Healthcare Databases

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

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)