Library Literature Search Service

Do you need high quality research for patient care?

Do you need evidence to support your case for a new service or funding?

Do you feel you don't have the time or confidence to search for yourself?

If so the library can help you find the answers you need

  

USE OUR LITERATURE SEARCH SERVICE

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What we need to know

  •  Please provide as much information as possible, giving alternative terminology for the clinical condition where relevant
  • State any limits such as date (eg the last 5 years only), type of article (eg review article) and language (eg English only)
  • Are you looking for a positive outcome (eg prevention, prognosis) or a negative outcome (eg side effects, morbidity)?
  • Say whether you are interested in comparisons of treatment (eg placebo)

The Standards we set ourselves

  • We aim to provide results in 48hours, however, some searches may take longer. Please let us know if the information is needed urgently for patient care
  •  We search various databases such as Medline, Cinahl and Cochrane and include full-text journal articles where available, if not we will include article abstracts 
  • We provide a summary of our results Information
  • We can provide results via email or post

How to request a search?

You can email the with the information or fill out an online Literature Search form

If you are a Student preparing for an assignment unfortunately we cannot do a search for you
Please see our Training page for more information on search skills training 

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