Using Ovid to search NHS databases

Use the OVID databases to complete a comprehensive literature search.

Ovid hosts key healthcare databases AMED (for alternative and allied health topics), Emcare (for nursing topics), Embase (for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and biomedical topics), HMIC (for management topics) and Medline (a general medical database).

The following resources can help you to get to grips with searching on the Ovid platform.

OVID Help Resources

Ovid Resource Centre - for training and support documentation
Ovid advanced searching
Ovid Search Builder / Pharmacovigilance Search builder Tool - this is a tool available on the Ovid native search interface which helps you to construct search strategies which include a wide range of filters or pre-determined terms.
Ovid Search Builder video - watch this video to see how you can use the search builder to build search strategies and get alerts.

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More help

Complete our etutorial Which NHS Databases do you need?
Check our databases help page regularly for new help resources
Contact the training team for training opportunities or 1-to-1 support

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