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BioMed Central (external link)
Provides access to original bio-medical research articles. Subject areas covered include public health, cancer, nutrition and infectious diseases. Content can be browsed and downloaded without registration but (free) registration is required to use the search facility.

PubMed (external link)
Provided by the US National Library of Medicine, PubMed offers access to citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals. Includes links to full-text articles and other related resources.

ERIC – Education Resources Information Center (external link)
Digital library of education-related resources, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the US Department of Education. Opened to the public on September 1, 2004, the collection consisted primarily of electronic bibliographic records describing journal and non-journal literature selected by ERIC from 1966-2003. The collection has now expanded to include full-text articles.

British Education Index (external link)
Provides access to the full text of conference papers, working papers and electronic literature covering topical issues in educational research, policy and practice. Browse options are available for both the index and the thesaurus. Advanced search options include by title, author, subject or free text.

POPLINE (external link)
Reproductive health database containing citations and abstracts for scientific articles, reports, books and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning and related issues. Instant searches available on a range of topics including adolescent pregnancy, breastfeeding and HIV/AIDS prevention. Manual searching can be done by subject, author, title, keywords and source.

Health Talk Online (external link)
Health Talk Online features a wide variety of personal experiences of health and illness. Provides access to audio and video interviews of people who have experienced illness as well as giving information on treatment and support. Illnesses covered include cancers, immunisation and mental health.

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (external link)
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination is a department of the University of York and is part of the National Institute for Health Research.
CRD undertakes high quality systematic reviews that evaluate the effects of health and social care interventions and the delivery and organisation of health care.

Evidence in Health and Social Care (external link)
NHS Evidence is a service that enables access to authoritative clinical and non-clinical evidence and best practice through a web-based portal. It helps people from across the NHS, public health and social care sectors to make better decisions as a result. NHS Evidence is managed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).