The Clinical Library & Information Network (CLIN) is made up of all South Western Sydney Local Health District Libraries and forms a co-operative network to manage and share library services and resources across the District. The CLIN Libraries services are available to all SWSLHD staff, academics and students. View our client charter for more information.
Welcome to our new improved one-stop shop webpage which searches across all the SWSLHD Libraries' and CIAP's online resources. Give us your feedback and suggestions via our online form!
Search using the Citation Matcher Tool
To search for print books use the Library Catalogue
Health Databases
- CINAHL Complete
- MEDLINE
- ProQuest Health Premium Collection
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Embase
- PsycINFO
- OpenMD
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Health and Medical Collection – offers expanded in-depth coverage from leading biomedical publications for researchers, students, faculty, and healthcare professionals
Nursing & Allied Health Database – provides reliable health care information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more
Health Management Database – includes relevant resources for anyone interested in the business of running a health organization
Psychology Database – offers key information from leading psychology publications
Public Health Database -- provides core public health literature for students, teachers, researchers, and professionals from journals, videos. news, trade publications and more
Family Health Database – covers a vast array of subjects for patients and their families, from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, and from eye care to dentistry
Medline – provides a recognized bibliographic database offering millions of citations from thousands of biomedical and life science journals
British Nursing Index – (284 full-text titles) supports practice, education, and research for nurses, midwives, and health providers in the UK or following UK practice. Coverage is mainly titles published in the UK, plus a selection of important international nursing titles.




Key Resources

- Acute anaphylaxis
- Acute coronary syndromes
- Acute stroke
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Cataract
- Colonoscopy
- Delirium
- Heavy menstrual bleeding
- Hip Fracture
- Low back pain
- Management of peripheral intravenous catheters
- Opioid analgesic stewardship in acute pain
- Osteoarthritis of the knee
- 3rd & 4th degree perineal tears
- Sepsis
- Stillbirth
- Venous thromboembolism prevention
- Psychotropic medicines in cognitive impairment or disability (in development)


Who can use the toolkits?
How can you use these toolkits?
What is the Quality Improvement Data Systems (QIDS) and why should I join?
QIDS provides a channel for clinicians to reach out for advice to CEC experts as well as communities of practice and to share their own learnings.
Each toolkit is linked to a Quality Improvement Community of Practice (CoP) that can be accessed through the Quality Improvement Data System (QIDS). Joining a QI CoP allows you to record and track your quality progress and share learning with other teams in NSW.
https://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/improve-quality/quality-improvement-toolkits
CLIN Libraries
Client Satisfaction Survey 2023
Tell us what you think about your Library services by completing a Library Satisfaction Survey!
Visit your Library and receive a sweet treat using the codeword found at the end of the survey. Survey ends on Friday 30th June 2023
SWSLHD Library Newsletter
Check out our library research newsletter for valuable insights into the latest scholarly articles, books, and other research materials.
View current SWSLHD Library Newsletter June 2023
Did you know that the CLIN Libraries collect and catalogue photographs to record the history of our hospitals?
- SWSLHD Library Newsletter February 2023
- SWSLHD Library Newsletter April 2023
New Resources
New resources are regularly added to our collections to help keep you current in your specialism.
We welcome suggestions for purchase - fill in a Resource recommendation or contact the Library.
New Arrivals at Bankstown/ Lidcombe Library
New in the Bowral & District Hospital Library
New in Campbelltown Library
New in the Fairfield Hospital Library
What's New in the Ken Merten Library, Liverpool Hospital
Library Guides
Learn more with Library Guides from accessing the library's resources and subject guides with key resources for clinical speciality. Visit the Library Guides page for more!