About the Library

During the period Jan 2024 - June 2025 the Te Whatu Ora Library and Knowledge Service will be developing a single national digital library portal for access to our knowledge resources for all staff of Te Whatu Ora and our partners in primary and community care.  However this process is complex and will take time to renegotiate all current licenses and contracts , identify funding to support whole of organisational access to core resources, and work with our Data and Digital and Procurement partners to implement a new virtual library platform.  In the interim the resources identified on this page are accessible and you may also use the links  on this page to request documents, literature searches and tutorials.  The following District Libraries can provide access to their collections remotely if you have identified them as your local or home District. Contact the librarian associated with your 'home' District to find out how you can access the full range of databases, journals and books subscribed to by your 'local' Te Whatu Ora Library at the following Districts:

Counties Manukau
Waitemata
Waikato

*Please note that Te Whatu Ora staff who are not 'national' appointments will continue to use their onsite local libraries and to access their digital library resources via their local intranet.

Services

Clearinghouses

 

Health Equity

Innovation and Improvement

Leadership in Healthcare

Patient and Whaanau Centred Care, Co-design and Health Literacy

Maaori Health Research

Pacific Health Research

Asian Health Research

Current Awareness Services

Health in the News (weekly newsletter)
(includes regional, national and international health news, research highlights & publications of note)

Health Innovation and Improvement Digest (fortnightly)
(research that can help drive innovation and quality improvement

Grey Matter (monthly newsletter compiled by the MoH Library)
(recent NGO, Think Tank, and International Government reports)

eHealth News (HiNZ)

Evidence Alerts (McMaster)
(highest quality studies, reviews, and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines from 125 premier clinical journals. These articles are rated by practicing physicians for clinical relevance and interest. Alerts are curated to your own clinical interests.)

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Research Review New Zealand

Research Review publications bring the best of 10,000 global medical journals to your inbox every issue with commentary from New Zealand experts. Over 50 areas including Cardiology, Diabetes, Oncology, General Practice and Psychiatry. Specialist opinions on guidelines, medicines and conferences. All Research Review publications are free to receive.

Research Review makes keeping up to date easy whether you're a Specialist, RMO, General Practitioner or a Nurse. Almost 50 regular subject specific reviews, over 50 international medical conferences every year and advice from over 100 NZ medical specialists.

Select the category to view Research Reviews within each  Clinical specialty

Other topical reviews include:

• Asian Health
• Digital Health
• Eye Health
• Foot & Ankle
• Health Manager
• Hearing
• Laboratory Medicine
• Māori Health
• Midwifery
• Military Medicine
• Natural Health
• Pacific Health
• Pharmacy
• Patient Psychology
• Public Health
• Rehabilitation

Sign up here to subscribe to Research Reviews of interest and receive the latest issue directly in your inbox.

Selected Journals

 

 

Open Access

Medicine

PLoS Medicine - Publishes outstanding human studies that substantially enhance the understanding of human health and disease.

BMC Medicine - Covers all areas of medical research and clinical practice, welcoming research articles in various medical disciplines.

Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) - Focuses on eHealth, including technologies, behaviors, and paradigms in healthcare.

Frontiers in Medicine - An open-access journal covering all aspects of medical research, from basic science to clinical studies.

BMJ Open - Publishes medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas, with an emphasis on transparency and reproducibility.

BMJ Open Quality - Covering all content in healthcare improvement work.

Journal of Translational Medicine - Emphasizes translation of basic research into medical innovations for patient care.

 

Public health

BMC Public Health - Publishes research articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health.

Frontiers in Public Health - Encompasses various disciplines within public health, including epidemiology, health policy, environmental health, and global health.

PLoS Public Health - A branch of the PLoS journals that covers a wide range of public health topics with a focus on high-quality research.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) - Covers all aspects of environmental research impacting public health.

Journal of Public Health - Focuses on original research in the field of public health, including health promotion, epidemiology, and healthcare systems.

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health - Publishes research on infectious diseases, chronic diseases, environmental health, and health policy.

Preventive Medicine Reports - Focuses on preventive medicine, publishing research on interventions aimed at preventing disease and promoting health.

 

Nursing

International Journal of Nursing Studies - Focuses on original research and scholarly reviews in nursing and healthcare.

BMC Nursing - Publishes original research articles in all aspects of nursing research, training, education, and practice.

Nurse Education Today - Covers educational issues related to nursing, including teaching methodologies, curriculum development, and assessment.

Nursing Open - Publishes high-quality original research and reviews in all areas of nursing and midwifery practice, research, education, and policy.

Frontiers in Nursing - Covers a wide range of nursing topics, including clinical

 

Closed access *request articles of interest from the library service

The BMJ

The Lancet

The New England Journal of Medicine

Jama

New Zealand Medical Journal

 

 

Evidence based practice 

AHRQ Evidence Reviews
Beryl Institute Patient Experience resources
CADTH
The Cochrane Review
TRIP Database
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
Evidence Check Library (Sax Institute)
Evidence Alerts
Health Evidence [public health]
HQSC Measures Library - data to improve quality
Patient Experience Library / Search
PDQ-Evidence for Informed Health Policy Making
RSET: Rapid evaluations of new ways of providing care
NIHR Evidence