Searching bibliographic databases
If you would like to quickly find journal literature and other evidence, please use the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub
From 1 July 2025 there will be changes to nationally-purchased electronic resources. The following resources will not be available:
Access to ProQuest (including AMED, British Nursing Index, Health Research Premium Collection, PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES)
E-books from Oxford University Press (Handbooks and Textbooks collection and Specialist Handbooks)
The following bibliographic databases are available:
CINAHL – nursing and allied health
Embase – biomedical and pharmaceutical literature
Emcare – nursing and allied health
HMIC – healthcare management
Medline – biomedical, life sciences, allied health and pre-clinical sciences literature
Social Policy and Practice – health and social care
These databases can be found on the native interfaces as below
EBSCO CINAHL, Medline and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Wolters Kluwer (Ovid) Embase, Emcare, HMIC, Medline and Social Policy and Practice
If you would like to search the healthcare databases systematically, please contact Newcomb Library and librarians can perform a search on your behalf or train you in how to find the evidence you need using the native interfaces.
You will need an NHS OpenAthens account to access the search interfaces.
Please also use these guides about each of the database search interfaces:
EBSCO Guide February 2022.pdf [pdf] 2MB
Ovid Guide February 2022.pdf [pdf] 1MB
or try the e-learning programme, How to Search the Literature Effectively
Try also the Trip Database which is a freely accessible portal that searches evaluated sites for evidence-based healthcare information, and finds evidence quickly.