Nursing, Health Care, & Medicine Databases

Core Nursing Databases

CINAHL with Full Text (nursing): Indexes nursing, allied health, biomedical, and consumer health journals.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR): A database of healthcare articles and protocols analyzed from an evidence-based medicine perspective.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition: Coverage of medicine, nursing, and allied health.

Medline with Full Text: Comprehensive index to clinical medicine, biological sciences, and related fields.
Anesthesia Abstracts: Abstracts of anesthesia-related articles from a variety of healthcare journals.
Dissertation Abstracts Online: Covers mainly U.S. dissertations since 1861.

Alt-HealthWatch: Covers the field of alternative medicine.
Cochrane Controlled Trials Register: A bibliography of controlled trials culled from MEDLINE, conference proceedings, etc.
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (Cochrane): Contains abstracts of published systematic reviews on the effects of health care.
Health Source: Consumer Edition: Broad coverage of everyday health issues.
MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series: Clinical information on drugs and some healthcare topics.
Natural Standard: Evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies.
Protein Lounge: Cellular networks, protein interactions, etc.
ScienceDirect College Edition: Life and Health Sciences Collection: Extensive collection of articles in the health and life sciences back to 1995.

ABI/Inform Complete: First choice for management issues, business trends, etc.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (formerly ATLAS): Scholarly coverage of religion and theology.
Biological Abstracts: Comprehensive life sciences database covering 1985 to present.
Contemporary Women's Issues: Information on women's issues worldwide.
ERIC (education): Extensive coverage of education issues.
Family & Society Studies Worldwide: Covers marriage and the family, parenting, gender issues, sexuality, etc.
Learning Express: Practice tests and tutorials for a variety of academic and licensing exams.
PsycInfo 1887-Current (psychology): Lists materials on all areas of psychology and related fields.
SocINDEX with Full Text: Includes anthropology, sociology, gerontology, minorities, etc.