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Subject databases

To access your databases go to My learning and select the Online databases and academic journals link Search for the database of your choice to be directed to the correct platform.

Below is a list of some of the most important academic databases for your subject area. This is only a small selection of the databases available via the Library's online collections.

A full list of the databases can be accessed via the Databases A-Z link.

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Recommended Journals

Publisher Journal Collections

BMJ Journals
BMJ Journals is a collection of more than 60 medical and allied science titles.
SAGE Journals
Provides more than 1,100 journals on all areas of study
Emerald Insight
Emerald Insight provides a large, comprehensive collection of 198 peer-reviewed management journals and online support for librarians, students, faculty researchers etc.
Springer
Large portfolio of scientific journals
Science Direct
Contains the Elsevier Science journal collection

College of Operating Department Practitioners [CODP]
The College of Operating Department Practitioners is the professional body for
Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs). The College provides support and advice to its members and represents ODPs in
aspects of professional, educational and workplace matters.
The Health and Care Professions Council [HCPC]
The standards of proficiency for operating department practitioners
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence [NICE]
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.
British National Formulary [BNF]

Emerald Case Studies
Part of the Emerald Insight collection. Includes Emerging Markets (EMCS), The CASE Journal (TCJ) and The Case for Women (CFW).
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning provides video tutorials that are led by industry experts. Once completed, certificates can be added to your LinkedIn profile.

Cite Them Right Online
Extensive guidance on how to reference and includes a range of support materials. You can find out how to construct a reference for anything; build your reference on screen; cut and paste the prepared reference straight into your coursework and create references in different styles including Harvard.

Fingertips
Fingertips is a rich source of indicators across a range of health and wellbeing themes. You can compare local and nation data on public health topics and also check summaries of health trends.

Databases Recommended

Academic Search Premier
Access over 8,500 journals on varying subjects.
CINAHL
Accessed via EBSCOhost platform
A comprehensive nursing and allied health research database, providing full text to more than 770 journals dating back to 1937.It also offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, audiovisuals, book chapters and more. Subjects include nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
Cochrane Library
Access to updated systematic reviews of the effects of health care, abstracts of quality assessed previously published reviews, references to controlled trials, references to articles on the science of reviewing research and sources of further information. Keywords: medicine, medical, clinical
MEDLINE
Accessed via EBSCOhost platform
Contains citations and abstracts to global biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues and healthcare services. Content includes 31,000,000 references to journal articles, 5,200 journals with citations in 60 languages. Keywords, medicine, medical, health
Scopus
One of the largest abstract and citation databases of peer-reviewed literature with smart tools that track, analyse and visualise research.
Web of Science
Core collection includes Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI). Subject coverage includes the arts and humanities, social sciences and science and technology.

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