Medical research

RESEARCH IN MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

NATIONAL GUIDELINES

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

ELECTRONIC BOOKS

INFORMATION GATEWAYS

ORGANISATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND ROYAL COLLEGES

The electronic resources listed here can be accessed from any computer at work, home or in libraries using ATHENS password.
Self-Registration for ATHENS passwords for three Doncaster Primary Care Trusts staff via ATHENS PAGE
If you have any problems registering for a password contact Doncaster PCT Library:

E-MAIL: Library@doncastereastpct.nhs.uk or phone (01302)320111 ext.3213.

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

The following databases (National Core Content) are provided via Dialog Data Star :
http://www.athensams.net/myathens, or http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/

AMED (Allied and complementary medicine)

BNI (British Nursing Index)

CINAHL (nursing research)

Clinical Evidence

The Cochrane Library (database of systematic reviews)

DH – data (Department of Health)

EMBASE (medical research)

MEDLINE (medical research)

PsycINFO (psychology research)

ASSIA (provided via CSA databases) http://www.athensams.net/myathens/ or http://www.telh.nhs.uk/

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

Collections of full-text journals for NHS staff can be accessed from http://www.athensams.net/myathens/ - MyAthens
http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/ - NeLH http://www.telh.nhs.uk - TeLH

	PROQUEST (about 850 full-text clinical journals)
	BMJ Publishing (24 full-text specialist journals):
	EBSCO Health Business Collection (131 full-text management journals)
	Ovid Online (Archive collection of full-text journals – until March 2003)
	ZETOC Tables of Contents from British Library (about 20 000 journals)

ELECTRONIC BOOKS

The electronic book collections provide online access to full-text core textbooks via:
http://www.athensams.net/myathens/ or http://www.telh.nhs.uk

	Net Library – electronic books (about 155 major textbooks)
	Ovid Online - Ovid@Books - electronic books (37 major titles including Oxford Textbooks)

INFORMATION GATEWAYS

	HERO - Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the UK
	National electronic Library for Health
	Electronic Library for Social Care (eLSC)
	OMNI - Organized Medical Networked Information
	SOSIG -Social Sciences Information Gateway
	TRIP - Turning Research into Practice
	WISDOM-Primary Care resources

GUIDELINES

Guideline Finder on the National Electronic Library for Health

NICE guidelines - National Institute for Clinical Excellence

Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

SEEK Project (University of Sheffield)

TRIP index (index to reviews, guidelines, etc)

NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (York) (systematic reviews, HTAs, etc)

ORGANISATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND ROYAL COLLEGES

The British Medical Association (BMA)

Centre for Evidence Based Medicine

Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health

Health Development Agency

Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS)

Institute of Child Health

King's Fund

Medical Research Council

NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (York)

NPCRDC - National Primary Care Research and Development Centre

Royal College of General Practitioners

Royal College of Nursing

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Royal Society of Medicine

ScHARR - School of Health and Related Research-University of Sheffield

The Trent Institute for Health Service Research

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