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HDAS is closing - make the switch

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** NHS HDAS (healthcare advanced search database) will close 31st March 2022. **

If you use NHS HDAS to complete your literature searching and set alerts then you need to act now!

If you use NHS HDAS to search Cinahl, Medline, Amed, Embase or any NHS bibliographic database, then you need to act now!

Which database should you search? Which platform hosts them? Check our online tutorial Which NHS database do you need? to find out.

Make the switch!

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