LibGuides: Ovid Search Guide: Select a database

Select a database

Databases available in Ovid

Please note: if you are not using a library computer, and are a student or SGUL staff member, make sure you use the offsite link and login with your SGUL username and password. NHS staff will find relevant links to Ovid databases via NHS OpenAthens on our A- Z Databases page.

AMED (Ovid) - NHS staff This link opens in a new window
NHS OpenAthens account required for access
Allied and Complementary Medicine Database. Bibliographic database produced by British Library. Covers a selection of journals in complementary medicine, palliative care, and several professions allied to medicine. Requires an NHS OpenAthens account.

Access via your OpenAthens account.
NHS Staff can self-register for an NHS OpenAthens account.
Contact liaison@sgul.ac.uk with questions.
Embase (Ovid) - NHS staff This link opens in a new window
NHS OpenAthens account required for access
Produced by Elsevier. Covers biomedicine and pharmacology; particularly strong in the areas of drugs, toxicology and psychiatry. Includes US and European journals.

Access via your OpenAthens account.
NHS Staff can self-register for an NHS OpenAthens account.
Contact liaison@sgul.ac.uk with questions.
Embase (Ovid) - onsite access This link opens in a new window
Onsite access from SGUL PCs and library laptops
Produced by Elsevier. Covers biomedicine and pharmacology; particularly strong in the areas of drugs, toxicology and psychiatry. Includes US and European journals.
Emcare (Ovid) - NHS staff This link opens in a new window
NHS OpenAthens account required for access
Emcare, produced by Elsevier, covers all nursing specialties and nursing healthcare professions. Emcare includes international coverage of allied health, education and training, development and management, midwifery, health and healthcare economics, clinical medical and healthcare social work, psychiatry and mental health, and traumatology, emergency and critical-care medicine from 1995 to present.

Access via your OpenAthens account.
NHS Staff can self-register for an NHS OpenAthens account.
Contact liaison@sgul.ac.uk with questions.
Global Health (Ovid) - onsite access This link opens in a new window
Onsite access from SGUL PCs and library laptops
Global Health is a specialist database dedicated to public health, covering the following specialties: Community Health and Disease Prevention, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Nutrition and Dietetics, Parasitology and Infectious Diseases.
HMIC (Ovid) - NHS staff This link opens in a new window
NHS OpenAthens account required for access
From the Health Management Information Consortium. Combines information from the Department of Health, King's Fund and the Nuffield Institute for Health Information. Covers health management, health care planning and hospital administration.

Access via your OpenAthens account.
NHS Staff can self-register for an NHS OpenAthens account.
Contact liaison@sgul.ac.uk with questions.
Not available to SGUL staff and students
Maternity & Infant Care (Ovid) - onsite access This link opens in a new window
Onsite access from SGUL PCs and library laptops
From the Midwives Information and Resource Service. For maternity health professionals with an overview of key midwifery and medical research to inform their practice.
Medline (Ovid) - onsite access This link opens in a new window
Onsite access from SGUL PCs and library laptops
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.
Medline (Ovid) - NHS staff This link opens in a new window
Medline database on the Ovid search platform. The Medline database is from the 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.

Access via your OpenAthens account.
NHS Staff can self-register for an NHS OpenAthens account.
Contact liaison@sgul.ac.uk with questions.
PsycINFO (Ovid) - onsite access This link opens in a new window
Onsite access from SGUL PCs and library laptops
Compiled by the American Psychological Association. Contains relevant material from medicine, psychiatry, social work, law, criminology, social science and organisational behaviour.
Social Policy and Practice (Ovid) - NHS staff This link opens in a new window
NHS OpenAthens account required for access
Social Policy and Practice brings together data from the following 5 leading collections of social policy and practice resources:
- AgeInfo - Centre for Policy on Ageing
- NSPCC - National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Planex - IDOX Information Service
- Social Care Online - Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
- ChildData National Childrens Bureau (NCB)
Access via your OpenAthens account.
NHS Staff can self-register for an NHS OpenAthens account.
Contact liaison@sgul.ac.uk with questions.