Subject Guide to Medical and Health Databases

NOTE:  Medline is the best place to start, since it covers all topics in over 4600 journals.  However, these subject-specific databases offer resources frequently not available through Medline.

See the Alphabetical Database List for a complete list of all NSU databases.

ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
            Alt-Health Watch
            MANTIS: Manual, Alternative and Natural Therapy
            Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
            OST-MED – Osteopathic Literature Database
            also check Useful Web Links page

ANATOMY
            Anatomy.tv
            Human Anatomy Online

AUDIOLOGY
            ABSearch
            American Speech-Language Hearing Association Database
            Combined Health Information Database (CHID)
            ERIC
            Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
            PsycINFO

CLINICAL GUIDES
            MDConsult

CLINICAL MEDICINE/EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
            Biomedical Reference Collection
            Clinical Evidence
            Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
            Cochrane Controlled Trials Register
            Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR)
            Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)
            Harrison’s Online (Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine)
            MICROMEDEX
            Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
            PEDro:  Physiotherapy Evidence Database
            UpToDate
            also check Useful Web Links page

DENTAL MEDICINE
            Biomedical Reference Collection
            CHID—Combined Health Information Database
            CINAHL—Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
            Lexi-Comp Online for Dentistry
            also check the Useful Web Links page

ETHICS, MEDICAL
            Doctor’s Dilemma

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE (EBM)
            see Clinical Medicine/Evidence-Based Medicine

GERIATRICS
            AARP Ageline

IMAGES, PICTURES, etc.
            Anatomy.tv
            Human Anatomy
            Check the Useful Web Links page

INTERNAL MEDICINE
            Harrison’s Online (Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine)

NURSING
            CINAHL—Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
            Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
            CINAHL—Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
            Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive
            OT Search—Occupational Therapy Bibliographic System
            OTSeeker—Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence
            PsycINFO
            also check Useful Web Links page

ONCOLOGY
            CancerLit
            also check Useful Web Links page

OPTOMETRY/OPHTHALMOLOGY
            Visionet
            also check Useful Web Links page

 OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
            MANTIS:  Manual, Alternative and Natural Therapy
            OSTMED—Osteopathic Literature Database
            also check Useful Web Links page

PATIENT COMMUNICATIONS
            MDConsult
            see also Useful Web Links  page

 PHARMACY/PHARMACOLOGY
            Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
            EMBASE Drugs & Pharmacology
            International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA)
            Lexi-Comp Online Pharmacy Reference Database
            MDConsult
            MICROMEDEX
            Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
            UpToDate
            also check Useful Web Links page

 PHYSICAL THERAPY
            Anatomy.tv
            CINAHL—Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
            Human Anatomy Online
            MANTIS:  Manual, Alternative and Natural Therapy
            Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive
            PEDro:  Physiotherapy Evidence Database
            SPORTDiscus

PRECLINICAL SCIENCES
            Biological Sciences (CSA)
            BioMedical Reference Collection
            Human Physiology (Essentials of)
            Current Contents/Life Sciences

SPORTS MEDICINE
            Anatomy.tv
            CINAHL—Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
            Human Anatomy Online
            PEDro:  Physiotherapy Evidence Database
            SPORTDiscus

STATISTICS AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
            check Useful Web Links page
                        International
                        National
                        Local

TESTS & INSTRUMENTS
            CINAHL—Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
            ERIC
            Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)
            PsycINFO