NLH Healthcare Databases Simple Search

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• NLH Healthcare Databases Simple Search

Created by Jane Tatlow as part of the NLH Search
2.0 Representatives Group. Last updated 31.03.08
For Advanced Searching use NLH Healthcare
Databases Advanced Search
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Go to the NLH Homepage www.library.nhs.uk and
select the Healthcare Databases link. Currently
labelled Books Journals and Healthcare Databases
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You must log in with a valid NHS Athens ID to
search the full range of databases. The next few
slides look at what is available without an NHS
Athens ID, as shown. Later slides look at what
is available with a NHS Athens username.
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Links to My Journals and E-books

• Below the list of databases you will also find
  links to
• My Journals, with links to national and local
  journals relevant to your NHS area.
• E-books linking to the national collection of
  online books. Future developments should also
  include local collections of online books
• Links to resources useful for critically
  appraising research articles.

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Select a search option (title or title and text).
Type in a keyword or phrase
Finally select SEARCH
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Without the authority of your NHS Athens ID, this
Simple Search will only search for results from
Biomed Central and the PubMed databases. There
will be no links to online article content.
Future developments may enable access to free
open access articles.
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• PubmedPubMed is a service of the U.S. National
  Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million
  citations from MEDLINE and other life science
  journals for biomedical articles back to the
  1950s.
• BioMed CentralIncludes records from over 40 open
  access, peer-reviewed electronic journals
  covering the whole of biology and medicine.

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The number of records found and your search
statement is displayed above the results.
Each result is displayed with a brief reference
including the original source database.
Selecting More detail or the title will display
further information. (Save result will prompt you
for an NHS Athens ID.)
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In More details, PubMed records will include an
abstract. Biomed Central records do not include
abstracts.
More details includes a simple form enabling you
to email the details to yourself or a colleague.
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To run another search type another keyword or
phrase into the Start a new search box, then
select SEARCH. Or use the link to Search
Resources to start again.
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To search the full range of NLH Health Care
Databases and to make use of extra features like
Save results you will need to log in with an NHS
Athens username and password.
If you havent already registered for an NHS
Athens username and password contact your library
or use the self registration link.
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• Simple Searching in NLH Healthcare Databases
  with your NHS Athens ID

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Note the HELLO message when you are logged in
with your NHS Athens.
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If you log in with an NHS Athens username and
password, a Simple Search Healthcare Databases
will retrieve results from

• National healthcare databases, Cinahl, EMBASE,
  HMIC, AMED, PsycINFO and BNI.
• Medline from PubMed
• BioMed Central
• Online articles from electronic journal
  collections purchased by the NHS nationally and
  locally.
• Where the NHS has access to article
  content this will be linked to your results

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Once you have logged on with your Athens
username, select Healthcare Databases.
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Your NHS Athens ID will give you access to seven
health related databases

• Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED)
  1985-Covers occupational therapy, physiotherapy,
  rehabilitation, plus alternative and
  complementary medicine acupuncture,
  chiropractic, homeopathy, yoga, hypnosis.
• British Nursing Index (BNI) 1994- This UK
  focused database covers general nursing as well
  as the specific nursing areas covering AE,
  neonatal, breast cancer, theatres and
  orthopaedics.
• Cumulative Index of Nursing Allied Health
  (CINAHL) 1982-A US database covering all aspects
  of nursing and allied health. Subjects covered
  include optometry, radiologic technology, speech
  and language pathology, nutrition. Contains
  journals, theses and pamphlets.
• EMBASE 1974-With particular emphasis on
  European sources, this database covers the whole
  field of medicine. Drugs, pharmacology and
  substance abuse are particularly well covered. .
• HMIC Health Management Information Consortium
  1979-This compiles data from both the Department
  of Health Library and Information Services and
  Kings Fund Information and Library Service.
• MEDLINE 1950-At this level of search Medline
  will be from PubMed. This is a large US source of
  medical information. Other subjects include
  dentistry, veterinary medicine, medical
  psychology, genetics and advanced nursing
  practice.
• PsycINFO 1806-Includes international coverage of
  literature on Psychology and allied fields

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To do a Simple Search across all the databases
type your query topics into the search box and
use Select All. Then click on SEARCH
NOTE You are Searching PubMed in this Simple
Search
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• Typing two words will retrieve results that
  contain both words. Entering cbt depression will
  retrieve the same results as entering cbt AND
  depression.
• Phrases should be entered within double quotes
  for example, cognitive behaviour therapy
• You may also use the combine function OR to
  search for alternative words. Some examples are
  pediatric OR paediatricstroke OR cva
• NOT is also available but should be used with
  caution. For example diabetes NOT adult would
  exclude articles that were about clinical trials
  involving both adults and children, not just
  those involving adults.

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Results appear as earlier with the addition of
Full Text links. Selecting the full text link
will display a free online copy of the article to
read, save or print. You may be prompted for your
NHS Athens again.
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• There are over 1000 online journals available to
  NHS staff which have been purchased by NHS
  England. Local health library services have added
  to this total. This includes many top titles such
  as JAMA and British Medical Journal.
• Your NHS Athens username and password is the key
  to accessing these journals and articles.
• Direct access to a searchable index is available
  via My Journals, http//journals.library.nhs.uk
  or from the link on the NLH homepage

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For more complex searching we recommend the
Healthcare Databases Advanced Search. Use the
links illustrated below on the results page or
the home page
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TroubleshootingIf you run a search but dont
find what you are looking for

• If you searched for keywords just in the title
  and retrieved too few results, try running it
  again using Title and text
• If you want to search for a particular phrase use
  double-quote marks eg primary care.
• Think about using similar or alternative terms.
  Use OR in capital letters to combine your terms,
  e.g. stroke OR cerebral vascular accident.
• Think about american/british spellings eg.
  pediatric OR paediatric.
• Focus your search results by using AND, e.g.
  (panic attack OR anxiety OR stress) AND (CBT OR
  cognitive behaviour therapy). Remember to use
  brackets to group similar concepts.
• Use the wildcard symbol to find groups of
  words, for example nurs will find nurse, nurses,
  nursing and nurse-led.

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For more detail about Advanced Search for
healthcare databases, use the link below NLH
Healthcare Databases Advanced Search
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Keep up-to-date with newly published information
by using the news feeds Then use the
My Library section of NLH or your own RSS reader
to view the latest news. Look for further
information from the News link or the NLH Home
page.

• Queries and feedbackIf you have any further
  queries or want to feed back about the resources,
  please use this link to the NLH service desk
  http//www.library.nhs.uk/about/feedback.aspx
• NLH Helpdesknlhenquiries_at_institute.nhs.uk
• or contact your local health library
• Other guides in this series
• Using the 6 NLH resources an overview
• Using NLH Evidence Based Reviews
• Using NLH Specialist Libraries
• Using NLH Guidance
• Using NLH Images
• Using NLH For Patients
• Using Healthcare Databases Simple Search
• Using Healthcare Databases Advanced Search