University of Southern Maine LibGuides - NURSING - Health/Nursing/Medical Databases

Health Databases

HEALTH/NURSING/MEDICAL and RELATED DATABASES

Database	Contents	Locate Subject Headings (Thesaurus) Terms	Locate Research Articles	Locate Peer Reviewed Articles
CINAHL1982+ (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) Updated weekly	All aspects of nursing and allied health in over 1,835 journals, doctoral dissertations, selected nursing books, educational software, and audiovisuals. Also includes publications of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. A first source for finding articles on nursing topics.	CLICK Consider Explode if a term option	CLICK Check:	CLICK Check:
Health Source, Nursing/Academic Edition	Provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong.	CLICK	In Find box, Type: (research or study or studies). Add to other terms.	CLICK Check:
MEDLINE 1966+ Updated daily	Published by the National Library of Medicine. Covers over 4,800 journals, and includes all areas of clinical and experimental medicine, nursing, health administration, health care system and other health fields. Use for locating articles on medical topics such as diseases, medical treatments & therapies, surgical procedures and drugs.	CLICK Consider Explode if a term option	CLICK Type: research. Click box adjacent to term. Select Explode. Note: If too few results, delete research terms from search statement. Type (research or study or studies)	Peer review option not available. Most research articles will be in peer-reviewed journals
PsycINFO 1887+ Updated weekly	Covers information in nearly 2,000 journals about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, nursing, sociology, education, and other areas. Excellent for topics like health behavior, health attitudes and mental health.	CLICK Consider Explode if a term option	CLICK Type: research. Select experimentation. Note: If too few results, delete experimentation from search statement. Type (research or study or studies)	CLICK Check:
SPORTDiscus 1887+ Updated monthly	Covers all aspects of sports including biomechanics, coaching, fitness, physical therapy, physiology, and recreation.	CLICK Consider Explode if a term option	In Find box, Type: (research or study or studies). Add to other terms.	CLICK Check: