ClinicalKey: How to Use

Browse Content Section

Check out the core collections of Clinicalkey Nursing by going to the browse clinical content section.  Here you will find clinical knowledge and evidence-based material in the form of books, journals, clinical overviews, practice guidelines, patient education handouts, procedure videos and more. These cover topics such as critical care, emergency care, internal medicine etc.

Books

To browse book titles or access a known title, scroll to Deepen your knowledge, and click Books (If you are already browsing content you can click Browse at the top of the page to change your content type quickly).

• Refine your search by using the filters on the left OR
• Use the alphabetical index to either browse the collection or locate a known title
• Click the title to go to the book's table of contents
• Click a chapter to read or use the search box on the top right to search for a specific topic within the book
• Front matter means the title page of the book
• The chapters of most books cannot be downloaded or printed due to copyright

Journals

To browse journal titles or access a known title, scroll to Deepen your knowledge, and click Journals (If you are already browsing content you can click Browse at the top of the page to change your content type quickly). 

• Refine your search by using the filters on the left OR
• Use the alphabetical index to either browse the collection or locate a known journal title
• Click the title to view the journal's volumes. Click a volume to view its issues. Click an issue to view the articles
• Click an article to read or use the search box at the top to search for a specific topic within the journal
• You can download the PDF of an article
• Click the double-headed arrow above the article title to expand the page to a reading mode view
• You can save and email the article or export the citation. You need to register (top right of the screen) to do this

Clinical Overviews 

These are point of care resources that are condition summaries. They are:

• Peer-reviewed
• Cover areas such as risk factors, diagnosis, treatment and more
• Many have a disease overview on the right that provide a clear overview of a patient's condition

Homepage Search Box

• Select the resource type required using the drop down menu on the left e.g. books, journals, clinical overviews etc
• Type keywords or a known title in the search box
• Suggestions of resources will automatically display
• Select a topic or title from the drop down menu or click Search
• Follow instructions in the above bullet points for information on how to access content

Images and PowerPoint

• Either select the Multimedia tile under the Deepen your knowledge heading OR
• Click the down arrow next to All Types in the top search box and select Multimedia from the drop-down menu 
• Type keywords for the subject you wish to locate images on
• In the filters column on the left, click Images under the Source Type heading 
• Click the image
• You can save, add to a new or existing presentation, email or print the image. You need to register (top right of the screen) to do this
• Saved content and presentations are located under your name in the top right of the page
• Presentations can be exported to Microsoft PowerPoint
• Images are copyright cleared, but you still need to reference them correctly using APA Referencing
• Images have a zoom in and out feature and a link to view it in the orginal source

If you're having trouble accessing ClinicalKey, or have any questions, don't hesitate to contact the library team! You can:

call 0800 141 121

email LSS@wandw.ac.nz

or pop into one of our campus libraries.

Homepage Search Box

• Type keywords or a known title in the search box
• Suggestions of resources will automatically display
• Select a topic or title from the drop down menu OR
• Click the blue arrow to view results
• Use filters in the column on the left to refine your search
• Click the title of a book to view the table of contents
• Select a chapter to read or use the search box on the top right to search for a specific topic within the book
• You can save books to your My Saved folder by clicking or Add the book to your bookshelf, then view it in your bookshelf

This is an interactive, personalised bookshelf that can be read online or offline.

Navigational tools 

• The table of contents of the book is on the left. Click the down arrow to see subsections of the chapters. Click the chapter title to access
• Use the side bar slider to scroll down the page
• Use the page slider at the bottom of the page to move to different sections of the book
• Click theicon in the top right corner to search for a keyword within the book

Help tools

• Access a read aloud feature by clicking the ellipsis (...) at the top right of the page
• The reader preferences icon has enhanced formatting features where you can change the text size, font, line height, margins and mode (day and night)
• You can share and export notes

Study tools

The icon allows you to:

• Add notes to sections of the text
• Highlight key concepts and sections of the text
• Bookmark important pages 
• Create flashcards for revision

Images and Presentations

• Type keywords in the homepage search box for the subject you wish to locate images for e.g., heart
• In the filters column on the left, click Images under the Content Type heading 
• Click the image
• Hover cursor at the top of the page to see options i.e., zoom in and out feature, view in source, add to a presentation and image details
• Images can be added to a new or existing presentation
• Presentations can be exported to Microsoft PowerPoint
• Images are copyright cleared, but you still need to reference them correctly using APA Referencing

Quick Actions

Quick Actions located under the homepage search box allow you to:

• Create reading lists
• Alphabetically browse books titles
• Access videos
• Go to your bookshelf

See this ClinicalKey Student Quick Guide for more information

Books on Clinicalkey Student are often updated

• The previous edition will be available for 6 months
• To view the previous edition, click the Previous version link . Note: A previous edition cannot be viewed on your bookshelf

Follow the APA Referencing guidelines for information on how to reference a book, chapter in an edited book, journal article or image etc. See the Health Resources tab on the APA referencing guide for information on how to reference Clinical Overviews.

Hints

• Do not include the database name or the URL from academic databases in reference list entries because these URLs will not resolve for readers
• If the resource has a DOI, include it. If there is no DOI, reference it like a print version
• Sometimes it is hard to know how to reference Clinicalkey books. Is it a whole book written by authors(s) or a book with chapters written by different authors? For clues, check out the Front Matter page found in the table of contents. Does it say editors? Click into different chapters of the book to see if different people have written each chapter. If they have, reference it like a chapter in an edited book. Still not sure? Ask a Librarian or your tutor