Selected resources - for more on this topic contact the library

Current Awareness Bulletin

Contact library staff to receive a weekly General Surgery email bulletin which provides details of new research published in the top 5 quality journals as well as details of any relevant articles published in The Lancet, BMJ, NEJM, JAMA and Cochrane Reviews.

Useful Websites

The Royal College of Surgeons of England: the professional organisation
Websurg: claims to be a virtual surgical university and aims to provide the surgical community with online training in surgery
Laparoscopy.com: an electronic textbook about laparoscopic surgery
Surgical Tutor: contains education resources for undergraduate and postgraduate surgical exams
BMJ Speciality Collection: resources on general surgery from the online BMJ, also links to relevant books and journals from the BMJ Publishing Group

Electronic Journals - Top 5 - Athens account required

Other e-journals are available: log in with NHS Athens at NHS Evidence

American Surgeon - 1997 onwards
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - 1947 - 2009
Archives of Surgery - 1998 onwards
Canadian Journal of Surgery - 1994 onwards
World Journal of Surgery - 1997 onwards (delayed 1 year)

Print Journals

	GRH	CGH
American Journal of Surgery	1982 onwards
Annals of Surgery	1972 - 1998 2000 only	2001 - 2012 now online
British Journal of Surgery	1971 - 2000	2001 onwards
Surgery : The continuously updated review of surgery		1999 - 2011
Surgery (US)	1972 onwards

 Electronic Books - Athens account required

Abbassian, Ali et al. (2006). Operative Surgery Vivas for the MRCs. Cambridge University Press
Lubin, M. F. ; Smith, R. B. (2006). Medical management of the surgical patient: a textbook of perioperative medicine. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Maingot, R.; Zinner, M. J.; Ashley, S. W. (2007). Maingot's abdominal operations. 11th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill
Sritharan, K et al. (2008).Essential OSCE topics for medical and surgical finals. Abingdon: Radcliffe.
Timmins, F. ; McCabe, C. (2009). Day surgery: contemporary approaches to nursing care. Chichester: John Wiley

New Books

Title	Shelved at
Garden, O. J. (2012). Principles and practice of surgery. 6th ed. Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone.	WO100 GRH/CGH
Henry, M. M. Thompson, J.N. (2012). Clinical surgery. 3rd ed. Edinburgh : Saunders	WO100 GRH
McLatchie, G. R. ; Borley, N. R. ; Chikwe, J. (2013) Oxford handbook of clinical surgery. 4th ed. (Oxford handbooks). Oxford : Oxford University Press	WO 100 CGH
Raftery, A. T. ; Delbridge, M. S. ; Douglas, H. E. (2012). Basic science for the MRCS : a revision guide for surgical trainees. 2nd ed. Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone	WO18 CGH
Syed, J. ; Keshtgar, M. R. S. (2013). EMQs in surgery. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press.	WO18 GRH
Zollinger, R. M. ; Ellison, E. C. (2011). Zollinger's atlas of surgical operations. 9th ed. New York : McGraw-Hill.	WO200 GRH

 Please contact the library to suggest appropriate books for purchase

Need to know more?

For a full list of books & journals use our online catalogue - www.swims.nhs.uk
To find more e-journals go to NHS Evidence and log in  with your NHS Athens account
To ask for a literature search on a specific topic contact the library staff, details below

The Library Alexandra House Cheltenham General Hospital Tel: 0300 422 3036 Email:

The Library Redwood Education Centre Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Tel: 0300 422 6495 Email:

 

 

 

 

Updated - 7th February 2013 CG
(Books - 9th April 2013 DC)