Databases for Graduate School of Medicine

Databases to try first
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Title	Tips	Notes
AccessMedicine	Tips	Standard medical reference books in electronic form regularly updated Conditions of use McGraw-Hill
AccessPharmacy		Standard pharmacy reference books in electronic form, regularly updated Conditions of Use Mc-Graw-Hill
Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH)	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 Conditions of use AMH Pty. Ltd.
BMJ Best Practice BMJ Clinical Evidence	Tips	Evidence based medicine. Point of care Current
CINAHL	Tips	Nursing and allied health. International. 1981 - present EbscoHOST
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews	Tips	Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International. 1991 - present Conditions of use Ovid
Cochrane - All	Tips	Evidence- based medicine. Clinical medicine, trials Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. Inernational Conditions of use Ovid.
Cochrane Library	Tips	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	Tips	Drugs and pharmacological agents. International. Dates vary Conditions of use Chapman and Hall/CRC
Drug Database (DRUG)	Tips	Substance abuse. Australian. 1974 - present Conditions of use Informit
EBM Reviews - ACP Journal Club	Tips	Evidence- based medicine. International. 1991 - present Conditions of use Ovid
EBM Reviews - All	Tips	Evidence- based medicine. Clinical medicine, trials Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. Inernational Conditions of use Ovid.
EBM Reviews - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials	Tips	Clinical medicine, trials. International. Not date limited Conditions of use Ovid
EBM Reviews - Dare	Tips	Clinical medicine, systematic reviews. International. Date is latest update for whole database Conditions of use Ovid
eTG Complete	Tips	Medicine - Therapeutic Guidelines Chapters reviewed and revised every 2-3 years Conditions of use Therapeutic Guidelines Limited
FirstConsult	Tips	Medical, evidence based for point of care. Premium on current information FirstConsult website
Harrison's Practice		Common medical topics for information at the point of care. Frequently updated McGraw-Hill
Health and Medical Complete	Tips	Healthcare specialties, including nursing. International. 1986 - present Conditions of use Proquest
Health Reference Center - Academic	Tips	Health information for nursing, public health, nutrition, psychology. International. Current year plus previous four years Conditions of use Gale InfoTrac
Images MD		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.
MDConsult	Tips	Medical developments and clinical information Premium on current information MDConsult website
Meditext	Tips	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 1948-1965	Tips	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	Tips	Pharmaceutical database with information about prescription and non-prescription drugs. Australian Current Conditions of use Health Communication Network (HCN)
OMMBID - Online Metabolic & Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease	Tips	Genetic Research Information International 2007 with updates McGraw Hill
Pubmed Central	Tips	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

Other relevant databases
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Title	Tips	Notes
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography (ATSIhealth)	Tips	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Australian. 1988 - present Conditions of use Informit
APAIS-Health	Tips	Legal, social, economic and ethical aspects of health. Subset of APAIS. Australian. 1978 - present Conditions of use Informit
AusportMed	Tips	Medical and health issues in Australian sport. A subset of Ausport. Australian. 1989 - present Conditions of use Informit
Biological Abstracts	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 Conditions of use Ovid
Biomed Central	Tips	Over 100 Open Access journals covering all areas of Biology and Medicine Conditions of use (word file) Biomed Central website
Biosis Previews	Tips	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	Tips	Criminal law and justice relating to health. Australian. 1968 - present Conditions of use Informit
Conference Proceedings Citation Index	Tips	Conference papers and citations. Choose Science or Social Science and Humanities 1991- present Conditions of use Thomson Reuters
Dictionary of Natural Products	Tips	Naturally occuring chemicals. International. Dates vary Conditions of use Chapman and Hall/CRC
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences	Tips	Biochemistry, biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, immunology, history of life sciences. International. Published 2001 with continual updates Wiley
Family and Society Plus	Tips	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)	Tips	Health policy services and issues. Australian. Subset of Family. 1980 - present Conditions of use Informit
Health Sciences: A SAGE Full-Text Collection	Tips	Nursing and nursing related health issues. International Dates vary Conditions of use CSA
HIV/AIDS Database (HIVA)	Tips	Clinical, nutritional, medical and psychological aspects of HIV/AIDS. Australian focus 1980 - present Conditions of use Informit
Informaworld	Tips	Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International. Conditions of use
Nature Journals Online	Tips	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	Tips	Reproductive health, population, family planning, and related health issues. POPLINE website
PsycArticles	Tips	Psychology. Journals of American Psychological Association. International Conditions of use Ovid
PsycBOOKS	Tips	Psychology books. International 1806 - present Conditions of use Ovid
Psycinfo 1806- , 1967- , 1985-	Tips	Psychology and related disciplines. International. 1806 - present Conditions of use Ovid
Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection	Tips	Psychology and related disciplines from the publisher SAGE and participating societies. International Conditions of use CSA
Rural and Remote Health Database (RURAL)	Tips	Rural and remote area health issues and care, and the practice and educational needs of health providers Australian 1966 - present Conditions of use 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
ScienceDirect	Tips	Life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. International. 1995 - present, some earlier Conditions of use ScienceDirect website
SportsDiscus	Tips	Sport: recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness. International. 1800 - present EbscoHOST
Springerlink	Tips	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
Web of Knowledge	Tips	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	Tips	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
Wiley Interscience	Tips	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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