Databases for Health & Behavioural Sciences

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Annual Reviews  

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Sciences and social sciences

Conditions of use

Annual reviews

Australian Bureau of Statistics  

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Statistical data of Australia, the States and smaller regions. ABS' full standard product range on-line. Australian.

publications 1988 - present, with older time series

This is a free site but there are some conditions of use specified on the ABS website

ABS website

Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH)

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Covers most drugs marketed in Australia. The AMH is for information purposes only and is designed as a general drug and therapeutic information reference for healthcare professionals and students in Australia.

Current

Conditions of use

AMH Pty. Ltd.

Australian Public Affairs - full text APAFT  

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Business, health, current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences. APAIS with some fulltext. Australian.

Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Sport Database (AUSPORT)

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Australian sport including administration, children, coaching, disabled, economics, facilities, history, medicine, nutrition, physiology, psychology. Australian.

1989 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Biomed Central  

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Over 100 Open Access journals covering all areas of Biology and Medicine

Conditions of use (word file)

Biomed Central website

Cambridge Journals Online  

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Sciences, social sciences, and humanities

Conditions of use

Cambridge journals website

Cinahl

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Nursing and allied health. International.

1982 - present

Conditions of use

Ovid.

Cochrane - All  

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Evidence- based medicine.

Clinical medicine, trials

Clinical medicine, systematic reviews.

Inernational

Conditions of use

Ovid.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews  

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Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International. 1991 - present

Conditions of use

Ovid

Cochrane Library

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Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International. Current

Alternative access for anybody based in Australia.

This service is on the Wiley Interscience site. The link provided here will allow you to access Cochrane using EZproxy. If you use the link to the Wiley Interscience home page and then go to Cochrane you will lose the EZproxy connection and use will affect quota.

Dissertations Abstracts

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Thesis citations with abstracts. International.

1861 to present

Recent years may have 24 page preview. Option to order

Conditions of use

Proquest.

Expanded Academic ASAP  

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General Database with information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. International.

1980 - present

Conditions of use

Gale InfoTrac

Factiva  

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Newspaper and company information

Factiva

Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh).

Health Reference Center - Academic  

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Health information for nursing, public health, nutrition, psychology. International.

Current year plus previous four years

Conditions of use

Gale InfoTrac

Health Sciences: A SAGE Full-Text Collection  

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Nursing and nursing related health issues. International

Dates vary

Conditions of use

CSA

Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International.

Conditions of use

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences

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Social and behavioural sciences and related areas

International

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ScienceDirect

Lexis.com  

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Legal resources. International law.

Various dates

Lexis

Electronic Journals in Lifesciences, Medicine, Law, Psychology, Engineering, Biotechnology, Informatics

Dates vary but most start 2000, with some earlier

Mary Liebert Inc.

MDConsult

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Medical developments and clinical information

Premium on current information

MDConsult website

Meditext  

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Health and medicine, with an emphasis on clinical medicine and paraprofessional fields. Australian.

Fulltext 1996- Indexing 1968-

Conditions of use

Informit

Medline 1966-

Medline 1996-

Medline Daily update

Premedline - In-process records

Old medline 1950-1965

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Medicine. Anatomy, diseases, chemicals and drugs, techniques and equipment, psychiatry and psychology and health care. International.

1950 - present, in several files

Conditions of use

Ovid

MIMS Online  

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Pharmaceutical database with information about prescription and non-prescription drugs. Australian

Current

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Health Communication Network (HCN)

Nature Journals Online  

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Science research. International

Nature Publishing Group

Please consult the Info link for subscribed titles and their links. Individual titles also listed in the Library catalogue

POPLINE

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Reproductive health, population, family planning, and related health issues.

POPLINE website

Proquest 5000  

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Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. International.

Various dates

Conditions of use

Proquest.

PsycArticles  

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Psychology. Journals of American Psychological Association. International

Conditions of use

Ovid

PsycBOOKS  

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Psychology books. International

1806 - present

Conditions of use

Ovid

PsycCRITIQUES  

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Reviews of books and films about psychology an related disciplines. International

Conditions of use

Ovid

Psycinfo 1806- , 1967- , 1985-

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Psychology and related disciplines. International.

1806 - present

Conditions of use

Ovid

Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection  

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Psychology and related disciplines from the publisher SAGE and participating societies. International

Conditions of use

CSA

Virtually all journals published by SAGE. This publisher publishes in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. International

SAGE

Note: SAGE Journals Online includes the Nursing and Psychology collections which have been available on the CSA platform. These are still available on the CSA platform as well as on the SAGE platform

ScienceDirect  

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Life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. International.

1995 - present, some earlier

Conditions of use

ScienceDirect website

Sociology and related disciplines. International.

1952 - present Records after 1974 include abstracts

Conditions of use

CSA.

SportsDiscus

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Sport: recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness. International.

1800 - present

EbscoHOST

Springerlink  

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Journal of the publisher Springer-Verlag. International with strengths in Behavioral Sciences, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Business & Economics, Chemistry & Material Science, Computer Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, Mathematics, Medicine, and Physics & Astronomy.

Dates vary

Conditions of use

Springerlink

Wiley Interscience  

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Journals published by Wiley, including sciences, life sciences, technology, business and finance and behavioural sciences. International.

Dates vary according to title

Conditions of use

Wiley

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A ⁺ Education  

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Education and related fields, including curriculum, educational research, information science, librarianship, management, policy administration, psychology, sociology, teaching and training. Australian.

This is Australian Education Index with selected fulltext added

Fulltext 2000 - present Index 1978 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography (ATSIhealth)

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Australian.

1988 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Attorney-General's Information Service (AGIS) Plus Text  

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Law, including administrative law, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright, criminal law, environmental law, family law. Australian.

Indexing 1975 - present Fulltext 1999 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

AUSTGUIDE

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General and educational. Australian focus.

1986 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

AUSTLII  

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Law, legislation and case law. Australia. Commonwealth and state jurisdictions plus New Zealand and South Pacific.

Starting dates vary

Conditions of use

AustLII website.

Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Information (ANSTI)

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Nuclear science research and development, with special emphasis on its peaceful applications. Australian.

1970 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Biological Abstracts

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Biological and medical research. Clinical studies, new organisms. agriculture biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, genetics, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology. International.

1969- 2003

Access to later material is available through Biosis Previews

Conditions of use

Ovid

Biosis Previews

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Biological and medical research. Clinical studies, new organisms. agriculture biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, genetics, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology. International.

2002 -

Access to earlier material is through Biological Abstracts

Conditions of use

Ovid

CINCH-Health

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Criminal law and justice relating to health. Australian.

1968 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

CLIB2001, CLIB96 & CLIB91

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Statistics from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Stand alone CD ROM ask at Research Help.

Consumer Sciences Index (CSI)

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Consumer economics. Australian.

1988 - 2001

Conditions of use

Informit

Current Contents Connect

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Current information in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, technology and medical science. International.

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Dictionary of Drugs  

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Drugs and pharmacological agents. International.

Dates vary

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Dictionary of Natural Products  

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Naturally occuring chemicals. International.

Dates vary

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Drug Database (DRUG)

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Substance abuse. Australian.

1974 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club  

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Evidence- based medicine. International.

1991 - present

Conditions of use

Ovid

EBM Reviews - All  

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Evidence- based medicine.

Clinical medicine, trials

Clinical medicine, systematic reviews.

Inernational

Conditions of use

Ovid.

EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials  

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Clinical medicine, trials. International.

Not date limited

Conditions of use

Ovid

EBM Reviews - Dare  

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Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International.

Date is latest update for whole database

Conditions of use

Ovid

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences  

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Biochemistry, biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, immunology, history of life sciences. International.

Published 2001 with continual updates

Wiley

ERIC

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Education. International.

1966 - present

Conditions of use

Ovid

ERIC

Education. International.

Dates vary

Conditions of use

Proquest

Family and Society Plus  

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Issues about, or of relevance to families. Australia.

Fulltext 2000 - present. Index 1980 - present

This is Family database with selected fulltext added

Conditions of use

Informit

Health & Society Database (H&S)

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Health policy services and issues. Australian. Subset of Family.

1980 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

HighWirePress  

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Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences. International

Archive site, dates vary, latest issues usually embargoed.

Stanford U. P.

Indigenous Studies Bibliography (AIATSIS)

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Australian Indigenous studies.

1990 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

MAIS

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Immigration, emigration, multiculturalism, ethnicity, racism, multicultural education. Australian.

1988 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Media Scan

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Current events and news items. Australian focus.

1991 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

Pharmasource, see Dictionary of Drugs in ChemNetBase

Drugs and pharmacological agents. International.

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Philosopher's Index

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Philosophy and related fields. International.

1940 - present

Conditions of use

Ovid.

Pubmed

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Medicine. International. Free version of Medline, Premedline plus other content

1966 - present

National Center for Biotechnology Information - U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Please refer to the help before using this database

Rural and Remote Health Database (RURAL)

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Rural and remote area health issues and care, and the practice and educational needs of health providers Australian

1966 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

SAI Global  

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Standards of Standards Australia plus index to standards of other bodies. Australian.

Current and draft standards.

International standards may be unlocked and made available.

Preferred browser Internet Explorer

Conditions of use

Standards Australia website.

SCANfile

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Science and technology policy, R&D management, social and economic issues of R&D. Australian focus.

1973 - present

Conditions of use

Informit

SourceOECD

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OECD documents with emphasis on country comparison, periodicals, working papers, statistics, International Energy Agency statistics

Conditions of use

Source OECD Website

Web of Knowledge

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Portal for Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, JCR Web

Dates vary for each database

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Web of Science

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Citation indexes, which allow searching by cited references. Science Citation Index, Social Science citation Index 1965 - present, Arts and Humanities Citation Index. 1975 - present

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge