Library: Health: Search the literature

Search for a recommended book, journal or article

Many units provide a Library List of recommended books and articles in Moodle.

If all copies of a book are on loan: reserve a copy.

Search for journal articles (and other academic literature)

Search library databases to discover articles, conference documents, working papers and other academic literature. You can also search the Library Catalogue.

Library databases

Web of Science: all databases This link opens in a new window
Multiple subject coverage. Searches all databases on Web of Science's platform.
The University of Bath Library gives you access to these databases on the Web of Science platform:
Web of Science Core Collection
Biosis Citation Index
Data Citation Index
Derwent Innovations Index
KCI - Korean Journal Database
Medline
Russian Science Citation Index
SciELO Citation Index
Zoological Record.

Tutorial: approx. 15 minutes
Presentation: basic searching in Web of Science

SPORTDiscus This link opens in a new window
For Sports Performance and Sport & Social Science students.

Guide to using SPORTDiscus.
Tutorial: approx. 15-20 mins.

CINAHL This link opens in a new window
Nursing and allied health.Note the peer-reviewed search option.
Embase This link opens in a new window
Coverage: healthcare, medicine and pharmacy.

Guide to using Embase.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
If you have created an NCBI account to log in to PubMed, you now need to switch to a third party option, such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft or ORCID. Please refer to NCBI’s instructions and FAQs.
FREE Index to biomedical literature from US National Library of Medicine.

Guide to using PubMed.

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Multiple subject coverage.

Guide to using Scopus.
Tutorial: aprox. 15-20 minutes.

Search for theses & Masters dissertations

University of Bath Research

University of Bath's Research Portal
Records of articles, books, theses, datasets, working papers and other research outputs created by University of Bath researchers. Many records include full-text documents.
University of Bath Research Data Archive

New books: a selection

Expand your search for academic literature

More Library databases

APA PsycNet This link opens in a new window
Coverage: mental health and psychology.

Guide to using PsycInfo (part of APA PsycNet)

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Coverage: management and business.
On EBSCO's platform it is possible to search a number of education indexes in combination with Business Source Complete, for example, British Education Index, ERIC and Education Source.

Education databases

Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window
Coverage: management.
Our collection also includes book chapters and emerging markets case studies.
HMIC (Health Management Information Consortium) This link opens in a new window
Indexes documents published by healthcare organisations and academic literature.
HMIC search results include 'links' buttons, Some links will take you to the full document but with other results (i..e. the non-academic documents), you may need to then search Google. To discover further organisational literature, refer to Health/Further Resources: https://library.bath.ac.uk/health/further-resources
IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: sociology, economics, politics and anthropology.

Video and guide: using IBSS

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Collections of archived journals covering sciences and the social sciences. We provide these collections: Arts & Sciences (I-VII, IX, XI-XII) and Life Sciences.

Pharmacy and Pharmacology Databases

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window

Search for systematic reviews

Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
Health and medicine: systematic reviews, protocols and clinical answers

Campbell Collaboration Online Library
Broad social science coverage. Click the 'research evidence' link in the top menu.
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)
Search across the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Affects (DARE), Healthcare Technology Assessments (HTA) and NHS Economic Evaluation Database (EED)
EPPI-Centre Knowledge Library
Browse by healthcare and social topic headings

PEDro Physiotherapy Evidence Database This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of systematic reviews, clinical guidelines, randomised controlled trials
PROSPERO This link opens in a new window
Prospectively-registered systematic reviews
TRIP This link opens in a new window
Ongoing systematic reviews, evidence-based information, case reports, articles, leaflets, ebooks, overdiagnosis filter, regulatory and clinical guidance.

Find more systematic reviews by searching databases such as Web of Science.