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Social Work and Social Care

UK Government

Social Care Online (SCIE) UK: Social care information. Includes research briefings, reports, government documents, journal articles, and websites
UK government Publications Portal to accessing government documents such as state papers, green papers, government responses to Select Committee reports, statistics and annual reports
UK Government Publications Search UK central government publications, including command papers, act papers and policies and guidance
Department of Health & Social Care Find guidance and regulation information for Health and Social care

More information available in the Official publications Guide

Organisations

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Clinical guidance, systematic reviews, evidence and research recommendations relating to health, drugs and technologies, public health, social care and healthcare management and commissioning
NICE evidence Search Google-style interface to a comprehensive evidence base for anyone in health and social care who takes decisions about treatments or the use of resources. Provides a portal to a variety of online resources.
NSPCC Learning Search our directory for our latest research, child protection statistics, leaflets, practical guidance, briefings and evaluations

You can search for sources using Google Advanced search. You can search specific websites, like nspcc.org.uk, or organisations in general by search .org. Example Search.

Theses and Dissertations

Name Coverage
EThOS  UK: Doctoral theses
Sussex Research Online University of Sussex: Doctoral Theses
Proquest Dissertations and Theses: Open mainly US: Open access Dissertations and Doctoral Theses
Open Access Thesis and Dissertations International: Post-graduate Dissertations and Doctoral Thesis
PsycINFO International: Psychology Dissertations and Doctoral Theses
Library Discovery Hub UK & Ireland: Dissertations and Doctoral Theses

Google Scholar can be a useful tool to identify potential resources. Full information available on Thesis and Dissertation subject guide

Health Care

Name Contents
Grey Literature Report Indexes publications in health services
Cochrane Library Database of Medical Systematic Reviews
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Clinical guidance, systematic reviews, evidence and research recommendations relating to health, drugs and technologies, public health, social care and healthcare management and commissioning.
PubMed Indexes biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Includes Clinical Trials, systemic reviews, technical reports, government documents.
NICE evidence Search Google-style interface to a comprehensive evidence base for anyone in health and social care who takes decisions about treatments or the use of resources. Provides a portal to a variety of online resources.
North Grey Literature Collection A grey literature collection relating to health and public health in the North of England. Includes lists of resources and keywords for finding grey literature.

More information available at on the Medicine Subject Guide and Grey Literature Report

Conference Proceedings

Database Subject
Web of Science Science, Social Science
Scopus Science, Social Science
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Education
PsycINFO Psychology
Medline Medicine

On the above databases, go to the filter settings and limit by Proceedings.

Preprints

Name Subject
PsyArXiv Psychology
Sussex Research Online All
OpenDOAR All

More information on available pre-print servers available here. There are also many Institutional Repositories.