Literature Search Service

Whether you are too busy, want get the benefit of the Librarians’ skills and expertise, or are simply checking that you haven’t missed anything, we can carry out searches for you.

Please note that to use this service you should be a registered member of the Medical Library. Also, we will not perform searches to support academic course work or study, but are happy to offer you literature search training and help.

We will contact you within one working day of receiving your request.

Literature Search Request

  • It is useful for the Library Service to know how the results of Literature Searches are used - it will sometimes help define what information is provided. Please indicate your reason for requesting a literature search.
  • The more we know about what you want, the better a search we'll be carry out for you. Perhaps you could think along the lines of PICO: Patient, Intervention, Comparison, outcome.
  • It's useful to get an impression of how much you've already searched on this topic, which resources you've used.
  • Please tell us what timescale you're working to - it helps us get information to you in a timely fashion