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... our powerful search gateway to the Library's collections ...
Lenus is Ireland's most comprehensive online repository of health-related reports, research and official publications. Full text material (including original research) is available from 1960s onwards from the Health Service Executive, the Department of Health and Children and many other organisations active in the field of Irish health.
Professional Development/Nurse Education
Public Health/Health Promotion
Gateways are Internet sites with lists of evaluated web pages and Internet resources in a subject area, maintained on the Internet by a reputable source such as university departments, research institutions or companies. Examples in nursing & midwifery include:
Intute:Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health (UK Universities project)
Nursing on the Net from the
Department of Health & Children
Government of Ireland Web Site
Health Research Board, Ireland
Oasis Information on public services. An Irish government e-resource developed by Comhairle.
Office of the Minister for Children
NHS National Library for Health
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Emergency Care Specialist Library (NHS)
Emergency Nurses Association (
National Council on Ageing and Older People
An advisory agency to the Minister for Health and others on ageing and the welfare of older people in the
AARP (
Major
AGE – the European Older People’s Platform
European Commission Public Health Information Aging & Health
National Institute on Aging (
All Ireland Practice & Quality Development Database
Centre for Evidence-based Nursing (UK)
Centre for Reviews & Dissemination, University of York (
Evidence-based Nursing Online (BMJ Publication)
Joanna Briggs Institute (
National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE
National Library for Health (NHS)
National Library for Health Guidelines Finder(
Netting the Evidence – an introduction to evidence-based practice on the Internet.
Royal College of Nursing Clinical Practice Guidelines
Aware – Helping to Defeat Depression
Irish College of Psychiatrists
Mental Health Specialist Library (NHS)
National Institute of Mental Health (
Home Birth Association of Ireland
National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery
Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH, UK)
Independent Midwives Association (
International Confederation of Midwives
Nursing Midwifery Council (
Royal College of Midwives (
BreastCheck National Screening Programme in Ireland
Cancer (Ireland) Irish Cancer Society
Ireland-Northern Ireland National Cancer Institute Cancer Consortium
Irish Association for Nurses in Oncology
Irish Cervical Screening Programme
National Cancer Registry Ireland
Cancer Specialist Library (NHS)
European Commission, Public Health Information, Cancer
National Cancer Institute (
NHS Cancer Screening Programmes (
Northern Ireland Cancer Registry
Women’s Cancer Information Project (European Institute of Women’s Health)
Musculoskeletal Specialist Library (NHS)
Association for Palliative Care of Great Britain and Ireland
Baseline Study on the Provision of Hospice/Specialist Palliative Care Services in Ireland
American Academy Of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Centre to Advance Palliative Care (
International Observatory on End of Life Care
Palliative Care Specialist Library (NHS)
Promoting Excellence in End of Life Care
A Framework for Nurses Working in Specialist Palliative Care. Competencies Project Report.
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Irish College of General Practitioners
Irish Practice Nurses Association
Professional Development/Nurse Education
National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland School of Nursing
Trinity College School of Nursing and Midwifery
UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery
UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems
University of Limerick School of Nursing
International Council of Nurses
Northern Ireland Practice & Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery (NIPEC)
Nursing and Midwifery Admisssions (UK)
Nursing and Midwifery Council (
Public Health/Health Promotion
Dept. of Health Promotion NUIG
A partnership organisation, currently comprised of the Northern Ireland HPH Network, Irish HPH Network, Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare, National Council on Ageing and Older People and the four Health Board Investing for Health organisations in Northern Ireland. Provides data relating to current all-island quality and health promotion initiatives and allied research on health and social gain outcomes
Health Informatics Society of Ireland
Health Information & Quality Authority
Health Intelligence Irish Clearing House on Health Outcomes
Health Promotion Unit (Dept. of Health & Children)
Health Protection Surveillance Centre
Ireland and Northern Ireland Population Health Observatory
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Health Promotion (
European Commission Public Health
European Public Health Alliance
International Centre for Nursing Ethics (UK)
National European Surveillance Centres
Nuffield Council on Bioethics (UK)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Screening Specialist Library (NHS)
World Health Organisation European Regional Office
Economic and Social Research Institute
Irish Research Nurses Association
Irish Society for Quality & Safety in Healthcare
National Institutes of Health Sciences
Nursing Information Research and Exchange
Nursing Research
Ireland and Northern Ireland Population Health Observatory
Department of Health and Children - Irish and European statistics on health.
Europe and International
Department of Health Statistics (UK)
National Statistics (UK)
National Center for Health Statistics (USA)
WHO European Health for All Database
WHOSIS (WHO Statistical Information Service)
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (USA)
Interagency Council on Information Resources in Nursing (USA)
National Institute of Nursing Research (


