{"id":201405,"date":"2023-10-06T11:50:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T10:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/library\/?page_id=201405"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:56:56","slug":"databases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/library\/resources\/databases\/","title":{"rendered":"Databases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this section you will find various databases and collections to support your enquiries.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Training Courses\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/library\/?page_id=87\">Training<\/a>\u00a0 is available if you would like to learn more about how to maximise your searching skills. You can also access self guided training using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-lfh.org.uk\/programmes\/literature-searching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to search the literature effectively<\/a>\u00a0programme.<\/p>\n<h2>Healthcare Databases<\/h2>\n<p>The databases listed below are available under\u00a0<strong>In-depth searching<\/strong>\u00a0at the<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=guest&amp;custid=ns010678&amp;groupid=main&amp;profile=hee_eds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Knowledge and Library Hub<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>with an\u00a0<a title=\"Athens\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/library\/?page_id=73\">OpenAthens\u00a0<\/a>log-in. Click on each heading to find more about their scope.<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">CINAHL<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">CINAHL.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>The Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) indexes and abstracts articles from nursing, biomedical, and consumer health journals, as well as publications of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Cochrane Library<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Cochrane Library. <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">A<\/span><\/span>\u00a0collection of databases to inform healthcare decision-making.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Embase<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>EMBASE (Excerpta Medica dataBASE)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>A biomedical and pharmacological bibliographic database.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Emcare<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>EMCARE. <\/strong><\/span>A database from the nursing, allied health and biomedical literature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">GreenFILE<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>GreenFILE.<\/strong>\u00a0C<\/span>overs the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Health Business Elite<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Health Business Elite. <\/strong><\/span>Health Business Elite provides comprehensive journal content detailing all aspects of health care administration and other non-clinical aspects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">HMIC<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Health Management Information Consortium (<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">HMIC)<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Produced by the library services of the UK\u2019s Department of Health and the King\u2019s Fund. The HMIC database covers official publications, journal articles and grey literature relating to health and social care management, including management of the NHS; the quality of health services; estates management; regulation of medicines; medical equipment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Medline<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>MEDLINE. <\/strong><\/span>The National Library of Medicine\u2019s (NLM) premier bibliographic database that contains more than 30 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. A distinctive feature of MEDLINE is that the records are indexed with NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). MEDLINE is the primary component of PubMed, a literature database developed and maintained by the NLM National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). MEDLINE is the online counterpart to the MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS) that originated in 1964.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">PsycINFO<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>PsycINFO. <\/strong><\/span>A database on behavioural science and mental health. Produced by the American Psychological Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0Full text journals in psychology and counselling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">PubMed<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>PubMed. <\/strong><\/span>In addition to MEDLINE, PubMed provides access to\u00a0older references from the print version of Index Medicus, back to 1951 and earlier, references to some journals before they were indexed in Index Medicus and MEDLINE, very recent entries to records for an article before it is indexed with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and added to MEDLINE a collection of books available full-text and other subsets of NLM records, PubMed Central citations and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Bookshelf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">Social Policy and Practice<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Social Policy and Practice (SPP) <\/strong><\/span>A database from six of the UK collections of social policy and practice resources: Centre for Policy on Ageing, Idox Information Service, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Social Care Institute for Excellence, Greater London Authority, National Children\u2019s Bureau.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><details class=\"nhsuk-details\">\n                    <summary class=\"nhsuk-details__summary\">\n                        <span class=\"nhsuk-details__summary-text\">TRIP Pro<\/span>\n                    <\/summary>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-details__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">TRIP Pro.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>A clinical search engine designed to allow users to find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and\/or care. It also allows clinicians to search across other content types including images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses and news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\"><\/div>\n                <\/details><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<h2>Other free databases<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/eric.ed.gov\/?multimedia-searching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>An online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nihr.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Institute of Health Research (NIHR)<\/a> <\/span><\/b>Information about ongoing research.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naric.com\/?q=en\/content\/search-narics-databases-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Rehabilitation Information Center (<acronym title=\"National Rehabilitation Information Center\">NARIC<\/acronym>).<\/a> <\/strong>The library of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (<acronym title=\"National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research\">NIDILRR<\/acronym>). We collect, catalog, and disseminate the articles, reports, curricula, guides, and other publications and products of the research projects funded by\u00a0<acronym title=\"National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research\">NIDILRR,<\/acronym>\u00a0as well as the wider community of disability and rehabilitation research.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neurorehab-evidence.com\/web\/cms\/content\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NeuroBITE<\/strong><\/a> (previously PsycBITE) is a database that catalogues studies of cognitive, behavioural and other treatments for psychological problems and issues occurring as a consequence of acquired brain impairment (ABI).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/search.pedro.org.au\/advanced-search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">PEDro.<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0The physiotherapy evidence database.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this section you will find various databases and collections to support your enquiries. 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