This document provides an overview of different types of resources available for nursing studies such as books, web pages, guidelines, and journals. It describes what each resource type is, their strengths and weaknesses, and how to access them. The document also explains how to find nursing books in the library, request and renew books online, and get help from librarians. Key resources covered include the personal e-textbook accessed via the student's module area, the library catalogue for finding and requesting books, and the nursing library subject guide.

1. Essential
Library Skills
Nursing September 2017

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Today we are going to cover...
• The different types of resources available for your studies
• Using your personal e-textbook, online reading lists & the
library catalogue
• Your library subject guide and online referencing guide
(Cite Them Right)

3. Books
What are they:
A written or printed work of fiction or fact.
May be electronic.
Good for:
Clear overview
Not so good for:
Up to date information

4. Web pages
What are they:
An information resource which can
be easily created by anyone on any
topic.
Electronic.
Good for:
Very up to date information
Not so good for:
Accurate and reliable
information

5. Guidelines
What are they:
A document which makes evidence-based
recommendations for healthcare practice..
Good for:
A summary of the evidence on a subject
Not so good for:
Original research

6. Journals
What are they:
A regular publication containing
articles on a particular academic
subject.
Presents new research.
Good for:
Latest research,
critically reviewed by experts
Not so good for:
Broad overview of a subject

7. Finding resources
myUniHub > My Study > My Library
Access all sorts of
online resources here!

8. What’s in ‘My Library’
• Search for books and journals using
Summon and the Library Catalogue
• Find out how to reference
• Renew your books
• Reading lists for each of your
modules
• My Subject – library guides
resources and help for your subject
• Contact us and get help

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Free Personal eTextbooks
• You will have a personal eTextbook for each module
studied
• Access via your module area in MyUniHub
• Read online or download to up to 5 devices
• To download the book you will need the login details
provided in an email to your university email account (look
for an email from Kortext)
• Help available in the Quad 9-5 Monday-Friday (from
Monday 25th September) or
https://unihelp.mdx.ac.uk/etextbook
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11. Where are the Nursing books?
2nd floor – Law Wing
Shelf numbers starting
344…
3rd floor
Shelf numbers
starting 610….
1st floor
Online

12. Requesting and Renewing books
• Log in using your usual
myUniHub username
and password to renew
your books
• Request books in the
library catalogue using
the same login

13. Next time...
• Finding the evidence!
• Searching effectively for journal articles
• Is it good enough? Evaluating what you find
• More citing and referencing

14. Need help?
• Librarians in the StudyHub (1st floor Sheppard
Library) 9-5 Monday - Friday
• Ask a Librarian
https://unihelp.mdx.ac.uk/askalibrarian
• Nursing Library Subject Guide
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/nursing