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Internet Resources (2) - Finding published information

The main section headings in this document are featured below as links:

Introduction

The aim of this information paper is to provide physiotherapists with pointers to the best Internet resources for finding published information. This paper should be read in conjunction with LIS Information Papers No 6 'Using the Internet' and LIS Information Papers No 8 'Assessing the quality of information and putting it into practice.'

Some sources will be available free on the Internet, others may be by subscription only. Those available to all carry the tag 'Free on the Web' Check with your university library what subscription resources it offers. Those working in the NHS have access to a number of resources via:

Where databases are indicated as available in the CSP Learning Resource Centre you should make an appointment to ensure availability. (Tel: 020 7306 6666) or e-mail enquiries@csp.org.uk. There is a charge made for the use of databases by non-CSP members.

Library and Information Service staff are able to undertake literature searches for you. Please see Information Paper LIS 1 Library and Information Services for details and charges or go to: http://www.csp.org.uk/director/libraryandpublications/libraryandinformationservices.cfm

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Bibliographic databases

Definition: A bibliographic database is a database that contains records that are descriptions of primary publications i.e. journal articles, books, reports etc.

These records or references refer you to full-text printed publications, or occasionally they may link to the full text online. The records may contain abstracts from the primary publications and may be subject indexed.

It is important when using a bibliographic database to find out the type of material it includes e.g. Does it only cover journal articles? What are the criteria for inclusion? What is the coverage in terms of time?

Acubriefs

The purpose of Acubriefs is to make available online the most comprehensive database of references on acupuncture in the English language. References on acupuncture in languages other than English will be incorporated contingent on time and resources.

Available Free on the Web http://www.acubriefs.com

Ageline

AgeLineis a US bibliographic database covering of social gerontology as well as aging-related research from psychology, sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and the health sciences. It covers aging-related issues for professionals in aging services, health, business, law, and mental health. AgeLine also includes selected consumer content

Available Free on the Web http://www.aarp.org/research/ageline/

AMED - Allied & Complementary Medicine Database

AMED covers physiotherapy, rehabilitation, complementary medicine, occupational therapy, podiatry and palliative care. AMED covers relevant references from over 500 journals; many not indexed by other more general biomedical sources. This is a key database for physiotherapy material. Coverage: Journal articles, 1985 onwards. 166,053 records as of November 2003.

Free Web Access for CSP Members: via CSP Website http://www.csp.org.uk/libraryandinformationservices

Free Web Access for NHS staff in England: http://www.library.nhs.uk/

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Scotland: http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Wales: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=520&pid=8820

Available for searching in the CSP Learning Resource Centre

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

Cinahl is the premier database covering nursing and allied health. Selected journals are indexed in the areas of consumer health, biomedicine, and health sciences librarianship. Coverage: Journal articles, healthcare books, book chapters, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, government publications, educational software and audiovisual materials; 1982 onwards.

Free Web Access for NHS staff in England: http://www.library.nhs.uk/

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Northern Ireland: http://www.honni.qub.ac.uk/electinfo/elect.html

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Scotland: http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Wales: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/page.cfm?OrgID=1&PID=741

Available for searching in the CSP Learning Resource Centre

Department of Health Publications Library

The Publications Library holds all DH publications, it replaces and improves upon the previous POINT and COIN libraries.

Free on the Web: http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/PublicationsLibrary/fs/en

EMBASE

This database contains high-quality, current and validated biomedical and pharmacological bibliographic information, with more than 15 million records drawn from the international literature. Embase is an integrated collection of biomedical discipline-specific databases including one on rehabilitation and physical medicine. This database focuses on all aspects of the rehabilitation of somatic disorders using physiotherapy and other therapeutic modalities. Topics include diagnosis, function tests and evaluation as well as the social, vocational and educational aspects of rehabilitation. Coverage: Journal articles, 1974 onwards but with some earlier material. Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine section has approximately 135,000 records for the last ten years.

Free Web Access for NHS staff in England: http://www.library.nhs.uk/

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Scotland: http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk 1980- current

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Wales: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/page.cfm?OrgID=1&PID=741

Available for searching in the CSP Learning Resource Centre: Embase - Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine last 10 years

HMIC - Health Management Information Consortium Database

This database has three sections:

DH Data

The core subjects covered by DH data are health service and hospital administration with an emphasis on the British National Health Service. Coverage: Articles indexed from about 2,000 mainly English-language journals are included, together with documents of books, reports, pamphlets, administrative circulars and other official publications. An important feature of the database is the inclusion of full details, including sources of supply, of Department of Health publications. 1983 onwards.

King's Fund Database

The database holds records of the material in the library of the King's Fund. The database contains about 48,000 records mostly with a UK focus on health management and services, community care, service development and NHS organisation and administration. 1979 onwards.

HELMIS - Health Information Management Information Service Database

The Health information management service database contains over 54,000 records relating to community care and health systems management internationally, but with particular focus on the UK, Europe and developing countries. 1984-1998.

DH - Data Free Web Access for NHS staff in England: http://www.library.nhs.uk/

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Northern Ireland: http://www.honni.qub.ac.uk/electinfo/elect.html

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Scotland: http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Wales: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/page.cfm?OrgID=1&PID=741

Available for searching in the CSP Learning Resource Centre

Nursing and Allied Health Comprehensive Collection

Nursing & Allied Health Comprehensive Collection is a valuable resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This database contains over 310 full text journals covering the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences, consumer health and allied health disciplines.

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Scotland: http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk

PEDro

PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. It has been developed to give rapid access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. Most trials on the database have been rated for quality to help you quickly discriminate between trials which are likely to be valid and interpretable and those which are not.

Free on the Web: http://www.pedro.fhs.usyd.edu.au/index.html

PsycINFO

Produced by the American Psychological Association, PsycINFO is a comprehensive source for bibliographic coverage of psychology and behavioural sciences literature. Subjects covered include education, linguistics, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, physiology, psychiatry and sociology. Approximately 30% of the material originates from Europe. Coverage: 1,500 journals in more than 25 languages indexed as well as chapters and books, reports and secondary publications, 1887 onwards.

Free Web Access for NHS staff in England: http://www.library.nhs.uk/

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Northern Ireland: http://www.honni.qub.ac.uk/electinfo/elect.html

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Scotland: http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Wales: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/page.cfm?OrgID=1&PID=741

PubMed / MEDLINE

This is the premier source of references in the biomedical field. It covers approximately 3,200 journals worldwide and can be most successfully searched using the National Library of Medicine's controlled indexing terms, known as MeSH - Medical Subject Headings. PubMed uses the American term 'physical therapy' for physiotherapy, or the therapy subheading. Coverage: Journal articles, mid 1950's to present. N.B. The journal 'Physiotherapy' is not indexed in Medline.

Free on the Web: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed

MEDLINE Free Web Access for NHS staff in England: http://www.library.nhs.uk/

MEDLINE Free Web Access for NHS staff in Northern Ireland

http://www.honni.qub.ac.uk/electinfo/elect.html

MEDLINE Free Web Access for NHS staff in Scotland: http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk

MEDLINE Free Web Access for NHS staff in Wales: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/page.cfm?OrgID=1&PID=741

Available for searching in the CSP Learning Resource Centre

REHABDATA

REHABDATA provides indexing to disability and rehabilitation research conducted within the United States. An extensive database of disability and rehabilitation literature abstracts. Coverage: Research reports, books, journal articles and audiovisual materials, 1956 -

Free Access on the Web: http://www.naric.com/search/rhab/

SPORTDiscus

SPORTDiscus covers all aspects of the world of sport, including: sports medicine, physical education, exercise physiology, physical fitness, sport psychology, health and safety, sport science, kinesiology, coaching and training, and physical therapy. The database has more than 600,000 references. Twenty-five percent of the records are research level material with descriptive abstracts where available. The coverage is both international and multidisciplinary. SPORTDiscus is updated monthly. Coverage: journals, books, book chapters, e-journals, theses and dissertations, conference proceedings, and websites. Mid 1970's but also includes some historical records.

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Scotland: http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk/

Available in the CSP Learning Resource Centre


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Filters

Some bibliographic databases are very large - Medline has over 15 million records - so it is useful to be able to select -or filter- records that are of the highest quality in terms of evidence based research. Filters are sometimes called 'hedges'.

Centre for Dissemination and Reviews

Search strategies to identify reviews and meta-analyses in MEDLINE and CINAHL

Free on the Web: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/search.htm

Evidence Based Medicine Tool Kit

A collection of tools for identifying, assessing and applying relevant evidence to better health care decision-making.

Free on the Web: http://www.med.ualberta.ca/ebm/

Public Health Resource Centre, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford

Filters for CINAHL, Embase and PsychINFO by transcribing terms used in MeSH headings and sub headings to the closest equivalent term used in each of the other databases using the OVID front end.

Free on the web: http://www.phru.nhs.uk/casp/filters/table.htm

Clinical Queries using Research Methodology Filters

These two specialized search queries are intended for clinicians. You can access the Clinical Queries and Systematic Reviews filters from the Clinical Queries link on PubMed's sidebar. Both of these built-in search filters limit retrieval to articles that report research done with specific methodologies.

Free on the Web: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/clinical.html

The table of terms for Clinical Queries using research Methodology is available at

Free on the Web: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/clinicaltable.html

Applying Clinical Search Filters

Library of the Health Sciences Peoria

Free on the Web: http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsp/resources/filters.shtml

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Library catalogues

Library catalogues are an excellent way of finding out what books have been written on a particular subject. The catalogues will contain records of books now out of print as well as currently available books. Library catalogues may also contain a library's journal holdings.

You should not assume that because a library catalogue is available on the Internet that you can have access to the library or it's materials. If you find details of a book you would like to consult first check if it is available in your university, NHS library, or local public library. If it is not ask the librarian whether it can be obtained through an interlibrary loan - there may be a charge for this service.

British Library

The British Library is the library of last resort. Everyone is welcome to visit the British Library Reading Room at St Pancras but it is not a public library and access to the reading rooms, and hence to the collection, is by reader's pass only. Admission to the reading rooms is for those who have reached a point in their research where no other library can adequately supply all the information required. You must be able to demonstrate a legitimate need to use the items in the collection to further your research needs. Normally, you will have started your research and used other libraries before applying for a reader's pass. Students can apply for a reader's pass on proof of their signature (e.g. bank or credit card, passport, driving licence etc) and proof of their home address (e.g. utility bill, bank statement, driving licence etc) without being referred by their university. Check admission details at:

http://www.bl.uk/services/reading/admissions.html

British Library catalogue free on the Web: http://blpc.bl.uk/

COPAC

COPAC is a union catalogue, giving FREE access to the merged online catalogues of members of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL). There are 27 members of CURL, of which 26 members are currently contributing records to COPAC, including the British Library & National Library of Scotland. The remaining CURL libraries' catalogues are also being loaded.

Free on the Web: http://www.copac.ac.uk/copac/about.html

M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries

The M25 Consortium aims to foster cooperation between member libraries. There are currently 39 member university and other higher education institutions in and around the M25.

If you are registered with one M25 Consortium library you may be able to gain access to others - ask your university librarian. The catalogues are available for searching together with access details at:

Free on the Web: http://www.m25lib.ac.uk/

UK libraries plus

UK Libraries Plus is a co-operative venture between higher education libraries, making it easier for students and staff to use libraries conveniently near to home or work - at no admission fee. There are currently 135 Institutions participating in the UK Libraries Plus Scheme. The libraries can be searched by name or region.

Free on the Web: http://www.uklibrariesplus.ac.uk/

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E-journals

Publishing is a commercial activity, publishers do not generally make their books and journals freely available, however, there are a small number of exceptions. These exceptions tend to be journals produced by organisations where the objective is education and dissemination of information rather than profit. A journal has greatest value when it is a recent issue, some publishers will make journals available full text after 6 months, a year or perhaps 2 years. Journal contents pages, with perhaps an abstract, are now widely available electronically, and some publishers operate e-mail Table of Contents (ToC) services to promote their journals. Many journals are available electronically by subscription. A subscription may be taken out by an individual or an institution such as a library. Many of the big publishers make their journals available under the Athens password system.

Bandolier

A journal available in paper copy and electronically about health care using evidence based medicine techniques

Free on the Web: http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/journal.html

CSP website

The CSP website provides details of e-journals relevant to physiotherapy

Free on the Web: http://www.csp.org.uk/director/libraryandpublications/libraryandinformationservices.cfm

Directory of Open Access Journals

This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. It aims to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 733 journals in the directory.

Free on the Web: http://www.doaj.org/

E-journals

E-journals is part of the WWW Virtual Library. The WWW Virtual Library is a distributed, not-for-profit system of specialized directories and guides, each maintained by an expert in the field.

Free on the Web: http://www.e-journals.org/

EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service

Covers 8000 journals available to search from a variety of publishers. Table of contents service, SDI alerts with a pay-to-view option. The site has an Athens login facility.

Free on the Web: http://ejournals.ebsco.com

Free Medical Journals

Links to free journals and those made available after a time delay of six months, one year or two years.

Free on the Web: http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/

ProQuest Journals

ProQuest provides access to over 800 full text journals supporting healthcare.

Free Web Access for NHS staff in England: http://www.library.nhs.uk/

Science Direct

Science Direct contains over 1800 journals from Elsevier, including 'Physiotherapy'. The site has an Athens login facility. Guests are able to view tables of contents and Abstracts and can set up alerts for new issues on chosen journals. There is a credit card pay-to-view facility.

Guest access free on the Web: http://www.sciencedirect.com/

Social Sciences Electronic Journals

WWW Virtual Library

Free on the Web: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/ejournal.htm

ZETOC

ZETOC provides access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents of around 20,000 current journals and around 16,000 conference proceedings published per year. The database covers 1993 to date, and is updated on a daily basis. It includes an email alerting service, so that users can receive notification of relevant new data. An additional service offers the ability to order articles online although this is fee-based and the cost is borne by the individual.

Access: ZETOC is free to use UK higher and further education institutions. It is also available to English NHS Regions and NHS Scotland

Free Web Access for NHS staff in England: http://www.library.nhs.uk/

Free Web Access for NHS staff in Scotland: http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk/uptodate.asp

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E-books

There are a few free full-text books available on the Internet but publishers may release book chapters to promote sales of the books.

Aiello SE, Mays A. (Editors). Merck Veterinary Manual 8th edition. Merck & Co; 1998.

The Merck Veterinary Manual (MVM) is a well-established reference work for veterinary surgeons and other animal health professionals.

Free on the Web: http://www.merckvetmanual.com/

Beers MH, Berkow R, (Editors). Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy 17th edition. Merck & Co; 1999.

An on-line version of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, recognized as one of the leading medical texts on disease diagnosis. Chapters on all major systems including Musculoskeletal / Connective Tissue Disorders, Neurological Disorders, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, and Paediatrics.

Free on the Web: http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp

Beers MH, Berkow R, (Editors). Merck Manual of Geriatrics 3rd edition. Merck & Co; 2005.

Free on the Web: http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mm_geriatrics/home.jsp

British National Formulary

The BNF provides UK healthcare professionals with authoritative and practical information on the selection and clinical use of medicines in a clear, concise and accessible manner.

Free on the Web: http://bnf.org/

Polman CH, Thompson AJ, Murray TJ, McDonald WI. Multiple sclerosis: the guide to treatment and management. 5th edition. New York: Demos Medical Publishing; 2001

A comprehensive, readily accessible guide to the present therapeutic options in multiple sclerosis.

Free on the Web: http://www.msif.org/en/publications/ms_the_guide/index.html

StatSoft Inc. Electronic statistics textbook. Tulsa, OK: StatSoft; 2003.

Free on the Web: http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/esc1.html

Institute of Medicine. Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace. Low Back and Upper Extremities. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2001.

Free on the Web: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309072840/html/

Swinscow TD. Statistics at square one. 9th edition. London: BMJ Publishing; 1997.

Free on the Web: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/collections/statsbk/index.shtml

van Bemmel JH. Handbook of Medical Informatics. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag Heidelberg; 1997.

Free on the Web: http://www.mihandbook.stanford.edu/handbook/homepage_self.htm

Wheeless CR. Wheeless' textbook of orthopaedics. 1996

Free on the Web http://www.wheelessonline.com/

Accessible formats

Revealweb

Revealweb is a web based catalogue bringing together information about available titles produced in accessible formats from a wide range of organisations.

Revealweb will :

Revealweb will not:

Target Audience

Revealweb is intended for use by visually impaired people and their intermediaries.

Free on the Web: http://revealweb.org.uk/

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Statistics

Health Professions Council

UK wide statistics on the numbers of registrants in the 12 allied health professions

Free on the Web: http://www.hpc-uk.org/registrants/the_register_stats.htm

Historical data 1967 -

Free on the Web: http://www.hpc-uk.org/about_us/facts_figures_cpsm_registrants.htm

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Statistics - England

National Statistics Online

Official statistics in the UK are now widely devolved. Many government departments run their own statistical divisions, and some of these are significant in their own right. Local authorities, non-departmental public bodies and in some cases private companies are also involved in the production of government statistics. Some of these are designated National Statistics.

Free on the Web: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/default.asp

Department of Health (England) Statistics

Almost all the material now published by the Department of Health is available in electronic format, including statistical information and surveys. The Department's statisticians are responsible for collecting and compiling statistics on hospital activity, NHS performance and expenditure. Statistics are produced in the DH by the statistics division and the performance analysis branch, which together deal with a range of information. Most publications relate to England unless stated otherwise.

Free on the Web: http://www.performance.doh.gov.uk/hospitalactivity/about_data/index.htm

Health and Personal Social Services England

The Department of Health is responsible for health services (such as GPs and hospitals) and Personal Social Services (such as residential care, child protection and home help) in England. This publication contains a selection of statistics from across this range of services. It is intended both to provide a useful starting point into DH statistics and act as a summary reference document.

Free on the Web: http://www.performance.doh.gov.uk/HPSSS/HPSSSINT.HTM

Health and Safety Executive Statistics

Statistics on work-related ill-health, injuries, dangerous occurrences, enforcement and gas safety.

Free on the Web: http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/index.htm

Health Survey for England

Summary of key findings.

Free on the Web:

http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/deps/doh/survey02/summ02.htm

Hospital Activity Statistics

Regional performance statistics for bed occupancy, support facilities, attendance figures, day care, imaging and radiodiagnostics and intensive care and high dependency.

Free on the Web: http://www.performance.doh.gov.uk/hospitalactivity/about_data/index.htm

Hospital Episode Statistics

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) provide information on admitted patient care delivered by NHS hospitals in England from 1989. This is used to provide wide-ranging analysis for the NHS, Government and many other organisations and individuals who have an interest in health and healthcare administration.

Free on the Web: http://www.hesonline.org.uk/

Hospital Waiting Times/ List Statistics

Free on the Web: http://www.performance.doh.gov.uk/waitingtimes/index.htm

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services Non-Medical Workforce Census England 2003

Provides a variety of statistical information about physiotherapists and other allied health personnel employed by the NHS

Free on the Web: http://www.publications.doh.gov.uk/public/nonmedicalcensus2003.pdf

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Statistics - Scotland

General Register Office for Scotland

The General Register Office for Scotland is the department of the devolved Scottish Administration responsible for the registration of births, marriages, deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland, and for carrying out periodic censuses of Scotland's population.

Free on the Web: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/

Scotland's Health on the Web

Online health information provided by NHS Scotland.

Free on the Web: http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/

Scottish Health Statistics

National Statistics for Scotland was introduced in June 2000, but the statistics do generally pre-date this.

Free on the Web: http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/

NHSScotland Workforce Statistics

Scientific, therapeutic and technical staff

Free on the Web:

http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/info3.jsp?pContentID=1363&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show&

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Statistics - Wales

Health Statistics Wales

"Health Statistics, Wales" is an annual publication prepared by the National Assembly for Wales. It contains summary text along with graphs and tables that provide information on the health of the population and the range and quality of health care services in Wales. All statistics relate to Wales except where otherwise indicated. Many tables enable comparisons to be made between NHS Trusts or Health Authorities.

Free on the Web: http://www.wales.gov.uk/keypubstatisticsforwales/content/publication/health/2002/hsw2003/hsw2003-intro-e.htm

Staff Directly employed by the NHS [in Wales 2002]

Free on the Web: http://www.wales.gov.uk/keypubstatisticsforwalesheadline/content/health/2003/hdw20030514-e.htm

Statistics for Wales

The Statistical Directorate collects, processes, interprets and publishes information about the economic and social condition of Wales; and promotes the use of that information in decision making within government and beyond. Covers a wide range of topics including demography, health, housing, education, training, agriculture, industry, the economy, local government, transport, the environment and the Welsh language.

Free on the Web: http://www.wales.gov.uk/keypubstatisticsforwales/

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Statistics - Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is Northern Ireland's official statistics organisation.

Free on the Web: http://www.nisra.gov.uk/ search National Statistics

Department of Health, Social Security and Public Safety, Northern Ireland

Free on the Web: http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index.html search Statistics and Research

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Statistics - International

European Observatory On Healthcare Systems

The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies supports and promotes evidence-based health policy-making through comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health care systems in Europe.

Free on the Web: http://www.euro.who.int/observatory/toppage

European Region - World Confederation of Physical Therapy

Statistics on physiotherapy profession in member countries

Free on the Web: http://www.physio-europe.org/

Eurostat Datashop

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Communities, supplies the most up-to-date, complete and detailed statistical information on all 15 European Union countries and the euro-zone.

Free on the Web: http://www.eudatashop.gov.uk/

World Health Organization Statistical Information Service

Free on the Web: http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm

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UK Government publications

UK Parliament

Free on the Web: http://www.parliament.uk/

Official Documents

The Official Documents website contains a selection of Government titles covering a very broad range of topics including the economy, work and welfare, health, transport and the environment. There are two main groups: Command Papers (White Papers & Green Papers) and House of Commons Papers. Acts of parliament and Statutory Instruments can be found on HMSO website.

Free on the Web: http://www.official-documents.co.uk/

Her Majesty's Stationery Office

Free on the Web: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/

Department of Health

The Department of Health publishes a wealth of material for health and social care professionals and other stakeholders. The fully-searchable publications library contains all documents published department-wide. Almost all the material now published by DH is available in electronic format in this section.

Free on the Web: http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/fs/en

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Scottish Government

Scottish Government Publication

Full-text electronic versions of publications from 1997 onwards.

Free on the Web: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/recent.aspx

Scottish Parliament

Free on the Web: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/

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National Assembly of Wales

Free on the Web: http://www.wales.gov.uk/index.htm

National Assembly of Wales Key Publications

Free on the Web: http://www.wales.gov.uk/keypub/index.htm

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Northern Ireland Assembly

Free on the Web: http://www.ni-assembly.gov.uk/

Northern Ireland Assembly Publications

Free on the Web: http://www.ni-assembly.gov.uk/io/4.htm

Linda Griffiths (Library and Information Services)

July 2005

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