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Advanced Breast Practice and Professional Practice in Mammography Guide

Useful resources for students taking short courses on the Advanced Breast Practice and Professional Practice in Mammography programmes

Selecting and accessing the databases

The Selected research databases tab will guide you in how to access the databases both on and offsite, and which ones are recommended for Advanced Breast Practice and Professional Practice in Mammography.

There are many specialist healthcare databases that you may want to use to implement a literature search. They can all be found on the A-Z Databases page. You can select a specialist area to refine the list to suggested databases for your discipline. For example, select Nursing and Midwifery or Allied Health depending on your subject area.  

key databases include:

This short video demonstrates how to access St George's resources when you are offsite.

NHS Knowledge and Library Hub 

A new search engine for NHS staff in England bringing together a wide range of resources such as databases, journals, e-publications, NICE guidance and other support tools in one place. You can access it here: https://bit.ly/NHSKLH. Login with your OpenAthens account to gain full access.

Further NHS resources can be found in the following Libguides: Allied Health Professionals NHS Library Guide and Nursing Professionals NHS Library Guide.

All NHS staff in England can self-register for an NHS England Open Athens account.  Further details can be found here

This section offers a list of other libraries, resources and professional organisations that provide access to information and study spaces.

Health and Care Professions Council

Provides standards for healthcare professions 

Society of Radiographers

UK professional organisation for Radiographers

College of Radiographers

Subsidiary of the Society of Radiographers 

NHS England Allied Health Professionals section

Source of information about Allied Health Professionals in the NHS.

HLISD | Health Libraries and Information Services Directory

A comprehensive directory of health libraries and information services across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

Wellcome Library

The Wellcome Collection library has an extensive collection relating to medical history as well as contemporary research.

The following resources are anatomy and other resources which include video and interactive information: