Health Information Week

Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign promoting high-quality information for patients and the public.

High quality health information can have a huge impact on people’s ability to stay healthy and manage illnesses effectively, giving them a better quality of life. We all need information that we can trust, particularly in this time of coronavirus. We also need to look after our wellbeing, whether our mental health or our physical health. In response to these needs, Health Information Week 2020 runs from 6th to 12th July and focuses on the themes of:

• Finding information you can trust

• Wellbeing

During this week the library will be promoting both themes via the library blog and in the Gosall Library. 

Please read here for general information and useful resources

Literature Search

How to undertake a literature search: enhancing your search

This article from the British Journal of Nursing follows on from a previous article on how to carry out a literature search (Watson, 2020) and looks at how you can enhance your search by going beyond journal databases to using search engines, websites and grey literature sources. Ways to evaluate the resources you find, the use of critical appraisal tools and factors to consider when presenting your results are also discussed.

See here for details

Request the full text by emailing us at academic.library@lancashirecare.nhs.uk