The e-Library for busy people:
Each month, NHS Wales e-Library highlights special times throughout the year - to raise awareness and promote advocacy for health and well-being, important issues and interesting events.
This is also a good opportunity for us to share some of our great resources to support your evidence based practice!
October’s events include:
10/10/2025
24/10/2025
The following links will live search articles and book chapters on the named topics:
Articles on Adult Mental Health
Articles on Children and young people’s mental health
Articles on Older people's mental health
Articles on minority groups and mental health
Articles on mental health and equality
Articles on Social Care and Mental Health
British Journal of Mental Health Nursing
International journal of geriatric psychiatry
International journal of mental health nursing
More e-Journals on Mental Health
More e-Journals on Psychiatr* This will search all e-Journals beginning with “psychiatr” such as: psychiatry and psychiatric)
The * is known as a “wild-card” and lets you search for multiple words at the same time.
If you want to know more about this technique and other searching tips, visit our Exploring Evidence mini-series for literature searching or come to one of our Finding Information Webinars
Cummins, I. (2019) Mental health social work reimagined. Bristol: Policy Press.
More books on Mental Health
More books on Psychiatr* (includes titles with psychiatrists, psychiatry, and psychiatric)
BMJ Best Practice: Psychiatry (Speciality)
BMJ Best Practice: Mental Health AND Adult (Search)
BMJ Best Practice: Mental Health specialities search
BMJ Best Practice: Mental Health and Older People (search)
BMJ Best Practice: Paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (topic)
BMJ Best Practice: Severe Combined Immunodeficency (topic)
BMJ Best Practice: Toxic ingestions in children (topic)
More specialties in BMJ Best Practice
ClinicalKey: Search in Psychiatric/Mental health clinical overviews (Adult)
ClinicalKey: Search in Psychiatric/Mental health clinical overviews (child*)
ClinicalKey: Search in Psychiatric/Mental health clinical overviews (elderly)
Clinicalkey: Postpartum Depression (Clinical overview)
ClinicalKey: Persistent Depressive Disorder (Overview)
ClinicalKey: Phobias (overview)
ClinicalKey: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Overview)
ClinicalKey: Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (Overview)
ClinicalKey: Psychotic Disorder Treatment with Coexisting Diabetes (Overview)
ClinicalKey: Psychotic Disorder Treatment with Co-existing Substance Use disorder (Overview)
The All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre provide a crucial role in Wales in providing advice and guidelines on new medicines and make sure medicines are used effectively and appropriately in Wales.
Medicine Optimisation guidance and resources: https://awttc.nhs.wales/medicines-optimisation-and-safety/
Accessing Medicines: https://awttc.nhs.wales/accessing-medicines/
These resources are open for any user.
iRefer is a radiological investigation tool to support appropriate investigations or imaging interventions for patients, and provides practical guidance based on the best available evidence.
The GreatOrmond Street Hospital Manual of Children and Young People’s Nursing Practices, 2nd Edn. This guideline contains 35 chapters to support Children and Young People’s Nursing practices.
Royal Marsden Manual for Clinical Nursing and Cancer Procedures:
Royal Marsden Manual search on Wellbeing
MedicinesComplete: provides medicines information and guidance on the safe use and administration of drugs and medicines. From diagnosis, to prescribing, dispensing, and administering medications, MedicinesComplete allows access to evidence-based support for health professionals.
Search in BNF, Search in BNFc,
MedicinesComplete contains a range of information and evidence relating to Drug References ( search in Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference )
NEWT Guidelines:
More Information about Medicines
BMJ Learning Mental Health (23 collections)
BMJ Learning Anorexia nervosa in childhood and adolescence: recognition and initial management in primary care
BMJ Learning Management of dementia in primary care
BMJ Learning Women’s Health
BMJ Learning Professional Skills
BMJ Learning Communication Skills
BMJ Learning Quality Improvement
NHS Wales Library and Knowledge Services across Wales can support NHS Wales staff in getting current information and awareness on important health topics, including Breast Cancer. To find more about contacting your local library service, please visit https://www.nhswls.org/contactyourlibrary
Public Health Wales have made additional information resources available which do not require additional log-in. These can be found on https://phw.nhs.wales/services-and-teams/screening/breast-screening/information-resources/
The Velindre University NHS Trust Library and Knowledge Service provides full library service for Velindre staff and other relevant hosted bodies. The NHS Wales e-Library would like to thank the Velindre University NHS Trust Library and Knowledge Service team for their advice and collaboration in this edition of e-Library for Busy People.
24/10/2025
The following links will live search articles and book chapters on the named topics
Search on Articles on Breast Cancer
Articles on Mammograms
Breast cancer titles:
Breast Cancer research and treatment (online)
NPJ Breast Cancer (open Access)
Cancer/Oncology titles:
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
eBooks:
Cristian, A. (ed) (2021) Breast cancer and gynecological cancer rehabilitation. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Hoskin, P. (2020) Clinical oncology: basic principles and practice. 5th edn. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Niederhuber, J.E. (2024) Clinical immuno-oncology. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Weese, J.L. (ed) (2024) Breast cancer: multidisciplinary pathways for cancer care in the community. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.
More e-Books on Oncology OR Cancer
BMJ Best Practice Oncology (Specialties)
BMJ Best Practice Assessment of Breast Mass
BMJ Best Practice Fibrocystic breasts
BMJ Best Practice Mastitis and Breast abscess
BMJ Best Practice Search on Breast Cancer
Clinical Key Breast Cancer in Females, Screening and Prevention (Clinical Overview)
Clinical Key Breast Cancer in Males (Clinical Overview)
Clinical Key Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (Clinical Overview)
Clinical Key Treatment of Hot Flashes in Patients with Breast Cancer (Clinical Overview)
Clinical Key Clinical Overview Search on Breast Cancer
Clinical Key Search on Breast Cancer
Clinical Key Browse Drug Monographs
The All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre provide a crucial role in Wales in providing advice and guidelines on new medicines and make sure medicines are used effectively and appropriately in Wales.
AWTTC website: Search on “Breast”
Medicine Optimisation guidance and resources: https://awttc.nhs.wales/medicines-optimisation-and-safety/
see Endocrine management of gender incongruence in adults - All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre (last updated October 2025).
These resources are open for any user.
iRefer is a radiological investigation tool to support appropriate imaging investigations or interventions for patients, and provides practical guidance based on the best evidence available
Breast screening: women <40 years old
Breast screening: women 40–49 years old
Breast screening: women 50–70 years old
Breast screening: women >70 years old
Royal Marsden Manual for Clinical Nursing and Cancer Procedures:
Royal Marsden Manual search on Breast AND Cancer
Royal Marsden Manual Chapter 20: Diagnostic Investigation (section on Breast Diagnostics)
Royal Marsden Manual Chapter 27: Living with and beyond cancer
Available at: https://elh.nhs.wales/guidelines/guidelines-pages/royal-marsden-manual-of-clinical-nursing-procedures-10th-edition/
MedicinesComplete contains a range of information and evidence relating to:
Point of Need:
Drug Administration
Specialist
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Reference
NEWT Guidelines:
More Information about Medicines
BMJ Learning Breast lumps and lesions: Assessment and management in primary care
BMJ Learning Breast Screening in the NHS
BMJ Learning Menopause and HRT Q&A
BMJ Learning The health benefits of physical activity: cancer
BMJ Learning Engagement and Managing change for primary care networks
BMJ Learning Communication Skills
BMJ Learning Professional Skills
BMJ Learning Quality Improvement