The Selected research databases tab will guide you in how to access the databases both on and offsite, and which ones are recommended for Advanced Breast Practice and Professional Practice in Mammography.
There are many specialist healthcare databases that you may want to use to implement a literature search. They can all be found on the A-Z Databases page. You can select a specialist area to refine the list to suggested databases for your discipline. For example, select Nursing and Midwifery or Allied Health depending on your subject area.
key databases include:
CINAHL Plus (EBSCO) offsite access - log in using your St George's username and password
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. Primarily concerned with nursing, but approximately 35% of articles are related to allied health disciplines.
Medline (EBSCO) offsite access - log in using your St George's username and password.
From US National Library of Medicine. Covers clinical medicine, including the allied health fields. Includes biological and physical sciences and humanities where they relate to health care.
Produced by Elsevier. Covers biomedicine and pharmacology; particularly strong in the areas of drugs, toxicology and psychiatry. Includes US and European journals.
MAH Complete collection - St Georges access This link opens in a new window
The MAH Complete collection is a searchable collection of full text journals covering nursing, midwifery, and allied health including paramedic practice - with access to over 65,000 articles across over 30 peer-reviewed titles. The collection is made up of several sub-collections: Internurse, Intermid, and Health Professionals (which contains the Journal of Paramedic Practice)
BNI (ProQuest) offsite access - log in using your St George's username and password.
Nursing and midwifery database mainly indexing journals published in the UK, plus other English-language journals including international nursing and midwifery journals. Also indexes selective content from medical, allied health and management journals.
Consists of several databases supporting evidence-based medicine, including: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, NHS EED (NHS Economic Evaluation Database) and HTA (Health Technology Assessments).
A new search engine for NHS staff in England bringing together a wide range of resources such as databases, journals, e-publications, NICE guidance and other support tools in one place. You can access it here: https://bit.ly/NHSKLH. Login with your OpenAthens account to gain full access.
Further NHS resources can be found in the following Libguides: Allied Health Professionals NHS Library Guide and Nursing Professionals NHS Library Guide.
All NHS staff in England can self-register for an NHS England Open Athens account. Further details can be found here.
This section offers a list of other libraries, resources and professional organisations that provide access to information and study spaces.
Health and Care Professions Council
Provides standards for healthcare professions
UK professional organisation for Radiographers
Subsidiary of the Society of Radiographers
NHS England Allied Health Professionals section
Source of information about Allied Health Professionals in the NHS.
HLISD | Health Libraries and Information Services Directory
A comprehensive directory of health libraries and information services across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
The Wellcome Collection library has an extensive collection relating to medical history as well as contemporary research.
Acland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy mobile and offsite access
Select 'UK access management' for Federation and St George's, University of London as the institution.
An accessible source of anatomical knowledge with simple language and realistic, 3D visuals.
You can access the exams (the quiz section) and save your favourites by registering for a personal account
Complete Anatomy is a 3D anatomy platform including models and videos, with an extensive library of structures and muscle movements. Complete Anatomy is a 3D Anatomy app that can be downloaded from the app store on your device.
An activation code is required for full access to the app:
St Georges Students - access information can be obtained in the St George's Library Canvas module
St Georges Staff - please email the library team to request the staff activation code
Use of Complete Anatomy is subject to the Complete Anatomy Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, consent to these terms is inferred by use of the resource.
St George's staff may create and share content via Complete Anatomy, and track student engagement and attainment with this content. This may include lectures, screens and quizzes on the Complete Anatomy platform. Interactions with this content are tracked in the Complete Anatomy platform and a digital record is created which St George's staff can use to review student attainment in quizzes at both an individual and cohort level. These records may be used by St George's staff to inform curriculum planning and could be exported to use in student records.
For support with access to library resources, please email journals@sgul.ac.uk
JoVE Science Education is a library of video demonstrations covering a wide range of subjects in science and medicine.
JoVE Core- log in using your St George's username and password.
Includes sections on: Biology, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Social Psychology.
JoVE Science Education - log in using your St George's username and password.
Includes sections on: Basic and Advanced Biology, Chemistry, Clinical Skills, Psychology, and more.
Includes access to key texts, videos, cases and questions in the following collections:
Medical Education (Anatomy, Biochemistry, Microbiology/Immunology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Physical Examination, Physiology and more)
Occupational Therapy (Assessment, Foundations, Kinesiology and Biomechanics, Theory, Neuroscience and more)
To access personalised features such as bookmarking and quizzes you will need to register for a personal account after you have logged in via Shibboleth