other databases.

Learning objectives:

  • Research the Psychology content on Dialog
  • Apply Dialog basic and advanced search features with some applications
  • Use the APA and Medline thesauri

Dates


5 - Biomedicine and Public Health information on ProQuest – Health Research Premium collection and Medline.

Learning objectives:

  • Research the content on ProQuest for Biomedicine, Public Health and Healthcare Administration
  • Apply ProQuest basic and advanced search features with some applications
  • Use the Medline and ProQuest Thesauri

Dates


6  - Plan and execute a systematic review search using Dialog resources.

Learning objectives:

  • Planning and building your search strategy
  • Applying the systematic review best practices to the Dialog platform
  • Sample applications

Dates


 


Access the Training Materials - Request more training


Need dedicated training?

To discuss your institution's training needs,

please email your Sr Customer Success & Training Manager Daniela Cason.

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Health Education England encourages users to contact the Knowledge and Library Hub Service Desk at https://support.library.hee.nhs.uk/support/home in the first instance.


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