Using NHS Evidence www.evidence.nhs.uk Shrewsbury and Telford Health Libraries

Why use NHS Evidence? Fast and easy to search with a Google-style search box Filtered searching for evidence from a wide variety of evaluated sources Full-text available for most items Free and no passwords required (NHS Athens account may be required for some items)

Fast and easy to search with a Google-style search box

Filtered searching for evidence from a wide variety of evaluated sources

Full-text available for most items

Free and no passwords required (NHS Athens account may be required for some items)

What does it cover? It covers all areas of health and social care , including commissioning and public health and includes: Systematic reviews Health Technology Assessments Guidelines (mainly UK) Drug information Statistics Selected primary research

It covers all areas of health and social care , including commissioning and public health and includes:

Systematic reviews

Health Technology Assessments

Guidelines (mainly UK)

Drug information

Statistics

Selected primary research

How to search Google-style search box Enter keywords from your search No need to worry about ‘and’ or ‘or’ in most cases If you misspell something, you’ll normally get a suggestion

Google-style search box

Enter keywords from your search

No need to worry about ‘and’ or ‘or’ in most cases

If you misspell something, you’ll normally get a suggestion

Improving your search Consider synonyms of your search words For example, use ‘influenza’ as well as ‘flu’ to get all relevant results Synonyms can be grouped with ‘or’

Consider synonyms of your search words

For example, use ‘influenza’ as well as ‘flu’ to get all relevant results

Synonyms can be grouped with ‘or’

Improving your search To search for a phrase , enclose it in quotes. For example, “allergic rhinitis” Use the wildcard * to search for variations, for example surg* will find surgery and surgeon Some variations of a word will usually be searched automatically, for example ‘strategy’ will also find ‘strategies’

To search for a phrase , enclose it in quotes. For example, “allergic rhinitis”

Use the wildcard * to search for variations, for example surg* will find surgery and surgeon

Some variations of a word will usually be searched automatically, for example ‘strategy’ will also find ‘strategies’

Results display Results are shown in order of relevance (but can be sorted by date if preferred) 10 results are shown per page Click on the title of an item to view the full text

Results are shown in order of relevance (but can be sorted by date if preferred)

10 results are shown per page

Click on the title of an item to view the full text

Filtering results Results can be filtered by: Area of interest Type of Information Clinical Query Source Medicines and Devices Use the links on the left of each Screen to filter your results

Results can be filtered by:

Area of interest

Type of Information

Clinical Query

Source

Medicines and Devices

Use the links on the left of each

Screen to filter your results

Getting full text articles Some items may be critical appraisals of articles Links to the original article may not be provided To check whether the NHS has access, visit NHS My Journals at http://journals.library.nhs.uk

Some items may be critical appraisals of articles

Links to the original article may not be provided

To check whether the NHS has access, visit NHS My Journals at http://journals.library.nhs.uk

Further searching Access to the NHS Healthcare Databases and specialist collection is available through the ‘ Conduct a Specialist Search ’ link Further resources are available on our website at www.sath.nhs.uk/library/evidence

Access to the NHS Healthcare Databases and specialist collection is available through the ‘ Conduct a Specialist Search ’ link

Further resources are available on our website at www.sath.nhs.uk/library/evidence