Journals and Online Resources

Journals (including e-journals) & Databases


Required for access to all resources listed on this page.	NICE Health & Social Care databases	Online journals & Healthcare Databases	Healthcare Systematic Reviews
Guide Note: Time taken for registration: Non NHS computer: 7-14 days NHS computer: 24 hours or less	A short guide	Guide to accessing Journals on NHS Evidence Guide to Healthcare Databases Advanced Search (HDAS) HDAS Demo videos (on You Tube)	Guide to Cochrane Library

3D Human Anatomy	Oxford Handbooks & Oxford Specialty Handbooks	Evidence-base & clinical decision support resource Contact the Library for full-text	Clinical Nursing Procedures Manual (9th ed.)
Anatomy TV User Guide	Oxford Handbooks Guide	Online Help pages Quick Start & Reference Guide KLS Guide	Guide to RM Manual

e-Journals & Databases

There are over 1500 electronic full-text journals and several major databases (like Medline, Cinahl, Embase, British Nursing Index etc.) available to the Trust staff. These include e-resources provided nationally through the Evidence Search, regionally by the northwest NHS libraries' consortium, as well as subscriptions paid for locally by the Trust Library.

If you are logged onto a Trust computer you can search for Journal titles that the Trust library subscribes to, please click on the links below;

Help with Literature Searching

If you need help with the information you require please contact the helpdesk. We can either do the search for you - Sorry, not if you are a trainee - you are supposed to learn to do this for yourself! - or we can work with you on a mediated search.

We also offer training in literature searching and critical appraisal skills.

Copyright / Intellectual Property Rights in the NHS

NHS has a special license with the Copyright Licensing Authority (CLA) which allows NHS staff to make copies from printed resources or to download electronic journal articles or reports, under specific conditions. Please note the conditions listed on the attached poster.

In addition to the national legislation, we are also subject to licensing agreements with the suppliers of our resources. These restrict what you can or cannot do with the electronic resources you access. For example, here is our agreement with Wiley's for their Online Library. Have a look at Section C on "Terms & Conditions of use". It tells you how much information you can access, download, send to someone else or print out.