This guide was created to connect Nova Scotia Health team members to trusted resources such as guidelines, clinical tools, databases, and journals.
The Quick Links page includes a selection of databases with a broad scope. It will also help you to connect with the Library Services team for one-on-one consultations or literature searching.
The other pages on this guide have resources curated for a specific profession or topic.
Please contact AskLibrary@nshealth.ca if you have suggestions for content.
Enter a patient's signs and symptoms and receive a differential diagnosis and links to evidence.
Evidence-based resource designed to help nurses and allied health professionals find guidance on care interventions and to obtain fast, accurate answers to clinical questions.
Skills and procedures feature workplace notes created by Nova Scotia Health staff on an ongoing basis, adding local context alongside best evidence.
The Canadian standard for drug monographs. Contains information on thousands of products, including: monographs for drugs, vaccines, natural health products and medical devices (approved by Health Canada); Lexi-Interact drug interaction checker within CPS; critical updates (warnings, advisories and drug shortages); tools, including medical calculators, Clin-Info, Pill Identifier and more. Updated twice per month by the Canadian Pharmacists Association.
Micromedex has 2,500+ comprehensive drug monographs, organized in quick answer or in-depth format, allowing users to explore current, evidence-based information about medications. This includes dosing, FDA and non-FDA (off-label) uses, and safety information. Micromedex also provides crucial functions to support patient safety, such as IV compatibility, drug interactions, drug identification, drug comparison, and a suite of 650+ clinical calculators.
Do you have questions about searching the library catalogue or databases? Want to learn more about issues such as copyright, creating a subject guide or patient pamphlet?
Have an expert search resources on your behalf! A Library Services team member may connect with you directly to discuss the urgency of your request and negotiate an agreed-upon timeline. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact litsearch@nshealth.ca.