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 SGUL 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 SGUL 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 - SGUL 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 SGUL 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.