Welcome to the library guide for Operating Department Practice.
Here you will find key databases for ODP, along with links to other useful information, such as government websites and statistics.
Use the "help with searching" tab above to view guides on how to use the library's databases.
Please contact us on library@hud.ac.uk, or come and see us at the Subject Enquiry Desk on Floor 4 of the Library, if you need any help with finding information.
The main way to search for books, journal articles and more is by using Library Search. However sometimes you may need to use more specialist resources for your studies, particularly for final year projects, research and dissertations.
Use the links below to access specialist information for your subject area - these resources may be harder to find via Library Search, and Google won't find them at all!
Contains over 21 million references to journal articles in the life sciences, with a concentration on biomedicine.
Medicines Complete brings together a number of information sources providing medicines information and expert guidance on the safe use and administration of drugs and medicines, in one place. These are reference books published by Pharmaceutical Press and are useful throughout your degree for accessing up-to-date information on medicines.
Each resource in Medicines Complete was originally a printed reference work (book or set of books). You reference each title as an electronic book - see our APA 7th referencing guide for advice. See below for the in-text citation and reference for each of our subscribed titles, last updated November 2025.
Brayfield, A., & Cadart, C. (Eds.). (2025). Martindale: The complete drug reference. Pharmaceutical Press. https://www.medicinescomplete.com
(Brayfield & Cadart, 2025)
Hancock, B. C., Moss, G. P., & Goldfarb, D. J. (Eds.). (2025). Pharmaceutical excipients. Pharmaceutical Press; American Pharmacists Association. https://www.medicinescomplete.com
(Hancock et al., 2025)
Joint Formulary Committee. (2025). British National Formulary. BMJ; Pharmaceutical Press. https://www.medicinescomplete.com
(Joint Formulary Committeee, 2025)
Moffat, A. C., Osselton, M. D., & Elliott, S. P. (Eds). (2025). Clarke’s analysis of drugs and poisons. Pharmaceutical Press.
https://www.medicinescomplete.com
(Moffat et al., 2025)
Paediatric Formulary Committee. (2025). BNF for children. BMJ; Pharmaceutical Press; RCPCH Publications.
https://www.medicinescomplete.com
(Paediatric Formulary Committee, 2025)
Preston, C. L. (Ed.). (2025). Stockley’s drug interactions. Pharmaceutical Press. https://www.medicinescomplete.com
(Preston, 2025)
Box of Broadcasts (also known as BoB) is an archive of free-to-air TV and radio programmes available to you through the University of Huddersfield Library subscription. You can choose to watch previously recorded programmes, request future programmes and save lists of programmes for your learning, teaching or research.
Click on the tabs above for a series of instructional videos to take you through the basics of using Box of Broadcasts.
Click on this link to go direct to BoB. You can also access it from the A-Z list of electronic resources, and find BoB under the letter B.
You will be prompted to log in with your University login and password. The first time you access BoB, it will ask you to register your university email address (undergraduates and postgraduate taught students = u1234567@unimail.hud.ac.uk). You will need to confirm your address by checking your email and clicking on the link provided.
Here's a useful video from Learning on Demand who run Box of Broadcasts.
This short video shows you how to request TV and radio programmes to be recorded.
Box of Broadcasts provides extensive help, including videos, from their website.
If you have any further questions, contact your Subject Librarian at the Help Centre on Floor 4 of the Library, phone 01484 47200 or email library@hud.ac.uk and we will be happy to help.
