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 Index, Medline, Nursing & Allied Health Database, PsycInfo, PsycArticles, Public Health Database and thousands of full text journal articles, doctoral dissertations, images and more. You don’t need any special searching skills to get  started, and there are lots of very useful features (e.g. ProQuest can do Harvard and Vancouver referencing for you!). OpenAthens login required. You can create an individual MyResearch account so you can save your favourite articles and searches, set up alerts and link to a RefWorks account.

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.

PsycINFO is published by the American Psychological Associations and provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts of the international psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. 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.