Databases for Graduate School of Medicine

Databases to try first
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AccessMedicine  Image Image

 

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Standard medical reference books in electronic form regularly updated

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McGraw-Hill

AccessPharmacy     

Standard pharmacy reference books in electronic form, regularly updated

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Mc-Graw-Hill

Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH) Image Tips

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

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AMH Pty. Ltd.

BMJ Best Practice 

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Evidence based medicine. Point of care

Current

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Nursing and allied health. International.

1981 - present

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EbscoHOST

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews fulltext icon Image Tips

Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International. 1991 - present

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Ovid

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Evidence- based medicine.

Clinical medicine, trials

Clinical medicine, systematic reviews.

Inernational

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Ovid.

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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.

Dictionary of Drugs fulltext icon Image Tips

Drugs and pharmacological agents. International.

Dates vary

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Chapman and Hall/CRC

Drug Database (DRUG) Image Tips

Substance abuse. Australian.

1974 - present

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Informit

EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club fulltext icon Image Tips

Evidence- based medicine. International.

1991 - present

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Ovid

EBM Reviews - All Image Image

 

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Evidence- based medicine.

Clinical medicine, trials

Clinical medicine, systematic reviews.

Inernational

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Ovid.

EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials fulltext icon Image Tips

Clinical medicine, trials. International.

Not date limited

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Ovid

EBM Reviews - Dare fulltext icon Image Tips

Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International.

Date is latest update for whole database

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Ovid

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Medicine - Therapeutic Guidelines

Chapters reviewed and revised every 2-3 years

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Therapeutic Guidelines Limited

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Medical, evidence based for point of care.

Premium on current information

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FirstConsult website

Harrison's Practice     

Common medical topics for information at the point of care.

Frequently updated

McGraw-Hill

Health and Medical Complete partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Healthcare specialties, including nursing. International.

1986 - present

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Proquest

Health Reference Center - Academic partial fulltext icon Image Tips

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

Current year plus previous four years

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Gale InfoTrac

Images MD fulltext icon    Medical images (photos, tables diagrams and graphs) with informative text.


Current Medicine Group website
Liebert Online      

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

Dates vary but most commence in 2000, with a few earlier

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Medical developments and clinical information

Premium on current information

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MDConsult website

Meditext partial fulltext icon Image Tips

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

Fulltext 1996- Indexing 1968-

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Informit

Medline 1966-

Medline 1996-

Medline Daily update

Premedline - In-process records

Old medline 1948-1965

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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

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Ovid

MIMS Online Image Image Tips

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

Current

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Health Communication Network (HCN)

OMMBID - Online Metabolic & Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease fulltext icon  Image Tips Genetic Research Information

International

2007 with updates

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

1966 - present

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

Please refer to the help before using this database

Other relevant databases
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography (ATSIhealth) Image Tips

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Australian.

1988 - present

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Informit

APAIS-Health Image Tips

Legal, social, economic and ethical aspects of health. Subset of APAIS. Australian.

1978 - present

more information

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Informit

AusportMed Image Tips

Medical and health issues in Australian sport. A subset of Ausport. Australian.

1989 - present

more information

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Informit

Biological Abstracts Image Tips

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

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Ovid

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

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Biomed Central website

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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

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Ovid

CINCH-Health Image Tips

Criminal law and justice relating to health. Australian.

1968 - present

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Informit

Conference Proceedings Citation Index noquota Tips Conference papers and citations. Choose Science or Social Science and Humanities
1991- present
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Thomson Reuters
Dictionary of Natural Products fulltext icon Image Tips

Naturally occuring chemicals. International.

Dates vary

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Chapman and Hall/CRC

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences fulltext icon Image Tips

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

Published 2001 with continual updates

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Wiley

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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

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Informit

Health & Society Database (H&S) Image Tips

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

1980 - present

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Informit

Health Sciences: A SAGE Full-Text Collection Image Image

 

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Nursing and nursing related health issues. International

Dates vary

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CSA

HIV/AIDS Database (HIVA) Image Tips

Clinical, nutritional, medical and psychological aspects of HIV/AIDS. Australian focus

1980 - present

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Informit

Informaworld Image Image Tips

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

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Nature Journals Online Image Image Tips

Science research. International

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Nature Publishing Group

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

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

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POPLINE website

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Psychology. Journals of American Psychological Association. International

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Ovid

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Psychology books. International

1806 - present

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Ovid

Psycinfo 1806- , 1967- , 1985- Image Tips

Psychology and related disciplines. International.

1806 - present

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Ovid

Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection Image Image

 

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

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CSA

Rural and Remote Health Database (RURAL) Image Tips

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

1966 - present

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Informit

Sage Journals Online   Tips 

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

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

1995 - present, some earlier

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ScienceDirect website

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

1800 - present

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EbscoHOST

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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.

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Springerlink

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

Dates vary for each database

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ISI Web of Knowledge

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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

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ISI Web of Knowledge

Wiley Interscience fulltext icon Image Tips

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

Dates vary according to title

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Wiley

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