What resources are searched through the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub? [update 16/10/2025]

Following the implementation of the new interface for the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub and updates to the NHS Core Content resources, here is a reminder of the resources which are searched:

AMBER: the home of ambulance services research
Academic Search Index
APA PsycArticles
APA PsycBooks
Aphasiology Archive
BioOne Complete
BMJ Best Practice
British Library EThOS
Center for Research Libraries
CINAHL
ClinicalTrials.gov
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Complementary Index
Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH)
Directory of Open Access Books
Directory of Open Access Journals
eBook Collection (EBSCOHost)
Emerald Insight
Gale Health and Wellness
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
GreenFILE
Journals@OVID
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
McGraw-Hill Medical
MEDLINE
Minority Health Archive
NICE Guidance
NCI (National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health)
Oxford Bibliographies
Oxford Clinical Psychology
Oxford Handbooks Online
POLICY database from Analysis & Policy Observatory
PsychiatryOnline
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Research Starters
Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Procedures
SpringerProtocols
Supplemental Index
University Press Scholarship Online
Wiley online reference works
West Midlands Evidence Repository (WMER)

Please note that you will need to search some of our major resources separately:

Clinical Key (UHNM only)
Ovid databases (AMED, Embase, Emcare, HMIC, Medline, Social Policy and Practice)
PsychInfo (North Staffs Combined Health only)

You can find links to all the available NHS resources on our website.

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Hot Topic! Asthma

The BBC recently reported on the news that advice for inhaler use has changed for people with asthma. This follows the release of this news item “ 'I no longer feel asthmatic': more than a million people now using new style inhalers ” by NICE. What do you know about this debilitating condition? Check these resources for an overview, key points, diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up and more. [You will need your NHS OpenAthens username to access these resources] BMJ Best Practice – Acute asthma exacerbation in children , Acute asthma exacerbation in adults Clinical Key (available to UHNM only) – Asthma in Pregnancy: Management , Asthma-COPD Overlap Clinical Knowledge Summaries – Asthma Oxford Medicine Online – Chapter Respiratory Emergencies in Oxford Handbook of Emergency Nursing, Chapter Therapy-related issues: respiratory system in Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy Patient Information How can I tell when my child's asthma is getting out of...

Hot Topic! Ebola

News about the ebola virus continues, including this article from the BBC about healthcare workers Ebola outbreak: How health workers are treating patients and staying safe in DR Congo - BBC News Check these resources for an overview, key points, diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up and more. [You will need your NHS OpenAthens username to access these resources] BMJ Best Practice – Ebola disease Clinical Key (available to UHNM only) – Ebola Virus Disease Cochrane Library systematic reviews – Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals during and after a disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic: a mixed methods systematic review (2020) Oxford Medicine Online – Chapter Emerging infectious diseases in Oxford textbook of health protection: principles and practice (2026) Patient Information Ebola [BMJ BP] Ebola virus infection: what to know [Clinical Key] Selected articles from our journal collection Combining v...

A World Cup OrthoEvidence Update

Did you notice a football World Cup is on? Lots of fun-filled football until Sunday 19th July, with 48 teams and over 100 matches ( Wikipedia, 2026 ). Why does the Health Library care? We support your interest in sports medicine and musculoskeletal conditions. OrthoEvidence – our specialist orthopaedic / musculoskletal resource – is thinking about the players and the impact of sports injuries. Their recent “The Pulse: a World Cup ortho-update” bulletin highlights 2 concerns: The effectiveness of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury prevention programs Training to stay in the game: ACL prevention programs Anyone who plays sports knows how devastating an ACL rupture can be. To avoid the negative outcomes associated with it, a host of ACL injury preventions have been released over the last few years. But how truly effective are these programs? In a recent meta-analyses published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, including 18 articles and over 25,000 athletes, the eviden...

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