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e-journals
You can search by title for e-journals available to you via the library catalogue.
Journals A-Z
You can search by title, subject or ISSN for a comprehensive range of e-journals available to you via Browzine.
Knowledge and Library Hub
You can search for both e-journal titles and specific article titles (entered within double quotes) via the Knowledge and Library Hub.
DOI or PMID
You can search by DOI or PMID for articles available to you as well as open access articles via LibKey.io
See full-text article links wherever you search
Installing an extension to your browser (e.g. Chrome, Edge, Firefox) will place a LibKey button on websites such as PubMed, Wikipedia and academic and publishers’ pages providing you with instant one-click access to the full-text of all content available to you.
Install in seconds via the Thirdiron website, selecting Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust as your organisation when prompted.
Google Scholar full-text links
You can set up Google Scholar to provide links to the full-text available to you. Just follow these instructions and search for and select both Health Education England and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
E-journal collections
You can search the content of articles across multiple journals by carrying out a search on a healthcare database. You can also search the full-text of articles across multiples journals via the following platforms:
BMJ Journals
CINAHL Ultimate
Karger
Mark Allen
Ovid
Oxford Academic Journals
ProQuest
Sage
Science Direct
Springer Nature
Taylor & Francis
Wiley
Free and open access e-journals
BioMed Central
Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ
Free Medical Journals
Highwire
Public Library of Science PLoS
PubMed Central
BMJ Case Reports
The library’s subscription to BMJ Case Reports allows MFT staff and students to submit their own case reports for publication, free of charge. To request the fellowship code required, please contact us.
e-books
You can search for and access e-books available to you via the library catalogue.
Knowledge and Library Hub
You can search for e-book titles and chapters within e-books via the Knowledge and Library Hub.
E-book collections
You can access the full-text of e-books and for some collections, search within the full-text across multiple titles via the following platforms:
Kortext e-Books
Oxford Academic Books Platform
Oxford Medical Handbooks
Oxford Medical Textbooks
ProQuest Ebook Central
Springer Nature
VLeBooks
Free e-book collections
BNF Adult
BNF Children
FreeBooks4Doctors!
PubMed Bookshelf
Other e-books
Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Procedures
Healthcare databases
Medline
EMBASE
AMED
HMIC
Emcare
Healthcare databases provided by EBSCO
Medline
CINAHL
Healthcare databases provided by ProQuest
Medline
PsycInfo
PsycArticles
British Nursing Index
Other databases
PubMed
Cochrane Library
Cochrane Clinical Answers
Trip
BestBETs
OpenAthens
For more information about the many benefits of having an OpenAthens account, click here.
OpenAthens registration form
Change your organisation – to MFT if you already have an active account linked to your previous Trust.
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Literature searching
Consists of 7 short modules designed to help you build confidence to search published literature for articles and evidence relevant to your work, study and research. This is a free course provided by NHS England and can be found on the eLearning for healthcare hub.
The Literature Search Process: Guidance for NHS Researchers
Smart searching: logical steps to building and testing your literature search
Critical appraisal
The critical appraisal programme has been designed to help you to build confidence in the critical appraisal process when applying and evaluating research. This is a free course provided by NHS England and can be found on the eLearning for healthcare hub.
CASP – Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses)
AGREE The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation
BestBETs Critical Appraisal Worksheets