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Databases for Health and Medicine
- CINAHL This link opens in a new window A large research database for nursing and allied health literature. Lots of full text, cited reference lists, author affiliation info, evidence-based care sheets, and more.
- PubMed MEDLINE This link opens in a new window PubMed, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, contains over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals. Coverage goes back to the 1950s. PubMed also includes links to full-text articles and MeSH subject headings.
- ScienceDirect Journals This link opens in a new window Science Direct is one of the largest collections (2 million articles and 40 million abstracts) of science, technology, and medical information.
- Scopus This link opens in a new window Scopus offers broad coverage of scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences literature, including 100% Medline title coverage.
Top Medical and Nursing Journals
While databases cast a wide net across many publications, these links will take you directly to a search in an individual journal. Sometimes, this can be a useful way to search if you know that a journal covers the exact area you're focusing on.
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical AssociationJAMA is the flagship medical resource published by the American Medical Association.
- LancetThe Lancet is one of the world's most highly regarded medical journals. Each week it publishes an issue with new research.
- New England Journal of MedicineNew England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is among the most-cited journals in scientific research and has contributed immensely to clinical practice.
- American Journal of NursingPromotes excellence in nursing and health care through the dissemination of evidence-based, peer-reviewed clinical information and original research, discussion of relevant and controversial professional issues, adherence to the standards of journalistic integrity and excellence, and promotion of nursing perspectives to the health care community and the public.
- NursingLatest practical and professional information based on continuing assessment of clinical nurses' needs. Clear, concise articles use a hands-on, how-to approach, enabling busy clinicians to save time and readily apply new concepts to everyday practice.
- Journal of Midwifery & Women's HealthThe official journal of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Includes new research and current knowledge across a broad range of clinical and interprofessional topics including perinatal care, gynecology, sexual and reproductive health, primary care, public health, health care policy, and global health. With a focus on evidence-based practice, JMWH promotes health equity and excellence in midwifery.
- MidwiferyMidwifery publishes the latest peer reviewed international research to inform the safety, quality, outcomes and experiences of pregnancy, birth and maternity care for childbearing women, their babies and families.