The British Nursing Index (BNI) is a UK nursing database which covers British publications and other English language titles from over 220 related journals.

BNI is compiled by a partnership of the Libraries of Bournemouth University, Poole Hospital NHS Trust, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal College of Nursing.

Indexing is undertaken by Librarians working for the partner organisations, who are all involved in the provision of library and information services to the nurses and midwives for whom BNI is aimed. The normal schedule sees index entries being created within one month of the journals being received.

In 2001 the product was enhanced by including a new specially designed thesaurus.

For more information on the BNI, see the journals, product reviews, history and guide for using BNI sections or use the navigation links on the left of your screen