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All the Keele online resources most suitable to help our medical students are available from one web page – the Medical Databases page . You’ll find easy access routes to searchable databases and our online collections. Screen-shot of the Medical Databases page Here you will find links to: Books / eBooks – links to Library Search and major medications references Journals / eJournals – A-Z journals list to help you to check whether you have full-text access to the articles you find Core Databases – the essential databases to support medicine topics Additional Databases – additional databases if you are looking at wider topics Other Useful Resources – useful freely available online resources Help & Guidance – find out more about how we can help you Getting Started eTutorials – learn how to use our most popular resources Information Skills eTutorials – develop your information skills so that you can complete literature searching effectively Mobile Essentials fo...

What is it? You can find all our recommended resources for medicine students on the Medical Databases page . Resources include books / ebooks, journals, databases and evidence-based resources. Resources may be freely available on the Internet or purchased for you by the Library. How can it help you? You will need to find information for your course work. Resources listed here are good quality, healthcare-focused, academic sources of evidence-based information. There are also links to help and guidance as well as the Health Library etutorials to help you to get to grips with the resources quickly.

We have revamped our current awareness service for medical research. You can now sign-up to receive a selection of the latest headlines and research from our main medicine-based journals : BMJ – British Journal of Medicine The Lancet JAMA – Journal of the American Medical Association New England Journal of Medicine International Journal of Clinical Practice Medicine (UK) Check the Medicine Updates tab on our Current Awareness Service or sign-up here to receive email updates . Our Current Awareness Service is delivered via Netvibes; but you don’t need to join. Our email update service is delivered via Google Feedburner. For more information about our Current Awareness Service watch our video:

The BMA is a membership organisation that represents doctors and acts as a trade union and professional body. It also includes help and support for career development and works with other organisations to ensure that members concerns are raised regarding relevant health-related issues. You can keep up-to-date via a range of news feeds , including blogs and more in-depth analysis .

You can sign-up to receive the latest research published via : British Medical Journal Lancet JAMA New England Journal of Medicine As well as news from Royal College of General Practitioners British Medical Association blog Sign up with our Current Awareness Service to receive the latest updates in your inbox.  You only receive an email when there is news and you can unsubscribe easily if you don’t like it.