LibGuides: Health Sciences: Health Sciences

Welcome to the Health Sciences Guide. These pages highlight key resources which can be used to support your research in Health Sciences

Databases and webpages useful for this subject area

Databases

BioMed Central
Over 100 Open Access journals covering all areas of biology and medicine.
Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is an electronic publication designed to supply evidence of the effects of health care and to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels.
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete covers nearly every area of academic study. It includes more than 8,500 full-text journals, 7,300 of which are peer-reviewed.
EBSCO - Cinahl Complete
Cinahl Plus is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.
ProQuest
ProQuest Central is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.
PubMed
PubMed provides access to bibliographic information in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, the preclinical sciences and life sciences. It includes the database MEDLINE which contains over 15 million citations dating back to the mid-1950's.
Science Direct
Science Direct offers access to the full text of more than 1,100 journals across sixteen fields of science including the social sciences.
Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed research, covering over 20,000 journals from more than 5,000 publishers.

Websites

BBC News: Health
A searchable full-text daily health news service from the BBC, also providing medical notes on specific conditions and links to related Internet sites.
Department of Health
Provides the latest on the Department's work, as well as health and social care guidance, publications and policy.
Health on the net
A Geneva based non-profit based organisation promoting the development of shared health information for the international community
The King's fund
The King's Fund is an independent charitable foundation working for better health, especially in London. The Fund carry out research, policy analysis and development activities.
NHS Choices
A service to help you make choices about your health. Includes finding and using NHS services
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Provides national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.
Patient
Independent health platform, it is a trusted source of information for both patients and health professionals across the globe.

Health Gateways

Health-EU portal
The official public health portal of the European Union. With access to over 40,000 links to trustworthy sources, the portal aims to provide information on 47 health topics.

Health Statistics

Printed Resources

Printed resources

Reference books can provide a valuable first approach to a subject area and an ideal source of background information. There are many different types of reference books and the more familiar formats include encyclopaedias, dictionaries, guides, handbooks and directories.

Examples of reference books that may be useful to the study of Health Sciences:

NHS Handbook (362.10941/WEL))
Mosby's Medical Dictionary (610.3/MOS)
Black's Medical Dictionary (610.3/BLA)