The BIDS host service is a collection of full-text and bibliographic databases. Access this with your 'athens' username and password. Databases include ingentaJournals, Medline, PsycINFO and Sciencedirect. To search Sciencedirect from home you need a separate username and password from the Helpdesk. The Web of Science contains databases of journal references, the Science Citation Index and the Social Science Citation Index being 2 useful ones for midwifery.
Access is via an 'athens' username and password.
It is closely integrated with the OMNI service, below. A British consortium which is building an index to quality Internet resources in the biomedical and health fields. You can browse through lists of UK and Worldwide resources. Medical Bookmarks A gateway to hundreds of medical web sites. Similar to the UK's OMNI service above.