On 2 September 2021, we added new recommendations to our managing COVID-19 guideline:
The EPPI-Centre have produced this living systematic map of evidence on COVID-19 http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/COVID19_MAP/covid_map_v4.html
It is due to be updated weekly.
Search details can be found under the ‘about’ section.
BMJ Best Practice is a "point of care evidence tool". Download the app for instant access to the latest evidence and guidance on thousands of conditions. Purchased for all NHS staff in England, you can access it with your OpenAthens account.
NICE Evidence Search is a simple search tool that connects you to evidence and information from around the UK and NHS. A range of filters allows you to focus your search on guidelines, policies, evidence summaries and many other topic areas.
If you want anything added or changed on this page, please send us suggestions via our feedback form or email us direct: hsl@uhs.nhs.uk
Just released: new interviews on the Covid-19 pandemic
The first, with Prof. Stanley Perlman of the University of Iowa, discusses how our current knowledge of the SARS-COV-2 virus may be utilised for better containment of the Covid-19 pandemic and faster development of therapies and vaccines. The second interview, with Prof. Gary Kobinger of Laval University in Canada, provides an up-to-date overview of the global efforts to develop a vaccine against the SARS-COV-2 virus.
These interviews are published Open Access.
SARS-COV-2 vaccine development: where are we now? Prof. Gary Kobinger - Laval University, Canada 6th April 2020
SARS-COV-2: What we need to know and possible future therapies Prof. Stanley Perlma, University of Iowa, USA 5th April 2020
WHO is gathering the latest international multilingual scientific findings and knowledge on COVID-19. The global literature cited in the WHO COVID-19 database is updated daily (Monday through Friday) from searches of bibliographic databases, hand searching, and the addition of other expert-referred scientific articles. This database represents a comprehensive multilingual source of current literature on the topic. While it may not be exhaustive, new research is added regularly. Here are some of the selected topics:
Welcome to the COVID-19 Literature Search Bank, a central repository for literature searches on COVID-19
HEE is facilitating the sharing of good quality searches and strategies related to COVID-19 to save time and reduce duplication across NHS Libraries.
HEE is facilitating the sharing of good quality searches and strategies related to COVID-19 to save time and reduce duplication across NHS Libraries.
A group of expert searchers from across the country has helped inform this tool and are providing light touch reviews of incoming searches to enable timely sharing of the community’s work.
UNDER DEVELOPMENT UNICEF Innocenti's curated library of COVID-19 + Children research
Features, Evaluation and Treatment Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Marco Cascella; Michael Rajnik; Arturo Cuomo; Scott C. Dulebohn; Raffaela Di Napoli.
Find COVID-19 articles on PubMed (title only search). If the article you want isn't available in full text, you can request it via the library's "inter-library loan" service.
COVID-19 resources from Clarivate Analytics (owners of Web of Science and many other resources).
Includes:
"The PHE Knowledge and Library Services Team (KLS) has produced this page to help those working on the current coronavirus outbreak embed evidence-informed decision-making in their daily practice."
UHS Research recently launched a dedicated paged, which provides useful info about COVID-19, including a list of current studies and information for researchers/sponsors.