NICE process and methods
Appendix B Electronic resources
Core databases
Recommended core databases; these should be considered for each topic.
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ASSIA (Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts)
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CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
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Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE; 'other reviews' in Cochrane Library)
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Embase
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Health Management Information Consortium (HMIC)
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MEDLINE and MEDLINE in Process
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PsycINFO
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Sociological Abstracts
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Social Policy and Practice
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Social Science Citation Index
Additional topic specific databases for consideration
This list, which is not exhaustive, suggests additional databases which could be considered, depending on the focus of the review.
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ABI Inform (business/workplace issues)
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AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine)
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British Nursing Index
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Current Contents
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Enviroline (environment)
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Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) (education)
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Electronic Theses Online Service (EThOS)
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PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
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SportDiscus (sport)
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Social Care Online (social care)
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Transport
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Transportation Research International Documentation (TRID) (transport)
Because public health topics can potentially cover a wide range of subjects, it is recommended that advice is sought from an appropriate subject librarian or subject specialist. For example, a business librarian (either academic or corporate) could provide advice on databases relevant to the workplace. A useful list of databases which may be relevant to public health topics is maintained by University of Massachusetts Medical School Lamar Soutter Library.
Core websites
This is a short list of core websites, and additional subject-relevant websites should be considered.
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NICE website. In addition, former Health Development Agency (HDA) documents should be searched for on the NICE website.
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Scottish Government and Welsh Government (where policy for the topic is devolved).