Databases

PEDro is a free database of over 51,000 trials, reviews and guidelines evaluating physiotherapy interventions.

Policy Commons makes it easy to discover and access policy content from IGOs, NGOs, think tanks and research centres, with 2.3 million items covering more than 7,000 topics. Policy Commons enables members to build audience around research, analyses, data, and other relevant content. Register for free on the website.

Directory of print holdings available at NHS libraries. For document delivery use by library & knowledge services staff.

ProQuest includes 

• British Nursing Collection (1994 - current), which is a leading database for nurses, midwives, health visitors and nursing associates in the UK.
• Health Research Premium Collection (1946 - current), providing international coverage of medicine, health administration, nursing and allied health

ProQuest also includes several useful free databases, including Coronavirus Research Database, Education Research Index and Publicly Available Content Database, which brings together links to full text from a range of open access sources.

You don’t need any special searching skills to get started with ProQuest, and there are lots of very useful features (e.g. ProQuest can do Harvard, APA and Vancouver referencing for you!). You can create an individual MyResearch account so you can save your favourite articles and searches, set up alerts, choose which referencing system you want to use as default and link to a RefWorks account.

OpenAthens login required. 

PROSPERO is an international database of prospectively registered systematic reviews in health and social care, welfare, public health, education, crime, justice, and international development, where there is a health related outcome. Key features from the review protocol are recorded and maintained as a permanent record. PROSPERO aims to provide a comprehensive listing of systematic reviews registered at inception to help avoid duplication and reduce opportunity for reporting bias by enabling comparison of the completed review with what was planned in the protocol.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection provides hundreds of full-text psychology journals, including many indexed in APA PsycInfo. It offers particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and counselling. OpenAthens login required.

PsycINFO is published by the American Psychological Association and provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts of the international psychological literature from 1806 to the present day. Documents indexed include journals, articles, books, dissertations and more. 90% of the 3,000+ titles indexed in APA PsycINFO® are peer reviewed. OpenAthens login required.

PubMed is the world's largest database of biomedical literature. Using this link will give you access to full text via our online@UHCW links.