Databases

Some databases are available to all; others can be accessed via OpenAthens.

TRIP

A TRIP search produces references sorted by type, e.g. systematic reviews, guidelines, key primary research.

Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups. The Cochrane Library is well-known for quality systematic reviews. Log in with OpenAthens.

The Cochrane Library includes a collection of podcasts available at https://www.cochrane.org/evidence/podcasts.

See Welcome to the Cochrane Library Training Hub for training guides, videos and webinars.

UK  Health  Security  Agency  (UKHSA)

UKHSA support for local authorities includes links to e-journals, databases, training, and the LA Discovery Service.  These resources are available from this page: Support for LAPH.  UKHSA signposts to further resources in its pages Research support for public health teams based in Local Authorities.

EBSCO Discovery Service

UKHSA  currently provides access to electronic journals via EBSCO Discovery Service. You will need to be eligible for a public health OpenAthens login.

Log in directly or from the My Athens homepage select EBSCO Databases, then select EBSCO Discovery Service.

For tips on how to use this database, please see the Discovery Service guides.

Emerald Insight - Journals in Health and Social Care Management

Visit the Emerald Insight homepage.

To access full text results in this set of electronic journals, log in to My Athens, and select Emerald Insight.  After entering your search terms click the 'Only content I have access to' box.

For tips on how to search these journals, look at Emerald's 'Advanced Search Tips' or our Emerald Insight bite sized learning (PDF, 483.3 KB).

Campbell Collaboration

The Campbell Collaboration is an international research network that produces systematic reviews of the effects of social interventions in Crime & Justice, Education, International Development, and Social Welfare.

Social Care Online

Social Care Online is the UK's largest database of information and research on all aspects of social care and social work.