Changes to NHS Evidence database searching

The Healthcare Databases Advanced Search (HDAS), the interface on NHS Evidence which is used to search Medline, the British Nursing Index, PsychInfo etc is being relaunched with some big changes to its design and feel.

As part of the final change over from the old interface, HDAS will be unavailable from 17:00 today (29 May) until 09.00 on 30 May when the new site goes live. This period of downtime is necessary to upload the new databases onto the system.

The databases screen will look like this

and the search screen like this

You will need an Athens password to access the databases (and lots of other resources like elcetronic journals). If you don't have one you can get one online here.

We will updating our users guides to HDAS shortly, but in the mean time if you have any problems using the new interface, please contact us.