Health and Social Care: Key Databases

This guide contains resources, help and support from the library for Health and Social Care

The databases below are core for your subject area

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CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Search for abstracts and citations of journal articles, books, book chapters and theses & dissertations, including some with full text links, on nursing, health visiting, midwifery and allied health topics.

Learn how to use CINHAL with the health databases video guides.

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Complied by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, search MEDLINE for abstracts & citations for journal articles on health and life sciences topics including medicine, nursing and allied health.
PsycArticles and PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Search for abstracts and citations of journal articles, books, book chapters and theses & dissertations, including some with full-text links, on psychology, psychiatry, mental health and the social sciences.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
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Search for evidence to inform healthcare decisions. Includes access to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Cochrane Clinical Answers.

Learn how to search Cochrane Library with the health databases video guides.

Anatomy TV This link opens in a new window
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Search or browse Anatomy TV for 3D anatomical images and pictures of the human body or for information on diseases and conditions by speciality.
Community Care Inform Adults This link opens in a new window
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Practice-related social care and social work information including guidance, legislation, research, videos and podcasts for professionals working with vulnerable adults.
Community Care Inform Children This link opens in a new window
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Practice-related social care and social work information including guidance, legislation, research, videos and podcasts for professionals working with children, young people and families.
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Search or browse for abstracts and citations of journal articles on topics including health, education, psychology, social care and sociology.
AMED This link opens in a new window
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Search for abstracts and citations of journal articles on alternative treatment topics including complementary medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and rehabilitation.