Health Sciences

Best Database Choices for Health Sciences

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All Health Sciences Databases

see also the Health Sciences Research Guide in the More Information box on the left.

AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts    1982-present

Find journal articles and other publications on AIDS, immunology, virology and cancer genetics. Concentrates on both basic science research and clinical applications.

Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database (ETOH)

inks to a number of databases, journals, and Web sites focused on alcohol research and related topics.

Allergy Information Databases

BioethicsLine    1973-present

Part of PubMed.

Biological Abstracts   1985-present

Citations to articles, books, software, etc. in the primary areas of agriculture and the life sciences. Includes book reviews.

BioOne   1998-present

Provides searchable, full-text access to 69 journals focused on the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

Biotechnology and BioEngineering Abstracts   1982-present

Search a group of CSA journal indexes covering research, regulatory developments and new patents in all areas of biotechnology and bioengineering, including medical, environmental and marine biology.

CAB Direct   1973-present

Searches peer-reviewed journals, academic books, technical reports, bulletins, and conference proceedings in the life sciences: agriculture, forestry, human health, human nutrition, animal health and the management and conservation of natural resources. The database is international with literature from over 125 countries and dozens of originating languages.

Chemoreception Abstracts   1982-present

CogNet

Searchable collection of electronic texts, journals, and reference works for cognitive and brain sciences. The Library contains works from the MIT Press, as well as content and links to resources from other publishers, professional associations, institutions, and open source materials.

Combined Health Information Database

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Citation Index   1966-present

CSA Neurosciences Abstracts   1982-present

Health and Safety Sciences Abstracts   1981-present

Health Reference Center Academic    1980-present

General database covering core medical journals as well as consumer-oriented health journals. Some full-text articles. Part of Infotrac.

HerbMed

An interactive, electronic herbal database.

History of Medicine   1965-present

Human Genome Abstracts   1982-present

Immunology Abstracts   1982-present

Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts   1993-present

Medline
Medline
Medline   1966-present

All aspects of biomedicine and allied health fields plus biological and physical sciences and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Three companies, EBSCO,;OVID; and CSA provide access to the Medline database. The 3 companies may update their respective versions of the database at different times, but otherwise the content is the same.

Microbiology Abstracts   1982-present

Nucleic Acids Abstracts   1982-present

Oncogenes and Growth Factors Abstracts   1989-present

PsycINFO   1887-present

Covers journal articles in more than 30 languages and books in English about psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education.

Toxicology Abstracts   1981-present

TOXLINE   1981-present

Search for journal articles published in the last five years on toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.

Virology and AIDS Abstracts   1982-present

Web of Knowledege / Web of Science   1981-present

Includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index which can be searched together or separately. Lists articles from over 5,700 science and engineering journals, 1,700 social sciences journals, and 1,100 arts and humanities journals. Frequent updates make it a good source for very recent information.