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  • Academic Phrasebank (a compendium of commonly used phrasal elements in academic English by Dr John Morley)
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Grey Literature (Unpublished material)
  • ​eTHOS - search the British Library's collection of theses
  • ​Index of grey literature (includes alternative sites for statistical information)
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  • Open Grey - an open access database for bibliographical references of grey literature produced in Europe

Getting published​
  • A brief guide to preprints
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  • The publishing process
  • Think. Check. Submit.
  • Writing resources
  • A-Z of alternative words (Plain English Campaign)
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  • How to write paragraphs in research texts, articles, books and PhDs
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Open Access Publishing
  • An introduction to Open Access
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  • Research funders' open access policies
Social media
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  • Using social media for research purposes - NW Ambulance Service
Poster presentations
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Updates
  • A beginner's guide to interpreting odds ratios, confidence intervals and p-values (20min e-learning)
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For more information contact the Outreach Librarians or
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  • Guide to support research

Literature searching guidance

  • The literature review process: guidance for NHS researchers
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  • HDAS training material
  • NICE Evidence: how to search​
  • How to use the Cochrane Library
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  • Ten search engines for researchers that go beyond Google

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  • Home
  • Evidence
    • Databases >
      • Search HDAS
    • Information Resources
    • Critical appraisal
    • UpToDate
    • Athens >
      • Login to Athens
  • Knowledge Hubs
    • Clinical specialties >
      • Acute medicine
      • Anaesthetics
      • Audiology
      • Cardiology
      • Critical care
      • Dermatology
      • Emergency Medicine
      • Endocrinology
      • Gastroenterology
      • Geriatrics
      • Mental Health
      • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
      • Oncology
      • Orthopaedics
      • Paediatrics
      • Palliative Care >
        • Chaplaincy
      • Public Health
      • Radiology
      • Respiratory
      • Rheumatology
      • Surgery
    • Staff groups >
      • General Practitioners
      • Healthcare Assistants
      • Junior Doctors
      • Managers and Leaders
      • Mentors and Educators
      • NHS Staff
      • Nurses >
        • International Nurses
        • Nursing Associates
        • Revalidation
      • Occupational Therapists
      • Pharmacists
      • Physiotherapists
      • SAS Doctors
      • Speech Therapists
      • Students
    • Conditions >
      • Autism
      • COVID-19
      • Dementia
      • Menopause
      • Sepsis
    • Initiatives >
      • Awards
      • Coaching
      • CWP Best Practice
      • English language resources
      • Health Literacy
      • Knowledge Management
      • Patient information
      • Quality Improvement
      • Research
      • Staff Wellbeing
      • Talent Management
    • Podcasts
  • Library Services
    • Search the Library Catalogue >
      • My library account
      • eJournals
      • Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures [NHS Athens]
    • Training
    • Keep up to date
    • Feedback & Enquiries
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