Adult Nursing

• British Journal of Community Nursing 
• British Journal of Nursing 
• Journal of Advanced Nursing
• Journal of Clinical Nursing
• Nursing Standard - to access an article:
  1. Select either the 'RCNi' or 'view full text' link.
  2. Search for your article in the journal website.
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the screen.
  4. Select institutional login.
  5. Select sign in via Shibboleth.
  6. Search for 'University of the West of Scotland'.
  7. Enter your username and password.

• Nursing Times - please see entry below.

• Working with Older People

Nursing Times

1. You must register separately to enable off-campus access to Nursing Times.  This must be done when
   1. either on-campus,
   2. or by firstly logging into the virtual desktop.
2. Go to the registration page. 
3. Although a 'Page not found' error message displays, please select the 'Login/Register' option - top right.
4. A pop-up will display.  Select 'register a new account'.
5. Enter your UWS email address and password and complete other fields as necessary.
6. Once registered, you can select 'login' from the Nursing Times website then search the site as usual.

Core databases to search methodically for journal articles on a topic:

Other Adult Nursing resources:

Please see entry below for details on registering for an NHS Open Athens account.

To add UWS Library subscriptions to your Google Scholar settings, see Finding Sources.

Are you on placement with, or employed by, the NHS, social services or a related agency in Scotland?

If so, you can register for an NHS Open Athens account and and access a wider range of journal articles, books and other NHS Library services:

Students on placement:

1. Use the registration link below.  You will be asked for your university email address during the registration process.
2. Wait for your separate username and password to be confirmed by email. Note: this may take 2-3 days.
3. Login and search the collection as relevant.

NHS and local authority staff

Sign-in to OpenAthens to access library services, including Library Search and SSKS Library Search, along with e-journals, databases and evidence summaries, using your NHS Scotland or local authority email address and password.