Overview of Resources

NHS Evidence

NHS Evidence allows everyone working in health and social care to access a wide range of health information to help them deliver quality patient care. Launched in April 2009, NHS Evidence is a fast, free and easy to use internet style search to help users search for the information they want

BWH CATS

Critically appraised topics prepared in Birmingham Women's Hospital journal clubs. See the journal club website and our discaimer here.

The Cochrane Library

Systematic reviews and clinical trials- authoritative evidence on the effectiveness of treatments.

Reproductive Health Library

Cochrane systematic reviews, commentaries, tables of effectiveness and guidance on EBP approaches. Quick and easy access to top level evidence made available by WHO.

MIDIRS

Search the content of the midirs database via Ovid Online . Athens username and password required.

PubMed Clinical Queries

PubMed version of Medline, set up for easy searching for systematic reviews or therapy, diagnostic, prognosis or aetiology studies.

PubMed

PubMed version of Medline. Large database of biomedical published articles.

e-journals

A-Z list of journals available through the NHS You will need to log in with your BWH NHS Athens password. Get one here.

e-books

Collection of books on a wide range of clinical issues available in full text. You will need your BWH NHS Athens password. Get one here.

Library Catalogue

Books catalogue for NHS libraries across Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country - including BWH

Base-library

Information about Birmigham, Solihull and Black Country NHS libraries and services

TRIP Database

The TRIP Database began in 1997 as a result of the work of the founders (Jon Brassey and Dr Chris Price) in answering clinical questions, using the principles of evidence based medicine. The aims of the TRIP Database have remained the same since 1997 - allow health professionals to easily find the highest-quality material available on the web - to help support evidence based practice.