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Databases & journals

This guide is primarily for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Nutrition, Youth and Community, Domestic Violence, Applied Criminology, Dementia, Mental Health, Learning Disability, Health and Social Care, Social Policy, Transformative Studies courses.

The databases below are a great place to start to find journal articles.

CINAHL Complete
Database for journal articles for Nursing, Midwifery, Paramedic, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Allied Health.
MEDLINE
Journal citations and abstracts for biomedical literature from around the world
PsycINFO 1887-Current
Journal articles and more for psychological science.
Scopus
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
Proquest Central
The collection includes full-text scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, and market reports.
Academic Search Complete
ScienceDirect Journals
British National Formulary BNF
British National Formulary for Children BNF
Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference + Martindale's ADR Checker
Martindale contains information on drugs in clinical use worldwide, as well as selected investigational and veterinary drugs, herbal and complementary medicines, pharmaceutical excipients, vitamins and nutritional agents, vaccines, radiopharmaceuticals, contrast media and diagnostic agents, medicinal gases, drugs of abuse and recreational drugs, toxic substances, disinfectants, and pesticides.
Consumer Lab
Emerald Management 111 (Emerald Fulltext Plus) (Emerald Fulltext 2003)
Includes Health Management and Leadership journal articles.
Child Development and Adolescent Studies
Childlink
Annual Reviews
Annual Reviews is a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society. Their journals support academics and students at all levels and increase the discovery and understanding of vital research contributions.
PTSDpubs
This database, formerly called PILOTS, is produced by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD. The database provides citations and abstracts to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other psychological effects of trauma.
Coverage: 1871 - current

Additional useful resources

This guide is primarily for Social Policy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Nutrition, Mental Health, Youth and Community, Domestic Violence, Applied Criminology, Dementia, Transformative Studies courses.

Some web based and other related databases

Cochrane Library
High quality independent evidence database of systematic reviews and clinical trials. The 'gold standard' of evidence-based practice.
Social Care Online
The UK’s largest database of information and research on all aspects of social care and social work.
The Campbell Collaboration
Systematic reviews in education, crime and justice, and social welfare.
OTseeker (Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence)
A database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and other resources relevant to occupational therapy interventions.
PEDro - Physiotherapy Evidence Database
Free database of randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.
NICE Evidence Searches

PubMed Central
Pubmed is an interface used to search Medline, as well as additional biomedical content. Medline allows you to perform a more focused search. You will get slightly different results by searching in each database.

TRIP Database
Database for high-quality clinical research evidence.
Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS)
A reliable source of evidence-based information and practical 'know how' about the common conditions managed in primary care.
Drugwise
Drug information and reports. Includes a full range of DrugScope archival materials and all Druglink articles back to 1986.

British Education Index
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Lexis Library newspapers - UK News Content Set
Once logged in, please select the news tab. Access is available on campus only.
Westlaw
Lexis Library
Lexis PSL
Hein Online
LinkedIn Learning
An online subscription library that teaches the latest software, creative, and business skills through high-quality instructional videos.

E-book databases

VLeBooks
eBook platform for Askews and Holts Library Services Ltd
Dawson Era ebooks
If you receive an invalid session message, please try downloading the title rather than viewing online.
Ebook Central
MyiLibrary ebooks

Organisations

Anatomy & physiology

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NHS Digital (previously Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)
The national provider of information, data and IT systems for health and social care
Office of National Statistics (ONS)
The executive office of the UK Statistics Authority
NHS England statistics
tatistics on a range of health and care subjects.
Local Health
'Quality assured' health information from Public Health England
Department of Health (DOH) - Statistics and surveys
Official statistics published by the Department of Health.
Gov.uk Statistics
Official statistics from UK Government
UK Data Service
Links to useful statistical websites.
World Health Organization (WHO) Data and Statistics
Source for international health statistics
CEMACE Reports
The Maternal, Infant and Perinatal programme was previously known as the Maternal and Newborn programme. During this time, a series of reports were completed by the Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE), in three areas: Child Death Review, Maternal Deaths and Perinatal Mortality.
MBRRACE Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report
MBRRACE-UK: Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK.
Statistic Brain
United States based statistics

Critical appraisal

When you have found some information for your assignments you will need to read, evaluate, and critically analyse them. Below are some links, they may be helpful in doing this

CASP UK - Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
EPHPP Effective Public Health Practice Project
Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies.
DISCERN
Brief questionnaires providing a valid and reliable way of assessing the quality of written information on treatment choices for a health problem.
Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE)
An instrument to evaluate the process of practice guideline development and the quality of reporting.
Cardiff University Information Services - Critical Appraisal Checklists
Great critical appraisal resource from Cardiff University.
Analyse This!!!
From Learn Higher, free online tutorial to help students learn how to analyse research data.
Critical thinking and writing - University of Worcester
From UW study skills

BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
Search engine for academic web resources.
ELDIS
An online information service providing free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues.
The Grey Literature Report
No longer updated, but the data (1999-2016) remains accessible. Mostly American content.
GreyNet International
Links to grey literature sources.
OpenGrey
Website covering unpublished European literature on Science, Technology, Biomedical Science, Economics, Social Science and Humanities.