Medicine
AMED
| Access information: | Access on and off-campus. |
| Description: | Data from 500 international health care journals held by the British Library supplemented by relevant records from Medline. Subjects covered include: acupuncture, homeopathy, palliative care, occupational therapy and holistic treatments. |
| Coverage: | 1885-present. |
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ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Index And Abstracts)
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Provides abstracts from around 650 UK, US and international journals. Coverage includes all branches of the applied social sciences, with over 375,000 records. |
| Coverage: | 1987-present. |
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BioMed Central
| Access information: | Free access on and off-campus from wFree access on and off-campus from www.biomedcentral.com |
| Description: | An independent publishing house committed to providing open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. The University of Edinburgh is a member. |
| Coverage: | Portfolio of 205 journals. |
BIOSIS Previews
| Access information: | On and off campus access via Web of Knowledge, select BIOSIS tab. Not working? - try clearing your cookies or use Alternative login. |
| Description: | The electronic version of Biological Abstracts , the largest printed reference publication for life sciences information, and Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports, Reviews, Meetings), the companion printed reference to books, meetings and research reviews. Approximately 6,500 life science journals, and over 2,000 international meetings, as well as review articles, books and monographs are monitored for inclusion. |
| Coverage: | 1926 to present. |
BMJ Case Reports
| Access information: | Access on campus. |
| Description: | BMJ Case Reports delivers a peer-reviewed collection of cases in all disciplines so that healthcare professionals, researchers and others can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions. |
| Notes: | An access code is required to upload any new Case Reports. |
BMJ Best Practice
| Access information | On campus and mobile access. |
| Description | BMJ Best Practice is a point of care tool from BMJ Evidence Centre designed to support clinical decision making from diagnosis to treatment. The latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion are combined in a single source and presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis |
CAB Abstracts
| Access information: | Access (on and off-campus). |
| Description: | CAB Abstracts is the world's leading agricultural database. Find journals, books, conferences and reports. It covers significant research and development literature in the fields of animal and crop husbandry, animal and plant breeding, plant protection, genetics, forestry, veterinary medicine, aspects of human health, human nutrition, rural development, leisure and tourism and the management and conservation of natural resources. |
| Coverage: | 1910-present. |
Chinese Science Citation Index
| Access information: | Access on-campus. Available off campus via VPN. |
| Description: | Information on more than 3 million articles with 17 million citations, covering the contents of over 1,000 core Chinese journals. Subject areas include mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, biology, agriculture, engineering, medicine, health, and environmental science. |
| Note: | The database platform is in Chinese. However, it is also searchable in English because many articles have an English abstract. |
| Coverage: | 1989 onwards. |
CINAHL Plus- Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
| Access information: | Access on and off campus (select CINAHL from the list of available databases). |
| Description: | Covers 4,175 nursing, allied health, biomedicine, behavioural science, education and consumer health journal sand a wide range of other material including books, dissertations, educational software and audiovisual material. Abstracts and alerts are available. |
| Coverage: | From 1937. |
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Cochrane Library
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Used to inform the practice of evidence based medicine. Cochrane includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, the Cochrane Review Methodology Database and the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register. Updated quarterly. Note: Access from The National Electronic Library for Health ended 2 January 2005. |
CSH ( Cold Spring Harbour) Protocols
| Access information: | Access (on and off campus) |
| Description: | Cold Spring Harbor Protocols is an interdisciplinary journal providing a definitive source of research methods in cell, developmental and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, computational biology, immunology, neuroscience and imaging. |
| Each monthly issue details multiple essential methods-a mix of cutting-edge and well-established techniques. Newly commissioned protocols and unsolicited submissions are supplemented with articles based on Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s renowned courses and manuals. |
| All protocols are up-to-date and presented in a consistent, easy-to-follow format. |
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
| Access information: | Access on and off-campus. |
| Description: | Contains 150,000 books published during the 18th Century, covering a range of subjects including history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, and science. The full text of the collection is searchable, from books and directories, Bibles, sheet music and sermons to advertisements. |
| Coverage: | 18th Century. |
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EMBASE
| Access information: | Access on and off-campus. |
| Description: | The Excerpta Medica database, a major pharmacological and biomedical literature database covering about 3,300 journals from110 countries. Covers mainly journal literature (plus some book reviews and conference proceedings) with strong coverage of European journals. |
| Coverage: | From 1980 to date. |
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Global Health (CABI)
| Access information: | Access on and off-campus. |
| Description: | Covers human health and disease, including communicable diseases, tropical diseases, parasitic diseases and parasitology, nutrition, community and public health, and medicinal and poisonous plants., from more than 16,000 journals as well as books and grey literature (dissertations, conferences, patents, standards, annual reports, etc.) from more than 130 countries. |
| Coverage: | 1910 to present. |
Global Health Library
| Access information: | Access free. |
| Description: | Global Health Library is promoted and led by the World Health Organisation (WHO), , with the aim of connecting and promoting worldwide health information particularly in developing regions. |
Henry Stewart Talks - Biomedical and Life Sciences
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection of over 550 seminar style talks by leading world experts. All of the seminars have been specially commissioned from leading scientists and are presented in a user-friendly format of animated slides with synchronized narration. |
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Medline
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. Also available from FirstSearch - Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | National Library of Medicine database, covering worldwide medical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues and health care services. Corresponds to three printed indexes - Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature and International Nursing Index. Covers 3,200 journals published in the USA and about 70 other countries. |
| Coverage: | From 1966 to date. |
Additional Information
Help with Medline: For user guides applicable to all Ovid databases click on the Help icon in the 'Choose a database' screen. For more detailed descriptions of all searchable fields in Medline, along with sample searches, click on the Information icon next to Medline in the Choose a database screen.
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MIT Cognet
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Electronic community for the cognitive and brain sciences, which includes the full text of major reference works and over 250 MIT Press cognitive science books, full text of MIT Press journals in the field of cognitive and brain sciences, as well as a growing collection of other relevant books, journals and reference works from other participating publishers. |
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
| Access information: | Free access on and off-campus from National Center for Biotechnology Information. |
| Description: | A dynamic, online version of the catalogue of human genes and genetic disorders created by Dr. Victor A. McKusick hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Gene descriptions have links to article records in PubMed, sequence records, maps, and related databases. |
PathCAL
| Access information: | Available from PathCAL (Choose Login via your home institution). |
| Description: | Database of web-based tutorials designed to help students understand the basic pathological principles of disease by exploiting techniques in learning psychology. |
| They can be used by beginners for learning the subject for the first time or by more advanced students for review and self-assessment. |
| The tutorials were written and developed by experienced university teachers over the last ten years and have been subsequently edited and enhanced by both staff and students. |
Physical Education Index
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | The database indexes physical education literature, including peer-reviewed journals, report literature, conference proceedings, trade magazines, patents, articles from the popular press, and many other publications. The database is updated monthly. |
| Coverage: | From 1970 onwards. |
Primal Pictures
| Access information: | Access on and off campus |
| Description: | A multimedia 3D anatomy learning resource with interactive modules, animations and quizes on organs, regions of the body, or anatomical systems. |
ProMED
| Access information: | Freely available from International Society for Infectious Diseases |
| Description: | The Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases is a current awareness tool with a database archive, recording infectious disease outbreaks and acute human exposure to toxins. It is produced by the International Society for Infectious Diseases, and contains reports from official sources, the media, observers and others, investigated by experts before inclusion. |
| Coverage: | 1994 to present. |
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PsycINFO
| Access information: | Access on and off-campus. |
| Description: | American Psychological Association produced with citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. |
| Coverage: | Journal coverage, from 1806 to the present, includes international material selected from more than 2,400 journals written in over 25 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material from 1987 to the present. |
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PubMed
| Access information: | Free service of the National Library of Medicine. |
| Description: | Includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. |
Scopus
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. Covers 19,500 journals from health, life, physical and social sciences and the humanities. |
| Coverage: | For some subject areas, from the 1820s onwards. |
SPORTDiscus with Full Text
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Covers serial and monographic literature in sport, recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, the psychology, history and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning. Full text is available for 550 titles. |
| Coverage: | From 1949. |
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Web of Knowledge
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
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| Description: | Citations and abstracts to millions of journal articles and conference proceedings from all subjects. Web of Science section has the ISI Citation Indexes and Cited Reference Search. Email alerts available. |
| Journal impact factors from Journal Citation report section. |
| Coverage (see separate entries for details): | Arts and Humanities Citation Index - 2,300 journals; 1975 onwards. |
| BIOSIS Previews - 3,700 journals, 2,000 meetings; 1926 onwards. |
| Science Citation Index - 8,300 journals; 1900 onwards. |
| Social Sciences Citation Index - 2,700 journals; 1900 onwards. |
| Conference Proceedings Citation Index - 1990 onwards. |
| Journal Citation Reports |
Additional information
A number of sources of help are available with Web of Knowledge:
Finding articles which have in their reference lists a work you found useful ('cited reference searching'):
Journal Citation Reports:
Wellcome Library
| Access information | Available on and off campus. |
| Description | 400 early printed works that trace the history and development of science and medicine from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries and cover subjects from anatomy and botany to witchcraft and the occult |
| Coverage | 15th - 17th century. |
This article was published on Dec 5, 2012
