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 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. Information Skills for Health blog posts Log in ...

The NHS National Core Content collection will be changing from April 2019. The National Core Content collection is the databases and journals that are purchased nationally for staff working within the NHS in England. You access these resources via your NHS openathens login. The database collection forms part of HDAS – the Healthcare Databases Advanced Search database. You can find a full list of all the resources included via the NHS Library Services website . Database List on HDAS This April there will be a number of changes that may impact any saved searches you have or how you conduct new searches: Key Changes: CINAHL Plus with Full Text and Health Business Elite (HBE) will no longer be part of the collection. This means that from 01 April 2019 you will not be able to access and search these databases in HDAS, or via the EBSCO native interface as part of the Core Content subscription. CINAHL Plus with Full Text will be replaced with the CINAHL index in b...