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
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.
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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
Name | Contents |
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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
Database | Subject |
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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.
Name | Subject |
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PsyArXiv | Psychology |
Sussex Research Online | All |
OpenDOAR | All |
More information on available pre-print servers available here. There are also many Institutional Repositories.