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Healthcare Databases

The following healthcare databases are available through NHS OpenAthens and Evidence Search Resources (NHS OpenAthens username and password required). 

  • AMED (physiotherapy, OT, rehabilitation & complementary medicine) 

  • British Nursing Index (small database of popular British nursing journals) 

  • CINAHL (nursing and allied health, including recent US research) 

  • Cochrane Library (Collection of evidence base databases) 

  • EMBASE (European database of biomedical and pharmacological literature) 

  • EMCARE (nursing and allied health professions): premium database ideal for practice, education and research 

  • HMIC (Health management information consortium): a compilation of DH-Data (health administration and toxicology) and King's Fund (health improvement and management) 

  • Medline (the largest database, covers clinical, medical and nursing literature) 

  • PsycINFO (psychology, psychiatry and related disciplines) 

  • Pubmed (the largest database, covers clinical, medical and nursing literature) 

  • Social Policy and Practice (Comprehensive health and social care databases) 

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