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Databases for my subject
Databases are searchable electronic tools which help you to identify journal articles, books and chapters in books, conference papers and other sources useful for your studies. A considerable number of the journals indexed are available in the Learning Resource Centres in print or in electronic full-text from the library catalogue. Some (bibliographic) databases just include abstracts which summarise what an article is about, and then give you a WebBridge link back to the catalogue to check if we have the journal in-house.
Brief details of the databases relevant to health courses are given below. The heading for each group leads to a page with fuller descriptions.
Healthcare databases (Extra information & help here)
- AMED - allied and alternative medicine topics.
- Anatomy.tv - interactive, 3-dimensional atlas of the human body. (Note: Electronic book, not a journal database)
- British Nursing Index - key for nursing, midwifery & healthcare topics. UK-focused.
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text - key for nursing, midwifery & healthcare topics. Student favourite because it is easy to focus search.
- Cochrane - gold-standard research. Introductory film | Tutorial | User guide
- Medline - good for obscure medical topics, not covered by BNI or CINAHL.
- PsycINFO - psychology and mental health topics.
Databases for related subjects (Extra information & help here)
- Annual Reviews - covers 29 biomedical, physical and social science disciplines
- ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts) - a British database for applied social sciences. Tutorial | User guide
- Education Research Complete - excellent full-text database covering all aspects of education, including health care.
- ISI Web of Knowledge - research index
- SocINDEX - a wide ranging social science database with links to some full-text articles.
Useful general databases (Extra information & help here)
- Academic Search Elite - full-text articles on general academic subjects
- Credo Reference - searchable digital reference guide containing 100 reference sources including subject dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical sources and quotations
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - full-text, open access articles
- Electronic Journal Service - multidisciplinary journals in full-text
- Encyclopaedia Britannica - useful general reference source
- Sage Premier - multidisciplinary database which includes several health care journals
- Newsbank - searchable database of British national newspapers
- ZETOC - alerting services for 20,000 journals
