Library Resources

Collection

The Library & Information Service has a specialized collection of books, reports, audio-visual material and journals in palliative & terminal care, nursing, medicine, care of the older person, bereavement, communication, psychology, death & dying, religion, spirituality, ethics, social work, allied healthcare, oncology, complementary and other therapies, management, education and research.

Library Collection Click Here

Library Blog Click Here

Milford’s research is available on LENUS

Journals and Electronic Resources

Access to healthcare literature to support evidence-based care and inform decision-making is essential to patient care. Healthcare literature can be accessed from specific databases, journals and websites. The Library subscribes to a number of specialist healthcare journals. The Library has access to Cinahl Plus, ClinicalSkills.net and UptoDate databases.

CINAHL is a nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 1200 journals indexed in CINAHL. The database also provides full text for more than 220 books / monographs.

For access to other useful resources, Click here.

Bereavement Support

We also have a specific collection of books for adults, teenagers and children attending the bereavement support service.

• Bereavement Resources HERE
• Bereavement Resources for Adults HERE
• Bereavement Resources for Children HERE
• Bereavement Services in the Mid-West HERE

Patients and Residents

Fictional material can be lent to patients and residents in Milford Care Centre by the Mobile Library Service. The Limerick City and County Public Library also visits the centre on a regular basis