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New Databases Page for Nursing Students

The web page listing available resources for our Keelenursing students has been updated. Resources have been split up into new sections:


Screen-shot of the new Nursing Databases page


  • Core Databases – here you’ll find all the important nursing-specific links to the databases you’ll need when searching for articles
  • Social Science Databases – use resources in this section if you are looking for topics on the social sciences and education
  • Other Healthcare Resources – here are some important freely available Internet resources
  • Books / eBooks – use Library Search to find books and ebooks
  • Journals / eJournals – go straight to the Keele Journals A-Z list to check whether you can access the full-text articles you find
  • Mobile Essentials for Keele – here you’ll find links to some important healthcare-related apps and websites
  • Training & Tools – in this section you’ll find links to the Health Library training courses and online etutorials as well as a link to the eLearning for Healthcare hub (e-LfH)
  • Help & Guidance – if you need more help go to this section

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