Help Guides

The links below will take you to various help guides that the library has produced to assist you with things like setting up journal apps on your mobile devices, journal alerts, as well as instructions on how to directly access journal articles from your literature searches. Some of these Help Guides are in PDF format so you can download them and use them offline.

If you have trouble with any of these help guide, or would like to suggest a new helpsheet, then feel free to contact the library with your suggestion.

 

Clinical & Research Support - How the library can support your clinical and research practice.

 

Access Electronic Resources 24/7 - How to use your library membership number to gain 24/7 access to electronic resources.

 

Guide to Literature Searching - An introduction to effective searching of Medline and other databases. How to use databases to find original articles, reviews and other evidence.

 

Critical Appraisal Help Sheet - Information on how to interpret journal articles and other research. Includes links to useful tools and resources.

 

BrowZine Help Sheet - This help guide will provide you with information on installing the BrowZine app as well as where to access the desktop portal using your browser.

 

Current Awareness - Options for keeping up the evidence in your area of practice.

 

Nursing Portal - Options for keeping up the evidence in your area of practice.

 

Copyright & Intellectural Property - Information on safely and legally using materials at work.

 

Publishing Your Research - Information to assist in publication of your research. Make your paper accessible and effective.

 

Health Literacy Staff Guide - How to incorporate good health literacy practice into healthcare.

 

Journal Alert / TOC Help Guide - This help guide will help you to set up alerts with your favourite journal to be notifed of new content.

 

Subject Alerts Help Guide - This help guide will provide you with information on setting up searches in some of the databases to act as alerts on new content being published on a subject you are interested in.

 

Mental Heath Ebook Newsletter - Subscribe to the mental health Ebook newsletter for monthly updates on Ebook resources.

 

Library Apps - Test Page for Library Apps Information Layout.