NHS eJournal Changes for 2017

We have had a few changes this year regarding our NHS journal subscriptions as detailed below:

Main packages:

Ovid Journals – 7 subscriptions have been terminated, while 46 have been renewed.
Oxford Journals – the subscription to the Oxford Medical Collection has been terminated, however we have retained access to 10 of the most used titles.
Clinical Key – this subscription has been retained for UHNM staff, and includes access to over 600 journal titles

Individual Titles:

Nine (9) individual titles have been terminated, while 34 have been renewed.

Databases:

Databases allow you to search bibliographic information as well as provide access to some full-text articles. The main databases that NHS staff can access include the following:

Ebsco Medline Complete
AMED
BNI
Cinahl
Embase
Healthcare Business Elite
HMIC
Medline
Proquest Hospital Collection
Proquest PsyArticles
PsychInfo

There has been a delay in renewing some titles this year. Please let us know if you are experiencing problems accessing a specific title. Remember that all the journal titles are listed on the NHS A-Z journals list.

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