Literature Search Service
We provide literature searches, free of charge, to save you time and ensure that you have the information you need.
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This service is available to all East Cheshire NHS Trust staff to support best practice in the workplace, management decisions and the improvement of patient outcomes.
Let us use our knowledge and expertise to find evidence, from a variety of sources*, to help you deliver evidence based patient care, answer clinical questions, support research, guideline development, service development, and management decisions.
*We can search a wide range of resources including healthcare databases such as The Cochrane Library, Medline, CINAHL, NICE Evidence, TRIP, management literature, the internet and other online resources where available.
“Holly completed a very comprehensive, systematic, and thorough search which was, without a doubt, instrumental to the work I was performing. Despite having a busy schedule, Holly took the time to fully understand the area of interest and paid careful attention to the purpose of the search.”
Doctor
Request a search
Complete the form below and let us know what information you need and when you need it by. Alternatively, you can email us on ecn-tr.StaffLibrary@nhs.net.
We prioritise requests and aim to complete them within your deadline.
Please note: we do not undertake searches for those undertaking academic courses or students writing assignments where the purpose of the assignment is to complete a search. We can provide support and training around how to search for literature – find out more by visiting our training page.