To access these resources go to hselibrary.ie to create an OpenAthens login (instructions below) and select the resource you require. Some resources have a direct link and do not require a login.
BMJ Best Practice – clinical decision support tool with over 30 specialties (provided by HSE Library)
CINAHL Complete (Ebsco) – nursing and allied health database
Cochrane – systematic reviews in healthcare
DynaMed – over 100,000 expert clinical evidence and guidance summaries
EMBASE (Ovid) – medicine and pharmacy database - see training video
ERIC – education database
Health Business Elite (Ebsco) – healthcare management database
JAMA – American Medical Association journals
Medicines Complete – pharmacy resources including BNF, Stockleys, Palliative Care Formulary
Medline (Ebsco) – medicine database (same content as PubMed)
Pedro – physiotherapy database
Proquest Heath Research Premium - healthcare journals
PsycINFO (Ebsco) – psychology/psychiatry database
PubMed (NLM) – medicine database
UpToDate – expert evidence-based clinical decision support tool (provided by HSE Library, requires OpenAthens login)
Web of Science – multidisciplinary databases on the sciences and social science
Wiley Online Library – e-journals, e-books and reference works
To Register for an OpenAthens account:
Go to hselibrary.ie and click the dropdown menu on Login/Register - select Register- Section 38/Partners
Fill in the registration form in full - select Beaumont Hospital for your library service and for your location, and enter your Department and Beaumont email as accounts will not be activated without this. Click on Submit.
You will receive an email with a new username and a link to create a new password for your account. Copy and paste the link into a browser, and follow the instructions to create a new password. Accounts expire after one year and can be renewed if you have provided your Beaumont email and Department and phone number in this registration form.
To Login to the e-resources:
Go to hselibrary.ie and click on Login and select Partner Organisation Account and use your new login.
Scroll down to select the resource you require.
Contact Beaumont Library at bhlibrary@rcsi.ie or library@beaumont.ie if you have any questions.
Clinical Guidelines provide expert guidance on diagnosis, treatment, and prevention in healthcare. In addition to these collections, practitioners should search for guidelines provided by professional organisations within their own clinical specialty.
National Clinical Guidelines Ireland
NICE - guidance from the UK National Institute for Clinical Excellence
SIGN - Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
The Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) - guidelines and their application into practice
Cochrane Collaboration - Cochrane systematic reviews
Campbell Collaboration - Social science research
Code of Practice for Surgeons - download 3rd edition, RCSI 2025