Knowledge Navigator

Start your search for knowledge! The Knowledge Navigator will help you find your way through the different types of healthcare information available, and the various sources for locating it.

Also included are links to relevant critical appraisal checklists, user guides for the different resources and suggested search filters for different types of evidence.

For some resources, you'll need an NHS OpenAthens account for access.

What sort of information are you looking for?

Clinical Decision Support

Books and E-books

Journal Articles

Preprints of Journal Articles

Clinical Pathways

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Systematic Reviews or Meta-Analyses

Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs)

Observational Studies

Qualitative Research

Qualitative research can help to understand the human experience of health and illness, and is an important part of evidence-based healthcare. Qualitative research can use various methods, such as grounded theory, phenomenology, or focus groups.

These are some good places to look for articles that use qualitative research methodologies. Once you've found one, you could use the CASP Qualitative Research Checklist to critically appraise it.

CINAHL

Medline

Case Reports

Dissertations and Theses

Grey Literature

Pre-appraised Evidence

Economic Evaluations

Medicines Information