Databases/Article Indexes for Health Sciences


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Provides searching across over 11000 periodicals, and over 4300 fulltext titles
 
AccessMedicine Suite
Dates vary

5 concurrent users maximum
A medical education resource consisting of a large variety of up-to-date established textbooks allows searching across multiple AccessMedicine publications.
 
ACP Journal Club (EBM Reviews)
Dates vary

4 concurrent users maximum
A component of Ovid's Evidence Based Medicine Reviews collection provides full text access to information from top clinical journals.
 
Ageline
1978-current

Open Access
AgeLine abstracts the literature of social gerontology as well as aging-related research from psychology, sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and the health sciences.
 
Full text and summaries of Evidence Reports indexed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Covers all aspects of healthcare and medicine.
 
Alt-HealthWatch
Dates vary
Find articles and other materials on alternative health.
 
AMA FREIDA Online
Current

Open Access
Provides information on more than 7,800 graduate medical education programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), and other related materials.
 
a database of online data for over 6,000 hospitals in the United States
 
Online access to journals published by the American Physiological Association.
 
Annual Reviews
Dates vary
Annual Reviews volumes, published each year in approximately 30 focused disciplines within the biological, medical, physical, and social sciences, are thorough and timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists and academicians.
 
ArticleFirst
1990-current
An index of journal article citations from over 15,000 serials across a broad subject area.
 
BasicBiosis
Rolling 4-year period
Indexes the basic core of life science journals, both popular and scholarly.
 
Beilstein Crossfire via DISCOVERYGATE
1771-current (abstracts from 1980-current)

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An essential database for organic chemistry information, now in a web-based application.
 
BioMed Central
1999-current
Access to over 100 Open-Access journals dealing in Health and Biological Sciences.
 
Blackwell Synergy
1997-current
The Blackwell Publishing Full Collection comprises 803 journals from across Science, Technology, Medicine, Humanities and Social Sciences collections.
 
Books@OVID
Dates vary
A searchable collection of electronic textbooks, drug reference and handbooks with a primary care focus.
 
DartClix is a catalog of websites and their components in a keyword-searchable interface available through Access PA.
 
Full text access to Health Sciences and Social Sciences titles from Cambridge University press.
 
CCH Health and Human Resources NetWork
Current

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Current awareness tools (i.e., looseleaf services) and full text of primary law in the areas of U.S. employee benefits, employment law, food and drug regulation, health care administration, health law, labor law, medical device regulation, occupational safety, payroll administration, pension administration, and unemployment insurance. Also includes downloadable interactive forms on OSHA compliance, U.S. federal pension and benefits administration, and U.S. federal and state employment, human resources, and payroll functions.
 
Up-to-date and archived guidelines and recommendations approved by the CDC for the prevention and control of disease, injuries, and disabilities.
Recommended resource
CINAHL via Ovid
1982-current

15 concurrent users maximum
Indexes/abstracts books, journals and dissertations in nursing, physical therapy, medical technology and allied health areas.
Recommended resource
ClinicalTrials.gov
Current

Open Access
Provides patients, family members and members of the public with current information about clinical trials.
Recommended resource
Includes the full-text of regularly updated evidence-based systematic reviews of the effects of health care, prepared by the Cochrane Collaboration.
 
The Cochrane Methodology Register contains over 9,000 bibliographic references to controlled trials in health care.
 
Detailed professional information about nearly 480,000 scientists, scholars and researchers.
 
A searchable database containing information on upcoming conferences and "calls for papers."
 
Community of Science (old COS interface)
Dates vary

includes COS Expertise and COS Funding Opportunities
A database for researchers which includes an expertise directory, funding opportunities, MEDLINE and the Federal Register.
 
Indexes books, journals, reports, etc. about women's health and human rights issues.
 
A database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals and other research institutions.
 
A full text database containing critical assessments of systematic reviews from a variety of medical journals.
 
Diagnosaurus provides differential diagnoses (DDx) of symptoms, signs, and diseases.
 
With more than 1.5 million entries, UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database is the one central, authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses.
 
40 learning modules that present key principles and evidence-based recommendations through text and video.
Recommended resource
DXplain
Current
A medical textbook, a list of differential diagnoses for any of approximately 4900 clinical findings, and a case analysis tool which collects clinical information and produces a ranked list of diagnoses with justifications.
 
A clinical reference tool with clinically-organized summaries for nearly 2,000 topics in evidence-based medicine.
 
ebrary
Dates vary

Required one-time download of free ebrary Reader before accessing titles.
Access to over 21,000 electronic books. One-time ebrary reader download is required.
 
ERIC (FirstSearch/OCLC)
Dates vary

Includes full text linking to articles via SFX.
A searchable database of annotated citations for education-related research, technical reports and journal articles.
 
ETHX on the Web
Dates vary

Open Access
A Bibliographic Database on Bioethics and Professional Ethics.
Recommended resource
Evidence Based Medicine Reviews (EBM Reviews)
Dates vary

4 concurrent users maximum
Includes fully searchable access to Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, ACP Journal Club, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials.
 
Exam Master Online

Registration required for access. Upon registration, please use individual username / password for access.
a database of sample medical exam questions for USMLE and Medical Specialty Board exams. The content outlines and question types conform to a large extent with the guidelines set up by the various licensing/certification authorities such as the National Board of Medical Examiners.
 
Expanded Academic
1980-current
A searchable database providing access to humanitities, social science, science and technology journals.
 
an online research service that highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 2300 selected leading researchers ("Faculty Members")
 
Federal Register
1995-current

Open Access
Includes U.S. federal agency announcements and information, such as presidential documents, agency meetings, grant opportunities, and proposed federal regulations. A new edition of the Federal Register is published every business day.
Recommended resource
Designed for use at the time and point of care, FIRSTConsult is an evidence-based clinical information tool for primary health care providers, part of the MD Consult Clinical Knowledge System.
 
Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA)
1990-current

4 concurrent users maximum
Abstracts to literature relating to food science and technology, prepared by subject specialists.
 
Searchable database of foreign doctoral dissertation abstracts.
 
Funded Research
Dates vary
A comprehensive database of funding and award histories includes data from the NIH, NSF, etc.
 
Google Scholar
Dates vary

To link to Drexel full text from Google Scholar, first add Drexel in the Library Links within Scholar Preferences;Open Access
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.
 
GPO Access
1994-current

Open Access
Use GPO Access to search or browse official, full-text information from the three branches of the Federal Government.
 
GPO Monthly Catalog
1974-current

Open Access
A catalog of all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records judiciary materials and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.)
 
Grants.gov
Current

Open Access
Grants.gov is a database designed so that seekers of Federal grants to electronically find, apply for, and manage grants.
 
GrantsNet.org
Current

Free online registration required;Open Access
A searchable database of funding opportunities in biomedical research and science education.
 
Provides information on measurement instruments (tests, questionnaires, etc.)
 
The Yellow Book is published every two years by CDC as a reference for those who advise international travelers of health risks.
 
searchable and browsable full text of 24 Health Sciences journals covering Social studies of health, public policy, health services & administration, health education, community/public health nursing
 
Produced by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), the Health Technology Assessment database brings together details on ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical, and economic implications of healthcare interventions).
Recommended resource
HealthSTAR
1975-current
The HealthSTAR database contains citations to the published literature on health services, technology, administration and research. In addition to journal article citations and abstracts, HealthSTAR includes citations to meeting abstracts, technical reports and monographs
 
History of Science, Technology and Medicine
1975 - present

5 concurrent users maximum.
describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine and allied historical fields. The database integrates four bibliographies: the Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, the Current Bibliography in the History of Technology (Technology and Culture), the Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.
 
HIV Protease Database
Current

Open Access
Archive of experimentally determined 3-D structures of HIV and SIV Proteases from Protein Data Bank (PDB).
 
This database links over 5,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients. With links to PubMED and TOXNET.
 
HSTAT (Health Services/Technology Assessment Text) is a searchable collection of full-text clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments and health information. Provided by the National Library Medicine and posted on its web site.
 
Provides comprehensive data on mitochondrial and human nuclear encoded proteins involved in mitochondrial biogenesis and function.
Recommended resource
images.MD
Current
images.MD has over 50,000 medical images from more than 90 collections and 2,000 contributors.
Recommended resource
Journal Citation Reports presents quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic, objective way to evaluate journals and their impact and influence in the research community.
 
Journals@OVID
Dates vary
Provides access to hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals from over 50 publishers and societies.
 
JSTOR
Dates vary
Interdisciplinary collection of journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
 
Includes tables, abstracts, and links to statistical information from State, US, and International sources through LexisNexis. The American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index, Index to International Statistics.
 
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
1973-current

Open Access
A searchable database for information about chemicals and chemical toxicity.
Recommended resource
MD Consult
Dates vary
MD Consult provides access to over 36 medical texts, articles from more than 46 clinical journals, practice guidelines, drug information, 2,500 patient education handouts, CME, and daily medical updates
Recommended resource
Pre-MEDLINE (PREM) provides basic information and abstracts before a records are indexed with MeSH heading(s) and added to MEDLINE. New records are added daily to Pre-MEDLINE completed Pre-MEDLINE records are added as citations to MEDLINE on a daily basis.
Recommended resource
MEDLINE via OVID
1966-current
The premier medical literature search system, which includes Index Medicus, the International Nursing Index and the Index to Dental Literature.
Recommended resource
MEDLINE via PubMed
1966-current

Open Access
NLM's search service to access MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases.
 
MEDLINEPlus
Current

Open Access
A medical encyclopedia provided by the National Library of Medicine.
 
An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. he Merck Index is a world renowned, authoritative handbook of chemical, pharmaceutical and biomedical information that contains more than 10,000 monographs, 32 supplemental tables and 450 Organic Name Reactions and almost 1000 retired monographs. Provided by Knovel.
 
Detailed protocols and descriptions of biochemical and biophysical techniques. Access from volume 1 (1955) to the present
 
The National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.
 
The NHGRI Policy and Legislation Database contains Federal and State laws/statutes, Federal legislative materials, and Federal administrative and executive materials including regulations, institutional policies, and executive orders in the area of genome research.
 
Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies.
 
Nature offers key journals in Chemistry, Clinical Practice and Research, Earth and Environment, Life Science, and Physics.
 
The National Health Service (NHS) Economic Evaluation Database is funded by the Department of Health's NHS Research and Development Programme, and produced by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), and provides cost-benefit analyses about healthcare interventions. The NHS Economic Evaluation Database contains over 6000 abstracts of quality assessed economic evaluations. The database aims to assist decision-makers by systematically identifying and describing economic evaluations, appraising their quality and highlighting their relative strengths and weaknesses.
 
NTIS is the federal government source for the sale of scientific, technical, engineering, and related business information by or for the U.S. government and complementary materials from international sources.
 
Mosby's Nursing Consult brings together several leading nursing resources to help nurses efficiently find answers to pressing clinical questions. It includes the Latest Drug Information, Patient Education Information, Professional Journals, Reference Books, Current News, Clinical Practice Information, Evidence-based Content, and Care Planning Tools.
Recommended resource
OldMEDLINE
1951-1965
Indexes articles from international biomedical journals covering the fields of medicine, preclinical sciences, and allied health sciences, originally printed in hardcopy indexes published from 1951 through 1965. For more current articles, see MEDLINE.
Recommended resource
OVID
Dates vary
Provides searching platform for a number of databases covering the Health Sciences.
 
Full-text multidisciplinary journal collection.
 
PAIS International
1972-current
Covers articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, hearings and statistical directories about public affairs, including public policy and social issues.
 
PapersFirst
1993-current
PapersFirst is a world-wide multidisciplinary index to papers of congresses, conferences, expositions, workshops, symposia, and meetings received at the British Library. A companion database to ProceedingsFirst.
Recommended resource
An NCI database that contains the latest information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine, plus clinical trials.
 
The PILOTS database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage.
 
POPLINE
1827-current

Open Access
POPLINE focuses on particular developing-country issues including demography, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, maternal and child health, primary health care communication, and population and environment.
 
Population Index
1986-2000

Open Access
Population Index is the primary reference tool to access the world's population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics.
 
Primal Pictures Anatomy.tv

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includes Interactive Functional Anatomy and Complete Human Anatomy -- both are 3D interactive human models.
 
ProceedingsFirst
1993-current
ProceedingsFirst is a multidisciplinary index of published meetings, conferences, expositions, workshops, congresses and symposia worldwide. Individual papers are indexed in the companion database, PapersFirst.
 
ProQuest
Dates vary
Provides searching platform for a number of periodical databases covering Business, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences. Delivers more than 4,000 full-text publications from over 3,000 publishing partners.
 
Covers a wide range of topics, including nursing, allied health, alternative therapies, biomedicine, consumer health and health administration.
 
Proquest Research Library indexes more than 3,880 journal titlesover 2,620 in full textfrom 1971 forward.
 
Protein Data Bank
Current

Open Access
Protein Databank (PDB) is the singular, worldwide repository for the processing and distribution of 3-D biological macromolecular structure data.
Recommended resource
PsycBooks
1806 - present
a full-text database of over 1100 books and chapters in the American Psychological Associations array of electronic ebooks.
 
full-text reviews of books, popular films, videos, and software relevant to psychology. Weekly releases may also include a review of a popular first-run film or a comparative review of several current trade books. Reviews focus on current media, with most being from the current year.
Recommended resource
PsycINFO
1872-current
Indexes and abstracts books, dissertations and journal articles in the psychological and behavioral sciences, including the creative arts therapies.
Recommended resource
Pubmed (Medline)
1966-current

Open Access
NLM's search service to access MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases.
Recommended resource
PubMed Central
1970-current

Open Access
PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Library of Medicine digital archive of life sciences journal literature.
 
ScienceDirect
1995-current
ScienceDirect is a search platform which provides access to more than 1000 full-text journals in a wide range of subject areas.
 
Scirus
Dates vary

To link to Drexel full text from Scirus, first add Drexel University in the Library Partner Links within Scirus Preferences.;Open Access
A comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Searches open-access websites as well as peer-reviewed content from publisher sites.
 
Database that collects literature, facts, data, and reference listings on STR systems.
 
SilverPlatter
Dates vary
Provides searching platform for a number of periodical databases covering the Food Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
 
Springer LINK
Dates vary
Fulltext online versions of a number of journals published by the Springer-Verlag. Each journal includes mission and subject coverage details.
Recommended resource
STAT!Ref
Current

5 concurrent users maximum
A searchable electronic library of full-text medical textbooks, dictionaries, drug information, etc. for health care professionals.
 
Thieme-connect
Dates vary
Abstracts and full-text from a selection of 28 English-language and 50 German-language journals in the fields of chemistry, biology and medicine.
 
TOXLINE via NLM
1966-current

Open Access
TOXLINE is a bibliographic database covering the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals.
Recommended resource
ISI Web of Knowledge is a Web portal the ISI Citation databases through Web of Science: Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index, as well as Current Contents and Journal Citation Reports.
Recommended resource
The interface for access to the ISI Citation databases: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Science Citation Index.
 
Wiley Interscience Journals
Dates vary

Drexel Libraries do not have full text access to all Wiley Interscience Journals. Any journals in this database not allowing full text access must be ordered via Interlibrary Loan.
Full text of over 300 leading scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals and several reference works
 
Consumer health and patient education videos that are developed by physicians and educators throughout the country. These videos present the most common health conditions, diagnoses, procedures, and treatments.

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