Health Sciences databases


General Health Sciences Databases
Alternative Medicine
Nursing
Nutrition
Occupational Therapy/Occupational Science
Physical Therapy
Tests and Measures
Consumer health information
Related fields
E-Books and other resources

General Health Sciences Databases

MEDLINE
Premier bibliographic database covering all fields of medicine and medical research
MEDLINE via EBSCO [More info]
MEDLINE via PubMed [More info]
 
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
More than 500 full-text journals from many medical disciplines [More info]
 
Health Reference Center Academic
A general health sciences database, with coverage of nursing and allied health [More info]
 
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Medical, health, and nutrition information from journals, magazines, and reference books [More info]
 
The Cochrane Library
A database for locating evidence-based information on the effects of health care [More info]
 
AccessMedicine
More than 60 medical titles, including Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, and much more [More info]

Alternative Medicine

Alt-HealthWatch
A full-text database related to complementary and altenative approaches to health [More info]
 
AMED
Indexes publications related to alternative and complementary medicine, mostly European [More info]
 
For additional resources, see our subject guide for alternative medicine.

Nursing

CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Indexes nursing journals and the primary journals from 17 allied health disciplines, including occupational therapy and physical therapy [More info]
 
Registry of Nursing Research
Published and unpublished research studies in nursing [More info]
 
For additional nursing resources, see our subject guide for nursing.

Physical Therapy

The CINAHL database includes some coverage of physical therapy.
 
For additional resources, see our subject guide for physical therapy.

Tests and Measures

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)
An index to journal articles about tests and measures in health, behavioral sciences, social work, and other fields [More info]

Consumer health information

Consumer Health Complete [More info]
 
Health Source: Consumer Edition [More info]

Databases for related fields

Biological Abstracts (1998-2008)
Covers the life sciences, including biology, agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, environment, genetics, medicine, neuroscience, nutrition, physiology, and public health [More info]
 
GreenFILE
Indexes information about environmental concerns; draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. [More info]
 
SAGE Premier
More than 500 scholarly e-journals from many fields, including the health sciences [More info]
 
ScienceDirect
Nearly 2,000 full-text journals, mostly from scientific, medical, and technical fields [More info]
Another option: browse ScienceDirect journals by broad subject area:


E-Books and other resources

Collections of online encylopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, etc.:
 
For additional resources, see our subject guide for health & medicine.