Databases

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub is the new ‘one stop shop’ for high quality knowledge and evidence resources.  It includes access to:

  • Journals, books and databases
  • Resources purchased nationally and locally
  • Healthcare databases, including Medline, Embase and CINAHL
  • Review clinical decision support resources, including NICE Guidelines, DynaMed and BMJ Best Practice 

Please begin your search in the box below.


You'll need to sign in with your NHS OpenAthens account to access the resources.  For further details of the point of care and bibliographic health databases available via the Hub see below:

If you need help with searching we offer information skills training including searching bibliographic databases, finding evidence and searching the Knowledge and Library Hub. Please see out training pages for further details and dates.  We also provide an expert search service - performing in depth searches for your clinical questions.  Please get in touch with the Library or complete an evidence search form for this service.