The Library at the University of Northampton subscribes to a number of different databases and journals to support your academic studies.
You can use NELSON to search the Library’s books, e-books, e-journals, videos & more. Login with your University username and password at the top right hand side of the page so you can access the full-text material and save your search results.
If the item is available electronically, you’ll see a link to the full-text online. If the content is available in print, you’ll see a shelfmark letting you know where to find the book on the shelf.
The University Library subscribes to a number of different databases and resources to support your research. You can access these directly through NELSON, using your University Login, and clicking on the Database option on the top menu. Depending on your subject and topic, you may be using a range of literature from multiple databases (rather than just Health or Social Work databases). Please explore the resources and explore which ones are useful for your subject area.
AMED: Allied and Complementary Medicine database containing allied and complementary journals and abstracts from 1985 onwards. Produced by the British Library. Good starting point for Occupational Therapy and Podiatry searches.
CINAHL Ultimate is the definitive full-text database for nursing and allied health research covering over 50 nursing specialties. Additionally, it features full-text quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, continuing education modules, nursing instructional videos, and more.
Education Source Ultimate is a comprehensive resource for education research, including articles, books, and conference papers. Coverage spans all levels of education and includes a range of topics including education ethics, educational technology, literacy, research methodology and more, with access to 2,113 active full-text education journals.
Access is limited to 20 concurrent users
This database is a comprehensive resource for research on pregnancy, birth, and the first year of life. It includes over 120,000 references to journal articles, books, and grey literature from over 550 international sources. Coverage is from the mid-1980s.
PEDro is a free database of physiotherapy trials, reviews, and guidelines that are independently assessed for quality. It is used to support evidence-based physiotherapy practice.
PsycNET is an amalgamation of PsycInfo (which is an abstract database of psychological literature from the 1800s to today) and PsycArticles (which offers access to the full-text of APA journals).
A collection of journals and other publications covering life sciences, health sciences, physical sciences and engineering as well as social sciences, humanities, business and finance.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports and sports medicine journals, providing full text for 380 journals.
These short videos have been created to help you access and use the databases to search for relevant information for your assignments. Descriptions about what the databases cover and links to access them are available on the A-Z Database list.
Click on the information icon next to the title of the video, to find out more about what the video demonstrates.
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) is a database containing details of all admissions, A and E attendances and outpatient appointments at NHS hospitals in England.
This same data can also be processed and used for non-clinical purposes, such as research and planning health services. Because these uses are not to do with direct patient care, they are called 'secondary uses'. This is the HES data set.
HES data covers all NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England, including:
The Public Health Profiles are a rich source of indicators across a range of health and wellbeing themes to improve health and wellbeing, and reduce inequalities. With these profiles you can:
These profiles have been developed by Public Health England.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations agency that connects nations, partners and people to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health. Their website provides factsheets, publications and statistical information about key health topics.
